Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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GARNERED WITH SCISSORS lews From Within and Wlthont the County. CeNfiENSED: FOB QUICK READING ' 1 : , . , Some Items of Fact, Some of Comment and All Helping to Give an Idea of What Our Neighbors Are Saying and Doing. \' " Rook Hill . Record. Oct. '16: Members of the Friendship College, organized last night a business league. Officers were elected as follows: Rev. '\ W. M> Robertson, president; R. R. / Weston,, vice president; C. P. T. White, secretary; W. M. Robertson, Jr., w M Poteman. sergeant. ^ Dr. R. H. Crawford left here t Monday for Rutherfordton, N. C., t where he takes up g connection with the.Norris Sanitarium O. K. Williams left last evening for Raleigh . wber? be. went as a rcprcrentatlve ' from the .Rock Hill Rotary Club to the . meeting of the presidents and secte- j tarles oil Virginia, Xorth and South } < Carolina, whlcti was held at that plaaa today.. rHis friends were glad to ~ seo A. AMcKeown on the streets Tues- ( day. He was .walking using two sticks t to help him along ...Wm. J. Broom 'aged 64fyears, died at the. Aragon vil- ? \ kige Monday*, The fdneral was held "? Tuesday, morning,, conducted by Rev. f Alexander, Martin, Tylth interment at ( Laurelwood. .Mr- Broom is survived ^ by his wife. t t Fort Milt Times, Oct. 16: Fred g Ritcb, son of Mr. and Mrs. J. L. Hitch l of tbia city, is at his homo on a month's { furlough, after nearly four year's ser- ^ vice In the United States army. Mr. f Rltch reached,the states several weeks t ago*., after duty with the Expedition- \ ary .Force in France for about 18 t months-??Mr. C. Cook has on dis- t play at the store of the J. B. Mills Co. a ri;aiyiThoth bean of the^New Gilinea c variety which he raised on his planta- 1 tlon In the Belalre section thi3 ye^r. r The been is something more than one s yard lopg and weighs slightly. more e than 11. pounda The friends t throughout this section of Dr. A. Theo r N'eely will regret to learn that he is to ] giye up residence in Fort Mill within l v the next few weeks. It is Dr. Neely's r intentlor to .gQ to Baltimoro, where he s will take a several months course in g the study of diseases of the ear, eye g and throat. Ho will then go to New t Y* - York to complete his course. Dr. Neely 1 does not know .Just yet where he will \ locate upon leaving New York, but is a considering several points in this state., r ?J. L. Lyles who has been living for s several years in Huntersville, N. C., has t " returned with his family to Fort Mill e and will make his future home here., 1 .-Osmond Barber, one of Fort Mill's a S progressive farmers, sold a lot of. eight a bales of long-staple cotton Tuesday \ | for 52 cents a pound. N Estimating the t cotton at 500 pounds to thevbale, Mr.. ^ Barber, received for the lot $2,080.00. S Relatives in the upper part of t Fort Mill township several days ago j * * a# . received lniormanon 01 m? uvaw j Arthur Hill, which took place In Los ? Angeles, CalKprnla. The telegram gave t no particulars regarding the young f man's death, only stating that the body ^ would bo shipped to this place for bur- s ial._ _.A most pleasant social affair ? took place at the Palmetto Hotel Pri- { day evening when George Fish enter- c tained at dinner a number of the over- . seers of the two cotton mills under his management, together with the superintendent of mill No. 2 and several of the prominent business and professional men of Fort Mil^ Twenty-five covers were laid and a most excellent dinner was served, concluding with a smoker and a number of short addresses. t CaWnflu I Arlaap. Oct. 18: The Old National Highway from