^ if H/8ltftl)luli6fl 1S91. Bodies of Sergts. Hall and B&ilfcs %*' Interred in Port-Mill.^ *^,r iuu f^fnday afternoon to attend ^ w thfe iuneraV exercises .,ot4?Sergi. r Tom.-IIall and; Sergtt Eli ,Pailea, jfl Port Mill soldiers who lost their p lives in the World war and whose bodies . arrived ' Friday. v evening, from Hoboken, N. J.t af^r lying in the soil of France since October 9, 1916:- Hundreds..came .to Fort., Mill > from-Bock ,Hil|, York and across the line in North Carolina to join the home folk1 in honoring the memoryi v of.,>thp two young soldiers whpBe .gallant^ conduct overseas shed luster upon the record-of the company,-regi-. mentand division,to ,which, they belonged. Both Sergt. Hall and Sergt. Bailes were members of the .Fort Mill company (G), 118th regiment, 30th , division, both were mortally wounded on October 8, 1918, in . the engagement near Montbrehain, France, and both succumbed , t? their womids the -^following day. Nof their bodies lie side by side for all time in a plot in New Unity cemetery pre-, sented to the Fort Mill post, American Legion, by,,the town authorities. Bergt. Hall had the distinction of being one of the fifty of the hundreds of thousands of American soldiers composing the expeditionary forces to whom the con-1 greaaional,medal of . honor .was awarded for gallant conduct outaide the line of dutv. Some time after the death of Sergt. Hell the medal was presented to his father, "W. L. Hall of Port Mill. The funeral services were held in Confederate park Sunday afternoon nt. 3 o'clock., after the bo$es (had lain in .stat? ,in,..the arraony of . the .Tom, Hall Guards from Friday evening until the hour for the exercises, during which, hundreds visited the armory as a tribute of respect to the memory of the two heroes. Throughouti ithe entire time-the bodies lay in the armory a military guard of honor, members of thev Tom Hall, Guards, named, in honor of Sergt. Hall, was stationed at the foot of the caskets, almost hidden from view by the Amorinnn fl a era in whir>h thev were wrapped and the floral ktributes of the Fort Mill Legion post an#l friends.,.of the young men and their families. The servioes were .under the auppipea.pf Fort. Mill post, No.. 43, American Legion, and were begun, by an announcement of Arthur .C. Lytle, .posts.adjutant, to be followed, by prayer by,.the Rev. J. B. Black, pastor of the Fort Mill Preabytprian . church, after whcih Thomas B. Spratt, former, lieutenant., colonel of the 118ih infantry, paid,.a tribute to Sergtr-Ilall and Sergt~.Bailee, Jn ] the course of which he spoke of i the gallantry ofthe, twp young j soldiers and described, as only . one who knew the facts firsthand could describe, the glorious record of,.their company,,the;,118th regiment,.and., the ,30tbMdivision. The Fort MiR;) company, said ; Col. Spratt, lost more men in killed and wounded than any other , company in,,,the 118th regigi^nt, wbiph.f likewise lost more,. men 1 A% ' , il _ Tnqq, ?ny cuier regnqont.. m me 3QHl. fdiviwon,, to which mu?t go <$ the- credit for -breaking,, the Hin\ * dcnburg line. Col. Spratt said he knew of his personal knowledge of the courage an^ patripk, ism shown, .by v Ser?U, Hall japd Sergt. Bailee in that memorable attack. He said that following the death pfthe two Fort-M^V. soldiers th^ regimqpt^l ,chaplgin,#aroo to him and expresesd his sorrow thgt .they should have gone down in,..thq m^elstCfW!... "That, incident," said Col. .Spratt, "proved thq, soldierly,,worth .of. thq two men -whose memory we are- here to honor, for had their records v .... i: 1.1 u noh h^YQtbeen knqpQ perspunUy by, the, chaplain out pf the more than 3,000 men who composed the regiment.'* In,,th,<> course,, o{, , his address Coi? .Spflfctt quoted ap, English commander as describing the 80th diywoa- in,the??ali?nt, where the Hindenburg Hue was broken as a : ^ i ' ^ I'm F ' i - . ???t DIED UNDER INDICTMENT. Chester Dispatch Tells of Case: Against W. A. Wilkerson. . OpJanuary 11, last, the body of W. Austin Wilkerson was btbhght i to Fort Mill, his old hqme> from Winston, N. C., ami here interred in the city ceme-> -t6ry. About- three yearsago, Mrs^ Wilkerson, wife, of W., Austin Wilkerson, was mysteriously murdered in Chester and her thody also . was interred . in Fort Mill. , Some time after, the death of Mrs: Wilkerson, her husband vtas accused of the crime and \yas tried in Cheater, the ease against him having resulted in a Iliistrml Hi? \\*nu tn Kotth utvflin been tried lust fall, but his health at the .time., was such that the could not go to Chester from "Winston. j. j A .Chester dispatch of recent date tells the following story relative to the case against Willi kerson : "The