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Fort Mill times. [volume] (Fort Mill, S.C.) 1892-current, 1911-06-01
PALMETTO NEWS
At STATE CAPITAL
ITINERARY CLEMSON AGRicUL-
TURAL TRAIN-EXPERTS
TO BE IN CHARGE.
CONCERNING THE MILITARY
Eneampment Places Not Selected
Unusual Incident in Supreme Court
-Dispensary Sales In Six Counties
George Nichols Pleads For Pardon

Columbia.-The itinerary for the
agricultural train to be operated by
Clemson college during the summer
has been announced The train will
be in charge of agricultural experts,
who will deliver lectures at the varl-
Gus points.
The following is the itinerary:
June s, Parksville; June Z, Allen
dale; June S, Estill; June 3, Ridge
land; June 10, Walterboro; June II,
St. George; June 13, Bamberg; June
"A. Crofts, Aiken; June 10, Ridge
Spring; June 16, Lexington; June H.
Columbia; June 19. St Matthews;
June 20, Orangeburg; June q, Sum-
ter; June %, Manning; June 20,
Georgetown; June "a, Kingstree;
June rs, Marion: June u, Conway;
June 2S, Dillon; June %, Timmons-
Vile: June 80, Bishopville; July l,
Darlington; July 8, Bennettsville;
July 4, Cheraw; July 5, Chesterfield; !;
July 6, Camden; July 7, Prosperity;
July 8, Newberry; July 10, Winns-
boro; July II, Chester; July u, Fort
Lawn; July 13, Lancaster; July IA
Rock Hill; July Is, Hickory Grove;
July II, Gaffney; July IS, Inman;
July 10, Union; July 20, Greenwood;
July q, Waterloo; July %, McCor
mick; July "a, Abbeville; July 20
Anderson; July 26, Williamston; July
q, Greenville; July 2S, Fountain Inn;
July 30, Easley; July 81, Westmin
ster; August l, Walhalla.
Fort Mill times. [volume] (Fort Mill, S.C.) 1892-current, 1911-06-01
EreamDment places Not Selected.

Adjutant General Moore has not
vet decided on the encampment places
for the three regiments of the Ma
tlonal Guard of South Carolina. 1t is
possible that some of the encamp-
ments will be held at Columbia, al
though no selection will be made for
several days.
There will be available for encamp-
ments this year about S26,000. This
money will not become available until
after July /. Letters have been sent
to a number of cities and towns in
terested and it has been decided to
place the various regiments where
there will be camp comforts and at
the same time facilities for drilling
the men.
Fort Mill times. [volume] (Fort Mill, S.C.) 1892-current, 1911-06-01
SANDSTONE SEVERE
SWEPT LANDS IN PEE DEE AND
CROPS ALMOST If NOT
TOTALLY RUINED.
AN UNPARALLELED DISASTER
Ground Pulyerized and Loose as Ashes
Wind Leveled Rows and Middles In
the FieIds-cotton Leaves Stripped
as II Hit by Hail.

Bennettsville.-The sand storm
which passed over Marlboro is con-
ceded to have been the most severe
sand storm the country has known.
Results can not be ascertained with
any degree of certainty owing to the
fact that there is no way to COM
pare. In many places the cotton had
the appearance of having been scald-
ed; in other places the leaves are
stripped as though heavy hail had
passed over and in other places the
fields appear smooth, the bed and
middle having been leveled Some
planters think the damage great and
the storm an unparalleled disaster.
Others think the plants will recover.
Want of experience with sand storms
makes all opinions questionable.
Fort Mill times. [volume] (Fort Mill, S.C.) 1892-current, 1911-06-01
MAY DISMISS fHIS BOARD
Rumor That Governor Blease WIZ
Appoint New State Board
Of Education.
That Governor Blease will

