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Fort Mill times. [volume] (Fort Mill, S.C.) 1892-current, 1914-05-14
SummerSett in the Race.

James A. Summersett, of
Columbia, has announced that
he will be a candidate for the
office of comptroller general of
South Carolina in the August
primaries.
Mr.. Summersett is therefore
seeking to become the successor
of the incumbent. A. w. Jones.
Mr.. Summersett is we'll known
in Columbia where he is engaged
in the insurance and real estate
business with George l.. Dial,
the firm name being Summer
sett & Dial. of 1917 Washington
street. He was candidate for
railroad commissioner in 1908
and 1909 and in that capacity
toured the State with the other
aspirants for State offices.
Fort Mill times. [volume] (Fort Mill, S.C.) 1892-current, 1914-05-14
White House Marriage.

With a plain circlet of pure
gold, typical of the quiet ele-
gance of the ceremony. Miss
Eleanor Randolph Wilson. young
est daughter of the president of
the United States and Mrs.
Woodrow Wilson, was married at
6 O'Clock Thursday evening in
the White House, Washington,
to William Gibbs McAdoo. secre-
tary of the treasury.
The simple and impressive
wedding service of the Presby-
terian church was pronounced
by Rev. Sylvester Beach. pastor
of the church in Princeton. N. j. ..
attended by the President and
his family. The ceremony was
witnessed by the smallest COM
pany that ever attended so i'm
portant a function in the White
House.
Fort Mill times. [volume] (Fort Mill, S.C.) 1892-current, 1914-05-14
Will Adjourn July 10th.

In Il conference last Wednes-
day between president Wilson
and Senators Hoke Smith and
Kern it was decided that a date
be set for the adjournment of
Congress. regardless of the state
of the bill which the administra-
ton is pressing. AS is well
known. the president is very
anxious for his trust Legislation
to be passed at this session of
Congress, as well as the bill fix
ing rural credits for the agricul-
tural interests. 1t was agreed.
however. that it would not be
advisable for the party leaders
to remain in session after July
10th, as the entire House comes
up for reelection and the Demo-
Gratis are very anxious to capture
an increased majority if possible.
Fort Mill times. [volume] (Fort Mill, S.C.) 1892-current, 1914-05-14
News Notes From Yorkville.

The governor has accepted an
invitation to deliver an educa-
tional address at Bethany on
May Is, the date of the closing
of the school.
S. H. White of Rock Hill. a
delegate to the county con-
vention, became violently i'll
just before the meeting. He
was able, however, to return
home in the evening.
A mayor. six aldermen and
three school trustees are to be
elected for the town of Yorkville
on May 27.
The Rev. R. A. Lummus of
Edgemmore assisted the Rev.
j. l.. Oates Thursday, Friday
and Saturday in preparatory
communion services.
Bert F. Smith has received his
commission from the governor
as captain of Company l..
The fire department has pur-
chased a fine horse from Robert
T. Allison in place of the one
recently disabled.
Yorkville will get $123. 81 as
it's tax of l per cent. on the
premium collections of foreign
fire insurance companies.
James Bros. have brought
from Tennessee a 5-year-old
horse which is claimed to have
carried off q blue ribbons from
% horse shows.
Richard w. Hughes. Nj. D.,
of Bluffton will locate at Tirzah
at an early date for the practice
of his profession. Correspond
ence The State.
Fort Mill times. [volume] (Fort Mill, S.C.) 1892-current, 1914-05-14
Two Killed With Baseball Bat.

Charged with the murder of
two men with a homemade base
ball bat Thad f. Turney was
placed in York Jail last Wednes-
day. j. F.. Turney. father of
Thad Turney, is also being held
by the authorities.
The two men killed were
j. X. Wells and Pink Dover. A
revolver fight was said to have
preceded a hand-to-hand strug-
gle, which occurred about 8
miles west of Yorkville near the
State line. 1t is thought that
Wells and Dover were mistaken
for revenue officers by the
Turneys.
Fort Mill times. [volume] (Fort Mill, S.C.) 1892-current, 1914-05-14
New Issue Of Postage Stamps.

1t is expected that the 1914 Sc
ries of postage stamps soon will
be available to mail patrons at
all offices. The postmaster gen
eral has sent advices that the
department ut Washington is
prepared to issue five new de-
nominations of ordinary postage
stamps. The new stamps are
the same size and shape as the
present two-cent stamps and are
the seven-cent. innocent. 12-
cent. 20-cent and thirty-cent de-
nominations. black. pink. maroon.
light blue and vermilion. respect
lively.
The new seven" bears the
head of George Washington in
profile. from Houdon's bust.
looking to the left. The border
design is the same as that of the
first six denominations of the
current series.
Fort Mill times. [volume] (Fort Mill, S.C.) 1892-current, 1914-05-14
The Mexican Situation.

