Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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GARNERED WITH SCISSORS Ren From Within and Wlthuat the Cwmty. CONK&Eil FN QUICK REAMS ScWJJW,*, of ri&t, of and Alt Helping to Givo On Idea of What Our Horgbbore Aro Saying and V, ,.! Oh eater Reporter, July 24s Church Carter has got himself in line for a pl^C? ijt Jiegry Ford's cabinet or some ??" in tKi? <tinlnmfltic Of gwuut /lit/ JV" ? ...? ?I ..-r consular service. A few days ago When it tyas announced that hlr. Ford wop^d in all likelihood be a serious contender for the Democratic nomination for the presidency, while the import of that important announcemest had not fairly dawned upon the rest of us, Church waa up apd doing, and promptly got oft a letter to Mr. Fq^ conveyipg his best wishes for success in the primaries, kindest regards; etc., and has had- a reply? T\^o.,York county men, we see in The Efd^tfrer, are advertising a load of sh^ep for sale. The raising of shiep in this id&te has the dog evil to contend against, and there may be, and np doubt are, other factors that make the business more or less hazardous in ; .< -, i and u$cert#Jn from a financial standpoint. This climate, however, it would seem in idealy suited for the raising of sheep; and if people in other section* of the country can make money from their flocks of sheep Chester county can, too. The legislature ol South Carolina, in this hour of stress and financial crisis, when half of the people of the state are in desperate financial straits, ought as one of the vftfy first things it does when it m*t assemble settle once and for all this dpg evil so as to make the raising of sheap in South Carolina a profitable proposition^?Flournoy Sljppperson will start a revival at the QUvajt -Presbyterian church at McCcnnellsville next Monday evening and 41 ? **" t ah ? /iotfc W U4 qU(IUUU? lUl BUUUl < VI o uu.ro. This in, one of York county's strongest rural Presbyterian churches, and they are making great spiritual prepaiations for tfii? revival ?\ party of colored, Joy-riders from Rock Hill wrecked a Buick Six touring car near the overhead bridge yesterday aft.-rnoqn, and some of the party are said to have emerged from the wreck with serious injuries. It seems that ttey had rented the car for an hour's ride, apd had been out ft>r some three or four hours when the catastrophe occurred. A" eye-witness said the car was going at breakneck speed as the bridge was approached, and the driver was unable to keep the machine in the road, ,How any of the party escaj>ed oAamn mlmiAiilAitQ Tho nivnor fht "* ? wvu.v/w, * ' ? ? ? ? the car appeared on the scene shortly after the car went Into the ditch A Rev,. Mr. Stevenson of Georgia, has been called to the pastorate of Lowryvjlle and Uriel Presbyterian churches. Mrs. Mary J. Brown, wife of Mr. W. S. Brown, died Saturday night at the home of her daughter, Mrs. R. A. Stevenson, of Richburg, R. F. D. 1, and was laid to rest yesterday afternoon at Meant Prospect M. E. church graveyard, the funeral service being conducted by Rev. Henry Stokes, of Cheater, assisted by Revs. A. Q. Rice and B. H. FrankMn? The delegacy to the colored K. of P. convention, who are egpeefced to number all told between. 1,000 and 1,500, will begin to arrive today, and the opening sessions of the two branches?Knights of Pythlaa and Court of Calanthe?will be held tomorrow morning at the Metre poll tan A. M. E. and Calvary Baptht rhnrrhftH resnectivelv. A welcome exercise will be held at the opeia house tonight, at which a number i>f addressee will be delivered. Baseball with Camden as Chester's opponent two days and Columbia the other two days, will,be a feature of the convention A wedding of much Interest to their many friends was that of Mns May Evangeline Railef and Mr. William W. Robinson, which occurred Thursday, July 20th, at the Methodist parsonage, Rev. Henry Stokes officiating Mr. J. L. Simmons is our authority for the statement that some oj the lumber in the old Brennecke hou?? which was recently torn down to mak? way for the Community Building, wa: from Chester's firet courthouse, whicl was located unless we are mistaken about where the Confederate monument now stands. Jack is probably correct, as he wns no doubt present when the cornerstone of the old courthouse was laid, and knows all about what became of the lumber in the old Temple of Justice when it was tern down. Lancaster News, July 24: A. J. Gregory, for want of a wheat mill near on yesterday hauled ten wagon loa Is, 200 bushels, of good wheat grown on his farm near Elgin this year, to