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Fort Mill times. [volume] (Fort Mill, S.C.) 1892-current, 1915-07-29
YOrkville'S Home Coming.

All roads will lead to Yorkville
on September l, 2 and 3, when
hundreds of South Carolinians
will wend their way back
home" to attend Yorkville's
homecoming and Chatauqua. 1t
will be the biggest event in the
history of the town and numer-
Gus entertainments are being
provided. In addition to the
ChatauQua programme, the best
speakers in the State will be
there. Gov. Richard | Manning
and E. j. Watson, commissioner
of agriculture, will be the speak
ers on the first day; DR.. Henry
N. Snyder of Wofford college and
Congressman Asbury F. Lever
are on the programme for the
second day; while homecoming
day proper, on the third day,
will bring a long list of dis
tinguished sons back to speak.
On this day William Banks,
editor of the Columbia Record
and president of the South Caro-
lima Press association, will pre-
side and addresses will be
delivered by Col. Asbury Cow
ard, Maj. w. F. Robertson of
the GreenviIle Chamber of Com
merce and Robert Latham of the
Charleston News and Courier.
All of the speakers for the last
day are natives of York.
Fort Mill times. [volume] (Fort Mill, S.C.) 1892-current, 1915-07-29
John N. FewelI Dead.

John May Fewell died at the
family residence in Ebenezer,
this county, Saturday morning
at o'clock.
Mr.. Fewell was a prominent
farmer and cotton buyer and
was held in highest esteem by
all. He was born and reared
in Ebenezer and was known by
a large majority of the citizens
of eastern York. The deceased
was 81 years of age last May.
His illness had extended over
a period of four months and for
several weeks his recovery was
regarded as uncertain.
Fort Mill times. [volume] (Fort Mill, S.C.) 1892-current, 1915-07-29
The "Dyestdff Famine" :"

Reports received by the
National Bureau of Foreign and
Domestic Commerce from diff
ferent parts of the country show
that the effects of the "dyestuf
famine are becoming more and
more apparent each day. In
some instances textile mills are
forced to shut down for the time
being until new supplies of
colors can be obtained. This is
especially the case in works con-
sumlng large amounts of indigo.
the lack of which has now be-
come very acute.
The possibility of securing
fairly satisfactory shades by the
use of vegetable dyestuffs has
been decisively demonstrated.
and the consumption of logwood,
tustlc, -quercitron, cutch, hy-
pernic, ETC., has now attained
figures far beyond any record
output of the past.
In the meantime the few
American manufacturers of coal
tar colors are steadily expanding
their plants and are producing
dyestuffs in quantities hitherto
unknown.
Fort Mill times. [volume] (Fort Mill, S.C.) 1892-current, 1915-07-29
Leads Fertilizer Decrease.

South Carolina, according to a
compilation made by the Manu-
facturer's Record of Baltimore,
has led the South in reduction
this year of fertilizer consump-
ton. The State ranks third in
tonnage, the leaders being
Georgia and North Carolina. The
proportion of purchases this
year to those of last year is given
In percentages as follows: South
Carolina 55, North Carolina rs,
Georgia SO, Florida 68, Alabama
6O-65, Mississippi IA, Louisiana
81. A greater reduction to 30
per cent. is credited to Arkansas.
Fort Mill times. [volume] (Fort Mill, S.C.) 1892-current, 1915-07-29
Must Not Use Motorcycles.

Postmaster General Burleson
has issued an order, which be-
comes effective January l, pro-
hibiting the use of bicycles and
motorcycles by rural delivery
carriers in the discharge of their
duty. A conservative estimate
places the number of routes
now covered by this class of
vehicle at 5000.
In addition to the bicycle and
the motorcycle being inadequate
to handle the large amount of
mail which is now carried be-
cause of the parcel post, Mr..
Burleson declares it is very
dangerous for carriers to use
this mode of travel.
Fort Mill times. [volume] (Fort Mill, S.C.) 1892-current, 1915-07-29
Most Perfectly Printed Paper.