death of W. ,A. Wilkerson, who was under indictment for murder in the courts of Chester county, occurred at WinstonSalem, N. C., on January 10. but was not known here generally) .until a day or two ago. Wilkerson was tried about two years ago, the case resulting in a mistrial, but last fall, when it was intended to try the case again, ho was unable to appear. The ca\ise of death is set down in the death certificate as myocarditis. At the time of Mrs. Wil kerson'? murder the couple were occupying the house at the city's Sandy river water, station, Wil kerson being in charge. Negroes were at first charged with the criino and hastened to Columbia to escape possible mob violence; but thpy were able to prove their innocence, whereupon suspicion at o r>V. .,,1 *l,? 1 1 J * lu^iicu iu ute uuauiuiu, wno was | arrested and charged with the | crime. The jury, as stated, wasj unable to agree upon a verdict." The attendance of nearly 300 in the Sunday school, besides the visitors, at the Kuster exercises at the Fort Mill Baptist church Sunday morning .was gratifying alike to the pastor, the Rev. J. jW. H. Dyches nt?d the superintend-, ent- of the Sunday school. S. A. Lee. "We were especially glad to have the visitors with us,'J said Mr. Lee, "and assure them an 1? /1 ?i in limn, \ n|ll. IO. YY . rilTKH, Vaj)l. George \V, Potts, W. S. Belk,: T. I), Barrage, and Lloyd Varnadpr^ for Sergt. Hall, and Capt. P. M. Mack, ('apt. Richard Pulp, W. H. , Nims, Joe M. Belk, Herbert Harris and ('allie A. Smith for Sergt. Bailes, all being comrades of the dead soldiers) members of the families, the Tom Hall Guards. Fort Mill post, American Legion, ex-servioe men of Port-Mill, exaervicv men of Rock Hill and i York, about 80 in number, fol{ lowed by hundreds in automobiles and,,other hundreds afoot. At the cemetery the burial .service was read by the Rev. ,T? W. j H. Dychcs, Th. T)., pastor of the \ ' Port Mill Baptist church, and at i.tho,,conolusion,!of the Ailing of i I tV.graves three, vol^ h were fired ! ; by the escort and taps sounded , by the buglers. CStxB FORiym^^.^., THUS NEWS OF YOBKiWOTTY TQM) OH fWWtfW Item* Concerning -People* and { Things Briefly, WUMUfry>r the Yofteville 38wp1wr?, Thie mercantile stock ; of Mrs# Minnie.. A. Ilood, at Hickory Grow, i bankrupt, i was., .sold recently .at pvtblic.auotion^i.to, the Hart Grocery company of Yorkville.for $925.' Harry McCluney, Rob Taylor apd . Corbett Hunt, ? white men, who have been in jail- in Yorkville for several weeks awating trial, on, a charge of stealing the trunk of Miws Myra Hunter, a Winthrop college girl, were taken to Chester Monday. They are wanted in that county to answer a charge of robbing a store near Lando. The worst stretch of. Road, bo tweon Yorkville and Fort Mill just now is at a point near Ca mwu? river image Deiween ron Mill niul the river, according to persons who. were over., the road n few days ago. Port Mill township people, it is said, have plans for, the building ...of .;a concrete road from the main, square-, of Fort Mill to the rivex.-bridge. Robbery of the store of G. C\ Deese & To. some time last Tuesday night was reported to the sheriff's office Wednesday.. It is estimated that- goods valued 'at* about $400 was stolen. No money was obtained for the rea8?n that, i none was.left fin the cash drawer at the close of he day's business Tuesday. > Sheriff Quinn ..visited* the store Wednesday, but was unable to obtain any positive- clue.. There is a theory that the store was , robbed by some passing, tramp. P. 0. Purvis, textile operative. of Sock Hill, has been .bound over to the court of genec*l.session# under $500 bond by Magistrate J. K. \Vingate of Catawba township,, to answer a pharos oft malieious mischief. According.Lo testimony given the magistrate, Purvis was intoxicated in Sock Hill last Saturday night when he was.accosted by.two.strange men who wanted to give him a drink. They invited him into a freight caboose in the railroad yards and there, it is said, they tried to rob him of $7. Purvis is said to have handled his two assailants rather roughly and in doing the job he tore up tilings in tfie eab quite a bit. Dr. D. H. Johnson, president of Winthrop college, Tuesday declared that Winthrop did not receive a fair deal at the bands?of x a A i rt i? ? i ne reueni uiiuui inronna UWIt, eral Assembly. - Th?