Reiterating his statement that
there was nothing imminent"
in the Mexican situation and that
no aggressive" move was in
contemplation by this govern
ment, Secretary of War Garrison
has for several days continued
preparations to send the balance
of the second division of the
army to Vera Cruz as a pre-
cautionary measure.
Orders have gone to the fourth
and sixth brigades at Texas City
to be ready to reinforce General
Funston, but when such an
order will be issued still is un-
decided. War department Of
ficials have been engaging trans
ports and so far arrangements
have been made for eleven ships,
including the four regular army
transports now at Galveston.
Anxiety was aroused at the
State department over the re-
ported capture by Mexican
soldiers near Vera Cruz of
Samuel Parks, a private of the
2Sth infantry, who rode into the
Mexican lines while believed to
be suffering from temporary
insanity. Another report from
Vera Cruz to the effect that an
unidentified American had been
executed by Mexican troops led
the department to institute "a
rigid inquiry through American
authorities at Vera Cruz.
1t was reported several days
ago that the ENJOYS of the South
American republics, who hope to
settle the Mexican trouble, will
meet at Niagara Falls, n. Y.
on Monday, May 18.
Fort Mill times. [volume] (Fort Mill, S.C.) 1892-current, 1914-05-14
Essay On An Editor.

We look into a cradle and be-
hold male child. At the age of
ten he is a noisy kid, with half
the buttons off his pants and a
sure eye for meanness. At Is
he is a devil in a print shop; at
33 the publisher of a country
newspaper, at the head of every
enterprise calculated to improve
the town or enrich the business
thereof; at so he is an emaciated
and wornout man with holes in
his pockets and a gray head; at
the age of 60 he is a corpse in a
cheap coffin and his only re-
sources left behind are two
cases of long primer type. an old
Taylor hand-press and a sub
scription book with 500 de-
linquent subscribers. who line up
and march past the coffin saying.
He was a public spirited fellow,
but he couldn't save anything.
Rock Hill Record.
Fort Mill times. [volume] (Fort Mill, S.C.) 1892-current, 1914-05-14
Tomato Wilt.

The Times has received from
Miss Minnie Garrison. county
tomato club agent. the following
article relating to tomato wilt
and the remedy for same:
There are two different wilt
diseases in fields where tomatoes
are grown. Probably the most
widespread and destructive one
is a bacterial wilt.
Bacterial wilt is readily recog-
nized by the way that the dis
ease affects the plants. The
disease begins with the leaves
at the top of the plant or at the
ends of the branches. These
leaves wilt first and the disease
gradually works it's way back
until the entire plant willis and
dies. The bacteria which causes
the disease will live in the old
diseased plants and in the soil
for years. They work in the
water ducts and vessels of the
stem and roots of the plant and
plug these vessels up to such an
extent that the circulation is cut
off. The disease is spread during
the growing season by leaf eat
ing insects and by bacteria being
carried by the wind and water
from the old diseased plants to
healthy plants. When the dis
ease first appears, the diseased
plants should be pulled up and
burned. AS preventive meas
ure the tomatoes should be
sprayed with arSenate of paste
or one-fourth pound arsenate of
lead at the rate of one-half pound
of lead to twelve gallons of
Bordeaux mixture.
The fungus wilt also causes
disease by plugging up the YES
sells and water ducts of the stems
and roots, but in this case the
disease practically always starts
in through the roots from the
soil and the lower leaves and
branches show signs of the dis
Fort Mill times. [volume] (Fort Mill, S.C.) 1892-current, 1914-05-14
The STATE CONVENTION
WILL Be RhTI-RLEASE