Among the visitors in Colum-
bla yesterday was w. d. Grist,
editor of the Yorkville En-
quirer. His paper is unique in
that it has not changed owners
since the day it was established
by John E. Grist in 1856. 1t
has been a family-owned propo-
sltlon ever since. The Enquirer
is known far and wide as the
most perfectly printed paper in
the United States. That is not
the only good quality claimed for
it by the many friends of The En-
quirer. Columbia Record, Sun
day.
Fort Mill times. [volume] (Fort Mill, S.C.) 1892-current, 1915-07-29
Elder Holroyd Passes.

News was received in Fort
Mill Sunday morning of the
death in Rock Hill of the Rev.
Robert Lee Holroyd, presiding
elder of the Rock Hill district of
the Upper South Carolina Meth
dist conference, Rev. Mr..
Holroyd had been ill of pneu-
monia for several days and his
death was not unexpected.
The Rev. Mr.. Holroyd was So
years old. He was born in
Mercer county, West Virginia,
May %, 1868, and was married
to Miss Lula E. Wiggins. daugh-
ter of the Rev. Casper E. Wig
gins of South Carolina June 30,
1886. To this union seven sons
were born, all of whom survive
with their mother.
In 1913 he was appointed pre-
siding elder of the Rock Hill
district by Bishop A. w. Wilson,
and in 1914 he was returned to
that field.
Fort Mill times. [volume] (Fort Mill, S.C.) 1892-current, 1915-07-29
FRIGRTFUL DISASTER
ON EXCURSION STEAMER

Hundreds of persons were.
drowned Saturday morning, when
the steamer Eastland, crowded
with $500 employees of the
Western Electric Co.. capsized
in the Chicago river. The
crowding of passengers to one
side of the boat popularity is
supposed to have caused the
tragedy, but authorities, not
satisfied with that explanation,
ordered the arrest of the boats
officers.
Bodies of 9O1 persons had
been recovered up to Sunday
night, after 40 hours of search
ing by divers.
The total dead remained at
approximately 1000 according
to estimates by Coroner Hoffman
whose reports indicated that
possibly 100 bodies were held in
the mud of the river by the
steamers superstructure. While
only LOOP of the 2,408 pas
sengers of the Eastland had
registered as saved, it was
thought that about ATS survivors.
including the crew of 72, had
failed to report.
About three score bodies were
recovered from the wreck before
dark Sunday night, but after
that divers discovered only one
corpse before they quit work for
the night.
There was much confusion in
the totalling of bodies recovered
owing to Implications and re-
movals.
AS result, all sorts of esti-
mates were scattered about the
city with guesses from 1, 800 to
2, 300, but officers in charge of
clearing the wreck were unable
to tabulate more than 901 bodies
listed Sudday night. The morgue
was cleared of all but score of
corpses, all other victims having
been identified.
Investigations to determine re-
sponsibility for the calamity are
under way in. dozen quarters.
City and county officers were
unanimous in declaring that
some blame rested with Federal
inspectors, alleging they per-
mitted the steamer to operate
while unsafe.
Fort Mill times. [volume] (Fort Mill, S.C.) 1892-current, 1915-07-29
Cotton 80 Cents at Bremen.

The American Association of
Commerce and Trade of Berlin,
Germany, reports that the price
of raw cotton in Bremen reached
30 cents a pound on May 81 as
against 20 to 22 cents before the
conflict with Italy and IL cents
before the war, says The Daily
Trade Record.
Since the entrance of Italy
into the war cotton mills have
increased their prices by about
25 per cent. Finished cotton
goods have increased by at least
19 per cent. and as the stocks
are RAPIDLY diminishing further
increase in price is inevitable.
Fort Mill times. [volume] (Fort Mill, S.C.) 1892-current, 1915-07-29
NUMEROUS ROBBERlES
OF SOUTHERN CARS

