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pro WITH SCISSORS Neirs From Within and Without y tiie County. 1 * . CONDENSED FOB QUICK BEADING Sdme items of Fact, Some of Comment ..^nd AH Helping to Give an Idea of . What Our Neighbors Are Saying and Doing. F6rt Mill Times, Feb. 24: The sum Cif,'$2,132.43 was distributed Wednesday ilttnong the members of the Tom Hall (guards as compensation for attending tfte^eompany drills between September iG^dhd December 21 of last year. The cdjecfc for the militiamen came through this. a^djutant general's department in Columbia from the war department, privates received $1 each for attending: drills, the non-commissioned officers were paid a little more and the queers receive a fixed salary .for their *?ryices, The Tom Hall Guards was | t&ganized early last fall and although - tjie; company is only a little more than six months old, already it is ranked by. the adjutant general as. one of the j bp>st in the state. Ail the officers, most I i of.the.non-commissioned officers and .af,number of the privates are overseas veterans of the World war The Yprk delegation in the General Assembly. has recommended to Governor fcfooper the appointment of James E. Epps. for membership on the Fort Mill tp*rnship road commission to take the place declined several days ago by J. T, Garrison The lafe \V. E. Griffin ?1? ? tinmj in TTfirt "Mill oil UJCU CL L 4UO MWI.AV ... . - _ Tuesday morning: of last week, is thought to have been one of the most thorough Bible students in this section of the state. According to a closp friend of Mr. Griffin's he had read both the Old. and New Testaments 19 tfthes. "It had been Mr. Griffin's rule for' years," said this friend, "iu read daily, a certain number of chapters, of the Bible and he seldom allowed business or anything else to Interfere with his . reading. Mr. Griffin was a good man. He made no display of his religion, but, he was a consistent mem, her. of the Methodist church and beaides contributing liberally to its causes, also helped in a financial way other churches of the community." Dr.. ,J... L.Spratt went to Columbia Tuesday to confer with the adjutant general's department relative to the tlfle range which the Tom Hall Guards ' Wish to locate on his land near Fort MUL . Differences between Dr. Spratt and the department as to the rental tdt be paid for the use of the land are i > V fc&id.to have been adjusted and it is expected that work soon will be begun on the range. The officers of the Tom Hall Guards are anxious to bring- the cpmpany up to the point of efficiency in i^orksmanship maintained for many years by the. old Fort Mill Light Infantry .....There has been some dis*ctiflsion in Fort Mill during the last iendays of a proposed township road , b6nd election to be held within the nejpt threq.or four months and it is said tiaat the proposition nas ineL wuii tun- 1 aifterable favor. Under the township I i-dad bond act passed by the Legislature a..year or .two ago, it was provided :tbat eaqh township in the county may issue bonds upon an affirmative ' vote if a majority of the qualified Electors. Fort Mill township property Values would warrant a bond issue for road, purposes a little in excess of ^7.5,000. There is little demand for bonds, at present, however, especially at.the rate of 5 1-2 per cent, the law allows on township road bonds. Taking note of this fact the York delega, ition in the legislature proposes to change the rate of interest the townships may pay on bond issues from the present rate of 5 1-2 per cent to C per cent. In an effort to stimulate road building.in the county If a reso Jut ion agreed upon yesterday in Columbia at a meeting of the York delegation in the General Assembly has the desired effect upon the county supervisor. and the county comissioqers the county chaingang- will be brought to Fort Mill township before the first of,next July and put to work on the public road between the town and Catawba river. The section of the road the delegation wishes to have improved by the chaingang is a little less than two miles in length and is at pf-esent in bad condition, as it has been for several months \\\ B. Ardrey, postmaster of Fort Mill, has been confined to his home since last Sunday as a result of stepping on a rusty nail which penetrated his foot about a half inch F. E. Taylor and. hia family are this week moving from Fort Mill to Charlotte, where he has bought a meat market and grocery oh .College street to which he will de voie nis time. ?u.i. x?jiui ni...v v? Fort Mill from Waxhaw, X. C\, about three years ago and had since conducted here a business on Main street similar to that he will run in Charlotte and his family have numerous friends in Fort Mill who will regret to team that they are leaving the town. Lancaster News, Feb. 25: Miss Lottie Walkup, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. J.