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f The Fort Mill Times BiUbMthed1891. *= ?""?T TYTTTT n r TnniTnPiT OflTOTlFli HI. I [LI, ~ ???????????. V Si.50 P?r V?x.T BORN IN MECKLENBURG. ^ Charlotte Paper Slips in Giving Birthplace of President Polk. "One of the Charlotte papers a day or two ago printed in its news columns the statement that .las. K. Polk, 11th president of -the United States, who was in office from 1845-49, was born in western North Carolina." yesterday said a Fprt Mill citizen to The Times. 44The statement was of course incorrect, as at 11 familiar with our country's history know; but the surprising thing was that a newspaper published in the very county in which Polk was born should allow sueli a mis statement of fact, to creep into . its columns. Polk was a native of Pineville township. Mecklenburg county. The house in which he was born stood one mile south of Pineville, near the road leading to the South Carolina line, a few miles away. The house long since disappeared, but- the site it occupied was marked 20-odd years ago by the Mecklenburg county Daughter of the American Revolution by a monument. This monument is in plain view from the public roayh but 1 dare say that many who sec it do not know that it marks the birthplace of a president of the United States. The monument, built in pyramid shape, is about 1.1 feet high and is of granite blocks. It is of suit Btautiul construction and is apt to stand- for many generations. "As a boy Polk moved with his father from Mecklenburg county u n I... i>i..?. >*..i ? - ! III!' I Mill" IVItl^e IIIOII II I U IIIS into Tennesson, where lie became u leading citizen. He was fleeted governor of that State ami stcpvped from that office into the pres. idoncy. He was a el use personal friend of Andrew Jackson, one of his predecessors in the White House, who also was eleeted from Tennessee, hut who likewise was ^ horn in this sort ion. just aeross the line in South Carolina, not more than 2f>b miles from the birthplace of Polk. ^ , "It is a singular tiling that of f the three presidents Tennessee furnishi'tl the country, not one of them was a native of that Stale. Andrew Johnson, the third Ten. nessee citizen to fill the presideuPSIcy. succeeding to the ofliee from the viee_ presidency upon the tlcath of Lincoln, began his mundane existence in Raleigh, X. ('. "Polk never distinguished himself us president and held the office for only one term, but Andrew Jackson was a real president ami Johnson was among the strongest men who ever held the office, in my opinion. Roth lie and Jackson began life handicapped by extreme poverty, and it has been said of Johnson tlmt tt)> to the time lie was married lie did not even know how to read. that after lie hail finished his day's work at his tailor shop his wife taught him his letters. The Htory may or may not he true, hut one tiling is true?his state papers are among Hie strongest of any of the presidents'." Old Water Tank Torn Down. The old water tank of tin Southern railway whieli had heeit in usi* many years KM) yard* norths of the passenger ?i < | >oi i 11 Fort Mill has been torn down. Use of the tank was diseontimied some time ago. A railYoad man speaking of the demolition ot the tanlT said that during; the third of a century it had stood in Fort Mill, the tank had sup plied water to passing loeonio tives perhaps as many as .">().(MM! times. There are now only 1hre? tanks from which loeomotives op erating between Charlotte and Columbia may replenish their wn ter supply, these being at Hoek Hill, Chester and Winnshoro. v Announcement was made in the Columbia papers a few days age of the engagement of Miss Des> Hpratt and Dr. H. D. Durh am ot Columbia, who are to be married in November. Miss Spratt is daughter of Mrs. .Jennie Spratt and Was reared in Fort Mill. She has been making her home in Co Itambia for several years, but tin aMkouncment of her engagement i? nevertheless a matter of muel: ' GRADED SCHOOL NOTES ; Pupils Hear Talks on Selection and Card' of Fruit Trees. Mr. Owens of 1 lit.* extension tie- j part meat of Cleinson college was at the school here Tlfursday morn- j ing ami talked to the three liijrli- \ er grades and a few town folk on the selection, planting ami care of fruit trees. Miss Juanita ! Neely, county home demonsta- | tion agent, was present ami tie- I livered a talk on the use of fruits , :-a a i- i - in mi1 diet. A called m?k?