Complete returns from the
county conventions held the last
week show that the forces op-
posed to Governor Blease will be
in control of the State Democrat
ic convention. OF the 338 dele
Gates to the State convention
from the Al counties. nearly 300
are opposed to the administra-
ton.
More than a score of conven-
ventions adopted resolutions call
ing upon the State convention to
pass some sort of primary reform.
In Rich!and county a resolution
was adopted asking that the
rules for the general election be
placed about the primary system.
The voters in every county of
the State were reported as favor
ing some action to protect the
primary and place it above sus-
picion.
The report from Newberry
probably was the most significant
of all, the delegation from that
county being solidly opposed to
the governor. The convention
refused to send Governor Blease
as a candidate to the State con-
vention, while Fred H. Domi-
Mich, strong personal supporter
of the governor, was ousted from
the county chairmanship.
The report from Lee county
was to the effect that Senator E.
d Smith would be one of the
delegates to the State conven-
ton. Ira B. Jones will head a
delegation from Lancaster.
A general summary of the re-
suit of the conventions follow:
Resolutions calling for primary
reform were adopted in many of
the conventions.
An anti-administration State
executive committee was named.
The administration of Presi-
dent Wilson was endorsed in the
strongest terms in many resolu-
tions.
A fight will be made on the
county-to-county campaign.
Practically all administration
leaders failed of election as dele
gates to the State convention.
There will be two delegations
sent from Charleston, and the
contest will be decided by the
State convention.
There will be split delegation
from Georgetown, there being
six delegetes from each faction
with one-half vote each.
Fort Mill times. [volume] (Fort Mill, S.C.) 1892-current, 1914-05-14
SENATOR &. D. SMITH
OPENS HIS CAMPAIGN

Senator E. D. Smith has
opened his campaign for re-
election to the United States
Senate by distributing generous
ly throughout the State a PAM
phlet which contains a summary
of his work in the Senate since
he was elected six years ago.
There is much of interest in the
pamphlet and it shows that
Senator Smith has done what he
told the farmers of the State he
would do secured legislation in
behalf of the great cotton grow
ing industry. Time out of mind
the cotton farmer of the South
has had to accept for his product
Just what the Wall street gam
blers were pleased to pay him.
Now all this will be changed if
the legislation Senator Smith has
succeeded in writing into the
statute books has the result it's
author claims it will have.
Among the resolutions and
bills introduced by Senator
Smith and enumerated, with
short discussions, in this pam
phlet are those on Investigation
of Cotton Pool" Cotton Stats
tics made Available for Farm
ers," a resolution which re-
suited in More Accurate Re-
ports upon Cotton" another on
the Spinning Value of the
different Grades of Cotton" an
Inquiry into the Causes for
Advance in Prices of Fer
tilizers. " Cotton Bagging and
Tires. D." a resolution ITO Repeal
the Fourteenth and Fifteenth
Amendments to the Constitu-
ton, Extension of Credit to
Farmers" and Regulation of
Cotton Exchange"
Senator Smith has devoted
all of his time and talents to his
duties in the Senate. He has
not been involved in factional-
ism; he has tried to be senator
for all the people and not for
part of the people. He has tried
to serve all the people to the
best of his ability; he has never
stopped to inquire whether a
man was his friend or his
enemy or whether man had
voted for him or not. The re-
suits he has obtained for his
State have justifisd his course,
for he has more and better legis-
lation to his credit than any
Senator has ever secured in the
sa me length of service.
Senator Smith is seeking re-
election on his record. The
issue in this campaign is plain.
His record is good more than
that, it is better record than
any other Senator has ever made
in so short a time. He and his
friends are content to say that
his record entities him to re-
election. -
Fort Mill times. [volume] (Fort Mill, S.C.) 1892-current, 1914-05-14
How Smith Ran in 1908.

In view of the contest between
Senator f.. ID. Smith and Gov
ernor Cole l.. Blease for the
Senate. it is interesting to note
the returns in the second pri-
mary of six years ago, when
Senator Smith was victor over
Ex-Governor John Gary Evans.
In that race Senator Smith car
ried lorty out of the then forty
two counties of the State, only
Spartanbrrg and Union giving
majorities for Governor Evans.
There were 10000 votes cast
in the second primary in 1908.
of which Smith received 0.292
and Evans 39,7l2. Smiths ma
jority being 30. He swept
the entire State and scored one
of the greatest victories ever
won in the political history of
the State.
1t is interesting to note that
the total vote received by
Senator Smith in 1908. q little
over 10000 is close to that polled
by Governor Blease in 1912, his
being about $4,000. These fig
ures afford food for thought in
figuring on the race between
Senator Smith and Governor
BleaSe.
Fort Mill times. [volume] (Fort Mill, S.C.) 1892-current, 1914-05-14
Charlotte News Buys Chronicle

BY far the most important
newspaper deal in this section in
a number of years was that
made Friday. when the Char
lotte News Publishing company
bought the Charlotte Evening
Chronicle from The Observer
company. The last issue of The
Chronicle, carrying the an
nouncement of the sale, APP
peared Friday afternoon.
Fort Mill times. [volume] (Fort Mill, S.C.) 1892-current, 1914-05-14

