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JftitoMiihed 1891. * FORT MILL, 8. C.t THURSDAY, OCTOBER 6, 1921. S1.50 Per Year
CAPTURE OF BRANCOURT.
World War Veteran Tells of Part
f. Played by Fort Mill Company.
Members of Company (J, UStli
regiment, 30th division, may live
to be old men, but L am sure none
of them will go through another
such night as they did on October
7 and the early morning of
October 8, 1918," yesterday said
a World war veteran in recalling
that the third anniversarv #?f *l?
memorable attack of the 80th division
on the liindeuburg line
was at hand.
"The 118th infantry," lie continued,
"was then holding the
front lines neat; Braneonrt and
soon after snudown of the dark.rainy
night of October 7, Company
(1 received a hurried order to 1
move at once to tlie left and conn- i
terattack the Hermans. who it.
was reported had atacked and
broken through the 117th infantry
on our le'ft. ('apt, S. W.
Parks. Major Lindsay MeFadden |
and others at he front knew the
attnek was useless and likely to ,
prove disastrous. It is under- i
stood that Col. T. B. Spratt, at
the time in command of the regiment.
protested so strongly the
order that he was threatened
with removal from command if
the. attack was not made at once.
"As was expected, the alarm
proved to be false, and while the
Fort Mill company escaped without
casualties, the Rock Hill company
lost about 25 men. Com pa-v
ny Q returned to its former posi/
tion pretty well shaken up and
the men spent the balance of the
night lying on the wet ground
waiting for the coining of daylight,
when they were to attack
the German front and capture
Brancourt.
"It is almost impossible to realize
the situation in which tin?
Fort Mill hoys were. Thousands
of milt's from home, they hud already
been fighting for nearly a
week and many of them had been
killed and wounded. They spent
this miserable night lying in the i
mud and rain and at daylight
lined up am\ moved forward to !
the attack in fine shape and
splendid spirit.
Within a few hours the tier- I
.mans had been driven hack and
Brancourt captured. The cap- .
ture of Brancourt. by the way.
has been referred to as one of the
important victories of the dOth
division. It was in this attack
that ('apt. Parks was wounded j
and most of the brave "boys who
have recently been buried here
were killed. Company (i took
into this series of fights 1S."> men
and brought out. I believe. 117 tinwounded
men. and it was during
this time that Willie N'nas. then I
first sergeant, took command of
the company and led it forward, '
all the officers of the company
having been wounded. It was a
hard fight, and while our losses
were very heavy, the streets of
Brancourt were filled with dead
Germans and their losses were
much greater than ouds.
"Members of Company (J will
never forget October S. IBIS, and
Brancourt, France.
Worked on "Tire Times."
Says the Chester News: "The
editor of the Fort Mill Times in
mentioning the recent removal of
HIS [IHJM'r lO <1 MOW IMIIIillllU.
the history of The Times ami
states that some years i|go it was
printed on a hand press. The editor
of The News well remembers
the old George Washington hand
press used in The Times oftice and
it was there that he trot his first
experience as a typesetters, pressman.
proofreader, etc.. etc. Some
times we believe every printer
should he required to pfill a
Qeorge Washington hand press
for about jnx months and then
he would appreciate the advantages
of getting out a newspaper
on a cylinder press. Yes.
the printer of this day thinks lie
knows something about hard
work, but a 'printer has no conception
of real hard work until
* he has tackled the job.of printing
a paper from' a hand press on a
real hot day in August."
The New York Americans won
the first game of the world series
Wednesday afternoon from
NOT ENOUGH PEANUTS.
Nation's Crop Augmented by Im- !
portations From China.
44Tlif man accustomed to buying
his small bag of peanuts at
the whistling roasting machine in j
front of a grocery or fruit stand i
thinks of peanuts, it' he thinks of '
die matter at all. as coming principally
from Virginia," yesterday
said a KoW Mill groccryman. "lie
would he surprised to learn that I
the American market lias been j
materially influenced for many j
years by the importation pf foreign
grown nuts, as was recently
aniiouneed by the federal depart-men
?d' agriculture. For a number
of years China has produced
millions of pounds of peanuts imported
into the I'nited States.