>tin|r of the l'a-j rent-Teacher club was held last 1 Thursday afternoon to decide j whether Fort Mill would have a booth ait the York County fair. The question was decided in the affirmative and any one in the) community who has anything! they would like to put on display j in the booth should see Mrs. A. I O. .Jones as soon as possible, as i the dates for the fair are November 0. 10 and 11. Chester's football team played, the Fort Mill high school Friady j evening at Whiteville park. Fort Mill. The visitors outweighed the Fort Mill hoys 00 pounds to the man. Some of Fort Mill's best, plovers were knocked out duriut: the first quarter and Chester walked off with the game. 00 to 0. It was a grand game of slug J ging by the Chester men all tliej way iiirou?rh. Referring to tin' Kort Mill team a neutral spectator said, and it lias before been said, that lie had "never seen bet , lei sportsmanship displayed than I that of the Port Mill boys; they played -ti clean, upright name." Alfred (). dynes, dr.. Monday tuorniiin assumed his duties as1 teacher in the high school, lie is teaching part of the IC11 *rli>?li and History classes. A large crowd was at the school auditorium Monday evening to see "Mr. Hob." a comedy gi\en by pupils of the Winthrop Traininn school. Kock Hill. There were only seven characters in the play, but they acted their parts well. The proceeds of the play were divided equally between the ! tiaining school and the athletic | association of tin* local school. Practice by the girls >>i basketball is now going oil. The season opens November 1. Representatives of the Catawba Athletic as-: socio'ion Saturday met in Rock 1 Mill to arrange tin* selicdnle of games. ^ Friday afternoon the Kershaw foot hall ten in will play Fort Mill . ii Fort Mill. Threatens to Sue Town. Two young wdiitc men from , Chester who acNmipanicd the (Chester high sehool fo??M?a!l team to Fort Mill lor the game which was played here Friday afternoon with the local high sehool l?o\s i forfeited cash bonds ot $10 each i to the town of Fort 'Mill on the charge of drunkenness and disorderly conduct. They were arrested at the football game. Saturday one of (lie young men phoned tin mayor of Fort Mill. F. K. Ardrey, Iroiu Chester that upon arrival ai his home the evening "before he ' w as examined by three physician i who declared him absolutely so' her. and that if the town of Fort > Mill did not refund the $1() lie had been reijuired to jnit up tor ap< pearanee to be tried on an "uni reasonable and false" charge lie would forthwith bring an action for $10,000 damages again is the I j town. Gold HilTNotes. I Robert ('uldwell of <'hosier was . tlie guest of I'niitt Blank*nship for several days last week. I lie lioiio* ileiiionst rat ion elnli of tlie (iold llill eommunity met at the school house Monday to hear a discussion of the value of fruit trees by Miss .luauita Neely. > home demonstration agent for ? York county. A dejicious lunch ! was served by members f>f the ? club. I S. ('. Far is has returned to his : home from a recent visit to ,his daughter. Mrs. Wilson, who was > eritieally \ill at l*?r home in Or -lando. Fla.. a few days ago. ? A number of (iold Hill people t attended the play given by tin* i Wiuthrop training school in the j auditorium of the Fort Mill high | school Monday evening. NEWS OF YORK COUNTY. Current Item* of Interest From , the Yorkville Enquirer. The condition of ?J. JS. 13 rice, Esq., who has been ill at his home in Yorkville many weeks, continues to improve slowly but steadily. .Mr. Brice. though still very weak ami unable to consider business matters of any kind, is spending much of his time in his front piazza. Three eases of scarlet fever 1 1 .. i: i ?* mm- niTii tuscovercu among pitinary grade pupils in the Yorkville graded serool. Children of Dr. -I. D. Me Dowel I. Rev. T. Tracy Walsh and .J. S. Brice. Ksq., have Ihe disease. The school trustees have dismissed the first, second and third grades for the balance of the week. The three little patients are doing nicely. Several hundred Winthrop students are either sick now with had colds and coughs or else have been during the past two weeks, according to reliable sources. Reports are out that the girls are suffering front a mild form of influenza. hut is was learned Saturday that such was not the ease, hut that I lie sickness is in the form of bad colds. Most of those who have been siyk. it is said, are 11 eshuien. A meeting of the York county bgislative delegation, called n.