THAT Governor Blease viii
dismiss the members OF the state
board of education within the next
several days and appoint new per-
sonnel is the general rumor. 1t was
stated by many that the governor had
said he would dismiss the entire
board before the meeting in June.
The following are the members or
the board:
C. L. Blease, ex-officio chairman;
]. E. Swearingen, ex-officio secretary;
A. G. Rembert, Spartanburg; j. NJ.
ODriscoll, Charleston; H. F. Rice, Jr,
Aiken; Nathan B. Toms, Darlington;
]. l.. Glenn, Chester; A. ]. Thackston,
Orangeburg; D. w. Daniels, Clemson
college.
The law governing the state board
OF education provides that the gov
ernor and the state superintendent OF
education shall be members. Each
congressional district has a represen-
tative on the board.
The governor has the right to dis
miss the members of the board with
out cause.
The section Of the act creating the
board, with reference to the appoint
ment of members, is as follows:
THE governor, the state superin-
tendent OF education and seven per
sons, one from each congressional dis
trict, to be appointed by the governor,
who shall hold Office for four years,
and until their successors may be ap-
pointed, unless sooner removed by the
governor, shall constitute the state
board OF education"
Fort Mill times. [volume] (Fort Mill, S.C.) 1892-current, 1911-06-01
SUPREME COURT DECIDES TRUST
CASE IN FAVOR OF
UNITED STATES.
AFFECTS 81 CORPORATIONS
American Tobacco Company and Allied
Corporations Violate the Sherman
Law-Fares Worse Than Standard
oil-Dissent Of Justice Harlan.
THE VICTORY.

The tobacco trust decision Is
. characterized by Attorney General
. Wickersham as "a most copre-
hensive and sweeping" victory Tor
the government.
The trust is held TO be a COM
. bination in restraint Of trade-a
monopoly in violation Of law.
The decision affects IS A.neri-
can corporations. two English
corporations and twenty'nine in
dlvidual defendants.
An opportunity is given the
trust to disintegrate and recreate,
a condition of transacting business
not repugnant to law
If at the end Of six or eight
months the corporations failed to
bring themselves within the law,
reecivership and dissolution by
court decree will follow.
The trust is held to have been
guilty of intimidation and clearly
to have shown a purpose to stifle
competition.
Chief Justice White announced
the decision, which was practically
unanimous, although Justice Har-
Ian dissented on several points.
AS in the Standard Oil case,
Justice Harlan resents the applica-
ton of the rule of reason" to the
Sherman antitrust law.
The court having held the de-
fendant corporations guilty OF con-
scious wrong-doing, Justice Har-
Ian "is not at all anxious" to per-
petuate any new combination
growing out Of them.
Fort Mill times. [volume] (Fort Mill, S.C.) 1892-current, 1911-06-01
Victory for Patent Medicines

Washington. Medicine which is
nothing but sweetened water or pills
composed of colored mud may be
labeled cures and sold as such with
impunity under the national pure food
and drugs act, according to a decision
rendered BY the Supreme Court Of the
United States in the case of Dr. o. A.
Johnson Of Kansas City. Mo. Provided
there is no misstatement on the bottle
or package as to its contents. the
manufacturer is free to sell his goods.
The act is faulty AIRY statement as
to cures" may be made.
Fort Mill times. [volume] (Fort Mill, S.C.) 1892-current, 1911-06-01
washington.-The government won

