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* ^ / , * 9 - 1 Estabttshed IWX. NEW OHUEOH COMPLETED. I Cornerstone of St. John's Laid j \ With Impressive Service. i Sunday ,was a red letter day / in the history of Fort Mill McthI odisui, tjie day marking' the lay.I ing of the cornerstone of the I beautiful ne'w building of St. .John's eongregution. The buildtfrt/v ii'ou >\r<inti??o lit* nAinnlotii/l Jllg nao 1 Ov l Ivfl 1 l^f V,UIIIJM\ IV\4 some months ago, but lacked until Sunday morning the finishing touches which were given when the cornerstone was placed in po% sition. The church is considered one of the most modern houses of worship in the upper sectiop of South Carolina and is a credit to the congregation and a source of pride to the community. It is the ' * .v tl ird house of worship occupied by , the congregation since the church was organized in the decade following the Civil war, the first being a frame building 011 what is now known as Clebourne street and the second building, also a frame Structure, Occupyirg, on Tom Hall street, the site of the new building.- It is modern in every respect, containing an unusually large number of rooms for Sunday school work, with Kitchen ana anting room, ciouk rooms, pastor's study and an aud;tortuni seating about 600 people. The building is steam heated throughout and is splendidly lighted and ventilated. The congregations of both the local Presbyterian and Baptist churches joined the. congregation of Bt. John's in celebrating the laying of the cornerstone and the auditorium was filled to capacity. The devotional exercises consisted principally of the* *ermon by the Rev. O. C. Leonard, ^ presiding elder of the Rock Hill ?. ui8inci. Mr. Leonard re a a me Scripture lesson ?rom Nehemiah 4:12 and Matthew 20:l-(i and then took for .his text Neheuiiah . .4 db: i' Fpr the peopl&Jiad. a mind lo work." Hfc told of the diffi-^ culties that could be overcome by cooperation and the use of tha means at hand, the result being success if the individual did his V>i her part. Mr. Leonard stressed the accomplishments of the * Hebrews in their labor for the Lord after they had repented of their sins and had been forgiven. * Following the sermon, the Rev. W. R. Bouknigbt, pastor of St. John's for the last four year's and to whom much credit is given for the erection of the new house of worship, delivered a short address in which he thanked his conerecration and the Deo pie of the community generally tor the consideration they had showu him since his ministry been hei?. Concluding his address Mr. Bouknight expressed regret at the prospect of being'assigned at the next meeting of the general conference to another field. Following the address of Mr. Bouknight, the congregation repaired from the auditorium to the front of the church where the -ceremony of laying the co ierstone was concluded. In the stone placed a list of the contributors to the building fund, the ?iiMS of the.? officers ' of the urch, the. Sunday school and the building' committee. Dance in Lancaster. Says the I-tancaster Citizen: The dance at the opera house last Friday night- was an affair that was discrediting* to any oomrau> ~~ ttity, according to. all account*. BBS. Many of the young men and some tfjf the young girls were intoxicated, according to some who Oam nMuni on/1 fUoio oon/lit/it jjr r |/? v ?nu? invit wiiMUVt en the floor was unbecoming. Police were called upon.to asMat in quieting .some members of p Mia party after the dance, and as m result the city treasury was enriched in the sum of $60, the I for disKis sort of oient ^et diaordely of town sittMtion fHE I UP-TO-DATE DAMOZ8. [. ' ^ 1 - 4Tve been in my . day what some folks might call a rounder," a day or two ago said a Fort Mill man, 4 4 and every now and then, or once in a while, as you prefer, 1 yet take a took in -on phases of life which would not be recommended in Sunday school. For a yiar or two I flopped around in France xtrying to bump off Germans and otherwise having a good time, including a few visits ?'to dance halls, gambling joints for both sexes, cabarets and cafes where liquor was sold and the women guests were of the free and easy class that gives the country none too good reputation abroad; but in all these places 1 did not see anything quite so ad vanced as the things one may see at some of the swell dances in this country. "Not long ago I went tp one of these dauces in a town not a' thousand miles from here. There was plenty of liquor