< Senator Hart to lie held in York\ die Saturday, failed to materialize since no member of the delegation showed up at the appointed hour. '1 lie meeting was called io consider providing for an appiopriation to meet the deficit tit i lit *' I r " nl " lil I II #1 IN 1 III I IK* (IjH'I Hlion oi the court oI general sessions ami eoimiioii pleas ami for the jail, which has run short of sufficient hinds to run the institution until the meeting of the Hexi Ccncral Asseiulily. ? | Merrill, fixe vear^old (launch 'tor of .Mr. ami Mrs. T. C. Neelx. \x ho live near Koek lliil. lost her lite Cm lay as the result of severe ; hums. While an older sisier xvus ' li?rhtinjr a fire in tin open fire place xxith kerosene, little Merritt was standing nearby. When the kt rosene hlu/.cd up her clothing: xxas ignited, and before the fire j could lie cx t-inguished her body . X* as terribly burned. The child | was talff'ii in the hospital at once, hut .In burns xvero too extensive i aid nr..king could lie done. ; Deaili followed a few hours later. Approximately KM) Masons of Chester. Armenia. Yorkville, Cloxer. Sharon and other places attended a meeting; of lloodtown Masonic lodge. K. L. Vinso'n. wor| shipful must? r. Monday evening; to participate in a big; supper and j to witness the conferring; of the . third degree upon four cundi1 dates. <). d' rank Hart of Columbia. grand secretary of the grand ! lodge of South Carolina, was present for the occasion and ad, dressed the fraternity after the \xmrk had been conferred. Hock Kill is in the midst of the greatest religious revival in 1 Ik* <i \ psy Smith mt'fi iiijjr now in progress that it Iihk known in years, perhaps tIn* greatest it has ' c\ or known. Kvoryhody is talking about the powerful sermons ! 11 at are being preached hy the noted evangelist and almost everybody is hearing him preaeh at > elite time op other. Services are In Id every night and the meeting n-?Jo continue through next Sunday. Attendance on the services is not confined to Uock Ilill alone. IVople from all sections of York ! county arc present tor tin* sermon at night. Many people come from Lancaster. Scores come nightly from Chester. Much Liquor Stolen. Liquor ami wines to the value of assembled by Joseph K Leitner at his country "estate on the Virginia shore of the Potomac river has disappeared, and the three inch steel door built to guard the treasure, now swings ajar and useless upon rows of empty bins. A gang of liquor cracksmen, equipped with an acetylene torch, melted their way into the liquor store room and soon had loaded the hundreds of cases on automobile trucks ami disappeared. HUNTING SEASON HARDBY. , I Many Will Soon Answer Call of Field and Woods. In South Carolina us in other States of the union the hunting , season is close at hainl. For duys j the greens of the woods have I been turning retl. yellow uial ; gold in the age old cycle of tie passing years. It is a time >f failing leaves and to sonic it is a time when the old hunting call runs strong. . All through the spring days many a man and b ?y has listened hungrily to t!:?> prrtridpe drumming. in the early summer evening to tlie clear, sweet call of the quail?* * white, boh white" lias floated. (?ul in lite depths of the woods the squirrel's raeous squawkitig , has filled the air. All this sounding of the wood ami plpin has ; brought to many the thought that soon the autumn would eouie n::d that with dog and pun the "happy hunting days" eould again he enjoyed. The youthful hunter usually , gels his gun down and is off to the woods or field for the f'rst day of the season. Not so Lie I experienced luiu.er. i o him the comparatively easy killings of sue early fall hold no lure, lie pre. iters to wait until later in tie season when there is more sport in bagging the game. In Canada the duek season is a busy season for the Indian. All slimmer long nature lias be .'it raising ihe little diteklings into strong pinioned, plump breast-U ( birds for lus delectation. The Indians around the larger lakes ill ' i western Canada make autumn a .special hunting time. No sport j inp thrills, however, po quivering up their spines; theirs is no ml blood lust call, but a call of the i inner man. a call of necessity. , The Indians around many 01 j these western lakes kill ami salt dow n barrels and barrels o! w ild duck for winter use. As they pe. | them late in the season when tin* weather is sharp, virtually no 'chance is given the flesh to decompose. Financed always with the smallest of hank rolls, tin* J'.mI mail demands of himself that every shot fired must tell to the fullest extent. Hidden among'he reeds lie waits for his prey to light upon some favorite spot, j close U.v. < )r again. his eanoe covered with grass and roods 'ill it might be taken for a muskrat house top or floating log. lie lets his hark drift down upon so no great and drowsy gathering oi wildfowl in the center of a bayou. Closeness means everything, for; large must he the kill. At lust ; the proper position is reached. 