Gaffney to Cowpens is said to be in excellent condition now," and people who have travelled it lately pronounce it to be one of the best in the county. This is the result of the'work that has been done recently by a force under the supervision of Landrum Allison, an " experienced road man Little lone Taylor, daughter of Mr. and Mr3. S. L. Taylor, who has been seriously ill with diptheria, is now improving, accotding to reports of the attending physician. The little girl is not yet considered out of danger, but her i condition is much better L..K. C. Lipscomb, the negro who was arrested Thursday at Elliott's construction camp uf>on the. suspicion of being Joe Turher, wanted at Greenville for the \ killing of two policemen, was yesterday released from custody by Sheriff W. W. Thomas. Certain papers found upon Lipscomb at the time of his arrest caused local officers to believe that he was wanted in Greenville, even though he was not Joe Turner, but the Greenville officials failed to call for him. Lipscomb said he intended to return to Elliott's camp where he had been given a job just before he was arrested Thursday. Chester Reporter, Oct. 16: The R. M- White lands at Evans were sold Tuesday morning by Messrs. Sims & Carter and R. R. Hafner, the purchaser of all three tracts being Mr. J. G. L. White for $52.50, $76.50 and $78 an acre respectively A charming home wedding was solemnized Wednesday afternoon at Sve o'clock, when Miss Mary Heath Brown became the bride of Mr. Alexander Bell Craig at the home of Mr. S. M. Jones -Could Rev. "Gypsy" Smith, Jr., have seen the large crowd gathered at Purity Presbyterian church yesterday evening and heard the many fervent bits of testimony, evidencing beyond all peradventure that the hearts of the men ar.d women of Chester^ hove been stir- ; red as they were never stirred before ; n all of their religious experience, it vould have done his heart good. *ev. J. K. Hair has accepted the pasorate of Great Falls and Mount Zion 3aptist churches, and will assume his lew duties November 4st. Rev. J. R. VIoore has been callbd for full time as jastor of Fort Lawn and Hopewell 3n ntiat ohurches. but hasn't decided vhether he will accept. The fact that hese two groups of churches are now lachableto support a pastor is due in arge measure to'the consecration and (ffort of'Rev. J. R. Moore, under whese ible ministry the charge has develop;d to its present proportion^- Mr. Ft. M. Bickctt has resigned as local, j igeny of the Touthern Express Co., to; ake a position with the Chester Hardvare Co., Mr. Brickett has performed he arduous duties of agent of .the Sxprcs3 Co., in a most satisfactory nanner for the past fcight years, and ' vill carry with him to hir new posilon the high esteem and good wishes f the local public. Shelby News, Oct 9: Mr. A. P. kliller is having built three 5---oom ;ottages on South DeKalb street, 'known as "the Miller section." Mr. iiilley is thinking of building two nore bungalows on the same afreet. Fire of unknown origin Friday light destroyed the barn and contents . it Mr. Hcywood Hull on the old Bosic place just outside of the corporate limits north of Shelby. The ilarm was sounded about 11 o'clock tnd the fire department reported, but lad to return to the station for adlitional hose as the scene of the Arc ' vas fully a quarter of a mile from he nearest hydrant and outside of own Tn the meantime the fire had rained such headway thpt it*wps too ate to save anything after i2,500~feet >f hose were connected. The dwelling vas r.ear but) the wind tylew the lames in another directipn. The Are iestroyed four head of mules, two lorscs and six head of cattle in addiion to a lot of