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.1 C mr. ft n I - -i Established 1891. HARDSURFACE ROAD. ___ Highway From Charlotte to State Line to Be Improved. A matter of much interest to the people of the upper section of York and Lancaster counties was the joint action in Charlotte Saturday of the North Carolina highway commission and the i Mecklenburg county highway | commission in agreeing to hardsurface the public road thmn.ri. Pineville from Charlotte to tin* South Carolina line, a distance of about 16 miles. The work will ' be under the supervision of the Mecklenburg commission, which purposes to get it under way as soon as possible, perhaps within the next few weeks. The work of improving the road will be expensive, costing, it is estimated, more than $100.000. as the plans call for a road as good its a new city street. The macadam baRe of the old road will he used ' and a tarvia form of binding at- I tnched. The public road from Charlotte to the South Carolina line runs almost parallel with the Southern railway as far as Pineville. a dis- , tuncc of 10 miles, and from there | to the State line passes through the Harrison neighborhood to a point in Lancaster county, connecting with the King's highway. With the improvement of the Mecklcnhurg road there will he a first class, modern highway from ' Charlotte to Columbia, passing through Lancaster, Kershaw and Richland counties in South Carolina. "Unless Kort Mill townslim I' gets busy and improves the Hailes bridge rood from Fort Mill to the Lancaster county line before the i Mecklenburg county project is completed, you may expect to see a considerable volume of trade | now coming to Fort Mill from the j Pleasant Valley. Harrison. Mar ] vin and Belair neighborhoods di- i verted to Charlotte." a day or , two ago said a Pleasant Valley i citizen upon learning of the plans of the Mecklenburg commission i 9 to improve the Charlotte road to | the State line. "Citizens of Pleas ant Valley some weeks ago went to the expense of putting the cross road from the King's high- I way through Pleasant Valley to Bailes' bridge in first class condition by widening and top-soiling it the entire distance of four miles to be able to get to Fort Mill over a better road and now we think it is high time for Fort Mill township to show its appreciation of our efforts to more readily come here and transact our business by improving the road to Bailes* bridge." BUFFALO FOR SAI.F. Canada Puts on Market One Thousand Head. One thousand buffalo are for sale by the Canadian government. ' The animal* are for the hi oat part , brills and represent the surplus of the herd of nearjy 5.000 in the national part at Waiuwright. Alberta. The park is tlie largest wild i game preserve under fence iu tlie world. It contains more than i 100.000 ueres and eoilhl support 25,000 buffalo readily. Hut there , is little winter pasturage because of the deep snows and a vast quantity of hay has to be eitt every year to carry the herd through the cold season. This difficulty will make it necessary ( to limit the maximum si/.e of the herd to 10.000 head. The herd is now growing rapiau. ?- - luijr mi* iiuiiiiK-r oi breeding cows increases its rate of growth will 1?<* more rapid. Near- ; ly a third of the animals are bulla. So largo a proportion of males is unnecessary, and under the present plan they will he sold or killed and sold for meat. The slaughter will begin when coll weather sets in in the fall. The Wainwright herd has developed from 800 huffalo bought in Montana in 1909. The national park is the prairie country that was the aboriginal habitat of the buffalo. The herd is the largest in the world. Of th?? millions of buffalo that once * roamed the American continent only 9.311 remain, according to tha Uat census CHE F OLD SLAVE MARKET. Building- in Charleston Reminder of Other Days. In Chalmers street, Charleston, u short, narrow thoroughfare of picturesque tile roofed houses, the most of them built "San Domingo style," is a building of squat architecture, plain almost to grimncss. a building that is a forceful reminder of the days when men sold human flesh. It stands almost beneath the shad o\v of Charleston's one skyscraper, tlie oltl ami the new in startling contrast. I'nlike other cities where the trade was carried on. Chareston had no general slave market. There were two or three buildings where the sales took place. Most of the slave trading in