What appears to have been a
wholesale robbery of freight cars
has been going on for several
weeks between Charlotte and
Chester on the Southern freight
trains. knowledge of the steal
ing did not reach Fort Mill, how
ever, until few days ago when
conductor on a northbound
train noticed suspicious looking
package in the vines near the
tracks in the deep cut just north
of the local freight station. The
discovery was made known to
the police and an investigation
revealed the fact that the pack
age was quite bulky, containing
several caddies of chewing to-
bacco and a couple Of cases of
smoking tobacco, the entire lot
being consigned to merchant
in Jacksonville, Fla. Since this
discovery it is learned that
numerous robberies of the freight
trains have been made during
the last few weeks between
Charlotte and Chester. 1t is
stated that some three weeks
ago the greater part of "a box of
meat was thrown from a car a
short distance below the railroad
pumping station south of town,
a number of small pieces of the
meat being left on the ground
where the theft was committed.
1t is further said that the rail-
road people have a pretty strong
clue as to the guilty parties and
that arrests may follow any
day.
Fort Mill times. [volume] (Fort Mill, S.C.) 1892-current, 1915-07-29
Sinks American Steamer.

The American freight steamer
Leelenaw bound from Archangel,
Russia, for Belfast, Ireland.
with a cargo of flax, was tor
pedoed and sunk Sunday by a
German submarine off the North
west coast of Scotland. Captain
Belk and the crew were saved,
landing at Kirkwall in their own
boats.
Fort Mill times. [volume] (Fort Mill, S.C.) 1892-current, 1915-07-29

The Times is unable to answer
Inquirer" as to why the authori
ties do not use the towns street
sprinkler at least on Main street
these hot. dry days.
Fort Mill times. [volume] (Fort Mill, S.C.) 1892-current, 1915-07-29
Brings Fancy Price.

The first bale of new crop
Georgia cotton was marketed in
Savannah last Wednesday. 1t
brought 18 Lilo cents pound
on the cotton exchange.
Fort Mill times. [volume] (Fort Mill, S.C.) 1892-current, 1915-07-29
Millions for the "MoyieS.

During the year 1914, up to
December l, $4,000, 900 were
spent in the manufacture of mo-
ton picture negatives.
Ten thousand reels of negative
each about 1000 feet long, were
made. An average of 35 posi-
tives, according to Washington
reports, were made from each
negative; the positive costing
SIT, 900, 900 more, totalling $37, =
600, 900 for the manufacturing
cost of all the films that were
manufactured and exhibited.
At least 10000, 900 people 20
to see the movies every day in
the United States; between 85O,-
600 and 100000 in New York
city and about 1886, 900 in Chica-
go. -Photoplay Magazine.
Fort Mill times. [volume] (Fort Mill, S.C.) 1892-current, 1915-07-29

A destructive hailstorm passed
over the western section of Cher
okee county Friday afternoon,
doing considerable damage to
the growing crops.
The Sumter tobacco market
opened auspiciously on Thursday.
nearly 40, 900 pounds of the weed
being sold that day at an excel
lent price.
When the Southern CONNER
cial congress, commemorating so
years of peace in the United
States, convenes in Charleston
December 13 for a four days
session, many notable men. in
cluding Secretary Garrison and
Secretary Daniels, will be pres
ent and deliver addresses.
One negro was killed, another
mortally wounded and an officer
less seriously hurt in battle at
Nichols, eight miles from Mul-
lins, Friday afternoon. The shoot
ing affray took place in front of
a negro church in the centre of
the town.
A most enthusiastic meeting
of the Rock Hill Chamber of
commerce was held Friday even
ing. the chief feature being an
address by T. G.. Mcleod, of
Bishopville. whose subject was
Hog and Hominy."
Clean, well ventilated, sanitary
and fireproof wards are to take
the place of the stuffy rooms at
the State Hospital for the Insane.
The white males were removed
from several wards Saturday
and construction work was be-
gun on Monday.
st. Johns Lutheran church in
the Dutch Fork section of Lex
ington county was blown down
by storm which passed through
that territory Thursday.
Fourteen of the 112 children in
the Church Home orphanage at
Yorkville are from Columbia.
Twenty are from Charleston.
Eight are from Spartanburg and
like number from Graniteville.
Seven are from Greenville.
Chester County's treasurer, r.
E.. Wylie, reports that the COM
mutation tax collected this year
amounts to 81, 482.5O, which is
80 per cent. less than that COL
lected in 1914.
At the recent Bible conference
In Greenville, representatives of
the 150,0 900 Baptists of the State
pledged themselves to work zeal
ously to free South Carolina from
whiskey in the election next
September. Strong resolutions
to this effect were adopted.
Jesse r. Robinson, a white
man about 26 years of age and a
linenan for the Southern Public
Utilities Company, was killed
Monday afternoon in Greenyille,
when he came in contact with
two wires carrying 2.300 volts of
electricity.
VIM. C. Biggers, one of York
county's best known and most
prosperous farmers, died Sunday
night in the vicinity of Rock Hill.
Mr.. Biggers suffered general
breakdown some time. ago and
his condition gradually grew
Fort Mill times. [volume] (Fort Mill, S.C.) 1892-current, 1915-07-29