- L. Walkup, of Waxhaw. N. C.. and J. I- Gamble, of this city, were married Monday night at 7.30 o'clock at the home of the bride's parents at Waxhaw, Rev. G. U. Thompson, officiating. They will reside in this city where Mr. Gamble is connected with the Rodman-Walkup company Miss Jzzie Adams, attractive daughter of Mr. and Mrs. John L. Adams, of the Elgin section, and James M. Barton, ton of Mr. and Mrs. W. M. Barton, of this city, were married yesterday afternoon at 5 o'clock at the Heath Springs Baptist parsonage, Rev, Samuel Long officiating. Only a few friends and relatives were present at the ceremony and the couple left immediately for a bridal trip \bout in Spartanburg. S. C. .Miss Craig's family thought that she was leaving here at D o'clock Wednesday morning to visit her sister in Chai;lotte. Instead she was joined here by Mr. Itrookshire and they went to Spartanburg. where they were married.- It is understood that they will make their home in Hendersonville Doras Witherspoon, a young white man living near Farnsworth's store on the Bessemer City-Cherrvville road, attempted to commit suicide yesterday afternoon at his homo by shooting himself with a pistol. One shot was fired and took effect in his lung, inflicting a very serious and perhaps fatal wound. Reports from Cherryville shortly before noon today were to the effect that Witherspoon was in a critical condition. Jnloi.nation received from Cherryvlllo is to the effect thai Witherspoon was out in the yard ;eauire 01 mr ovmubo v-,.,.*.. ? was an address by Frank R. MeNinch, ex-mayor of Charlotte, now a regional director for Community service, Inc. The theme of Mr. McNinch's address was that maft in the busy work-a-woy world needed more times for recreaaion and play than he is getting. "Men are cutting off years of their life that belong to them," he said, "because they refuse to take the proper amount of physical exorcise and recreation. They come to their desks in the morning, after a breakfast hurriedly jjalcn. They jump into their work and grind and grind without stopping except for a hasty lunch, and go back to it in the afternoon. They are fast killing themselves." Mr. O. O. Craig received a telegram Wednesday evening from his daughter -Mine, stating that she and Mr. Luther Hrookshirc. of wore married thai day son oanqut'L mi mv ? was served by Miss Asbury and two of her classes in the dining room of the domestic science department. It was the annual banquet of the Hi-Y Club of the Community Y. M. C. A., and the programme was suggested and arranged by the members of the club. Gastonia Gazette, Feb. 25: Gastonia Community Service, which has been on trial in Gastonia for the past three weeks, was vindicated by the programme which was staged Thursday evening for the benefit of the public. Folks gathered at the Armory and played together. From tiny tots of the kindergarten age to staid jnd dignified men and women they came together and played games and made merry in a social, community gathering. The ~ ontnrf.iinmpnt beat high with hope toaay wnen 5UIIIC I body threw off a load or two of cement, as they thought surely the city's promise of a cement sidewalk over this stretch was to be carried out at last. It proved to be a private job. however. Mayor Wextbrook says the contract for this stretch of sidewalk, which stands first on the list in order of priority ana is most srely needed, will be let n?xt month 1 M. W. S. Brawley, the veteran C. & X.