Charleston was done through brokers, each firm having its own mart and adjoining buddings in which the slaves were lodged and fed preparatory to the sales. The <?hl mart on Chalmers street was the principal one of these buildings. In the structure to the left, of similar though of more extensive architecture, were the slave quarters. The upper story of tinold building is now used as a lodge room of a negro fraternal otanixation. The first importation of slaves into the Carolina colony was in KJT'J, when Sir .John Veamans, an Englishman, afterward governor of Carolina, came from Barbadoes bringing with him a number of negroes who had heen accustom t'*l to labor in tin* tropical heat of the islands. The first ship to enter Charleston harbor carrying slaves for sale was a British ship. In 17Id C^iieen Anne herself wa.-> largely interest oil in the trade. By 1 m4 there were upwards of 8U.000 negro slaves in South Carolina and the number rapidly jo creased from that time on. During the years from 1804 through 1808. 202 vessels engaged in the slave trade entered tinport of Charleston. From the published reports of the harbor nu.sier ot that period jt is shown that till except tit of these vessds wr.v owned in (ireut Britain and New Kuglaiul. Kighly-six of tlieni li.nl British owners, while more than Bid were owned in New l-.iigiaiul. .">}) of tliis number in Miotic Island. None of these vessels were Souih Carolina owned. Of the l!l?.t?S8 slaves landed in Charleston by these vessels during tin1 period in -lit ioned. 20. ?27 were brought in British vessels. for Ity tliis time the. Uoyal African company. with James l>uk?' of York its head. hail a monopoly of the trade in slaves on tin* African coast. There is a striking fact eonnected with the slave trade in South Carolina which is not generally known. At the beginning of the Civil war there were living in Charleston by actual count fully JOl) negro slave owners free negroes who not only owned negro slaves, hut both bought ami sold them! That the tratlic in slaves was carried on in South Carolina not only against the desire of the people of the State but in the face of vigorous opposition is amply shown by the records. No less than a score of petitions were sent, the majority of which were legislative petitions. from t'n South Carolina colony to the government of Croat Britain imploring that the slave trade be stopped. The first of these, sent in 1 i">l>. protested against the evil as beimr directIv a trains! the wish as well as the laws of the colony. (Jrcal Britain's reply, now among the documents carefully preserved in the Charleston library, was to the effect that the petition could not he granted hecause of the injury it would do "the legitimate business of Knglish merchants and skippers trading to our colony from the coast of Africa." 11. M. Lee recently purchased for his brother. T. K. Lee of Birmingham. Ala., the farm of Mrs. *). W. McLlhaney and heirs one mile south of Fort Mill. The consideration was $7, U25. The farui will be set to several vapl? eties of pedigreed pecans. % "ORT 1 FORT MILL, S. C? THURfi IN SERIOUS TROUBLE. Negro Boy Charged With Attempting to Assault Oirl. Mann White, 15 year old negro hoy, Wednesday afternoon was committed to jail by Magistrate J. H. Haile on the serions eharge of assault with intent to ravish a 12 year old white girl in Fort Mill township, a short distance beyond the corporate limits of the town. Monday afternoon. The hoy was arrested by F. Lee. special constable. Wednesday at noon while he was picking cotton in a field near town. Late yesterday afternoon he was taken to tlu? county jail in York by .1. H. Patterson, constable, aiul ). P. Lee. The boy was represented at the preliminary hearing by an attor| ney from Kock Hill. Very little ' evidence was brought out at the hearing, to which only a few were ; admitted, but enough, in the opinion of the boy's attorney, to warrant the magistrate in holding him for trial without bond. Under" the section of the criminal code of South Carolina which was consulted and followed at tin* hearing the boy's offense, should he he convicted, is a felo| ny and he may be punished by | death or life imprisonment, dei pending upon the wording of the verdict of the jury. A number of negroes and white men who had been attracted by ! the hearing were on Main street , during the time the case was tinj tier consideration in the magis! trate's court. There was said to i have been some talk of violence | against the boy. but there was | no indication of such action | while the hearing was in progj ress or after the constables left i with the prisoner for jail. Tin* I fact that the hoy did not lay his hands on the girl will not excuse him from severe punishment if he j is found guilty hy a jury. Good Word for Weeyil. j 1m I it or Port Mill Tillies: Permit me to say a few vvu|'<|s j to my brother farmers. While 1 lam not fanning now, 1 have farmed for a long time and have | heard so much about the hull weevil in this section recently that 1 want to express liiv opinion of the weevil. 