Established 1891.
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VOTE ON ROAD BONDS
Citizens of Fort Mill Township
to Determine $75,000 Issue.
A special meeting of the
board of commissioners of York
county will be held in York tomorrow
to order an election in
Fort Mill township upon the proposition
which has recently been
agitated for the township to issue
$7.r>,000 in 20 year, 6 per cent
bonds for road purposes. The
beard is expected to order the
election for the first week in June
and if the bond issue is voted it
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in i nullum ma* worK upon me
roads will begun in August.
Tuesday W. B. Meacham, Sr.,
^ carried to York a number of pe1
tit ions bearing the signatures of
freehold voters of Fort Mill
township requesting the county
hoard to order an election submitting
to the voters the question
of the township issuing road
bonds. Careful comparison of
the names on the petitions 'with
the tax books showed that 11
more freehold voters of the township
than were necessary to insure
the election had signed the petitions.
Plans of the proponents of the
bond issue include the improvement
of the road between Fort.
Mill and Catawba river bridge,
the road through the upper section
of the townshin to the North
Carolina line and several other
roads. The York ccunty"legisIntive
delegation has agreed to
appropriate $20,000 for road improvement
in Fort Mill township,
the hoard of county commissioners
has set aside $10,000 for the
work and federal aid in the sum
t of $10,000 is promised by the
State highway commission. With
the proposed $7;").000 in township
Jioinls the Fort Mill township
highway commission, to he se^
leeted by the York delegation,
would have at its disposal $115,000
for road improvement in
Fort Mill township. ?
Would Tighten Prohibition Law.
As the first step of the fight in
Congress to tighten tip the Volstead
prohibition enforcement law
a hill designed to prohibit the sale
of beer to the siek on a doctor's
prescription was introduced in the
house Monday by Mr. Volstead.'
The measure would not prohibit,
the use of wine for medicinal
purposes, hut would make more
specific and stringent the regulations
on the subject.
Declariner there wns nn r<?nl hp.
ecRsity for beer as a medicine. Mr.
Volstead announced that his hill,
described as supplemental to the
national prohibition act. was put
forward at this time to meet the
situation created by the opinion
ol former Attorney General Pnlmer
that beer and wine, under
the Volstead act. could be prescribed
for the ailing.
Negroes Win Ross Will Case.
F. S. Crane, one of the substantial
citizens of the Marvin section
of Union county, who does much
of his business in Fort Mill, was
in town Monday. A few days
ago Mr. Crane returned to his
home following a two weeks'stay
in Monroe. N. C.. as a witness in
the Ross will case, which the jury
that day disposed of by returning
a verdict against the relatives
of Miss Maggie Ross who were
contesting her will, in which she
bequeathed the major part of a
valuable estate to two negroes.
For many years Mr. Crane was a
nc ighbor of Miss Ross' and at the
hearing of the ease he testified
that, in his opinion, she was entirely
competent to make the will.
Mr. Crane says that Bob Houston,
One Of till' lliMrrn KuriAfi/iioriiio mi
dor tho will, the other^ being
Houston's daughter, is humble
and deferential to white people
and that he has never given any
trouble in the comn\junity.
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Many Attend Funeral.
Between 2,000 and 3,000 people
from all parts of York county
Sunday afternoon attended the
fuperal in York of Private Meeeh
Stewart, Company I. 118th infantry,
30th division, who lost his life
in France on October 8, 1918. The
funeral, under the auspices of
Meech Stewart post, American
Iiegion, was held simultaneously
with that of his mother, Mrs. Rebecca
Jane Stewart, who died in
Charlotte last Wednesday.
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WILL ELECT TEACHERS.
Fort Mill Sch6ol Board to Hold
Meeting This Evening.
A meeting of the board of trusteees
of the Fort Mill gruded
school is to be held this evening
at which some of the teachers for
the 1921-22 session will be elected.
Not all of the members of the
present corps of teachers have applied
for reelection, bat it is understood
that most of them are
willing to serve the sehool another
year. Amotig the number who
have not applied for reelection,
accordinir to a member of the
board, is Bruce II. Stribling, superintendent
of the school for the
Inst yeor. It is not thought that
a sueessor to Mr. Stribling \Vill he
elected at the meeting this evening.
although there are a number
of applications in the hands of
the hoard for the position. The
hoard is understood' to have decided
that it will not elect a superintendent
without having had
a personal interview with him. It
also is understood that the hoard
has about decided to abolish the
teaching of agriculture in the
school during the 1921.22 session.