Born Monday to Mr.. and Mrs.
A. B. Sheppard, a daughter.
James T. Young, Jr., is spend
ing the week in Charlotte with
his cousin, Richard Young.
Fort Mill times. [volume] (Fort Mill, S.C.) 1892-current, 1915-07-29

Miss Hazel Hardin, of Winns-
boro. is the attractive guest of
Miss Bessie Smith in this CITY
Fort Mill times. [volume] (Fort Mill, S.C.) 1892-current, 1915-07-29
STATE NEWS ARRANGED
FOR QUICK READING.

The Woodman picnic at Fill
bert, York county, takes place
today.
Fort Mill times. [volume] (Fort Mill, S.C.) 1892-current, 1915-07-29

A destructive hailstorm passed
over the western section of Cher
okee county Friday afternoon,
doing considerable damage to
the growing crops.
Fort Mill times. [volume] (Fort Mill, S.C.) 1892-current, 1915-07-29

The Sumter tobacco market
opened auspiciously on Thursday,
nearly 40, 900 pounds of the weed
being sold that day at an excel
lent price.
Fort Mill times. [volume] (Fort Mill, S.C.) 1892-current, 1915-07-29

VIM. G. Biggers, one of York
county's best known and most
prosperous farmers, died Sunday
night in the vicinity of Rock Hill.
Mr.. Biggers suffered a general
breakdown some time ago and
his condition gradually grew
worse until his death Sunday
night.
The Dolores star., 1915-12-24
WESTERN.

Ssffrasists at Chicago learned that
Attorney General p. J. Lucey decided
tlat Illinois women have NO right to
vote for delegates to presidential con-
venti0as.
The name of George w. Norris. jun.
~ United States senator from Me-
tfaska. was filed with the secretary
q State ut Lincoln rs a candidate
for the Republican presidential nomi-
nation at the primaries to be held
Aext April.
A citation was issued at Tucson.
AriS.. by Judge Sawtelle of the U. s.
District Court. directing officials OF
the Western Federation of Miners to
appear before him on Dec. "a to show
cause why an Injunction should not
% issued restraining them from In
ssrfering with assessment work on
$50 claims OF the Detroit Copper Com.
pany in the Clifton, Ariz., mining dis.
triGt.
The Dolores star., 1915-12-24
SPORT.

Guy L. Bort. 81. former star foot
ball player at the University of Mich
igan, died suddenly in Denver from
an athletic heart.
Jack Dillon OF Indianapolis. middle
weight champion. was awarded the
decision over Yankee Gilbert OF Phila.
delphia at Dayton. Ohio. in the fourth
round Of scheduled fifteen.round
bout.
After several weeks of conferences
baseball officials were forced to ad.
init In New York that peace between
the Federal League and organised
baseball Is far from being consum-
mated.
Frank NJ. ,Wheelock Of Denver, a
student at Tome School, Port Depos.
1t, Md, was awarded a school honor
cap adorned with letter "T' in fecog-
milton Of his exceptionally good work
on the first football team OF the Pith-
ian Society at Tome. .
Charles P. Taft has set a price on
the Cubs. 1t was admitted by au.
thoritative sources in Chicago, and the
deal for their sale 20 Charles Weegh.
man. owner Of the Chicago Federals,
will 80 through as soon as the base.
ball plans are perfected.
The Dolores star., 1915-12-24
s1,30O,OOO FOR BETS
CROP >AT LoNoMoNT REACHES
$4,000 TONS.
Price Averages . Little Over - Per
Ton, the Highest Price Ever Paid
to the Growers Of 8ests.