to l>e had at the dance, but 1 did not drink any of it und was therefore in condition to observe what was happening. Some of the things 1 saw lacked a good deal of recommending the town for orderliness and gentility. The police finally came along after midnight and took in tow some of the young male drunks who were getting a little too gay with their obscene singing, loud swearing and other nets of debauchery; and that was ull right, but the thing L could 1101 unuerHtanu was wny some 01 the women at the dance were not also run in for indecent exposure of the person; but of course these tilings did not jar me, as 1 saw just about what 1 expected to see. "Ever been to one of these upto-date dances, where the paraphernalia of the women consists of enough clothes to flag an oxcart and a sufficient quantity of -powder to blow up- a -hill - aide., and enough paint to cover several barn roofs, and the principal characteristic of the men for the time being is their liquored-up condition?ever beeu to one 01 these dances? No! You don't know what you have missed. The women ? are always full of 'pep' while the men are full of liquor and the combination means a gay old time. I'll take you along with me to the next swell" dance or semi-swell dance we have in this section if you nrtrp tn rrn " 6"' Road Work Plant Misunderstood. . Although it is generally understood in Fort Mill that the road 1>ond issue of $75,000 authorized two years ago by the voters of Fort Mill township was in excess of the amount authorized by the constitution of the State and that purchasers cannot be found for more thon $60,000 of the issue, newspapers published in .other towns of the "State recently have been misled into publishing news itims regarding the plans cf the bond commission which the facts do not warrant. The Times is informed by a member of the commission that while there is the immediate prospect of selling something like $60,000 worth of the bonds, as a. matter of fact not so much as $1 has yet come into the hands of the commission from the sale of bonds. Within the last week the commission has invited bids for the improvement of the Steel Creek road" from Fort Mill to the North Carolina^ j[ine, which does not pass through the Gold Hill section as 1'iis been erroneously stated in litwspaper articles, and the road from Fort Mill to Bailes' bridge, over Sugar creek, t'he money with which to pay for this work is uot yet in the hands of the commission, but the commission ,is confident a sufficient sum will be forthcoming from the bond ** sue within a few days to. meet the cost of the work, and it is therefore inviting bids for it. Contract for the construction of the permanent highway from the towft limits to the Catawba river bridge, between Fort Mill and Rock Hill+is a matter to be . attended to by the State highway department. When work on the road will 'be begun 5 hot known in Fort Milk _ * jp| N # 'ORT ] i1 i iit ' ' i i i i i? i i 11 m m ?w ron 3jotis a. o, n5 - hi?E^B?a??iW NEWS or TORS COUNTY. Items of Ckneral Interest round in the Yorkville Enquirer. Mrs. Lucia Ewart (R. E.) Quinn of -Yorkville, who was defeated Tuesday in the race for county treasurer,^gave birth to ajson Friday morning. Mother and son are reported getting along nicely. Jas. D. Grist" of Yorkville went ic Columbia Monday evening to represent the York county Democratic executive committee at the meeting of the State executive committee in the capital Tuesday. Dr. Campbell, the State executive committeeman from York county, r>aa uiiauir lu gu. Chief of Police R. Ed Steele left for Koanoke Va., Sunday evening to bring back R. E. Montgomery, Jr., formerly of Yorkville, who was under arrest in lAoanokc under a charge of taking an automobile, the property of T. K. Thomasson of Yorkville. It is predicted that the November term of the court of general sessions is going to be the busiest that York county has known for several years at least. It is said that there are an unusually large number of defendants'out on bond, almost twice as many as is the usual case at the November term, and that if all the cases are tried the criminal ccurt will be in session at least two weeks. Fire in Rock Jlill Saturday evening about 8 o'clock destroyed two warehouses and contents, including more thon 100 bales of cotton and a large quantity of seed, hulls .and meal. Tho warehouses were owned by "Ed FeweH and the cotton was also the property of Mr. FeweH. A* portion of the other contents were also owned by hira, while there were IffflUhber of merchants who had stocks of feed stored there. The loss is estimated at several thou*, sand dollars, covered by inipir* ance. Following was the official vote in York county as. tabulated last Thursday by the executive committee : For governor, Cole L. Blease 2,900, Thos. G. McLeod 2,356; sueprintendent of education, J. H. Hope 3,602, John E. Swearingen. 