1 think it is a great blessing to this old Southland of ours. It will cause , many of our farmers to raise what tliov have been buying from the North and West. Since the Civil war. f>G years ago. we have been slaves to cotton and the I credit system. 1 know plenty of men just as poor now ?s tjiey ! were at the close of the war oil account of all cotton, depending . I . I i* II A .. i' 1 upon ilit" oilier ienow io icon j them. I luive heard some of them say. "1 can take a hale of cotton and huy all the horse feed 1 need," and right here is where they make the mistake. You can go over this country and you can tell all-cotton farmers. His stock and everything around him will look had. On the other hand, you can tell every one that makes his living at home. Everything is happy at Ins home and the holl weevil is not bothering him. This thing of all cotton has ruined many a man and has caused some to commit suicide. It has caused many a woman and little child to go hungry and without sullicient clothing. So. (Sod hless the holl weevil. J>. A- Lee. voiui citors <i?>oi>. In conversation yesterday with Tint Times reporter, Albert Kant, assistant State bank examiner, commented oil the good crop conditions he had recently found in York county. In South Carolina, l'ickens ranks first. Spartanburg second and York third, in Mr. Kant's opinion. In referring to the excellent eoiulition of affairs as shown by his examination of the Savings Hank of Kort Mill, Mr. Kant remarked that this bank was one of the l(i State institutions in South Carolina which hail no rediscounts or bills payable during the past year. Incidentally he also said that the Savings bank is also the 16th oldi est bank in South Caroling. Mill (DAY, SEPTEMBER 15, 1921. OO TO WORK ON BRIDGE. Contractors Prepare to Begin on York-Mecklenburg Structure. The Hardaway Contracting company, which has the contract for building the brick and concrete portions of the York-Mecklenburg bridge across the Cataw- I I ba river at "Buster" Boyd ferry. 12 iniles northwest of Fort Mill, lias shipped a number of carloads of machinery and tools to Worth, sidetrack between (1 riff it h and Charlotte, preparatory to beginning actual work on the construction of the bridge. The machinery and tools will be hauled ut once from Worth to the site of the bridge. Some surprise was expressed in Fort Mill that the contracting company should have decided to make Worth the point to which its tnaehienry and supplies were I to be shipped instead of Fort i Mill, as the distance to the bridge | j site from that point is 1(> miles ; | against a distance of 12 miles i from Fort Mill, but the extra ! | cost of the longer haul will be more than offset by the lower freight rate to the North t'aro- j linn sidetrack, according to a statement of an employee of the ' company. The contracts for the York- ' j Mecklenburg bridge were let a j I few weeks ago at a joint meeting | in Charlotte of tin* York-Mecklenburg fountv commissioners for , a lit t lo loss titan $100,000, which is said to have been about one! fourth loss than tho bridge could havo boon built for a yoar ago. It j I is said to bo tho purpose of tho contractors to rush tho construe- : I lion of tho bridge. but at host 1 1 ' Hovcml months will ho required j to complete tho structure. m m m I One Farmer Optimistic. A Lancaster county farmer > whoso place is a few miles north of the town of Lancaster was in I Kurt Mill Saturday and remark- ' od to The Times tluit the boll i weevil was not only doing great j damage to tlu< cotton in bis community but also bad attacked tlie j j pea crop ami was riddling it. "1 j do not fool discouraged over the outlook, however." bo continued. "Within a year or two we shall ' learn how to grow cotton under i ' boll weevil conditions as the ! farmers