Monroe, N. C? to be ground Into flour and brought back to Lancaster. What do you think of that? Why cannot the farmers and business men of th3s county establish a wheat mill at some suitable place and take care of Lancaster wheat? The diversification which the boll weevil will surely bring about will make a good opening ^or the growing of wheat as a part of th? diversification. If Mr. Gregory can grow wheat so successfully so can many others The game of hall between Baptists and Presbyterians, played on the mill diamond yesterday afternoon, resulted in a Victory for the Presbyterians, the score being 12 to 7. ?._..,?oung Willie Sapp of this city. came near losing his life near Monroe, at about 9:30 o'clock yesterday morning when he unknowingly picked up a live high-powered wire over the Southern Power company's line run ning from Great Falls to Monroe. Will Hunter, the regular line walker, with Crawford Rut ledge, Lee Vincent and young Sapp, from this city, had gone i to Monroe to make repnirs about the, sub-station there and it was when the job was about completed that the accident occurred. No one knew the young man had been caught by the live wire until the sound from his body striking the ground was heard. Workers on the towers rushed to his side and from appearances he was dead, but theV wire was removed from his hand immediately and with hard | work he was revived, not completely , though until about an hoyr and fifteen ' ' t- It la t minutes after ne wa? ... ... , said that about 3,200 volts passed , through hip body at>0 that he is alive today is a miracle, but the prompt apd heroic work of his associates is really the cause of his now being alive and doing weli \frs. J. W. Grist returned to Columbia' today after spending some time in North Lancaster with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. J. W, Craig , The body of John Porter, Jr., who was instantly kilixl Friday at Anderson by a live wire, arriv?d in Lancaster Saturday morning on the 9:25 Southern train, accompanied by Mr. and Mrs. Stoy Gregory, rela- j "? *1-" vrtunor man. The body I lives (ui niv ^ """o ?t? was taken to the home on North Main street, accompanied by a number of friends and relatives who had assembled at the station to meet the corpse. Mr. and Mrs. W. G. Strait and son, Bityie, Jr., and Mtes Margaret lAmg spent the week-end with relatives at Tirzah, York county_._ Jesse Sapp of this city sustained a severe cut on one foot from a ^broken bottle at the ice plant swimming pool yesterday afternoon. The bottle was not in the pool, bpt had been care- I lessly thrown by some one near the water's edge. Several stitches were required to sow up the wound, which was attended to by a local physician. Miss Jazie Roberts has returned from a visit to her aunt, Mrs. C. B. in nock Hill. With the exception of two or three names the mrollment books for the Lancaster orecinct were practically complete at the noon hour today. The books at .hat hour showed that 454 males and . 155 females had placed their names properly and were entitled to vote in the August primary. Gasfonta Gazette, July 25: Members ot Gastonla Post, No. 23, American Legion, are planning to attend the state convention in Greensboro in September, and the National convention in New Orleans In October. The price of , the New Orleans trip is only $50. The howitzer company, Gaston Guards, oturned from a ten days' trip to Camp 31cnn on a special train last night, i The company, headed by Captain Stephen B. Dolley, along with other miliary organizations of the state nat'lpfi| tl guard, spend ten days each summer it the camp, receiving instruction on ' atest military methods Those who pwere wont to criticize the curb market | n its early days because of a scarcity I of products ought) to vfsit It now. The jeason of the year is approaching when 'he best fruits of farm and" garden are | being offered?great golden Elberta I peaches, grapes, figs, ro's'n-ears, . lamson plums, luctous Rocky Ford j, antaloupes, watermelons, old-time I torse apples, etc. Speaking of morse apples, rememoer wnen you 'used to gather them bigger than your fist, nat all you could hold, make a run >f cider, and feed the rest of the morning's gathering fo the hogs? There are horse-apples at the curb market as big as your fist. Young Paysour, from up here above Dallas, s bringing them In every day .Several young men of this city will leave Wednesday for Camp McPher ion, Georgia, where they will spend lie month of August under the leadership of United States army officers n courses that Uncle Sam offers free >f charge to the youths of