Crops of the township are very
much in need of rain. There
was a fairly good season in parts
of the township last Thursday
afternoon. but the high winds of
the following day served to dry
the ground and it is said by some
that the rain did the growing
crops little good.
Fort Mill times. [volume] (Fort Mill, S.C.) 1892-current, 1914-05-14

A jolly crowd of young people
from the Pleasant Valley neigh
borhood passed through Fort
Mill Friday morning enroute to
to CataWba river where the day
was spent in picnicing and fish
ing.
Fort Mill times. [volume] (Fort Mill, S.C.) 1892-current, 1914-05-14

Unsettled weather for the
week with mid-spring tempera-
lures in the Southern States
was the forecast of the national
weather bureau at Washington
Sunday night.
Fort Mill times. [volume] (Fort Mill, S.C.) 1892-current, 1914-05-14
STATE NEWS ARRANGED
FOR QUICK READING.

contract for $4,000 square yards
of creosoted wood pavement, be-
sides 65, square yards of as
phalt.
Special agents from the bureau
of the census at Washington are
in South Carolina collecting sta
tistics of various kinds which
will be used in compiling bulle-
tins and announcements of an
economic and industrial nature.
The condition of municipalities
and towns is being given partic-
ular study from financial view
point.
Fourteen fires in South Caro-
lima during April were caused by
rats and matches and occasioned
a total loss Of $2,650, according
to reports filed with the State in
surance department by the fire
insurance companies during bus
mess in this State. During the
month there were 1873 fires re-
ported, with a loss of $65, 1872 81.
E. j. Watson, commissioner of
agriculture for South Carolina,
will make an address on May 10
at Ware Shoals, where garden
demonstration work is being con-
Quoted under the direction of j.
T. Carberry.
Adjt. Gen. w. w. Moore is in
Washington this week on official
business. While in the national
capital, Gen. Moore will call at
the war department to learn
what plans, if any, bave been
made by Secretary Garrison rela-
tive to calling out the South Car
olina troops for service in Mex
leo.
Miss Ann Hampton. a sister of
the late Gen. Wade Hampton,
the famous South Carolina war
rior, governor and senator, died
Thursday morning at her home
near Columbia. Her death oc-
Cured at about l O'Clock. Miss
Hampton was 80 years of age.
Columbia's first building for
the housing of young business
women will be opened sometime
during the present week. The
building leased by the board of
directors of the Woman's Build
ing company is on the northwest
corner of Hampton and Sumter
streets. and has been completely
Overhauled.
The high winds of the last
week played havoc with the
crops in some sections of the
State, especially in the low coun
try, where much cotton had been
thinned out. In many places the
small plants, where the chopping
had removed most of the dirt
from around the roots, were
blown entirely away. and many
acres will have to be replanted
Porter c. Num-. one of Green
ville's most progressive young
citizens and member of Jordan
& Mum. contractors. shot HIM
self through the head with pis-
tol ut 8 o'clock Saturday morning
and died three hours later.
The commencement exercises
of the Presbyterian College of
South Carolina, at Clinton. will
begin on Sunday, June Z. and
continue through the following
Wednesday. Rev. VIM. Hood.
of Baltimore, will deliver the
baccalaureate sermon on Sunday.
June z.
Plans for improving the con-
Meeting link between the Nation
al highway and the Capitalize
Capital highway will be discussed
at a meeting of the representa-
tives of the chambers of Lam
caster, Camden and Kershaw,
May Is. 1t was also announced
that there will be meeting at
Rock Hill to discuss plans for
improving the road between
Rock Hill and Gastonia and
Charlotte.
Socialists of the State met in
Columbia a few days ago and
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1914-05-09
LONDONDERRY.

Delbert Stone has hired L. z. Bar
ney's farm.
Lyman Payne is moving to the JOS
lyn place.
George Wade Of Dorset was at A. II.
Wade's the last of the week.
A. B. Waite went to Boston again
Monday to have his eyes treated.
Mrs. Lloyd and son, John, of Wal
lingford are guests of her brother,
Fred Brown.
Charles Charlton has come home from
Arlington and is working for Clyde
Wright IN the meat market.
Rev. Mr.. Merrill of st. Johnsburv
spoke at the Congregational church
Sunday. There was a good attendance
and nine united with the church
Orrin D. Stowell of Brattleboro was
here last week and attended the funer-
al of Mrs. Bacon. Miss Clara Stowell
of Somerville, Mass, a half sister OF
Mrs. Bacon, also was here.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1914-05-09
WINDHAM.