Washington.-The government won
a sweeping victory over the so-called
tobacco trust" when the Supreme
Court of the United States held the
American Tobacco company and its
allied corporations to be operating in
violation of the Sherman antitrust law.
BY directing that the combination
be forbidden the privilege of inter-
state commerce or be placed in the
hands of receiver unless it disinte-
CRATES in harmony with the law with
in six or, at the most, eight months,
the court is regarded to have dealt
with the tobacco corporations more
drastically than with the Standard Oil
company of New Jersey, whose disso-
luton was ordered two weeks ago.
Both the first and second sections
OF the Sherman antitrust law have
been violated by the so-called tobac-
co trust according to the court. Not
only has it, in the eyes of the court,
restrained wrongfully and unlawfully
interstate commerce, but it has at
tempted to monopolize the tobacco
business to the injury Of the public
and of its competitors.
While the decree was regarded az
unusually severe, at the same time
there was touch of leniency in not
making the combination an outlaw
now" The various elements of the
combination are TO be given an appor-
tunity, under the supervision of the
United States circuit court for the
Southern district of New York. of re-
creation so that there may be brought
about "a new condition which shall
be honestly in harmony with and not
repugnant TO the law
The entire court agreed that the
combination violated the antitrust
law, but Justice Harlan dissented from
the repeated Interpretation of the
Sherman antitrust law so as TO call
for the application of the rule Of
reason in determining what re-
straints of trade were forbidden by the
act
Fort Mill times. [volume] (Fort Mill, S.C.) 1892-current, 1911-06-01
In Dillon County.

Dillon.-One OF the severest wind
storms passed over the upper portion
OF Dillon county that had been seen
here in years. 1t came up suddenly
and lasted for over half an hour.
Without rain for over five weeks the
top of the ground had become pull
verized and in the fields as loose as
ashes. The dust and sand was blown
into the houses so that in almost all
cases It was sitting. On sandy lands
1. Is feared that cotton will have to
be planted over. The sand beat 1t
literally to death in many cases.
Fort Mill times. [volume] (Fort Mill, S.C.) 1892-current, 1911-06-01
CANNOT HOLD TWO OFFICES
National Guard Officers Have no Right
4. carvo m Governor,s Staff,

TO Serve on Governors otdIl'
Adjutant General Moore has taken
the position that an officer of the Ma
tional Guard of South Carolina has
no right to serve as a member OF
the governors staff. He has request
ed c. ]. Epps, captain Of company h
of the Third infantry to resign as
captain or as a member OF the stan
OF the chief executive.
]. NJ. Richardson OF Aiken, captain
OF the Coast artillery, has refused 10
accept appointment on the stan OF
the governor 1t was also announced
that G. E. Bamberg has accepted the
position on the staff Of the governor
and had resigned his commission as
lieutenant OF battalion adjutant Of
the Third infantry.
An opinion has been given by NJ.
P. DeBruhl, the assistant attorney
general, that an officer OF the Ma
ton Guard has no right to serve as
a member of the governors stan II
the duties OF the two commissions
conflict. Adjutant General Moore Is
OF the opinion that the duties OF the
commissions might conflict and there
fore he will again request Capt. Epps
TO resign one or the other commits
siOns
Fort Mill times. [volume] (Fort Mill, S.C.) 1892-current, 1911-06-01
French Aviator's Intrepid Bravery.

Madrid-Pierre Vedrine, The French
aviator, completed the cross-country
cross.mountain fight in The Petit
Partisan race from Paris to Madrid
and is the lion OF the Spanish capital
On the lapel of his coat hangs the
cross of the order OF Alfonso XII,
which is reserved for persons who
have distinguished themselves in the
arts and sciences. 1t was pinned there
by the hand of the Spanish monarch
who warmly shook Vedrine's hand
and congratulated him for his intrepid
bravery.
Fort Mill times. [volume] (Fort Mill, S.C.) 1892-current, 1911-06-01
Fif.y Additional Postal Banko

Wasilingtcn.--Fifty additional postal
savings repositories are designated.
making the total number to be in
operation before July l. more than 300.
Mr. Hitchcock still adheres to his
policy of designating only second
class postofices in the belief that
thereby he is extending the banking
facilities of the smaller communities.
Among the Offices designated which
will open for the receipt of deposits
on June q are: Daytona, Fla.,
Thomasville, Ga; Rocky Mount, y. c.,
and Rock Hill, S. c.
Fort Mill times. [volume] (Fort Mill, S.C.) 1892-current, 1911-06-01
Civil War prisoner,s Feat.