"Shantung' is the leading pea- !
nut producing region in China, as |
its soil is particularly adapted to
ilie growing of peanuts, the department
says. l'lie nut grown
in that province is said to be larger
than that grown in any other
part of China, and contains more
oil. IVanui 'farms' in Shantung
are small plots of ground, often
not over two acres in area. Vet
from the produce of small plots
Iikc this a Chinese farmer secures
a living not only for himself
and family, but occasionally
gives his soil .1 college ediiention.
i his is nil the more reuiHi'kahle
in I lint most ( mnese fiirmers use
oujv primitive methods of cultivn
t ion.
"In connection with the statement
of the departmeiit of agriculture
relative to the importation
to this country of Chinese
peanuts. I wondered why it was
that farmers in the lower section
of South Carolina which hus been
overrun by the boll weevil have
recently stated that they could
not grow peanuts at a profit after
having turned to the industry
following the invasion ot tlie
eottoii pest. If there is a market,
.ml perhaps a profit, in bringing
to this country for eonsuiiiptiou
pi ami.s tli.it have been grown oil
?lie other side of the World. 1 fail
Io understand why our own farmers
an reported to be ready ty
ahamtoii growing tluiii. Maybe
the eiili iv.i: ion and marketing of
the peanut is too troublesome to
suit those who have herioforc
loiiuit .1 necessary to give little
niton1, ion to the growing of cotton.
I don't know whether the
xorT of this seiion of tin' Stnt?' is
?:?1pt< ti to ilii' growing of peanuts
or not, lull sou experts
??.iht in know, and if tlu-y say it
is. peanut eul;ure should he riven
a trial hy those who recognize the
I'aet that tlu> day of lug eotton
erops is a tiling of the past."
Still Captured, Negro in Limbo.
State Constable Horace .Johnson
drove into Port .Mill Tuesday
I evening carrying in the rear seat
of his lord ear a liquor still,
made of a tin clothes boiler, lie
had ruptured a few hours befon
on the old Heatty Matthews place
in Khcnezer township near the
.dam of the Southern Power
l company. The other part of the
J capture, one Tillman llanyes. negro.
lie had left locked up ill Kock
I lilI in default of a $<U() bond.
No liquor was captured with the
still and the negro, hut a considerable
quantity of mash was
found at the negro's house which
was destroyed hy the officer.
Mr. .Johnson said In- found the
still, after searching for several
hours about, in and under the
house Mayors was living in and
ii the woods nearby, ingeniously
hidden under the floor of the
negro's corn crib, on which there
was a pile of corn in the shuck.
Stooping down he saw a suspicious
looking object which lie
put leu troni underneath the floor
with a hot". This proved to be a
part of the worm. After discovering
lite worm he had little
trotihh in loeatin?r the still, whieh
looked as if it had been in serviee
for some time. Ilaynes of
course is in trouble as a result of
the officer's activity and unless
some of his white friends come
to his vest ue the eluiliC.es are he
won't be able to piek any 20
cent cotton this fall or plant any
next sprint; f?r 1 he Kbenezer vaweevil
to up.
NEWS OF YORK COUNTY.
Current Items of Interest From
the Yorkville Enquirer.
Souie hold thief stole three gal- |
lens of moonshine out of the
court house at an * early hour !
Sunday morning, according to a
story told Monday by Policeman I
lack Met'arter of Yorkyille.
Mrs. Crawford Duidap of Roe 1;
Hill, who was recently elected <
compulsory school attendance of- j
fieer for York county by the I
county board of education to sue- '
coed Miss Alice Harrison, resign- j
ed. entered upon her duties Mon- |
day. Mrs. Dunlap is a*teacher of
several years' experience.