1.607; county treasurer, Mrs. Lucia Ewart Quinn 2,474; Walter D. Thomasson 2.701; county supervisor, Thos. W. Boyd 2,200, Hugh Q. Brown 3,026; probate judge, James L. Houston 2,641, G. P. Smith 2,591' Plans are being made for the staging of a big celebration at Boyd's bridge, over Catawba river, connecting York and Meek lcnburg counties, at the time the bridge is completed about Decern* ber 15, according to -R. S. Riddle of Bethel, who was in'Yorkville Thursday. It is proposed to invite the governors of the two Stfetes to meet with the people of York, Oaston and Mecklenburg counties at the time the bridge is Completed. Reports from the bridge site are that construction work is no\y proceeding rapidly^ Allard H. Oasque, who was nominated for Congress from the 6th South Carolina district- over Congressman Phillip H. Stoll last Tuesday, has a number of personal friends in York county. Mr. Gasque; who is superintendent of education for Florence county, a position that he has held for many years, is also State secretary of the Junior Order Cnited American Mechanics. He is well known to members of the Junior Order in York eounty and they are much gratified to learn of his sue. cess in his race for congressional he nors. . Gov. Wilson Q. Harvey and Mrs. Harvey spent a few minutes in Yorkville shortly after noon Monday. They left Columbia last Friday morning on a visit to the up-dountry, reached Spartanburg Friday afternoon, spent a part of Saturday in QreenviUe and went baek to Qaffaey on Sunday uhtffo the governor made en addrem to a religious gathering. The visit here was unheralded, .^feut withm a short time impromptu iesep tions were in progress, Governor Harvey shaking hands with numbers of fi ikuila- on the atresia# while lisu. Haaray grossed a pum* ber of ladies aad gatiwrn from bar automobile. * N i UK?*-' ' > vjdtffl ' ? iSMkli -a I \ t - . r ' | - 4 ' I " ' ^ f gg* mv~- -i. Mill iii?i urn i it r Mfjar, wmnwmuMp> n, iimT HOT SUMMXft JtSSOBX? Welfare Board Secretary Doesn't J . Like Ootuaty Chaingang. Beporting to the State Board of Public Welfare ou the condi- ; tiohs he found on a recent visit { to the York ..county chaingang, jail and almshouse, H. C. Breariey; assistant secretary of the boiird, made the following statements about these institutions: "During the past year the York county chaingang has beeu improved by the repairing and retcreening of the portable house foti the prisoners and by the construction of a screened dining room for the guards and of a good portable kitchen. The authorities have also ordered an additional sunnlv of bed ticks to make up lor the present lack. The geueral condition of the camp was better than it has been lor some time past. VAt the time of this visit (in July) 50 men were sleeping in the portable house, the whites and negroes being separated only by a wall three feet high. Only 2i beds were provided for the use of the 50 men. in addition to the overcrowding the ventilation of tbifr shelter is far from good and on warm nights sleeping in it in Met be far from comfortable. The great need of the camp is for proper sleeping quarters and ^'or the separation of the whites and negroes as required by law. Until they are provided the camp cannot be commended in spite of the otHer. less important improvements. "The York.county jail maintains its position of being one of thro boat small jails of the State. The equipment is fair and is kept in good condition, the food supplied is above the average and the attitude of the management h excellent. During the past year 75 new blankets have been purchased and > the grounds improved. A most commendale and unnsuul feature is the religious services conducted every Sunday afternoon by a group of ladies from the town. "For the further improvement of thia jail it is reeommended that the prisoners' quarters be screened, that the buildins be all of a type that can be easily washed and the soealled * debtors' room' be properly fitted up for the use of prisoners by the installation of sewerage and heating systems. 