Terryyile. Gonna memorial cam
non and tablet were dedicated here to
Dorence Atwater, who was born
here. While a war prisoner at An
sonville, Atwater copied for the Con-
federate government the names OF
1900 Federal prisoners who died
while in confinement and secreted on
his person a duplicate list. By means
Of this duplicate list the graves of all
the dead were located at the close OF
the war
Fort Mill times. [volume] (Fort Mill, S.C.) 1892-current, 1911-06-01
General.

Pierre Vedrine, the French aviator,
arrived al Madrid, Spain, being the
first contestant To complete the third
stage OF the Paris to-Madrid aviation
race The Paris-to- Madrid race was
begun on May u under the auspices
of the Petit-Parisian, which offered a
prize of $4,000 In addition the Span
ish Aero Club gave prizes amounting
70 $4,000 and King Alfonso offered
a special prize for the fastest speed
over the Spanish section. Twenty ma
chimes were entered.
What is looked on by Francisco /.
Madero as a well-laid plan TO prevent
his reaching Mexico City, 10 overthrow
his leadership and to start a counter
revolution against him, was revealed
in tho arrest of Daniel De Nillieres
Of Mexico City. The alleged plot in
wolves certain sums of money which
were to have teen paid out to Ma.
dero's military leaders. Madero, ac'
cording TO details given out by him.
was fully advised OF the scheme and
allowed il TO be encouraged
No effort is made now 10 disguise
the fact that President Diaz of Mexico
vii leave the country at an early
date. 1t is expected that he win
spend several months visiting differ.
ent countries in Europe.
The Mexican chamber of deputies
passed the bill providing general am.
nesty to political prisoners.
A ban was placed on tipping at a
mass meeting of BARRIERS in st. Louis.
The action comes as the result OF
investigation by the international Un-
ion of Journeyman BARRIERS of Amer
lea, representing the United States,
Canada and Porto Rico.
On notification that peace had been
agreed TO. the management OF the
National railways Of Mexico began
reconstruction. 1t is estimated that
the rebels have put 2.472 miles Of
railroads out of commission.
That the big lumber companies of
the country agreed on the curtailment
OF production. that prices We're fixed
by committee and that printed price
lists were sent to all the firms as a
means OF controlling the market. werc
facts established in the initial hear
OF the states custer suit against the
alleged lumber trust in ST. Louis. Mis-
souri,
Eugene Schmidt. the graft mayor
of San Francisco, who was convicted
of accepting bribes by the wholesale
with Abe Ruef. is penniless. and :
stranded in Sinaola, Mexico, where his
brother is interested in gold mine.
Fort Mill times. [volume] (Fort Mill, S.C.) 1892-current, 1911-06-01
Field Mass For Spanish War Dead.

Washington.-M Military field mass
for the Spanish war dead was cele-
brated in the shadow of the Washing
ton monument before and audience OF
fully $4,000 people President Taft,
members Of the cabinet. the diplo-
matte corps and of Congress were
among the participants in the mass,
which was preceded by parade OF
the local veterans association, the
National Guard companies of Wash
ington and members of Catholic or
ganizations. The event was the first
of the kind celebrated in Washington.
Fort Mill times. [volume] (Fort Mill, S.C.) 1892-current, 1911-06-01
postoffice Department Out Of Debt.

Washington.-Fc the first time in
the history of the service, it is said,
the deficit in the postoffice deartment
has been entirely wiped out and ST.
100000 surplus for the current fiscal
year, ending June 80 next, is in the
treasury to the departments credit,
Postmaster General Hitchcock has
signed a warrant returning to the
secretary of the treasury s3,OO0,OOO,
the last of the amount set apart from
the public funds TO assist in defray.
ing the expenses of the postal service
for the present fiscal year.
Fort Mill times. [volume] (Fort Mill, S.C.) 1892-current, 1911-06-01
Sen. BaiIy Wants New Investigation.