corn, wheat, roughness, arm Implements, etc. The fire start id in some part of the main barn and Iestroyed two or three out-houses... dr. D. P. Gloscoe, one or Shelby's ' nost esteemed and aged -citizens dted 1 lUddcnlyi from heart failure, Monday ' ivening at 7 o'clock at his home on ' Vest Warren street, just as hie was ibout to retire from the supper table, rhe deceased was 69 years of age and 1 lad been in bad health for several , nonths following a stroke of paralyils, but his'sudden death was (ilto- ] Tether unexpected and came as a Treat shock to his family and nearest 1 'riends That the city ef King's ( fountain will h^e improved side- j valks within the next year has been ' inhoynced. The town will have, five \ niles of asphaltlc concrete 'paved itreets. , This, it is said, will make 1 he town one of the best paved of Its | ize anywhere .The hosts of friends j lere of Mrs. J. Frank Ware, were j hocked to learn of her death Sunday i it the Mission Hospital in Asftevllle, , vhere she had been a patient for only j hrec days. ? _, : I Gastonia Gazette, Oct. 1?: Some Ime aftej: 11 o'clock last night, Dr. J. L Henderlite, pastor of the First 'rcsbyterian church, retired and his lutomobile was standing in front of he house where he had parked it a ew hours previously. This morning 1 rhen he was ready to use the car, the 1 Lutomobile was not, for it. had been 1 [riven off* during the night. The lolice were notified and they informd Dr. Henderlite that Ills car wps 1 i J B IBI) IBM ^ . . .'T ^ j IV ' ? 1'OHH H,' ZWp^BPjTT"-n r i VI BTi I H 11 * r II \ then at the police station, it having been found this morning out in the country near the Gray mill. According to a party living in that section, the car and occupants stopped at a house last flight to get water for' the radiator, the engine having become excessively hot. When {he cool water was poured in, the water jacket wa3 cracked, it is supposed, for the engine refused to""htart and the occupants of the car departed across the country for parts unknown. The police were notified and the car was brought in this morning The operatives of two more Gastonia cotton mills walkpd out this morning. At 9 o'clock the employes of the Ozark and Avon mills quiptly quit \thcir ^vork and weip: to their homes. N"o disorder was in' evidence. Fr^tn" information available to The * Gazette, ft seems that there, were no demands made by the pm-' ploycs. Whether they want ,tho union . J : v _ recognized or not was not Known, as far as wage.3 ia concerned, there was no demand for an increase in wag^p. the, operatives apparently being per*-; fectly saticfied. As one of the off. ficirfls of the mill expressed it "there seemed to be no head to it, they didn't say a thing, just quit and. walked out." This is the third "mill it^ the town whose operatives have waJkcd out, leaving the mill idle, a similar occurence' haying happened yesterday at the Myrtle mill. Mr. S. M. Robln^ son, of Lowell, is secretary and tre&sr urer of the .Avon, and Mr. D. ,G. Gardner is superintendent Mr. Frost Toi^ ronce is president of the Ozark and Jliy S. M. Robinson, secretary and treasurer. Since tlie^death of Mr. B, F. S*. Austin, some weeks ago, Mr. Charltpp Torrence has been acting superintendent. In conversation with 'The Ga* zottc, an o.Hcial of the Ozark stated, that he understood that there was a question of wage increase in the atfaif-. tude ofithe Ozark operatives, but that they did not give the officials an oppof-c tunity to/Present any offers tl^t, might have been made. From unofficial sources it i? learned that a hour, week and 20 per cent, increase were asl^ed by the Ozark and > Avon smployes. The situation at the Myrtle mill is