America ;ach summer. The Citizens' Military , Training camp is the rtame of the ' branch. Three courses are offered, the ted, the Blue and White course. About fifteen or twenty of Gastoma will go o the camp on special trains that ?ass through this city Wednesday. All xpenses are paid by the government. Fare to and from the camp and all neals are paid for to and from camp luring the time of the camp. Among those who are leaving from here Wednesday are: T. C. Quickie, Jr., W. G. lohnson, I. N. Alexander, C. B. Haw'tlns, Hardy Garland, William J. Lynch. Lnban I* Ixird, William B. King. Samuel H. Gibbons, J. Edward Perry, G. C. Moore, Ralph Pendleton, Henry P. Brison, F. W. McLaughlin, md, Plato O. Stewart. They expect to return home about September 1. Cleveland Star (Shelby), July 25: \ttorney O. Z. Newton has purchased Claude Turner's home on the Cleveland Springs road Claude Turner was tried before Recorder Falls Saturday for an assault upon him wiit? two weens ago. upon conviction the judgment of the court wan, "Defendant pay a fine of $30rt and he released from custody, capias to issue upon complaint of other and further assaults upon his wife." Joe Amos, charged with abandonment of his family and heating board hill, was adjudged not guilty in Saturday's court Cotton prospects were never more promising in Cleveland county were it not for one disturbing factor, the boll weevil which has put in 'ts appearance, but so Tar has done little damage. Cotton has a good weed, an abundance of squares ami is is clean as car. he. Corn looks fine, but is late Mr. J. U. McDanlel of he Bethlehem section, was the victim if a most unusual prank of lightning a few days ago during a small thunder itorm. He had just reached home ;from Shelby when the storm came up STRIKING MINERS Jjj| Two of the miners who took guards. Seven were killed and o a mob of striking miners who atta and while standing on the porch, a bolt of lightning knocked him unconscious for two hours. Relatives gave him up as dead; but he soon revived and Is improving nicely, although his strength comes back slowly. Mr. McDaniol has ' a small hole In the top of his felt hat, \ a furrow through the hair on the back { of his head which was burned out by the lightning, and a torn place on the top of his shoe from which place the electricity seems to have left his body after passing from head to foot. Many] friends have been to see him and all declare that thoy never knew lightning to cut such capers and a man live through it. While he has been unable to work his crops, his neighbors have helped him out and he is recovering from the terrible shock Rev. J. M. Kester, D. D., is asking his congregation to build an addition to the Sunday school room of the First Baptist church, costing between $7,000 and $10,000 to provide equipment necessary to accommodate the growing attend ance at Sunday school and cnurcn services. On Sunday morning he took for his subject "The Challenge of Our Possibilities,' in which he pointed out some interesting facts gleaned from the religious survey taken a week ago. Tlie religious survey showed a possible enrollment for the Sunday school of 1,100 and a possible church mem/ \ : ' A You buy ( AND how much do y gasoline or tire9 or , out of them, that counts eeonomy of maximum pc This company has never line that would he phen ducing a gasoline which particular?balanced to I The greatest power coi mileage with the smallest uniform quality and eeoi these and no other fuel c You will find Polarinc ( "Standard" Motor Gasol or equal! "STAI i Th STANDAI (I UNDER ARREST FOLLOWING I ^|x>'. "'^3^j^ :V-. :' ** : \ '^^^<^'-'^y.'^-< '' ^^jvviv: : : part in the mine war at Cliftonville, T ver a score wounded during the pitch ,cked the Clifton Mine of the Richland hershlp of 1,000. Already the church ' has a membership of COO and if all the j members attended any one service the church building would not house them, j ' Prohibition Officer E. L. Hower- j ton of Gastonia and Deputies P. A. Hoyle and J. A. Wess'ori arrested John Hicks and Irvln Carpehter in Xo. 11 township last Thursday at 2 a. m.f | and captured ten gallons of whisky in | n 1'nril rnr Two men esennod? I I One hundred and fifty editors and their wives will arrive this afternoon I and Wednesday for the Golden Jubilee i convention of the North Carolina i Press association, which convenes at j Cleveland Springs Park hotel for a three days session. Governor Cameron Morrison, Hon. Josephus Daniels, Dr. Clarence Poo and a number of other dislinguishcd men and women will be guests of Shelby during the convention. President J. H. Sherrlll