There are three eases of diph- '
theri.t in the Iflairsville neighbor* ;
hood, according t<> Dr. J. II. Say * J
of Sharon. A child of Mr. ami ;
Mrs. Richard Sadler has the disease
and a child of Mr. and Mrs.
John R. lUair is recovering: from
nr attack. A negro in the com- 1
munity also has diphtheria.
The bankrupt stock of the
Farmers Hardware company of
Yorkville was sold at auction Sat. f
urday morning to L. A. Harris of
Fort Mill for $3.02o. The store
fixtures were sold to the same
buyer for A Ford delivery* j
J truck, the property of the hard- :
ware company, was sold to Nivens
llrothers, Yorkville. for$lFl. .
Approximately 20 negroes liv- |
ing in the vicinity of McConnellsville
who have been suffering
with smallpox for several weeks
an* improving ami an* eonsider?m
1 out ??f danger, according to
information coming from that
section Monday. Several hundred
white and colored people
living in the Met'onnellsville area
have recently heen vaccinated to
guard against further spread of
the malady, it was said.
"Well, we have at last landed ,
| a carnival for the York County
| fair." said Secretary. Powell of j
I the fair association the other day. !
"And il has heen a big job because
it seems from what I can
I arn that all carnivals are fight- i
iug .-liy of the South this fall be- j
cause of crop conditions. The car- i
I nival we seen rial has the reputation
of being one of the best and
i cleanest in the countrv."
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I The Clover school opened Monday
morning with an enrollment
of. pproxiinately :{."?() pupils. Prof,
\V. S. K id. superintendent, in
I charge, liecause of crowded con- I
; <1 it ions, since the new school
I building will not be ready for
1 use for a mouth, the school is being
conducted for the present on
a "double shift." Practically all
j the members of the Clover school
: faculty are non-residents of Clo- j
i ver.
1 lie condition ot .J. s. l>rice, I
Ks?p. who continues seriously ill
t ni his home in Yorkville, has not
; hcen so s,itisl'actory w ithin the
l>asi lew itiiys ns for some time
previously, occiitisc of complicaiioiis.
tin- prohahiiity of which the
ai t?-1ii 1111*jt physicians were aliie to
, foresee all along. hut which have
hi en unavoidable. 'I he complications,
how c\ el*, iire no; necessarily
' of alarming; significance except
in so far as they teinl to retard
i the otherwise satisfactory progress
of the patient. Aceord-ing to
' Dr. McDowell, Mr. Brice seems to
lie getting along very nicely in
o her particulars, especially as to
Ins lungs, Vhicli arc clearing up
a? well as could he expected.
(iypsy Smith, noted evangelist,
opened a three Weeks" meeting ill
Hock Ilill Sunday night, with
hundreds o f people hi attendance.
The meeting will continue
'through October -il, with services
each night, except ing Monday
nights. With Kvangelist Smith
hit ( . r. Allen, song lender, and
Miss Lucilc Anernutliy, pianist.
Mr. Allen has organized a elioir
o> 200 voices and ilie singing will
l?e a feature of eaeh serviee. Serviees
are to be held in a huge
tent, with a seating eapaeity of
d.OOt). The tent is loeated in the
must eentral part of the city and
is easily aeeessible. It is 011 the
property recently purchased by
St. .John's Methodist church 011
which a modern church building
is to be erected in the near future,
the congregation having far
I outgrown its present quarters.
FAIR NEXT MONTH.
York County Event to Be Held j
November 9 to 111
Fort Mill people, in common
with the popU- oi the county generally,
will ut iniereseti in the an- j
nouncemeut that plans are rupidiy
lorimiiaung tor the Vor a. I
county luir. win. u will l?t- neni il.
Hock Hill, as usual, 011 .November j
u II I ' 1
if i*? 4i. i lit* tunes were ongt- ;
natty set- for Octooer i'l to 14,
but Were changed on account of
the Gipsy Smnn revival now bein^
lieul in Koek 11 ill. Premium
lists for the fair have been mailed
out alul a total of several thous- 1
ami dollars is oiA^red in prizes i
and purses.