Helen Gould was in Chester Monday.
Mrs. Capen of West Townshend Is
at Bert Howe 5.
John and Harry Gould were in Chcs-
ter on business Monday.
Mrs. !. \. Gould is visiting her son.
George Gould, in Westminster West.
Mr.. and Mrs Ora Rhoads. who were
away several days, returned Sunday.
Luthera Hamilton was home from
Leland and Gray seminary over sun
day.
Mr.. and Mrs. Earl of Lancaster. y
y, are guests at Mountain Grove
farm.
Mr.. and Mrs. Harry Wood of Chester
were at the home of her father, II. NJ
Abbott, Sunday.
Arthur Edison was home over Sun
day from Newfane, where he is attend
ing court as a juror.
Communion was observed in the
Center church Sunday and five mem
bers were received on confession OF
faith.
company of young people met al
the parsonage Thursday evening, Apri
80, to celebrate Ethel Vincent s birth
day anniversary.
A fve-cent stayat-home meeting !,
the Ladies Aid socicty's plan for thit
week, to be followed by general raj
ly for the annual meeting to he bel,
in the yestry May Il.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1914-05-09
CARNIVAL OF FUN.
London Gaity Girls, Coming May II,
Thursday, in Big Burlesque

There will be a carnival of fun at
the Auditorium Thursday. May H.,
when the London Gaity Girls Big Bur
lesque company make their initial APP
pearance here. The bill they present
is one which goes to amusement seek
ers with an irresistible appeal. 1t con
ssts of comedy. music and vaudeville
features, and it is presented by one
of the cleverest aggregati0ns of fun
creators, singers, dancers and pretty
show girls now on the road. Two mu-
steal farees are given. entitled Looking
for Wife and Cafe Bergere. Dave
Meyer, the funnev little Hiddish dialect
comedian, appears in the stellar roles,
and associated with him in remarka-
bly, successful conspiracy for the elimi-
nation of ''the blues and related
maladies are Tony Mack, Annie Rus
sell, Dolly Delmar, Ida Stanley and the
ponies and broilers who constitute one
Of the most attractive features of the
show.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1914-05-09
HoosIER CLUB FORMING.
Twenty live Persons Will Have oppor-
tunity to Get Cabinets at Low Price.

Emerson & Son are now forming a
Eoosier kitchen cabinet club of p mem
bers. Each member may secure one OF
the highest grade white enamel lined
IIoosier kitchen cabinets 10y paying 81
down and ) each week, and the low
est cash price is given to all members
Of this club. This method of payment
Is so easy that the majority of people
win hardly notice it aud the pleasure
cf using one of these modern up-to-
date labor savers is experienced immc-
uiately on joining the club.
All next week the local firm will
have the services Of a specialist from
the factory who viii gladly show
members Of the club how to get the
most service and saving of labor in
the use of kitchen cabinet. All those
interested in this proposition should
visit the Emerson store at once as this
club proposition will be withdrawn
just as soon as the % members have
been enrolled. After the club is full
the terms viii be the same as before
strictly cash or 10 per cent extra on
the installment plan.
Mr.. Emerson SAYS he expects that
the applications to Join the club will
far exceed the limit of p members
but only the first p who apply can
secure their cabinets on the club plan
lie believes, however. that those who
apply later, after having been shown
the advantages in using kitchen
cabinet, win gladly pay the full
amount in cash. and is anticipating &
very large business on this household
necessity.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1914-05-09

delegation of women voters from the
ten states where members of the fair
sex now are allowed to east the bal
lot. Walking at the head of this con-
tingent was Dir. Cora Smith King of
Seattle, Washington, treasurer Of the
National Council of Women Voters
Bringin up the rear of the parade
were hundreds of women under the
banners of separate states.
The words of the song, The March of
the Women, which was sung by the pa
raiders and which had been heard in
this country only once before, are:
Shout, shout, up with your song;
Cry with the wind, for the dawn is
breaking;
March, march, swing you along,
Wide blows our banner, and hope is
waking.
Song with its story, dreams with their
Lo, they call, and glad is their
word.
Louder and louder it swells,
Thunder and freedom, the voice Of
the Lord.
Long, long-We in the past
Covered in dread from the light of
heaven,
Strong. strong-stand we at last,
Fearless in faith and with sight new.
given.
Strength with its beauty, Life with its
duty,
(Hear the voice, oh hear and obey
These, these-beckon us on;
Open your eyes to the blaze of day