of other sections of tip'. ] j South have been doing for sev- j oral years. The crop will not be. so large as it has been, but that j will be to our advantage?we will i got a better price for it and it ' will take less work and less ex^ j ! penses otherwise to produce tt, j All along we have grown too j much cotton. Now wo shall have to produce more homo supplies, j I am surprised that so many of our farmers are ready to give up i now that the boll weevil has j invaded this section. That was the way the Hessians fought in tlie Revolutionary war." PLEASANT VALLEY NEWS. Interesting Items From Progressive Community. Mrs. J. A. Younts of Pineville, N. ('.. is spending some time with < ' Mr. and Mrs. .1. \V. Elms. Mrs. Crawford Heath and chil! droit. Mrs. .). M. Hutchinson and | children and Miss Roberts motored over from Fort Mill last Tuesday and spent the aft"rnoon with Mrs. F. 1*. Stephenson. Miss Thelma l'otts entertain* d the Young Ladies' Missionary so- ' j ciety of the Pleasant Valev Hap! list church at her homo Wednev : day evening, rrogresive eonvcrs.ition and refreshments were enjoyed during the evening?. Mr. and Mrs. <). \V. Potts and K. Patterson spent last Thurx?.iy in Kershaw. Tlio hot dry weaMier of tite last two weeks has horn broken by a number of refreshing showers and farmers of this eon'irunity are busy sowing clover and , other cover crops. Mrs. B. .1. Alexander was taken to a Rock Hill hospital last i week where she was operated 1 upon for appendicitis. Her eonI dition is reported satisfactory and it is hoped that she will continue to improve rapidly. "Spinner." Time: FROM GUTTER TO PULPIT. Rev. Baxter McLendon Tells Audience of His Conversion. Standing on a high chair and holding his hands in the air before an audience of 10.000 people in Spencer. N. last Thursday night. Rev. Baxter McLendon declared that he was just us much called to preach as ever was St. Paul. John Wesley or any man in historv. He pave the story of his life in such a vivid maimer that the great uudienee was thrilled with his address. He said that 14 years ago he was a blear-eyed, whiskeysoaked, godless professional gambler and a periodical drunkard, and that today he may be classed as a gentleman and preacher of tin* gospel. He was reared in a pious home ami at the age of 14 felt the call to preach, but he spurned this call, reveled in sin of the lowest type until his home was a veritable wreck on account of his degradation. He drank to the dregs and spent his time as a fugitive from justice. He told how he loved gambling and how In operated one of the biggest gambling places in his home town, patronized the bucket j shops and spent much time aiul j money fighting game cocks ami bull dogs. lie told of many instances of bow be evaded the courts, hoboed from his home in South Car-1 olios to the coal mines, worked as a miner, bad many close calls fur hi? tif?? ? ?.I - - ...V iiiim I I It'll III rvci v way to get away from (Jod. how lie was led haek home, eame under the influeiiee of a sermon by a devout minister, fought eonvietion for days and weeks. got into serious shooting sera pes. was sought by the oflieers for weeks and months, how his wife nod parents tried to save him from ruin and how the devil and his associates polled him haek. Then he spent several days at the mourners' bench, though he carried two pistols there with him. Finally be was converted, but resisted a call to preach until tlmi very last. Since taking up the ministry he has seen most of his old associates converted, lie asked the andienec to tell him why and how it wys that one day he was a professional gambler and the nest a preacher of the gos-, pel; how that one day he was carrying two pistols and the next day a Ilihle. NVhy was it that he i was selling blind tiger liquor one day and the next day he was trying to destroy it? lie recommended Jesus t<? everv vile it in I sinful mail in his hearing and mailt; a powerful appeal tr tlicin. In response to his appeal several hundred, mostly voting men and young women, professed allegiance to their Maker. Baptist Association Meeting. The York Baptist assoeiation is meeting this week in its 53d annual session with the First Baptist ehurcli of Koek Hill. A number of delegates from the Fort .Mill Baptist ehurch are attending the meeting. The assoeiation is composed of representatives of 18 churches with a combined membership of about 2.500. A number of prominent speakers are present to idseuss missions, benevolence, education and other topics of importance in the work of the church. Many Loan Applications. A recent report of the secretary of the Federal Land bunk of Columbia showed that during the month of August applications for loans under the federal farm loan act were received aggregating approximately $7,500.00, and loans to the amount of about $1,500,000 were made. The Fort Mill Farm Loan association has received, since the opening for business of the land hank in Columbia last spring, applications aggregating $74,000. of which $12,000 has been granted. The family of the U?