Washington. - Senator LaFollette
concluded his fourday speech on
Lorimer and announced that when
the voting stage is reached he will so
change his resolution as to provide
that the senate shall elect an inyes-
tigating committee of five from among
the new senator's Senator Borah sup
ported the LaFollette proposition and
Bailey and Dillingham; opposed it,
Mr.. Bailey said that all the Demo
cratic Senators desired a new inyes-
tigation, he himself favoring it be
cause of discovery Of new evidence.
Fort Mill times. [volume] (Fort Mill, S.C.) 1892-current, 1911-06-01
Service Hours Law Upheld

Washington.-The hours of service
law for railroad employees. passed
by Congress il 1907, was upheld as
constitutional by the Supreme Court
OF the United states
The act made. it unlawful for any
common carrier engaged in interstate
commerce to permit any trainmen
subject to the act to remain on duty
for a longer period than 16 consecu-
tive hours, or any telegraph operator
more than nine or 13 hours.
The Baltimore & Ohio railroad at
tackled the law as unconstitutional.
Fort Mill times. [volume] (Fort Mill, S.C.) 1892-current, 1911-06-01
Great Reunion Of the FatherIess.

Clnton-Plans have been consum-
mated for the holding OF the biggest
rally the Thornwell Orphanage pupils
have ever had This grand rally will
be during commencement week, June
IS, and following. Boys and girls
from all parts of the Southland have
written that they will be at the re-
union. 1t is hoped that at least one
hundred will be back at Thornwell
to renew their early associations and
learn the things and people there
now. 1t will be like going home
truly, for many of these boys and
girls and men and women spent large
parts of their young lives at the Or
phanage 1t will be a glad day to all
who return when they look upon the
face of that man whom they can call
father, the noble president OF the
Orphanage. Exercises, literary and
formal, all kinds of social affairs,
trips to the Enoree river, a banquet
and such will fill the program. A
great, good time is looked for.
Fort Mill times. [volume] (Fort Mill, S.C.) 1892-current, 1911-06-01
Pardon. and Paroles Granted.
Not acted on, including petitions
educational Board Has Big Job.

The state board OF education will
meet in Columbia on June II, when
the textbook contract will be taken
up for consideration and the contracts
awarded The contract will be for five
years. and will involve the sale Of
over $4,000 900 worth of books.
This meeting OF the board is con
sidered very important Already the
various publishing houses OF the coun-
try have sent their representatives to
this state in the interest OF the con
tract. Competition will be strong.
The task is a hard one.
Fort Mill times. [volume] (Fort Mill, S.C.) 1892-current, 1911-06-01
Atlanta Endorses Peace Movement.

Atlanta Endorses PeaCe movement
Atlanta.-Presiden Tatt's stand Tor
international peace was endorsed with
A rising vote by more than 3,OcJ per-
sons gathered at tae mammoth peace
meeting held here under the auspices
of the Georgia peace society and the
Atlanta chamber Of commerce. While
the meeting was primarily to endorse
President Taft's efforts for an arbi-
tratlon treaty between the United
States, England and France, it was
llso intended to lend the influence
and moral support OF this city to the
Fort Mill times. [volume] (Fort Mill, S.C.) 1892-current, 1911-06-01
ook Like riremcn win strike.

Washington-The wage scale OF
the Southern railway firemen has not
yet been adjusted and the two parties
are apparently as far apart as ever.
The offer OF President Finley rep
resenting the company. amounted to
an advance of about per cent in
wages, whereas the men are asking a
20 per cent increase. Vice President
Howard o. Teat and the committee OF
twenty-one men representing the fire.
men have notified the company that
they will not accept offer made. Board
OF mediation may be applied for.
Fort Mill times. [volume] (Fort Mill, S.C.) 1892-current, 1911-06-01
officers ordered to Make Reports.

A letter addressed from the office
of adjutant general requires that all
officers of the National Guard who
attended the manoeuvres along the
Mexican border make full report.
This order was issued for the pur.
pose of gathering information which
will be disseminated among all OF
the officers Of the National Guard
w. w. Moore in his order to the Of
fcers states that the trip to the Mexi-
can frontier and the participation In
the menoeuvres was not for pleasure
but for instruction.
Fort Mill times. [volume] (Fort Mill, S.C.) 1892-current, 1911-06-01
Crops In ereenvllIe Above Average.