Smith-Craven Marriage.
The home of Mr. and Mrs. .1. B. I
Mills was a scene of loveliness
last Wednesday afternoon. Apri'
20. when their niece. Miss Frances
Josephine Smith, became the
bride of Avery (\ Craven of
Charlbtte. X. C. The officiating
minister was the Rev. J. W. II.
I Dyehes, pastor of the Fort Mill
Baptist church.
The guests were met at the
I door by Mrs. O. T. Oulp and Mrs.
W. B. Ardrey. who introduced
them to the receiving line. Just
before the ceremony an instrumental
duet was rendered by
Miss Louise Young and Cecil
Workman on the piano, after
which 'Miss Arthur Mae Young
sang "At Dawning."
To the strains of Mendelssohn's
"Wedding March" the bridal
fmrtv entered. First came the
ring bearer, little Frances Mae
Smith, carrying the ring in the
heart of a ealla lily. She was followed
by the dame of honor. Mrs.
J. M. Martin, sister of the bride:
ne xt came the bride, who met the
bridegroom as he came from the
rear hall with his best man. \V.
M. .larrell. The bride was beautiful
in her dress of white duchess
satin, trimmed with princess
lr.ee. She caried a shower of
bride roses and valley lilies.
Immediately after the ceremony
Mr. and Mrs. Craven left
l.v nlotor for Charlotte to catch
a train for points north. On their
return they will be at home in
Charlotte.
Mrs. Craven was born | and
reared in Fort Mill and has here
many friends who were greatly
| interested in her marriage. Recently
she has made her home in
Charlotte. Mr. Craven is eonI
nected with the auditing departI
ment of the ltelk Bros, chain of
[ stores and is a young man of
I splendid traits of character.
The presents received by the
%Y??ung couple were numerous and
handsome.
Killing Off the Buffaloes.
Much has been heard of late
about the destruction of all the
buffaloes 011 Antelope island.
I'tah. There seems no immediate
danger of this happening. Bills
have been introduced in Congress
as well as in the Legislature of
Utah urging federal or State ae-#
tion. looking toward buying up
the island and buffaloes. Up to
this time only five old and savage
bulls have been destroyed on
Antelope island, and it is said to
be doubtful whether there has
been any real purpose to destroy
the herd. Furthermore, the buffalo
is not so rare an animal as
many think. There are approximately
8,000 in the United States
and Canada in good condition and
breeding as freely as so many cat- J
tie. In Canada they are multiplying
so rapidly that the govern
ment finds it difficult to dispose 1
of the surplus. 1
The Fort Mill Lumber company
several days ago ' was awarded
the contract for the erection of a
summer house for C. L. Cobb of
Rock Ilill which is now go:ng up
near the county river bridge.
T. M. Hughes of L&ncasfer was
a visitor in Fort Mill Saturday.
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FORT MILL, S. 0., THXjJ
MEMORIAL DAY EXERCISES.
W. Banks Dove to Deliver Address
in Fort ME
W. Banks Dove, secretary of
state for South Carolina, has accepted
the invitation of Florence
Thornwetdl chapter, U. D. C., and
Fort Mill Memorial association to
deliver the Confederate Memorial
day address in Fort Mill on Tuesday,
May 10, in th0 auditorium
ot the high school building. at
3:30 o'clock in the afternoon. Besides
the address of Mr. Dove,
there will be patriotic songs by
the school children, at the conclusion
of which all will march to
New Unity cemetery to decorate
tiie graves of the 40-odd Confederate
soldiers and the World war
veterans buried there. In connection
with the observance of +he
day, both the Daughters of the
Confederacy and the members of
the memorial association express
the hope that the merchants of
Fort Mill will close their stores
lor an hour during the exercises
and that a sufficient number of
automobiles will be loaned to convey
the enfeebled veterans from
the school building to the cemetery.
The Fort Mill Memorial association,
of which Mrs. Harriet Mack
has been president since its organ
izaiion many years ago. is one
of the oldest patriotic societies of
the kind in the State, if not in
the South, antedating by several
years the Daughters of the Confederacy.
In 1890 the Confederate
monument In Fort Mill was
unveiled under the auspices of the
association, which did much toward
securing the funds with
which to preet t tio mnninnpnf Tim
organization has been held together
during all the years of its
existence largely through the influence
of Mrs. Maek, who has
shown unflagging interest in the
welfare of the Confederate veterans
and in inculcating in the rising
generation of the community
rc verence for the ideals for which
the South struggled so heroically
against great odds in the '60s.