Western Newspaper Union News Service.
Longmont, Colo.-The total amount
paid out by the Great Western Sugar
Company for beets grown in the Long
mont section the last season ID 81
100000. OF this amount 100000 was
distributed last week The November
pay was s6s0.0O0. This enormous
amount 10 in payment for the largest
beet crop ever grown in this section.
approximately $4,000 tons. The av-
erage Price . ton IL the largest ever
received by the growers. being few
cents more than sc. The average for
the beets paid for in November was
$3.50, the average for the December
pay being &6.13. The sugar content
for the season showed an average Of
II per cent.
The beet season has been the most
successful in the history Of the in
dustry, the growers having realized Q
handsome profit from the crop. As =
result of the prosperity of the farm
ers. the business Of the merchants has
received big boom and all lines Of
trade have been benefited.
The sugar making campaign at the
factory win last until the first Of
February, the longest run in tho his
tory OF the factory.
The Dolores star., 1915-12-24
GENE

Two hundred tons Of gold, worth
$1O2.OOO.0O0. and occupying the space
Of three cords OF wood. are stored in
New York.
Tho North ama-;c., d,v,s,,, ri,
Seventh Day Adyentists collected
s6l5.5s5.s5 for foreign missionar,
work in 1914. according to n report
made public by Bishop Charles
Thompson. Minneapolis. preaident If
The Dolores star., 1915-12-24
WASHINGTON.

The Cabinet met Friday and out.
lined new note to Austria more vigor.
Gus than first communication.
President Wilson and Mrs. Edith
Boiling Gait were married In Wash
iAston. Dec. IS. with simple cere-
0ooy spoken in the brides home In
the presence OF less than thirty
guests. virtually all Of whom were
relatives.
Bat.leships Of the California class,
the biggest yet designed by the Navy
Department. will have clearance Of
s feat inches on either, side on pass.
ing through the Panama canal locks.
secording to the current issue Of the
Canal Record.
President Wilson formally renomi.
mated C. C. McChord OF Kentucky to
~ . member Of the Interstate Com
nserce Commission to succeed him
sell.
Woodrow Wilson is the third Presi-
Eat To- be married during his term
ee office. President Tyler was the
tlfst and President Cleveland was the
scher.
! Ct tho 40 enlisted men sentenced
DvlfGAanorAhle discharge from the
lr1g foe dessrtiou. i2s have been re-
lfstsd and ~ NOW are serving with
~ npIcrs.
The Dolores star., 1915-12-24
AMNESTY GRANTED Mgx,cANs.
Asylum In v. s. Promised Outlaw
Villa, II He Stops War.

Asylum In v. s. Promised Outlaw
Villa, II He Stops War.
Washington, Dec. 2l-Gen. Fran
cisco Villa with 1000 men armed. it
is believed. against his own organiza-
ton, is somewhere in Chihuahua
state. The Carranza de facto govern
ment IS in official control of the for
mer villa state Of Chihuahua, by vir-
tue of an agreement between Gener-
ais Roberto Limon. Manuel Banda,
Lieut.-Col. Flayialo Paliza and Col.
Eduardo Andalon, and Carranza Con-
sui General Andrcas Garcia, by which
1000 troops and the organization Of
the Villa government, including the
cities OF Juarez and chihuahua and
all border points accept the Carranza
domination.
The agreement grants amnesty to
all but Gen. Villa and his brother Hip
Otto. Qualification and relief were
frankly displayed by administration
officials when news came from Ell
Paso that seven Of Gen. Villas gen.
erals and leaders had signed an
agreement to turn the rebel army of
the north over to the de facto gov
eminent OF Mexico.
The Dolores star., 1915-12-24
WESTERN
MINING AND OIL
NEWS
wsstern Newspaper Union News Service.
Prices for Metals.
CRIPPLE CREEK GOLD OUTPUT.
With December gstimatsd. 1915, WSs
duetion 10 Placed at 91e, f3S, te4.