That the crops in Greenville county
are somewhat above the average for
this season Of the year is the opinion
expressed by several citizens who are
in touch with farming conditions. In
other sections prospects bad.
Fort Mill times. [volume] (Fort Mill, S.C.) 1892-current, 1911-06-01
Carolina Glass Case to Higher Court.

Attorneys representing the caro-
lima Glass company, have filed notice
of appeal to the supreme court with
the present dispensary commission
from the recent findings OF the COM
mission, which refused to return $2l,-
600 taken over in this county by the
old commission. The commission also
refused to reopen the Carolina Glass
case.
Should the supreme court sustain
the commission the case will be ap-
pealed to the United States Supreme
court. or a suit will be instituted
against the members Of the old com
mission for $4,000.
Fort Mill times. [volume] (Fort Mill, S.C.) 1892-current, 1911-06-01
Struck Clio Severely.

Clio.-Clio was visited by severe
wind and sand storm and fears are
expressed on all sides that serious
damage has been done the growing
crops. Extremely dry weather pre-
walls and without showers within a
short period the conditions will be-
come alarming.
Fort Mill times. [volume] (Fort Mill, S.C.) 1892-current, 1911-06-01
Unusual Incident in Supreme Court.

In the supreme court B. B. Evans
who ran for attorney general last
campaign, strenuously denied that he
knew anything of the whereabouts OF
certain records connected with case
in which he was figuring, an affidavit
having been presented by opposing
counsel that the records were last
seen with Mr.. Evans. The incident
was a little out of the Uruinary in
the supreme court.
Fort Mill times. [volume] (Fort Mill, S.C.) 1892-current, 1911-06-01
FARM CROPS OF THE SOUTH.
Growth In Past Decade Pointed OUT
by Southery Railways President.

Washington.-The astounding pro-
gress of the Southern states along
agricultural lines is pointed out by
President Finley, of the Southern
Railway company, in calling attention
to the comparative figures made pub
lie by the government showing the In
crease in the value OF farm crops in
1910 as compared with 1899.
The values in the two years refer
red to with percentages OF increase,
are as follows:
Fort Mill times. [volume] (Fort Mill, S.C.) 1892-current, 1911-06-01
patents Granted to carolinians.

Washington-The, following patents
have been issued to South Carolinians:
Robert Z. Heath, Yorkyihe, aero
drome; Charlton E. Leaphart, Lexing'
ton, cotton picker; William. H.~Mc-
Kinney, Sumter, device for hairing
violin bows; James b., Shiyer, Rock
Hill. combined book mark and paper
clip; John p. Todd, Anderson, me-
tallic shingle
Fort Mill times. [volume] (Fort Mill, S.C.) 1892-current, 1911-06-01
pr.oarino for TextiIe Association. i.

Preparing for Textile Association.
Greenville.-Preparations are now
being made here for the meeting Of
the Southern Textile association,
which is to meet in Greenville, July /.
Three hundred or more delegates are
expected to attend The local enter
tainment committee met to outline
general plans relative TO giving the
mill superintendents and overseers a
hearty welcome and generous enter
tainment when they come to the
Mountain City. The last meeting OF
the association was held in Charlotte
in November.
Fort Mill times. [volume] (Fort Mill, S.C.) 1892-current, 1911-06-01
R7tionaIist Society Organized.

The first nationalist society ever
organized in South Carolina and
probably the first in the Southern
states was formed at Columbia, with
ten charter members. Freedom OF
religious thought is the aim OF the 80
ciety it is explained.
Fort Mill times. [volume] (Fort Mill, S.C.) 1892-current, 1911-06-01
DR.. !. Adams Hayne on Duty.

The new state health officer and
secretary Of state board of health,
DR. J. Adams Hayne, has reported and
the affairs of the office are being turn
ed over 10 him. He is former resi-
dent Of Greenyille.