-W. railway engineer, who is at the Chester sanatorium for treatment, is getting along nicely. Mrs. J. F. Putnam, of Blackstock, who underwent an operation at the Chester sanatorium a few days ago, is getting along splendidly Mr. A. M. Gregory, who was'1 convalescing from a recent illness, had another attack last night, 4nd is confined to his bed again Tuesday night, February 22nd, the "Father and ? " ? * ?.. <! ,,. W(rrh cnhnnl bovn Auburn D. McCallum, or J-.ecas, ana Miss Annie Mae Estes, of Leeds, R. P. D. 1, were united in marriage Monday afternoon at the Beaver Creek parsonage, Rev. E. D. Wells performing the ceremony. After thevmarriage Mr. and Mrs. McCallum left for Leeds, where they will be at home to their many friends An interesting wedding took place this morning at 6.45 o'clock when Miss Esther Simpson, of this city, was married to Mr. W. Forney Ramseur, of Morganton, X. C. The bride's pastor, Rev. Henry Stokes, performed the ceremony, which was witnessed by only close relatives of the young couple. Mr. and Mrs. Ramseur left immediately {or Morganton, where they will make their home The hearts of. residents of the north side of Saluda street* from Bethel M. E. church to Walnut street, a month ago the Robinson, Latham jewelry store was raided, over $300 in jewelry being stolen, the robbers leaving no clue. On Tuesday last, a boy, by the name of Fry, brought in a wrist watch to 11 nd its price. R. M. Robinson recognized it as being one of those stolen, confirming it by comparing the number of the works of the watch with his invoice. The boy, being uuestia/ied, implicated two men. Will Richardson and Tom Stewart, saying that they had pawned the watch with him. The two men, being searched, were, found to have in thenpossession the rest of'the stolen goods. They admitted having broken into the place, entering by way of a I ransom. They were arrested and bound over to the March term of court. , Chester Reporter, Feb. 24: Married at the First Baptist church in Atlanta, Wednesday afternoon, February 23rd, Miss Bertha Stalin of Chester, and Mr. George Hullen Knowles, of Miami, Fla. j . _...Mr. S. A. Gough's Ford touring; car was'stolen from in front of Dreamland theatre Tuesday evening Mr. YV. F. Ramseur, of Morganton, N. C., and Miss Mary Esther Simpson, of Chester; and Mr. Frank Hicklin, of Fishing Creek, and Miss Mary Martha Kce, of Richburg, were issued marriage licenses yesterday from the office of Judge of Probate A. YV. YVise Hilary H. Heller, a dapper-looking Columbia negro of about the octoroon type, was fined $100 in recorder's court yesterday morning on a charge of transporting liquor, and fined an additional $10 for disorderly conduct, and was then turned over to Magistrate H. H. Shannon, who has agreed to turn thje Columbian loose, if he can raise an additional $200. Heller's wife went back to the capital to get the coin; but this morning had not come back Mr! VIEWS AND INTERVIEWS. (Continued From Page One.) again?nothing but a part of the crop. "So this big farmer started into the year with something like 140 hands, most of. them feeling like lords pro-1 piiefors, who that year were going to make so much money that they would never have to work any more. They could get anything they wanted, from the merchants on credit and they wore independent of the big land owner, who was growing more and more concerned as to whether that would not also be about his last ygar, for the reason that he might not be able to get sufficient help to run his plantation. "Along about August things looked good. There was the crop already made and it v^as the biggest crop that had ever been grown on the land. It promised a full bale to every acre, and cotton was worth fortj^ cents. ' The big farmer began to picture in his mind's eye the complete demoralization that would come to his hands through the possession of so much money, and finally he hit upon a scheme. Most all of these people who did not buy automobiles last year, he was reminded had been talking automobiles this year. There is no other one thing in the world after an extravagant family that j is better calculated to keep a man J strapped than buying gas for an automobile, so the farmer would see to it that all who wanted automobiles should have them. After taking a census of his hands he found that about 11.0 of them wanted Fords and others somewhat higher priced car^ and he bought a car for each of them. When crops were laid by the owners of the cars began riding and piling up bills for gas, and about .that time the price of cotton began going down, down, down. By November it was down to where those bales to the acre would not pay for automobiles, and by December it was down to where they wore not sufficient to take care of the fertilizer notes. "Long before this the big farmer had called, in all his automobiles and now he has them in a great garage all his own. There are more cars in Anderson than there are