Florence Thornwell chapter. IT.
1). <\, named in honor of tha wife
of the late Iiev. J. H. Thornwell.
I). D.. for many years pastor of
the Fort Mill Presbyterian church,
like the older woman's patriotic
organization of the community,
has a history of service for the
"Lost Cause" in which its mem*
hers, the Confederate veterans of
the community and many others
feel a sense of pride. Mrs. Alex
Barber is the present regent of
the chapter.
DEATH OF MES.'j. P. BILLUE.
Fort Mill Woman Poses Away at
Charlotte Hospital.
Mrs. Lucy Ann Billue, wife of
I. P. Billue of Fort Mill, died at
a Charlotte hospital last Friday
evening, following a short illness
of pneumonia. Mrs. Billue was in
her 73d year, having been born
in the Pleasant Valley section of
Lancaster county on duly 18,1847,
On August 8, 1871, as Miss Ann
Clawson, she was married to Mr.
Billue and to them eight children
\M*re norn. or wnom tne roiiowing
survive: Mrs. Hey wood Merritt,
Mrs. W. \V. Stevens and Mrs. M.
\j Williford of Rock Hill, Mrs. M.
R. Blaekinon of Fort Mil! and
Mrs. B. S. Broom of North
Charlotte, N. ('. Mrs. Billue also
is survived by her husband, one
brother. J. B. Clawson, and one
sister. Mrs. J. L. Kimbrell of Fort
Mill.
Mrs. Bill tie was a member of
the Methodist church of Fort Mill
lor ill years and had many friends
in this community, in which her
whole life was spent. The funeral
services were * conducted Sunday
afternoon at the home by her pastor.
the Rev. W. R. Bouknight,
and interment followed in New
Unity cemetery.
Mendel Smith to Speak.
The S. I). Barron chapter, U. D.
C\. of Rock Hill has announced
that former Judge Mendel L.
Smith of Camden has accepted
an invitation to deliver the memorial
address at Kbenezer on
Memorial day. May 10. According
to the Rock Hill Evening
Herald, .Judge Smith in one of the
ablest orators in the State and
the news that he is to deliver the
memorial address at Ebenezer
will be received with interest
throughout the county.
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laoAT. APRIL 28, 1921.
PROMISE OF FORTUNE.
| A. L. Crane of Fort Mill Invents
Crosstie and Rail-fastener.
[ The promise of a fortune is held
out for Adam L. Crane of Fort
Mill for the invention of a cement
| crosstie and rail-fanner on which
he was granted a patent by the
! United States patent office on
April 5. Mr. Crane a day or two
ago received from a New York
firm the outright offer of $75,000
! for the putent rights to his inven[
tion, along with an optional offer
of an annual royalty of $25,000
j for the right to manufacture and
| sell the invention for the next 17
years, during the life of the patient,
the optional offer including
[ a proffered cash payment of $25,1000.
Mr. Crane is confident the
railroads of the country will welI
come the opportunity to adopt
[the use of his cement crosstie and
rail-fastener to displace the
wooden tie and rail spike. lie
[ has received propositions to begin
the manufacture in Fort Mill
of his invention and has under
consideration the advisability of
forming a stock company for that
purpose. Mr. Crane is negotiating
with his attorney in Washington
to have the crosstie and
rail-fastener patented in Great
Britain, France, Italy. Belgium,
Germany and Canada.
In the letters patent grunted
Mr. Crane by the United Slates
patent office the following description
of the cement crosstie and
rail-fastener appears:
"The main purpose of the pres iit
invention is to provide a cement
or concrete tie, wherein the
rails are cushioned, thereby eliminating
a rigid support for the
rails,
"In order to cushion the rails
the tie includes wooden insert
blocks which are removably dovetailed
in the tie, and are supported
upon a steel, iron or other
metal plate, so as to prevent the
wooden insert blocks from con
tacting direct with the cement,
and tending to more or less
crush it,
"Owing to the insert wooden
b'ocks being removable when
worn, and owing to the body of
the tie being cement, the tie is
very durable, and will last substantially
indefinitely, for when
the blocks are worn they may be
easily replaced with new ones.
"furthermore, the tie of this
character is very simple and can
be easily constructed for a relatively
low cost and sold at a reasonable
profit,
"As a further purpose the invention
alins to provide fastening
means for the rails, in combination
with ' means connecting the
fi stening means, in order to prev
nt the rails from spreading "
Opposed to Immigration. . 1
Congressman W. F. Stevenson !
has sent to The Times the follow- ]
ing statement in regard to the report
sent out from Washington a j
few days ago by the Associated 1
Press in connection with his posi- '
tion on the immigration bill:
"The Associated press sent out j
a report that Mr. Stevenson was
one of the leaders in opposition to (
the bill to restrict immigration.