4'The York county almshouse is easily one of the best institutions of its kind-, in the State. The bnildingsr and equipment are very good and the management of Superintendent Boyd is quite Commendable. At the time of this visit its condition was even better than usual because of the pressure >of several inmates physically ahke tqjfro some work. The food-supplied is varied, wholesome and well prepared. "The'quarters of all the inmates should be screened to protect them against flies and mosquitoes. In several places the concrete walls are giving way and shontd he repaired before greater damage-is done to-the permanent plant." Didn't Like Texas. A- Gaffney dispatch says that Mr. and Mrs. Joe Lee, who left Gaffney one mouth ago to make their hone in Clarksville, Tex., heve returned to Gaffney and declare they would not live in Terns if the eotire State should be offered to them. Mr. Lee said that his brother own?~89 acres of fine black loam soil in-Texas and will not be able | to gather half a hale of cotton from the entire farm this year, [owing to the drought and the i Ktf4.ll mAAUftl UaaattCiA nil lU/v m WVII III UV??UOC ?1K IUC |WWlures live dried up for lack of rain, it ja declared that the cattle there are suffering and are |U in try lean condition. The temperature, according to Mr. Lee, Vf "out of sifhtV in Texas and the water obtainable in name sections there is hardly fit for human consumption. . v ?? mpi gm o Tom Wdia njn he dees not belong to the Ku JPnx lua?. Is flint a* knock orabOost for the ktanf Vt * . / . . ? . . ' y TIME: QBUT LAKES STORMS. Writing in the Dearborn Independent of storms on the Great Lakes, a correspondent asks and then answers the question hbw ships and men disappea? without leaving a trace. Superior is the largest body of fresh water in the world and its greatest depth is 700 feet. If a ship goes down in that depth nothing is ever seen of it again and if the crew^goes down with it the men stayx there, because the wat^r is so cold at all seasons their bodies do not come to the surface. Lakes Michigan and Huron also are very deep in spots, but not many ships have disappeared utterly in those bodies of water. Both lakes have claimed their share of lives and ships, but usually there is some trace?bits of wreckage, an empty lifeboat bearing a vessel's name or something that tells a ship has been lost. The same applies* to Lakes'Erie and Ontario. An element with which vessels on the lakes must contend is a short choppy sea. The lakes do not compare with the oceans in depth. On the oceans, during storms, the waves run high 'but they are longer and easier for a ship to ride. The short sharp waves, on the lakes pound the beats severely, run high, too, in a heavy gale; the difference in length causes the hazard. In the late autumn the lake freighters have ice to contend with and must fight their way out of jams. The boats are not built for ice crushing and such battles invariably damage them. Winter navigation probably will never llM>nmo a nruntinul fuot nn he lakes. A few steamers try to run on Lake Michigan the year round, but a Cold winter plays bob with their schedules. Winter navigation xjn this lake has not been without misfortune, for several boa is and a number of lives have been lost in the business. The most notable of the iec disasters happened a number of years ago when the steamer Chicora left Chicago for a Michigan port across the lake, some 85 miles distant. The Chicora vanished with all on board?some 50 persons. It was supposed that she was crushed between the floes and went down. Insurance compauies will not take a risk on yessels leaving port after December 1, and many of them manage to get out with a cargo just before midnight on that date. If the boat is out four or five days and is lost, the insurance company pays. The attitude of the insurance companies illustrates what they think of winter navigation on the inland seas. In late years quite a number of vessels have left ports with cargoes after December 1. Of course they were not insured, and if they .met with misfortune the owners stood to lose big stuns. Mrs. Jennie Belk Spratt Dead. Many Fort Mill people w%re grieved to learn of the death at her home in Columbia Sunday of Mrs. Jennie Belk Spratt, widow of Walter E. Spratt, a former well known Fort Mill citizen who died about 18 years ago. Mrs. Spratt's remains were brought to Fort Mill Sunday afternoon and Monday morning were interred in the family plot in the city cemetery, following funeral services conducted