people able to buy them, and cars are selling cheap." at his home at the time having been engaged in chopping some wood. He stopped cutting wood, laid down his axe and. drawing a.pistol from his pocket, shot himself one time. There is no definite information as to the reason for his rash act, though there are rumors to the effect that it was due to financial and domestic troubles. The would-be suicide is about 35 yc^rs old and has a wife and three children. Until about a year ago he worked on the Seaboard Airline Railroad, running out of Charlotte on the Rutherfordton branch. For the past year he had been engaged in farming Mrs. Thomas \\\ Wilson, president of the North Carolina Division, U. D. C.. received a message from Raleigh yesterday stating that the appropriation committee nau recommenueu an appropriation 01 a million dollars to he used in pensioning' Confederate veterans and widows of veterans. Local U. D. C. members will ho delighted to know that Mr. A. E. Woltz made a very splendid speech in favor of this measure. A later message announced that an appropriation of several thousand dollars had been made for the Snlditrs' Home, which is so badly in need of repairs. Cleveland Star (Shelby) Feb. 25: Deputy Mike Austell has brought Jim Camp hack from Keysville. Va., and placed him in jail to await trial for retailing at the March term of the Cleveland county supreme court. Camp escaped 1G months ago. He was tried for retailing: and placed in jail from which he escaped and fled the state Hon. D. S. Lovelace, member of the hoard of county commissioners and representative from Cleveland in the general assembly ten years ago, continues desperately ill at his home at Boiling Springs, following a stroke of paralysis last week A He is recuperating for a month from Women Made Young Bright eyes, a clear skin and a body f-.il of youth and health may be yours if you will keep your system in order by regularly taking GOLDMIDAL Tho vvorldrs 3tandard remedy for kidney* iiver, bladder end uric acid troubles, the: enemies of life and looks. In use since* 1605. All druggists, three sizes. Look for tho name Gold Medal on every bo*? nod accept no imitation MIS BANK IS YOUR SERVANT We Are Here to Serve You. We Take Pleasure In Serving You. Let Us Help You As We Have Helped Others. You can .keep an accurate record of what you buy by paying* everything with Checks. Open two accounts?a Checking Account and a Savings Account. Put a certain amount of your pay in each account. You will cut down your expenses by knowing what you are spending your mftney for, and at the same time your savings account will grow. FIRST NATIONAL BANK OF SHARON, S. C. J. H. SAYE, J. S. HARTNESS, President. Cashier 5197 Rev. Stat.) (exclusive of notes 50 cents was made) was $ None. T! The amount of money loaned on. call < stock collateral, in New York City, borrowers and those through its No this report was $ none. The amount of money loaned on time, lateral in New York City, including and those through its New York e ? port was $ none. Aggregate amount of salaries or compel of Hoard (if any). President. Vic Cashier for month of .January. 1921, ! at January, 1921 rate of pay, $2,SU( of this report was 2. Aggregate amount of salaries or compe the bank for month of January 19 ployees on basis of the January, 1 these employees on date of this report STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA?Coun I, J. S. J1ARTNJiSS. Cashier of the that the above'statement is true to the L Subscribed and sworn in before me this (SEAT?) C. S. PRATT, Not Current Attest: J. H. Sayc, J. S. P.ainc) ijc;*.') lui igiu ca^uiio'.v4, nikci ?iiiu Interest and discount collected or credit maturity and not earned?(approxirr .Amount reserved for all interest accrued Circulating notes outstanding Net amounts due to national banks Cashier's checks on own bank o if t standi Total of Items 2S, 29, ;io, 31, and :i Demand deposits (other than bank dep Reserve (deposits payable within 30 Individual deposits subject, to check Total of demand deposits (other tha subject to Reserve, items 33, 34, '.} Time deposits subject to Reserve (paya or subject to 30 days or more notic ings): Certificates of deposit (other than for i Other time deposits Total of time deposits subject to K 40. 