This is a mistake, as he is one of ^
its warmest supporters. On gen- ,
eral debate he made a speech as- j
sailing the attorney general for
allowing Debs to come unattend- j
ed from the Atlanta penitentiary {
to Washington to confer about a ,
pardon, contrary to all law and ]
precedent. The reporter of the j
Associated Press evidently mis- j
took this to mean that he was ,
against the immigration bill. Mr. j
Stevenson's remarks in this* instance
were confined to the Debs j
incident and no attempt was made ]
to state his position on the immi- h
gration bill, as he has always been f
in mvor 01 ine dim, notri in tnc r
last Congress and the present- 1
one." ^
Replacing old telephone poles j
with new ones is an expensive y
undertaking, according to S. L. (
Meachain, owner of the Fort Mill t
telephone exchange. Recently j
Mr. Meacham' ordered a shipment
of creosote<l pole** from f
Savannah. Laid down on the j
streets where they are to be set ^
up. the poles cost him $14 each,
with an additional $1.50 for digging
the hole and setting the \
pole in place. t
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BAPTIST BODY TO MEET.
Sunday School Workers Assemble
in Rock Hill Next Week.
The' 13th annual session of the
York'Baptist Sunday school convention
will be held with Park
Baptist church, Reck Hill, Tuesday
and Wednesday, May 3 and
4. The opening meeting will begin
Tuesday morning at 10:30
o'clock, with devotional exercises
led by the president, the Rev. ?J.
W. H. Dyches, Th. DM of Fort
Mill. Every Sunday* school in the
York association is entitled to representation
in the body.
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rural Sunday school work, and
Miss Elizabeth Nuckols, superintendent
of elementary work, both
oi Columbia, will be present and
deliver addresses at he meeting.
The officers of the convention
are as follows: Dr. J. W. H.
Dyches, president; the Rev. B. 11.
Waugh and W. A. McAfee, vice
presidents; W. G. Reynolds, secretary
and treasurer. Executive
committee: W. A. McAfee. T*'r ^
Reynolds, the Rev. J. R. Smith,
the Rev. C. E. Tmomas, the Rev.
J. W. H. Dyches. Departmental
superintendents: Teacher training.
Miss Esther Meacham ; organised
classes, the Rev. ,1. 1). Croft:
home department. Mrs. ?I. T. Garrison;
grading, the Rev. K. A.
1 ales; cradle roll. Miss Lula Smith.
ANCIENT CITY LOCATED.
Mexican Government Uncovers
Buried Temples and Streets.
A city which at the height, of
its power some 4.000 years ago
boasted a population of more
than 100,000 is being uncovered
at San .Juan de Teotihuacan, Mexico.
The Mexican government
has appropriated funds for the
work of excavation, which is in
char ere of a director of tin* de
partmcnt of agriculture. The
government hopes to make the
spot one of the show places of
Mexico.
Dominating the area are two
huge pyramids, one 'to the sun
and one to the moon, which for
centuries have defied the efforts
of historians to trace their origin.
The pyramid to the sun measures
7(>1 hv 721 at the base and is 210
feet high. The other is slightly
smaller, and each is apparently
made of solid rock, with no interior
rooms as in the case of the
Egyptian pyramids.
Some of the uncovered buildings
have frescoes now as intact
as the day they were placed in
position. It is thought that the
city was destroyed by one of the
nearby mountains erupting and
that the lava inundated the city.
Hannibal Used Snake Bombs.
When King Eumenes of Pergninns
was about to attack Hannibal
at sea. the latter derided that
in a fair fight the king would win.
The enemy had more ships and
more men. and Hannibal ami all
liis men would he at the bottom
3? the sea if any attempt were
made by him to engage the vessels
of the king as individual
nits. Hannibal therefore gave
>ut word that all his ships were
to join in an attack on the ship
carrying the king, on the theory
hat without a leader the enemy
would soon he demoralized. To
ind out what ship the king was
)ii he sent a messenger just hetore
the battle with a tablet to *
he enemy's fleet. The messenger
vas directed to the ship bearing
Kumenes. and all of Hannibal's
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it-ei na<i merely to watcn the 1 it le
boat to identify the vessel from
vhich the kin^r commanded the <
leet. i
When the battle began llanni- i
jal's boat rushed to the side of i
Gumenes' ship and the former's ,
tailors began to hurl great earthenware
pots into the king's boat, i
The defenders of the ship at first
aughed at this queer method of
varfare. hut their laughter soon
'hanged to howls of terror when
t was discovered that the pots
vere filled with poisonous snakes
>f the most deadly variety. The
ihip turned and fled for shore,
ts (leeks ulive with the hissing.