11 is gun speaks out and dentil and deaf ruction follow the report. And on some cold night "u the winter he will feast on a wonderful stew of ducks' breasts, he four quarters of a inuskrat and a i little onion, all boiled together' for a few hours over a slow f re. Likes "The Times." ! I'M it or Kort Mill Times: 111 - - II . - I lease III IO\V IMC <1 | II lit- spver in Tlic Tunes to say a low wor.ls: 1st. I want to eoiiinii'inl ^ ou {foi t|u? many improvements in The Times in the last few yej rs.' It is gratifying to note that !he *>aper is now all home print f iat , all the news is printed in he home ofliee. In former years *ve diil not espeeiallv enjoy reading old news that was first puhlisl ed elsewhere. 2nd. We are glad to have"l?"?u* gits" and "Spinner" report the news from their respective com-I munities. We only wish others .would eont rihute the happenirtgs J in their neighborhoods. It wo lid he worth while and would pr*>ve decidedly interesting. The Times is always a welcome visitor to our home and we would feel lovt u-itlwint it Sit lets licht tIn* publisher make Tin* Times the best weekly in the State. W. C. Mediae. Fort Mill, Oct. 19. S'v v bales of cotton belonging to Lowrv & Moore. York cotton buyers, went up in smoke ir a fire on the public weigher's pntfortn in York Sunday morning at 2 o'clock. The loss was upwards of $5,000. The origin of the fire | has not been determined. 1 t FLOW UP COTTON STALKS, j Clemson Urges Prompt Destruction of Loll Weevil Resort. I At the closing session of the! anuuail meeting of the extension forces at t 'unison college a few. .? X v nuiiU X iir>WO. Interesting Items From Progressive Community. Miss Kt lie I liOfljs. Irm'li.'TV in tin* Fort Mill graded sehool. spent . I i. -- i i u lys ago a resolution was passed urging ihe taring's of the State lu lose no time in plowing under cotton stalks to destroy the chief hibernation place of the boll weetil. The resolution declared th.it the early fall dost ruction of cotton stalks is the most important | single step in Mhe fight against the weevil. The discussion brought out the suggestion that if the cotton stalks cannot he plowed under they should he burned, for these winter hotels id' the weevil "must lie destroyed," but that plowing under is jnst as efficient us burning and is iiiueh more economic as a matter of soil build- , "-fa'It is claimed that if the earlier stalks and other hibernating places ure destroyed, the fewer wee'.lib will survive the winter. In infested fields it is common to tiiiv. weevils at he rate of 5.000 to 25.000 per acre at the time of f.ist frost, and that the weevils developing late# in the fall are the ones most likely to survive the winter, as they are,not worn out hv long flights and the rearing of the young as are the older weevils. "For this reason. development of weevils in late fall must be prevented as the first step in making the next crop." Cotton Fire in Rock Hill. Fire Monday 'morning in the cotton warehouse of T. h. Johuson in Koek Hill resulted in damage estimated at from +lf?.OlR) to T'Jn.OOO. There were about J00 n :lcs of cotton in the warehouse, but the fire was confined to one of the eomp..rtmeuts in the building. .Some of the bales were idmost wholly consumed by the fire, while many other bales were considerably charred. The fire was discovered at (i:iiO o'clock Monday morning. Damage to the warehouse and cotton was said to have been covered by insurance. Methodists Give for Church. Approximately +40.OIK) was subscribed Sunday by the congregation of St. John's Mcthouist church. Koek llill. as tin* nucleus of a building fiund to be used in the erection of a modern Litd commodious house of worship. The Methodist girls at Winth rop college^ pledged $1.(H)0 for the new building. HBAQAMT TT A T T oir ??