'1 ho indications are that the i
exhibits will be better ilian those |
a* any previous fair, the lateness i
of the event making it possible to
have a better variety oi e?>rn.
hay and other crops. .Much interest
is being taken in the lair by
the farmers and the livestock I
display promises to In better than
last year's, when inoculation regulations
prevented - many from !
exhibiting eows and hogs.
\ OIDIIII1I1II V (Mill) hoot lis will 10 |
more numerous than ever and
practically all the main exhibit |
building will he devoted to those,
c.. nuitig cluh booths and tlie de- I
part men t of women's activities,
it is expected thai every community
in tin- county will have a >
booth, as the women always take
greater pride in displaying tiieir
handiwork and in studying tb.o
efforts of others than is the case
with men.
The fair grounds have been
gone over and the race track put
in excellent condition. A large
number of fast horses will be entered
in the races and those ia
charge of this department promise
the best races ever seen in
York county and the equal of
any in the State.
PLANS TO AID SCHOOL.
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Parent-Teachers' Association Reorganizes
for Work.
'1 he Fort Mill Parent-Teachers
association met in the school audi.onion
Inst h rulay alternoou to
reorganize for the work of aioth..
nciiool year. The officers ot*
.ast session were unanimously re
* .eetrd us follows: Mrs. A 0.
tours. president ; Mrs. L. ,1. Masm'.v
. v trr presutenl; Miss t'laro1
tui* t'urothers. soer?.ary; i-Uss
Mniiiir (Harrison, treasurer. A
|?iiri of ilu* work of tlir eomiug
\i.ir wus planned and consideru*
oir interest was uiaiiitested on
ilu part ol those prrsriil. Anions
oilier things it was decided to
put on an active canvass for now
uicnihers hiuI to look into - tne
matter of preparing exhibits for
a booth at the county fair to Ds
held in Kock lull. November
ill 1.
Owing to the fact that the local
pareiitjteachers' association i
has done so inuch for the school
<iiul the community and that similar
organizations in other places
have accomplished so much.' th>.
association wont on record as
heartily favoring a county parent|
teachers" assoeiation. to he made
iiii lit p??iirn?i>n t jifi i'i>u IV/un t)n?
local associations over York j
comity. It was thought that |
such a meeting for conference |
'would redound to the greater use j
fulness of the organization and I
lead to the forming of other conn- j
ty units and. later, to a State t
convention, which would luai'eu
ally aid in the stimulation of ac ,
tivity along the lines for which
the parent-teachers' organization
stands.
Gold Hill Notes.
Miss Winnie Crook, student at
Winihrop college, spent the weekend
at her home.
Miss Romania Kpps of the Flint :
Hill section spent the weekend
with Miss Frances Blankenship.
Miss May McKinnev is seriors- 1
ty ill in a Rock llill hospital wiUl
appendicitis. I
Tin Rev. .1. R. Smith, paster of
Flint Hill Baptist church, has re- {
turned to his home, after being a
patient at a hospital in Columbia.
A number of Hold Hill people
went to Roek Hill Sunday night
to hear Gypsy Smith, the noted
| evangelist. 1
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GRADED SCHOOL ITEMS.
Enrollment of Pupils for Session
Now More Than 450.
The total enrollment Modav of
the Fort Mill graded school was
4.">4, divided among the vuriouv. ^
grades as follows. Grades 1 10
inclusive, d 10; grades 0 ami ?. I
GO, grades 8. 9 and 10. 84. The j
ele\euih grade wnV discontinue!! ;
this year, as there were no pu- ,
mi* ..m.i..:? ?
j"?o "I'l".' lll|! KM" lit IUIISKIOII IO
that grade.