- General As?. sembly. ho charged, failed to provide funds for the college that are absolutely essential to its welfare and progress. Although Winthrop's property is valued at $2,250,000. according to figures presented by the college president, the entire investment of the State since the college was established has been only $631,117. The balance of the sum has been secured from other sources. Yorkville is to have a city hall which will cost complete about $15,000, according to plans drawn by Julian S. Starr, architect of Rock Hill. City council, already has decided to builfll.the oityt h&U and the proposition will l>e fin an*, ced through a building and loan association which has agreed to furnish |the money. The, city hall will be a two-story briok structure, according to present- plans, an auditorium with a seating capacity of 500 occupying the second floor. This auditorium .will bo equipped, with a commodious stage and dressing rooms. Quarters will be,provided in,the bqilflr ing for ,a large council chamber in which police court will also bo held, offices for the city clerk; and, treasurer, chief of police and the superintendent of the towq water, light and power department. Among the visitors to Fort j Mill Sunday, afternoon to attend the funeral exorcises H of Sergt. Tom Hall and Sergt. Eli Bailee, < whose bodies arrived i Friday, from France, were Editor W. D. Grist and Chief Reporter James 1). Grist of the Yorkville Enquirer and Editor J. T. Fain and City Editor Benton of the Jiock Hill Evening Herald^ J. R. Merritt and AT 0, Sutton are new county grand- juro^a-. I 4Tift X ' ^AY^MMtag 31, 1921. DWSBMro?LOggOB*TH>N. ort Mill Soldier Got Instead , \ Citation. At least one member of the * ort Mill company which served verseas with the 118th regiment, i Oth division, merited more * consideration than, he received from we army, authorities, in the opinion of his army comrades. On October 10, 1918; .in the engageflhen near-?. Bohain, France, the caotain of the Fort Mill company. P.>W. Hudgeus. South Carolinian, ikho had taken over, the command, following the wounding of Qapt. S. W. Parks. called for a volunteer runner to carry a message -.through a heavily shelled airea to battalion headquarters, dll of the company junnera having been killed 6r wounded. Unhesitatingly John S. Bavne of I^ort Mill stepped _ forward and Volunteered to make the effort to get through with the message. "How he ever managed to deliver the, message, has almays been beyond my undeatanding," yesterday said another member of the Fort Mill company, "for exploding German shells were fall*: ipg everywhere.between him and battalion . headquarters. But. ho got through' with the message, notwithstanding the chances .appeared to he ten to one against Him. ami for his bravery was rewarded with a citation. He de-v Served the,,distinguished servicecross and it wan a rank piooo of injustice which withheld that decoration ifrom him, in my opinion." PLAN RAID*IN FORT MILL. Office rsSaid to Have Eye on Lor. cal Distilleries, Yorkville, Enquirer. Federal and county prohibition officers, it was, learned Friday morning, are making plans for , a rgid on distilleries in Fort Mill fownsb.ip .who, are aald to be growing in numbers. Information in i the hands of prohibition officers, it was said yesterday, is that there are no .lew* than, seven distilleries in Operation in that township and there is a proba-., bility that the number of booze plants may be made more than seven. Fort Mill moonshiners, it is alleged, are furnishing not oulyi liquor to the thirsty of that township, but are furnishing some spirits,for Rock Hill and Charlotte andi,,other, planes. The distillers in that township, it is said,, at the beginning of operations some time ago were content toi make-mean liquor in qunn. tity and with swiftness. Put now it has gotten to the point where competition Is keen and they are trying to see which can make the best grade of llquqr, A warrant has been issued for a white man who blew into the township some time ago and who is known as the "Bine Ridgo. Moonshiner," but who has takenhis departure for parrs unknown. AA? .1 - -l i* -1? v/mcors say mat tnc section 01 Fort Mill township used by moonshiuera. in .their. operations is in a region almost inaccessible bccause of the rough country, anil that it is much easier to find distilleries < in the country surrounding, King's Mountain battleground. 4 However, a thorough housecleaning in that seetion is about,due, it is said, m * Quantity of Ginger Seized. Police. Officers Potts and McManus Tuesday afternoon seized 60 two-Qunce bottles of Jamaica 'ginger in the store of Meacham Mooroy near the Southern freight depot, in Fort Mill, and Moore was required to put. up a cash bond of $100 with, the town au tnorities on the charge of violating the. o i di nance. against, storing. A half gallon of imitation rum, which. Officer Potts said Moor? brought from the passenger train from Charlotte late Tuesday afternoon, also was seized by the officers. Recorder. Ott last night paid no time had- been set for the trial of Moore and that he might not ask for a trial. By a vote of 92 to 10 York citizens Tuesday authorised a bond iw.ue of $125,000 for the erection ' of a new school . building for white pupils, pew building for negro pupils:.and repairs to the j twp buildiugp now.in use.,. 