unchanged frqm that of. yesterday. (<. NoTlt43?b~ TREASURY DEPARTMENT Office of Comptroller.of tho Currency TUncfaino-tnn TV P Alienist 2K 1B1B. WfHEREAS, by satipfactory evidence " presented to the undersigned, it ha3 been made to appear that "The* First National Bank of Clover" in the town of Ciover, in the County of york and State of South Carolina, has complied with all the provisions of the Statutes of the United States/ required to be complied with before an associa-1 tion shall be authorized to commence the business of Banking; Now therefore .1, John Skelton Williams, Comptroller of the Currency, do hereby certify that 'The First National Bank of Clover" in the.town>of .Clover In the County, of York and State of South Carolina is authorized to commence the business of Banking as provided in Section Fifty one hundred and sixty nine of the Revised Statutes of the United States. 1. In \estimony whereof witness my hand and Seal of. offtcc this twentyfifth day of August, 1JR9. JQflN SKELTON WILLIAMS Comptroller of the Currency. 74-92 sw 18t' LOANS AT 0 % INTEREST A RRANGED for on YoTk County Farms. Long-term. (5 1-2 through Federal Land Bank). Why not stop paying higher rates? Charges reasonable. C. E- SPENCER, 61 . Attorney.; W W. O. W. Receipt Books at The Enquirer Office. By mall, 30 Cts. j K " ' ' V e Provid Prepare for sudden Fa snaps and conserve you supply. The portable Perfectic Heater makes heat avs . * t . k when and where need the quantity required. Clean, safe, sootless, odorles nomical?burns ten hours on i of kerosene. Used in over 3,( homes. Aladdin Security Oil gives t suits. At your dealer's. STANhAPn ntr rnmi vjiu wmj (New Jersey) Washington, D. C. BALTIMORE, MD. Chai Norfolk, Va. Chariest Richmond. V*. Charl *FECT] n IIIIIIIIIIIHIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIU S T"* n- f r * ? -fi THE LOAN $ |' \ YORfe, 2 > | WJTH ITS TOTAL RESOUH j 81,000, 5 Is in a position to takc> care of all r We realize tJje making of new !s securing continued success, and * Is,; lines. 1 ' , II B. X. MOOJIE, Brest. I J. S/ BPJCK, Vice Brest. [OCT THAT HABITJUST DOING 1H THEN DOING FT A \ . . ? , Some habits are easy difficult. It is easy to sj cult to SAVE. :; In this "Hey-day" of est opportunity ever kno^ few, if any, just now that | aside some Surplus. It i? us to hope that these tirn i -it<elv?1There will be a r< Make yourself ready whil OPEN A SAVIN) AND BEGIN NO\ i jfJ-a'V ' I SAFETY is the first c SAVE}, This Bank with gress.can and does offer y< ^Whep You Thjnk.Bank,' THE FIRST NATION) .T771 "y^u Had Rettcr JB ^4.^ V-. ' ' * * ^ v* '' 1 ' ' *!' ' /' j ?= FIRST NATIONAL BANK siiARox, - - ac. A REALLY HELPFUL BANK-: I A Bank to be helpful to a community must at all timea be ready ana able to take care of every reasonable call for banking accommodations. It can only lend.3MMfey> when the other fellow wants It and needa jaoney. The man wun a Dig. Dauuice aoesn i neea to borrow. This bank 1* ber-j ready to furnish money to the'man who has a need , for it and in every caso it is our pleasure to meet Buch legitimate calls for funds. Then too, we con servo the man .who haa money and who doe? not need to.borrow. We can and -will and do take care . of his surplus funds? rendering a strict and accurate account of every transaction at the end of, each month. We also protect him against accidental loss, Are and burglary, then too a Checking Accountpaying by Check?is the. sam way to do business:. Let tfs have your account J. a. HARTNESS, Cashier. Mr Typewriter papers, lb Cts. Ib. and upwanJ, at The Enquirer Office. v B y? '' I- .7 i ? ft >- i I lent U cold^ r coal ? ' > i >n Oil |- 1 liable, ,J; 3d, in | s, eco- | l gallon ! I )00,000 , I < t est re- ? \ r. 3ANY : . V < ' lotto, N. C. Ik. --* ?n. W. V?. , W . eston.S. C. addin ' nilllilllffli QhT/ \ j f > . I iiiiHnuiiiiiiimmiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiHiiiiiiiiiiiii SAVINGS BANK | - - S. C ? ICES TODAY OF, NEARLY ~ 000.00 1 ? r - I* S 9 legitimate business liitrustcd to it. ? friends is an important factor in s )littt your patronage along these sT C. W, McGEE, Cashier,. | M. E. MpCPRKLE, Asst. Cashier | iiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiniiiiiiiiiiififiiiiiiiiiiiiiT E THINGGAIN?AND AGAIN - ' ~ V . -s>'> . . i. i. j ?others are sometimes>ond?ahd at times ydiffi-f > .... . !Z*' ' ; high prices, is the greats ivn to SAVE. There are are not in position to set. 3 out of the question for les - will eoptinu^ indefin-^ iactidn sooner or later, e the opportunity lasts. BS ACCOUNT- ; v TODAY. 7^ ; - j ; . onsideration of what yon its many yegrs of propu a Safe Depository. , ^ Thin}t "First National/' \L BANK OF YORK d. Safe Than Sorry"*?? W*-: f*" (' t i+J nU'- rU/<>> '* . \ ':v.. noticp TS hereby given to all concerned that * I will file my ftpal .return an Adr minlstrator. of the estate of Isaac Wright, jr., deceased, in the office'Of the Probate Judge for fork County, 9; c nn tho iKfh ilnv of November. 1919. at 10 o'clock in the forenoon, and then and there will apply for a. Anal discharge as administrator of the said estate. JNO. R. IXXJAN, Administrator. October 14th, 1919. 82 t 5? I ALTO J > u* 4 ! .Just Ei 4 I . i 1 , -) Our Total . One-half I * l? * I % ! " % \ ;v ? ? We appreciate mo: s which has made it possib If you have not all y I ers who bank here, accep of the unexcelled faciliti More than ONE I a alone. . Peoples R y C. L. COBB, President. J. 1 J.I WB SAFETY FIRST ,-? (< v ? ? -V I. - . . . Www1! \ A m ... )., .. , .1 . f /'l&aemm, GUARANTEE ? u, tft.y using entire dimtenta of the can according to direction*, row are not ..I eat titled in eiery respect, your grocer urlU refund the money you paldfor It Tru it! will like Li Ti. 1- ^1 , M' anne ls^sold in < j ! vidual airrtight 1 Jv^k ' New (Mean* 1 . / ' ' fA I All Visi = | - '?; TO THE = L ... < f York Count | THIS WE! | Are CordiaHylnvited to Come | Make Themselves i | ^ If We Can Serye You In, | SaytheWor ! THE PEOPLES NATI | ROCK HILL, - % in 11 mi . ,u . iru i if, ,.y^ 'l .' ? ! I , i hrlrt . 7. TZ~\ .. . *-nnA AftftAJLAAAii V " ; / - * ' , o J J mwTn h IATV7 JtliiH 11115 KAFIR v- ^ ,.. }' . ight Months Resources Have Almost R< of a M ? * *. / ' . % i >?: . ; p. A?., 1 1 \ * re. than words can express the loy* le for us to make this annpuncemer . ? ' j" ' * \ ied yourself witji> the hundreds am ?t this as an invitation to com$ in a es of this institution. fTTimntm n VinTO nnm 1U njJIUCilS U9W [MUVUO uar? vvw \ * , I ank & Trust t J. H. A J M. STROUP, Vice President P.-CRAWFORD, Vice President I. S. MOORE, Asst. Cashier ? - SERVICE AMD PROGRES! J ? .-v ?kuv^,i :'?p Jk \ V ^ "X^XhVMV. ^HV?V?X?:M:?;. ,;.,XmX?X?V< > -' ' ? / . ' "I ' ^ OZ^UWl I lpteai * rehilfer yroast iiseite an indi* 1 *. tincfcn. * ' jyu rt&z-.wJ':* * -* nh. gcoffee ft/ft* f f ' H"' " ffc--' orapauy 3r' tors | *, -f/: ^ ?t^r- * :y Fair I E K fl J ^ andSee U^an^ ' J tt Home. Any Way Just 4 d ? ' -* LONALB^NI op $ - fc. O. ' 'i.'.'fcj,.. >{ . jtv ' ir- . '-H ' \ LLION DOLLARS < .0. " ? * ' V. v . _ _ IS , , ' \ N ' X ? J, , ?.&* '? %, ' < ; ached < ? > j t \*\ , p.: [S > B . . . i i f\v. . t* i Dollars. ( v .it t I : ' ! =? , 1 tlty of our friends^ |||T ? i hundreds of oth- |||j nd take advantageIll y 6 to- us this month |||j Mpmy i 1 V-M k ,.-r |||< ENKINS, CashieT III! , I i > ; ? v | . : ;5.'' j 7 HI 111 A VC ' j^ nLvlnl J ^^ ^ |j 1