The school hours and schedules
this session remain practically
the same as those in t'oree i
lass year. The first bell rings at
6 a. in., and the second bed at i
8.8U. All pupils are expected to
be in 'their seats and ready for
work by 8:4U. when the tirst
gong signal is rung. A recess of '
one hour from 12 noon to 1 p.
iii. is granted for dinner. The
Midciiioon session starts promptly
at 1 o'clock and the school is
dismissed for the day at 21:10
p. in. On rainy days these hours
may be shortened at the disere- '
tiou of the superintendent, omit- ;
ti..fc* the noon recess and allowing 1
l lie school to be dismissed at I
p. ni.
t apt. F. M. Mack, superintendent,
says lie "won.it liKc lo impress
upon the put runs of the
school the great importance of
regular daily attendance. I had
a teacher once who often said
ih.it every day lost from school
was equivalent to $20 dollars lost j
in money. tTcrtuin it is that every
lesson missed means that the
uuxt one is harder to learn and
Vf \ itrni 11.^11(111^ llirnm I 1141 I
lesions are missed on the following
day. It is also important
that pupils be on time at their
places in the school room, especially
in the morning to begin j
the day's work. Tardiness not
ouly disturbs the systematic eonduct
of the school but if not corrected
will soon become an annoying
habit that may stick to
one through life."
l'atrous of the school will be
pleased to know that Miss Susie
White has again taken up work
in the school. She is teaching the
iiftii grade with .Miss Spencer.
Several (ears ago Miss White
taught the second grade, hut for
the last few years she li.<d been
in the government service in
W asnington.
Masons Resume Meetings.
Regular communications of
Cuiuwhu lodge. .No. iiti, a. K. M.,
ron Mill, win be resumed Thursday
evening, tie toner Id. t'o'lowing
a suspension oi the meetings
ior alio, August and ftcpicmber.
Since ttic lodge held us last
meeting in .June ii has lost by
ilc..ill olic ol l.s oldest lit Midicl's.
Josiuti II. Coltliurp. hr. ii.
hliioii is the worshipltil master
of Catawba lodge and he expresses
the hope that the meeting next
week will he well attended. Catawba
lodge is one of the oldest
Masonic bodies in the upper section
ot South Carolina, Having
been instituted in ItS-m, uiul o.i
its membership roils are to be
found the names of numerous
men who have won distui"tion in
the various protessions 'in I vo
* 14 I iw/UO.
Furr Seeking Freedom.
The Stale hoard of pardons was ,
-jX pec ted m act yesterday oil Hie :
pent ion of .lames r. ^"Uonk") !
Furr requesting that exeeurive j
'd'Hiieiiey he extended linn. Furr i
been a prisoner in 'h State I
penitentiary tor a boor . ight
uiou.hs. l?e was sent up tor a
number ot years from Kershaw
county for big..my. ha.lt'.g been
wOnvieted of man*., ing a ..otmg
woman troui that eotr.'v while
his wife was living in Yoth eoiinty.
Furr is said to haw been a
patient at he prison hospital for ,
greater part of the time si:u-e lie |
fegan serving his sentenee. sttf 1
ft ring from tnbereulosis. lie has
relatives in Fort Mill who have
been active in the effort to secure |
u full pardon or parole for lion.
Mr. ami Mrs. Withers Massey
have moved from Charlotte toFort
Mill anil will make their
home here. Mr. Massey huving
bought the garage of the Heath
Motor company.
FIGHT ON LIQUOR.
Government Striving to Eliminate
Outlawed Traffic.
The government and tie blind
tiger, after months, are still
waging aelive warfare, with etteli
eftilining the victory over the oilier.
Government ottieiats at \? ash
u.gton. however, are certain .n.it
they are slowly hut surely winning
and that less liquor is being
sold. The fact that the price oi
couirahaiit liquor has decreased
sharply has given many the impression
that the blind tigei ai
the moment has the better of the
buttle, all homrli I'll..!., s: . I
, ...... . ..I HIS 11 (I nor
hiinlei's point with pride
the fact that hundreds ol thousands
of pillions have been toiifiseated.