9 \ V* { I FEMES BROTHERS IN TROUBLE. J. W. Fisher and Millard Fisher Ran Afoul of the Law. j. W. Fisher of Fort Mill and his brother,, Millard Fiaher of Charlotte, Saturday got themselves into considerable trouble as the result of ill feeling which grew out of the attempt of J. W. FiBher to collect one day Inst week a board bill which he claimed P. 0. llargctt of Fort Mill owed him. Ilurgett is employed at one of the local cotton mills as is J. W. Fisher. Saturday morning the two Fishers attacked Hargett about the head wi,th coca-cola bottles, it v*s stated, and inflicted injuries he found it necessary to have a physician dress. The Fishers were then arrested by the town authorities charged with violating the ordinance against disorderly conduct* J. W* Fisher was fined $26, which he paid. Millard Fisher drew a $50 flue and did not hove the money to pay it. Monday morning ho wob taken to the county chaingnng to serve a 00day sentence. Subsequently h:s fine was paid and he was released from the ehaingang. but not before u warrant was issued by Magistrate J. R. Ilaile charging him with assault and battery with intent to kill. No opnortn nity was presented to servo th. $1.50 Per Year. SPECULATION GOING ON OVBR POSTMASTERSHIP People Wondering Who Will Be Permanet Head of Fort Mill Office. Who is to be the permanent postmaster of Fort MillY This is a question which lias received mpre or less consideration locally since the United States senate refused to confirm the nomination of Joe M. Belk. made by President Wilson a few weeks before he retired from office on March 4. The Fort Mill i>ostni2i?t?>c?l>>r? still being filled temporarily by W. 11. Ardrev, who was appointed lust July upon the resignation of B. II. Massey becoming effective, but Mr. Ardrey is said to be anxious to be relieved of the dpties of the office and some time ago asked that some one he appointed to take his plaee. lb? was induced to hold the office a while longer, however, thinking that the appointment of a permanent. postmaster would be a matter of only a few weeks or a month or two. But the weeks are stretching out into months ami there is no evidence of the immediate intention of the authorities at Washington to name liis successor. A few days before President Harding was inaugurated four weeks ago a story was sent out froiu Bt. Augustine, where the president-elect then was, by a well known newspaper correspondent to the effect that one of the first official ads of Mr. Harding would be to set aside the order of President Wilson declaring all the postmasters of ihe country in the classified service. No such action has yet been taken by the new president. On the contrary news stories have ap peared under \Vjisliin?rt??n date lines within the last three weeks sayiiig that President Harding had no idea of revoking the order of President Wilson. If this latter story he true. Joe M. Belk doubtless will eventually be renominated for postmaster of Fort Mill, with his confirmation by the senate u foregone conclusion. He is a World war veteran and this fact doubtless will have weight in his behalf if the announcement attributed only a day or two ago to Postmaster (ieneral Hays pans out. In the announcement the postmaster general was quoted as saying that former service men would he -given the preference in the selection of postmasters. Following ilx resignation last July of Postmaster Massey. Mr. Belk was one of two candidates who stood the civil service examination for fhe office and he was subsequently recommended by the civil service commission to President Wilson for the appointment. His nomination was sent to the senate along with several hundred other nominations for [tostmasterships, hut .he senate ferused to confirm any of the nominations. Should President Hardin? i Klin ill OMie-'-llOUIIIUr. IIIC bosses will have to import a postmaster for Fort Mill, because there lias not been east at this precinct in the last oifrht years a single Republican vote. There are said to he living in Fort Mill one or two men with Republican tendencies, but. as was remarked by a citizen a day or two ago in discussing the local postmastership, these men certainly have shown an odd sort of interest in 'he success of the Republican party by staying away from the I vol 1 s on election day. . John Burroughs, naturalist, ldied in New York State Monday.