41, and 42 United States deposits (other than posta lT. S. Government Securities borrowed ing collateral for same Kills payable with Federal Reserve Bank Liabilities other than those above state / Total Liabilities for rediscounts with Federal (sec Item Id) Total contingent liabilities (34 a, b, items in Schedule 23 of report) ..... Of the total loans and discounts shown and discount was charged at rates in :?*a; - - ? Overdrafts, secured. $ none; unsecured, U. S. Government securities owned: Deposited to secure circulation (U. S. b< Pledged as collateral for State or other payable ...? - - Owned and unpledged Total U. S. Government securities .. Other bonds, securities, eto,: Stocks, other than Federal Reserve Banl Stock of Federal Reserve Bank (50 per tion) ~ Vtiiue of banking house, owned and uni Furniture and fixtures Lawful reserve with Federal Reserve B: Cash in vault and net amounts due fron Total of Items. 12. 13. 14. 15, and. Checks on banks located outside of cit porting bank and other cash Items .. Redemption fund with U. S. Treasurer S. Treasurer Interest earned but. not collected? Notes and Bills Receivable not past Total LIABIL Capital stock paid In Surplus fund Undivided profits r V7X' x' xv 1 B. N. MOORE, President | J. S. BRICE, Vice | T. M. FERC | M. E. Mc 1 ' DIREC i W. B. MOORE, = C. E. SPENCER, I W. W. LEWIS, H B. N. MOORE, | T. M. FEI jja?aonm?i.n iirw? Charter No. 9,533. REPORT OF CON FIRST NATIONAL I !n the State of South Carolina, at the C KESOt Loans and discounts, including rediscou shown in b and c) ' Total loans Deduct: Notes and bills rcdiscountod with Fedei (other than bank acceptances : handsome now theatre bunding costing from $75,000 to $100,000 will be, erected at an early date by Enos and Zeb Beam, proprietors of the Princess theater xon the vacant Beam lot on South LaFayelte street between the Beam building and Sir. J3. SI. Beam's dwelling. Alrc;?ly material is being placed on the ground and a contract lor brick work has been let to Sir. Cicero Lutz, while Sir. E. St. Auten ban the contract to supervise the carpenter work. The theater will be one of the handsomestin this section with a seating capacity of 2,400 and a stage 32x50 feet, large enough to accommodate any show that comes south. The theater will he erected primarily for motion pictures, but the owners and managers contemplate booking first class stage attractions Charlie Woodson son of Rev. C. J. SVoodson came iome this week from Toledo, Ohio, where he has . \ been working for an xpress company. r~ MnnanEBHi ( The Loan | Savii | YORK, I . Continues to offer its | of a Progressive and i aged Bank, having ad | thoroughly equipped = supply your needs in E ' I /vnTJvrr ;in attack of pneumonia. Charlie says there are 50.000 people idle in the automobile centers and bread lines have heen established to feed the people. One bread" line near where he worked, had 500 standing in line every morning: an hour before meals were served. Charlie has been quite ill but is better now and will return to work in Toledo ill a month ..There are a number of cases of scarlet fever re- ! ported'to he in and near Shelby, we regret to state, and the utmost precaution should be taken to prevent the spread of this disease The many fi;iends in Cleveland of Mr. J. F. Weathers will he interested to learn that he has moved from Boiling. Springs to Casar, where he will be pastor of Zion Hill, Olive Grove and Mt. Zion and other churches. Mr. Weathers lis a very popular preacher and his many friends wish success for him on his new charges. igs Bank I - - s. c. 1 patrons the Services | Conservatively man- = [equate facilities and | . in every detail to | the Banking line ? | JERS: , 1 President | rllSOK, Cashier ' | CORKLE, Asst. Cashier. | JTORS I J. S. BRICE, = J. R. CANNON, = QUINN WALLACE, S W. S. WILKElSSON, = 1GUSON. I Reserve District No. 5 DITION OF THE SANK AT SHARON lose of Business on February 21st, 1921. IRCES ? nts (except those $215,208 70 I $215,208 76 raT Reserve Bank sold) (see. Item $ 8,134 80 8,134 SO $207,073 87 $1,248.0! 1.24S 04 Dnds par value)... $ 25,000 00 deposits or duis 15,1 HO 00 11.700 00 51,850 00 c stock 250 00 cent of subscrip - 1,050 00 ncumberod $ 1.200 00 1,200 00 1,520 00 ink 8,663 12 i national banks.. 20,1)15 84 1C $ 20,915 84 y or town as re _ 979 88 and due from U. ? 1,250 00 -approximate?on due 17G 82 ? $302,177 57 iITIES ? 25,000 00 10,000 00 - $ 7.3SG 88 taxes paid 738 G3 C.C4S 25 ed in advance of inte) 5.702 01 I 3,545 70 23,600 00 139 92 nj? 468 05 3 $ G07 97 losits) subject to days): 59,213 37 n bank deposits)* 15, 36. 