*
Tins of thousands of eonvictions
have heen obtained in 11?
courts, but in almost every ease
the offender down to the lour.It
and tilth otfelise has been let oit'
with a fine. Kliforeeiiient ol'.ieials
bemoan the fact that prison seiitonees
have been so few and fines
so light.
Intoxicating beverages in bonded
warehouses in the I'nited
States has heen drained from a
large supply, whose exact figures
arc not disclosed, down to 4(1 million
gallons during the last 'JO
months. There now is less than
two quarts per capita thus in
storage.
In New York city gin is quoted
al $"> a quart, whiskey up to $10.
In Philadelphia, where whisUex
sold for $H and $10 in the first
few weeks of .lunuury. liUll. it
can he hoinrht now for fnno 4a;
to $8. In Washington tlt?* tiger
demands $10, while in Chicago
the price is between $."? and $S a
quart.
As a result of its war oil the
traffic, the government can show
great stores til' confiscated liquor,
tens of thousands of convict ions,
millions of dollars in fines, and a
growing sentiment in favor of
prohibition. On the other hand,
illicit dealers can show hundreds
of well financed orgaui/.at ions
and thousands of individual for
t tines.
DIES IN*TIEN TSIN.
Sister Joannes O'Connell, Missionary,
Passes to Reward.
.1. I >. O'Connell and his two
sisters. Misses Julia and Mary
OVonucI of Fort Mill, received
Sit in day the distressing news of
the dea'h of their sister. Miss do
HIIIK'S OVoUllell. ill Tien Tsill
China, on August 'J I. of pneunio
nia. Sister Joannes. as .sin- was
known in religious eireles. was a
sister of charity ami had worked
as a missionary in China since
ISDN. She was in the city of Tien
Tvin ai lie time of the Hexer uprlsifir
ami tiiree times narrowly
eseaped deatli hy shells explod
no in her lied room. As a reward
for her jrrent /.enI in niirsinif
wounded Ktissian soldiers dtirmir
the nprisinjr. the late e/.ar of litis
sia had a speeiai medal siampe I
and presented to Sister .Ioniums.
Sister Joannes was horn iu Columbia
i limit ">!! years ,i'_r i ami
after the Civil war was pupil
of tin late Col. A. li I',inks and
is. ri*iiiMii!t.?ro<i Itv ??i 11?v . I li??r
former school imi t s (.1 I-'.?rI Mill
to whom the 211111011ii?'coil ill of
Im r ill w ill hrino -/emiine sor
rcw. 1'csnlcs her other ;ni?l
sislel's livill" iii h'orl Ml'l she is
211 so survived hv ;i l?ro!h / in
Richmond. Vji.. bishop h-.n.e .1.
t'i 11*1111.j| ,,f i |k> ( at liolie i| ifese
of Richmond.
Recall Valor of Thirtieth.
% * I .. I . I. .. I ..
:\ M'i?*??r*ihi \\ ri:t*ti \\.:s <rriitiiA
appreciated hy Col. T. 15. Spr.it t.
formerly of the 55t>th ihxisiou. was
received l?y him hist |-Tida\ from
the Ihittghters of the Anicrieati
Revolution of Koelt Hilt in reeotrintiioii
ot the third aiinivt "sary
ol tli breaking if the lliiideiihurp
line hy the 510th. TI te'egrani
was as follows: . he
Ilaughters of the ,\merit';*n l.'? ??
| in* h i ?.f K.? k Hill, iii an oi 111 r
assembled oil this .-?<111 \ . < !
the famous I ovale in;/ ..t ' !iu
l? iihllt'e title extend mm.'s ill
reeo"ui- on o| 'he ili.s iif it.. h< ?l
valor of the 510th division ?.. .I? .
oeeasiou J ho 11 op ; u was
sign.il hy Mrs. Alexander Lung,
secretary.