by the Rev. R. H. Viser, pastor of the Port Mill Presbyterian ehurch. Mrs. Spratt moved from Fort Mill to CoIumbiW with her d<*u liters about two years ago and hid since lived in that city. She had been in declining health for several months and her family had realised for some time that her |life w4H nearing .a clo*?. M**t. Spratt was about 60 old and was a lifelong member r.X the Presbvterian church. She is surihred by four daughters, Mrs. R. IB. Durham and Misses Roberta, Margaret and Mary Spratt, ail of Columbia; one brother, B. C. Belk of Mt. Holly, N. C., :ind two sisters, -Mrs. Elisabeth Withers and Mrs, W. B. Meaeham of f ort Mill, . .' fiillMB s. cV , 1 i agggaaa???>a? . FOB FBXE TUT BOOKS. York Legislator to Intreduos Bill for Public Schools. The Reck Hill Evening Herald Monday printed the following news item: "Representative W. R. Bradfor of Fort Mill, who was again chosen as a York legislator in the recent primaries, stated today to a Herald representative that it was his intention to press for legislation at the next session of the General Assembly providing for free text books for all the public schools, up to and including the fifth (seventh) grade. * "Mr. Bradford is an advocate of free text books in the schools, but is of the opinion that this is a matter in which thfr public must first be educated. He feels that by trimming the expenses of the State government here aud there, a sufficient amount can be cut from the approapriatiou bill to meet the cost of free text books for the lesser grades. Naturally he would like to see fill grades in the public schools covered and believes that it is only a question of time until legislation will be provided whereby patrons of' the public schools will not have to buy books. 4 4 Naturally there are many de* tals to be considered in drafting the free text book bill and Mr. Bradford is now gathcriug information that will enable him to prepare the measure. There is entirely too much changing of text books. Mr. Bradford believes, and with the State furnishing the books there will be less tendency to change. This year the change in books has necessitated the discarding of thousands of books i i ? * ar.a an expenunure 01 tnousanas of dollars by patrons of the schools. In Rock Hill alone, where the books are to be had at ' State-fixed prices, the total expenditure for new books reached an enormous sum, some families having to pay from $6 to $30 for the books used by their children. "During the past year there 1 has been more or less agitation for free text books in the public schools and the announcement by Mr. Brudford that he intends to press such legislation will, no doubt, cause those sponsoring free text books for all the grades * , to redouble their efforts and present the matter before the Legislature in such light that the necessary legislation will easily go fhrough. Superintendent Swearingen has estimated that it would take about a half mill levy to purchase the books for all the public Oikl% *?!> ?< !? n 4 I r. 1 <v(ia nuiiuuio, allien amuuiil in itti lean than the average school patron has to pay out for books each year. "At the general election the people of the State will vote on an amendment to. the constitution enabling the State Legislature to exercise its discretion in letting the public printing. At present , the Legislature is required to let this work by contract. In the event the uiuendment is approved by the people and ratified by the Legislature, it would be possible for the State to also arrange for "the printing of the text books used in the primary grades, but Mr. Bradford states this is one of the details* to be deckled later. Planning for County Fair. The board of directors of the York County Fair association held an enthusiastic meeting Saturday. General Manager Poag announced that the fair grounds are in excellent condition for the fair. New cattle stalls recently have been built and the cattle exhibit this year is expected to be larger than that at previous fairs*. Practically everything is in readiness for * the .'fair, which is less than a month off, the dates being October 18, 19 and 20. Instead of having only one big day at the fair as many fairs do is this section, it is planed to have all three days of the York county fair big days; but as has ' been pointed out, this cannot bo done without the support and cooperation of the people of the county* f* is tbew degenerate days some I family trees prdllnee notsisg bnt . 4 ' > <. ... .