37. and 38....$59,213 37 ible after 30 days, e, and postal savmoney borrowed) i 130,2GS 10 ' 8,863 23 eservc, Items 39, $139,131 33 il savings): without fi.irnish $ 16,700 00 16.700 00 12,000 00 d 28 94 $302,177 57 f Ileserve Bank S.134 89 c, and d) (not included in 8,134 S9 above, the amount on which interest i excess of those permitted by law (Sec. upon which total charge not to exceed le number of such loans was None. >r demand, by 'this bank on bond and including both loans made directly to w York correspondents, on the date of by this bank on bond and stock colbotli loans made directly to borrowers ! orrespondents, on the dat eof this re- ; isation paid by this bank to Chairman j c Presidents, Cashier, and Assistant' $23:1.23; Annual j ay of all these officers J.00; number of these officers on dale nsation paid to all -other employees of 21, $13!).?)li; Annual pay, of these etnU21. rate_uf pay, $l,GtiS.i)U; number of was 2. ty of York ss: above-named bank, do solemnly swear >est of my knowledge and. belief. , J. S. HAllTNESS, Cashier, < 2f!th day ol" February, 11)21. j ary Public. ( f, J. L. Rainey, Directors. < ? I COVERED BY INS! I But Bonds stored in our \ $ as the vault is only fire pr< I ting bonds in the vault. X < 1/ Please give this your I is not responsible for loss 1 our receipt for same. -BANK OF I M. L. SMITH, President. | FRANK McELWEE, SALLIE I Safety Satisfa o-rwrr*? r?cy> <Ttr. 1 you need our services ini | THE REXALL PH | STORE 3 CLOVER. I. TAKE J If any of our customc tiable valuables, such as ings Stamps stored in Sa we suggest that you turn will give you a receipt foi our money safe, which is BURGLAR PROOF, I CONTAINED THEE | bank here or else PEOPLES BANK AN X ' I C. L. COBB, President ' J. H. B. JENKINS, a Active Vice President C. W. McGEE, Cashier f SAFE SUCCES K | WE TAKE OFF OUR H \ _ This last day of the y \ for past favors and extei j ' mankind for a year of li; SI n i-i r] nfpjmn -i-/-vn A*P All 1? TOO | 1 CCllilg < | One of pur | have folks feel I bank; to cultiva I good will; to pr< I that THE PEOP | v COMPANY is a I ready to serve o I times. I You will alw | come here; you a I time and attenti 3s 1 * * n UNAFRAID OF T. N. T. > Government Packer Prevents Tragedy ? to Struggling Horses. The daring of a government" packer, who stepped among a mass of struggling horses, loaded with TXT on the brink of the Grand Canyon in an effort to save his animals, is told in an official announcement by the National Park Service of the first accident o:v the Bright Angel trail. The accident occurred January 29. Three horses out of eleven tied together on the trail went over the brink and wore dashed to death below. One full 1.009 feet and the pack saddle was uninjured. Another fell 200 feet with ten pounds of | ri If '. "" hAAlm/K* i / TNT which did not explode. The pack train was carrying material for the conslruc.tion of the suspension bridge across the Colorado river, over a trail that was slippery with ice and snow. The packers had just led the train beyond, the first turn on the trail and had gone to the rear to untie the horses When one of them became excited and crowded the lead horse off the trail. ' - - ri Packer I-Iomer j. Aran managed to got among the excited horses and cut tUn ??r\rw. Vvntxt'onn thron 0*1*1 infT fill) ma!s and the rest of the train. All materials for the bridge, includlng'the cables must be packed over the trkil under direction of skilled packers. 3^ at Home ambitions is to | at home in this I te geniality . and 1 jmbte the feeling 1 | BANK& TRI home institution, 1 ur people at all f * ' A rays find a wel- I re entitled to our- I ? ion, whether you | 1 swhere. D TRUST COMPANY H J. M. STROUP, Vice. President J. T. CRAWFORD, [VW Vice President WM. S. MOORE, Asst. Cashier SFUL SECURE |^H ?<3X3XS*8*?SKSXS>?*?<SX^^ Mi jy m a&m a>?| AT? i M ear to tliank our patrbns 1 id our best" wishes to all I appiness and prosperity,*. I H diness to serve you when E ^ any capacity. ? M ARMACY J- E. brison, f 1 Propriotor r m S C B HlSMWMwWlWWWIigWBgPPHI1 PWjfc 1 .. I NOTICE !rs or friends have nego- 1 * Liberty Bonds and Sav- | fcty Boxes in our vault, > $ them over to us and we" I 1 same, and place them in | AND EVERYTHING tEIN IS FULLY | [JRANCE; | ault are not insured and | oof wo do not advise put- I attention, as tliis Bank I of bonds unless you have I CLOVER JAS. A. PAGE, Cashier S i SIFFORD, Asst. Cashiers x ction Service |