Hiding snakes. The other ships,
ilso treated to snake homhfe. folowed
suit, and Hannibal was the
rietor.
T. J. Railes is in Greenville this i
week attending federal court as
i petit juror.
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LAND OP MY8TKBY."
I Bermuda Islands Britain's Oldest ;
I Colonial Possession.
I The Bermuda islands, those bits
I oi fairyland in the South Atlan- V, M
I tic, only a few hundred miles from < <j
I South t'aroliiia^JittX?jfififlatLmiL
ebrated the 800th anniversary of
the establishment of represents- *
tive government ami the first sit- JiH
ting of the British empire's most :
ancient colonial parliament. The
celebration of the tercentenary
took place at the ancient capital
of the inlands, old St. George's,
and. as then, the gathering was
held in the ancient little State
house, now the home of a Masonic
lodge, which stands on the same
dte as the first church on the islands.
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Bermuda does not mean a single
island, for there are about 150
in the group, only the fivv largest
of which are of any importance.
The "mainland" is the one
on which Is located the capital,
the city of Hamilton, and there is
where the steamers land.
The American who goes to Bermuda
will find himself in a foreign
country. Aside from Halifax
and Gibraltar, it is the most
strongly fortified British possession
ill the world. Tll?? fnvte !?"
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barracks, the Union .lack, the
dockyards, spruce soldiers and
officers, the English currency and
customs, all remind Americana
strongly thut Uncle Sam has nothing
to say about how the affairs
of the island shall be conducted.
The early history of Bermudu
is closely interwoven with that of
the United States. The islands
wire discovered in 1522 by Juan
Bermudas, a Spaniard, and were
visited again in 1548 by another
Spaniard. Ferdinand Uainelo. but
;J! remained uninhabited and forgotten
' until Sir George Somers.
heroic English admiral and colonizer,
planted the English flag
there in 1601). when he was shipwrecked
on the islands on his way
(to Virginia.
The quaintest of all places in
Bermuda is old St. George's. 12
miles distant from Hamilton, and
is connected with the mainland
by a massive causeway nearly two
miles long. St. George's, once the
capital of Bermuda, is now u
sleepy, romantic and unusual
place. It has all the natural beauty
of Hamilton, and in addition,
has multitudinous attractions of
;?k mi.
unit, me streets are nurrow,
there arc no sidewalks and one
travels in the middle of the roads.
The houses are stained and weather
beaten and the type of architecture
is Spanish. These quaint
old houses, half hidden behind
their high stone walls, with their
hroad stone steps, the narrow
doorways, the darkened, shuttered
windows, and narrow walks,
are suggestive of mystery and romance.
Bermuda is a wonderful place
foi fishing. There aire also lovely
sea gardens, where, through "a
glass-hottomed boat, one may behold
the wonders of the life under
the water. Bermuda i4 honeycombed
with 'caves of wondrous
beauty. Jfj--1
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win mtena maneuvers.
While no official announcement
has yet been received by the Tom
Hall Guards of Fort Mill of the
annual maneuvers of the South
Carolina National Guard, the understanding
is that the maneuvers
this year will be held on the Mt.
Pleasant rifle runge, near Charles
ton, beginning duly 9 and contin11
inpr through duly 23. A school
I'nP ftflii'urw ? ?.! ? ? !
. ?.iw iMMi-cuiiinusHioneii
officers will be held at Cump .Jackson,
Columbia, for four (lays preceding
the maneuvers. Two officers
and six non-commissioned
officers from the Toih Hall Guards
will attend the school. The govI'rnmcnt
now allows the same pay
foi National Guardsmen while on
HT'catnpertt or otherwise in the
service as that of men of equal
rank in the regular Army.
Elected Financial Searetary.
At the last meeting of Fort
Mill council, Junior Order United
American Mechanics, Charles E.
liailes was elected financial score- >
farv to succeed A. O. Smith. "i
Burglars blew the safe in the
First Cijy criminal court in New * i
Orleans and escaped with $500.
The court room is Qu the main,
floor of police headquarters.