*v. .J. B. Black, who some weeks ago re signet) the pastorate of the Fort Mill Presbyterian church, is this week moving to Morganton, N. C. s. $1.50 Per Year. 1 ELECTRIC CHAIR FOR TRIO. ! Fox, Kirby and Gappins to Die I for Murder of Young Brazell. (.'. O. Fox. S. J. Kirby aiul Jesse Gappins. convicted murderers of William Brazed. li> year old Columbia transfer driver. at 5:25 Tuesday afternoon were senI > > ** * I nnci-u i)y uiulge Tlios. S. Scaso. I presiding in tlie Lexington eoiiuty court, to die in the eleetria chair at the State penitentiary on Friday. October 11\ between the hours of 10 o'clock in tlte morning and 2 o'clock in the afternoon. The jury in the trial of the Kirby ease, the trial of which was begun at 3:30 o'clock Monday afternoon, reached a verdict of guilty at 10:50 o'clock Tuesday morning, after deliberating 35 minutes, while Fox and (tappins. who were tried jointly, were convicted at 5:14 o'clock Tuesday afternoon, the jury having been closeted exactly 40 minutes. The entire trial of the three men, begun with the swearing of witnesses for the grand jury at 10:15 o'clock Monday mouring. occupied only about ton hours of actual time ot the court during the two days. The grand jury returned a true bill against tinthree men at 11:45 Monday morn ing and a few minutes later the prisoners, defended by counsel appointed by the court, were arraigned. At 3:30 o'clock Monday afternoon the trial of Kirby was begun. the case going to the jury at 10:24 Tuesday morning. Thirtyfive minutes later the verdict of guilty had been returned and the trial of Fox and tiappius was begun. At 12:45 the State rested its ease against the two men and at 5:14 o'clock the second jury had agreed that Fox and (!jiihoh? I i were guilty. I Tlu? tlirrc 111**11 were arraigned to receive their sentences and at 5:25 o'clock each of the three had heard his doom solemnly pronounced, and each then knew that there was only a few hours over 37 days of life remaining for him. It was early oil the morning of Moiiduv. August s. exact lv 37 days from the time the men wore sentenced to death, that | young l>ra/.ell was killed by the I three men near Lecsville. Lexington county, after luiving been lured into a supposedly bona I fide trip t?? "get some girls." As a boy S. ,1. Kirby lived with I his family near the dam of the Southern power company in I'ort ' Mill township. After staying in the Fort Mill community a few years the Kirby family moved to Hock Hill, wiiere S. .1. Kirby earned for himself an unsavory reputation by acts of lawlessness. He served a term on the York I county chaingaug and was sen teneed to the penitentiary for a I year or two. but was pardoned before completing his term. i GOLD HILL NOTES. News Items From the Upper Section of Fort Mill Township. C. I*. I>hi11k *11s11ij> is in York jthis wci'k attending cniii'i. | Mrs. (1*. ItlanUi'iiship ami I Mrs. S. 1*. Wilson aiv visit iny ) Mrs. Tom Lanyston in Kloiviiro. j Missos Cleo ami Carrie Hlark Welder of Charlotte spoilt last week-end as quests of Miss Wiiiiiit Crook, Sutton Kpps ami Hanks Patter son visitimI Tom lllarkwelder in ('harlotto several days lasi work. S. \V. Kimhrell and his family |and W. II. Crook last Snnd.iv at tened ipiarterly eonferenee of Pleasant Hill Methodist elmfeli in Pleasant Valley eomninnity. Walter Peltns of the P?elair eonunnnity Sunday evening filled the pulpit of Philadelphia Methodist < 11 II -< 11 f/it1 tin. ' - I"" tl... i Rev. \V. |{. liaukniffht. Mr. IVttiis' message was short, hut was ! enjoyeil hy all who lieanl it. Miss Marie Kpps has relurnetl to her home, after visitin?r relu fives in ICbenezer township. J. \V. Kvans of Kingstree is on S a short. visit to Willanl Wilson. " lloagus." Cotton Twenty CentM. Cotton Is .h<> 11111 k for -0 cents on the Kurt Mill market today.