With December gstimatsd. 1915, WEo-
duetien 10 PiseSd at 91s, ,tS4.
Cripple Greek, Colo.-With the pro-
duction Of the mines Of the Cripple
Greek district for December conserve.
lively estimated by the several men
sgements of the treatment plants at
50, $50 tons, with gross bullion value
OF 31,345.50O the total output for the
year will total sS2.6e7 tons. with the
bullion value Of $1s.13s.164-the high-
est yearly output Of record since 1906.
The total production made from 1891
to the close Of 1915 now totals $685.
473.s36. The table OF production fol.
lowing shows . monthly Yield averag-
ing $1.344.597 each month, with the
average value Of all ores treated $16.4o
per ton. As compared with the gross
production of 1915 an increase IN
shown Of S2,5s3,233.
The Dolores star., 1915-12-24
Colorado.

The output Of tungsten in Boulder
county this year totals S1.6s7.s29.50.
|. Leadville will show this year the
highest value output in the annals of
the camp. dating back to the days of
the rocker and pan. d.
An extra dividend at the rate of 2
cents share was declared by the
directors of the Portland Gold Mining
Company. The amount to be iistrib-
uted is $4,000.
Returns have been received BY Alex
Hickman and company, from the third
shipment, a twenty.ton lot sent out
from the lease on block 16O of the
Stratton estate. located on the Shoe
Fly lode mining claim on womack
hill. Cripple Creek.
The production made from the prop
critics Of the RI P.aso Consolidated
Gold Mining Company, on the western
slope OF Beacon hill. Cripple Creek,
during the month of November ex-
ceeded 2.100 tons. The average grade
Of the ore consigned to the Golden
Cycle mill at Colorado City for treat
ment was between S1s and $50 to the
ton.
In Rico district Hay brothers are
doing development work on the Bad
ger group, in. Allyn gdlch. They
shipped some good ore from this prop
erty.
The Dolores star., 1915-12-24
cAuessr eRoM the NETWORK o.
wIRGs MOUND AooUT
the WORLD.
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coMosMsGo ron susv
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W.ssva nsv.pee.r usioa vows service.
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AAses fleets lombard Turkish 20
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ahs cneck attemp. OF ieutons
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Csfaan tnlust oetween Riga sno
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.euosfins ana serbs captured W
Turkish and German forces at Al
- syria, oeins equipped ior M
son OF EsypI
Bulgarian and German armies halt
ct Greek border pending negotiations
Win Athens government.
In long statement the naval heads
declare the Austrian submarine COM
naador will not be punished.
General Sir John French has been
superseded in command OF the Brit.
IN army by Sir Douglas Haig.
BULGARIA. and Greece agree on neu-
ornI zone extending two kiIometers
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The Dolores star., 1915-12-24
Wyoming.

Werner z. Reed, interested in large
oil operations in Wyoming. announced
that the Midwest Oh Company had
taken over properties in the 0reybull
and Torchlisht districts. which viii
add materially to the holdings Of the
company. -.
The Midwest Refining Company has
increased its dividend rate from to
per cent. and announces that It has
acquired important rights in Elk Ia
sin, on the Wyoming. Montana line, =
field that may rival the Salt Creek
field. At the prices now prevailing.
the company's earnings is nearly
$780, 900.
A report OF q placer discovery so
rich that some dirt runs $500 to the
cubic yard which was brought by o.
o. Baker from the Hurricane district,
thirty-five miles north of Newcastle.
has caused rush of locators despite
heavy snow In the mountains sur
rounding the discovery. Baker Is ex-
htbiting nuggets ranging in size from
that Of pin head to that Of kernel
Of corn.
The Dolores star., 1915-12-24
U. 8. Protests British Post Seizure.

Washington.-The United States
has protested to Great Britain against
interference with parcel post ship
ments between this country and Swe-
den. Secretary Lansing announced.
Mr.. Lansing. said that the Swedish
minister had complained to the State
Department that parcel post ship
ments had been held up by British
warships on the high seas. Besides
filing i protest the State Department
has asked Great Britain for an en-
planntion. Mr.. Lansing said.