* ?. CHESTER OFF LIST. Fort Mill School Cancels Athletic Events With Neighbor. In a letter which he is today mailing to Prof. K. t\ Hip* s of Ro. !; Mill, president of the t'attiwha Athletic association. ???.?i posed of high schools in the Kit h congressional distinct. t*api. F. M. Mack, superintendent of the Fort Mill schools, protests strongly against the conduct in Fori Mill last Friday afiernooM ??l members of tin* i'ti.i. ...? X I ? I * ~ I school team in the foothill! l- hoc with the IocjiI school tciini and says "we have decided to sever athletic relations with the t he>t? r high school." In his le.ter to Prof. Hurts ('apt. Mack says that "niaiix tallies who went out expecting 10 see a clean game, such as were all tin other games we have playeil. were disgusted at the conduct of certain i liestcr players, one of whom in particular used very vile language which a majority ity of those present could not help hut hear. This has gi\cii football an ignoble name in our town; to use a slang expression, it has killed fooioall in l'?>rt Mill." After praising the strong, tigIFlVKKlVt' 4 ??t* loom * * n - ..?? ? an* lllt'll II*" says is out* ot the Im*si high school (cuius lie has st't'ii lately and that it outclassed Fori Mill and deserved the victory over the local eleven, ( apt. Mack adds: "As to their being unnecessarily rough. engaging in slugging. illegal use ot hanus. led. c.c.. l lu.vc nothing to say. as that v.as .1 matter for ret croc an?t umpire who officiated at the game, and has nothing to ih? with our dociMon sever athletic relations with the ( hostel' high schoo..' READY FOE, SERVICE. bnttalUou Headquarters Company lo Jie blustered in. Organ i/at ion o! hc.iiiipiuricrs company, third battalion. First regiment, S. ('. N. (J., is expccioii to tic completed this week when either K. NV. (Irant, adjuiaiit geii end 01 South \ aroiiua. or Maj. i*'. \V. (ilo.m visits For, Mill and Rock ilill to'muster 11110 the serv ice of the State -II men who have recently enlisted in the coinp..ny. *J(l ot whom are residents ol Fori Mill and 'Jl ot liock 11 ill. I he headquarters of 1 lie coinpaiiy will he in Fort Mill, with Arthur Lytic, first iieutcuar.'.. in comlio.lid. Following the report to the militia bureau of the federal gov 1111- ? itn-rmi wiiii iter sis(!>'. .Mrs. Ij. K. TherrHI. Mrs. K?l lt.iilcs mil livr * li?I - ^ i.'I'll of tin* <iol<l l!il! community \isitod .Mrs. Ilnili-s' parents Mr. una Mrs. K. I'. Ttiorrel- d.rinji the lust work. . Iiss K<iIhIitii llitll of the l!?*r-1 naon sort ion of Morkiriihot n rniihty visited relatives in Uusi njitfhborhood lust week. I'llilo Cuuniiipdiam of Wil'.i?*?nston, N. <Mrs. Ki'ini t'unumuhrin 2iin! Miss limit' Harris of Piurvillc. .\*. visited Mr. ami Mrs. (). \V. I'oiis last Tuesday. Mr. ami Mrs. Potts accompanied them home on tlirir rot urn trip. Mrs. |)orc..s Davidson of t'liurloite, N. visittsl Mrs. laivinia Davidson tin* past weak. "Spinner." To Address Ex Service Men. John I). Frost of Spartanburg, former adjutant general <d' South Carolina, has accepted an*invilation to addrt'ss tin Worhl vete rnns of tliis section on Armistice day at tin* York County fair, j The American IiC^ion posts of I Rock 1 iill. York, Kort Mill ami Hickory drove have agreed to huve"" their uicmlx ra present to participate in the exercises of the occasion, according to the Hock Hill Record, which adds that if the tentative program for the day is earned out it will he the lowest celehr fion and demonst rat ion ?hat the people of York county have taken part in since the World war. > t ern ment by tin* iiispt ,Mii<r (iffici'r who musters the company into tin State service, t'ol. I*'. U. Ihi.v. militia inspector for the federal Government in South Carolina. is expected to visit Fort Mill ami Koek Hill to muster the eompuuy into the federal serviee. Yesterday Mr. Lytic said the eoinpauy headquarters proliahly would he in the huildin<; recently o? eupied l?V The Times on t olllederate street. Many Fruit Tree Orders. 'I he truit tree campaign that was put oil several days ;:?ro hy .Miss duaiiiia Neeiv. home demon stration a^ent for N ork count\. has resulted in a larjjre iiuinher oi orders hem*! lakeu lol* trees at the various lucctincs held in different seetinns of the eoiinty. At the iue<'t ilins, .Miss Necly, a> sisted hy represen.at ives Irom the hortieiiltur..i depart ineiit oft leui son college, gave valiialne infirmat ion ahoui the varieties of fruit tulapied to this section, as well as the pluming and eare 01 trees m General. Among the orders taken for trees hy .Miss NeeIv were a iiuinher from Fort Mill low nship. Request in Fiankiin's Will. In Hiving Ins <lanj?hl?-r a pnMuiv of t|i?* km" of Kroner. s? t willi H)h (liaiuoinis. Itfiijaniin Kraiiklii. requested * * f hiit she would not form any of those iliamoinls inio ornanu'iils. either for herself or daughters, ami thereby iirro 1 iic-?* or counteiianee exp<nsi\e jewels in litis eoinnry." i'r,ni..Mil CDiii'iiulnl his will with l his clause: "i \vouhl have oiy body lo tit i-<l with as lit f l?- expense or ceremony as may In*." - .