and Secretary Miss Pea trice Cobb say that the attendance will be the largest in the history of the convention, but the Cleveland Springs Pa* hotel and the ; Central hotel are bendihg every effort to give the visitors evtfry. comfort. ltd Tailings recovered from lead and ! zinc mines :uv being SSfd is WiScon^ sin for fertilizer. Four tp five tons to the acre benefit clover and alfalfa crop3. Gallons it you get n on pot? It isn't what you pay anything in fact, hut what yon . In the case of gasoline, it is >wer ami full mileage that you v considered manufacturing a * omcnal in any one way. It is is more than satisfactory in e It the motor. isistent with instant starting, possible amount of carbon, pu nomy?"Standard" gives you a an give you more. )ils as dependable in every wa inc. A hard combination to 1 DL a net m. HE* mot HI NUAKU" tea. U. S. lit Off. need Gasoline! {D OIL COMPANY STew Jersey) i 'ITCHED BATTLE. . A?.?s .^Arv Tfiy^'-- ?'T?<.VVi : J I IT,' !n!n nwvAof All VvTT WIlTlA vest v iigiuia, uucatcu uj iuiuv cd battle between deputies and Coal Company, The Flying Dutchman.?The legend of the Plying Dutchman is of a Dutch skipper, who, in the early part of the seventh century, was trying to round the Cape of Good Hope in the teeth of a Succession of heavy gales, against which his clumsy craft was unable to beat to windward and gain any way. This Dutch skipper is said to have blasphemously defied the Almighty to keep him from rounding the cape and declaied that he would keep at it, in "WE PAY YOU rrrv n i nr? iU 5AVH ? " There Is a Feeling "OF COMFORT in the knowledge that no matter what the future haa in 1 store for you or your family, you are I assured against want by a Bank Ac- | count. Yob can enjoy this feeling by starting a Bank Account with ua and adding small amounts to it at you' ! convenience." BM OF HICKORY ove HICKORY GROVE. 3. C. I lileage! ; ' for ' L get |; ithe !? rant. ;aso? I; spite of heaven and hell, until he made it. He was taken a' his word, and is supposed to he still at it. Imaginative sailormon of by-gone years, when encountering the c( mmon occurrence of heavy weather o'.f the cape and a head wind, used to imagine that out <>f the mist they could see the gaiiot of the One of "Y Friends? IS QUIETLY BU1I LITTLE FORTUN SURPRISED SOM DER HOW HE DII But it is a very simpl THIS MAN does not has never made a large S SMALL DEPOSITS M. the secret of this man's s 1, count shows a steady clii The Average Man I He Is Not Willing to ings Deposits and M. Possible. Most any one can so( ing "big" deposits?but the value of the SMALL THINK IT OVER. PEOPLES BANK AN C. L. COBB, President J. H. B. JENKINS, Jr. Active Vice President C. W. McGEE, Cashier SAFETY FIRST?SER J ALW Eh |! PROGRESS AN! I NOTHING IS SO INDK A3 GOOD ROADS When once accustom^ to good possible to get along without thei t!ii m ironi thw SAVIXG EFFECTI tor in the development of the comi school and the market nearer to o cess to them and enabling the peof All of which tends toward COM.M LET'S JOIN IN THE SPIRIT A BETTER AND MORE PRC FIVE PER CENT PAID ON C THE PUNTERS BAT W. L. HILL, Preiidcnt ! Grow * I With Us j; In All Activities of \ It Makes You More 1 \ to Earn a Reputation \ > This Bank lias attainei [ through adherence to [ ciples and Helping I; Solidly. \ WE INVITE YOU TO G1 I And ass ire you that sonal interest in youi : in every way possible i Loan & Sai : B. N. MOOBE, President : J. S. BBICE, Vice ; T. M. PERG : M. E. McC Flying Dutchman, with its dauntless captain standing on her liigh poop and shaking his list at the stormy sky. It is quite safe to say that the Filing Dutchman has not appeared a great deal of recent years. In fact few modern seamen have ever heard of the legend.?Adventure Magazine. 1 .ag-.E j our . :t 1* ? .DING IJP A SNUG E. YOU WILL BE E DAY AND WON) IT e story? t [ have a large income. He avings Deposit in his life. \DE EVERY WEEK is mccess. His Savings Acnb for years. ^ails to Win Because ) Make "Small" Sav- ' bIta Tjiani bs Ofian 9q UilW M 1LVJU.1 WW ViUVM WW } the importance of makmanv fail to understand ONES. D TRUST COMPANY ? . .1 ' * * n J. M. 3TROUP, V?c? Prsaldtnt J. T. CRAWFORD, v icc rresiasnx WM. 8. MOORE, Asst. Cashier VICE AND PROGRESS AYS _ J ) GOOD ROADS j( JATIVE OF PROGRESS mads, wo wonder how it was ever ( m, and we can more than pay for J ,L>. Uood roads are a mignty rac- , ? liunity; they bring: the chureh, the | | iur door, thereby giving better ac- < ! >le to mingle together more often? J , UNITY UPBUILDING. ,ND PULL TOGETHER FOR A |! IGRESSIVE COMMUNITY. 1 P ERTIFICATES OF DEPOSIT. K - SHARON, S. C. | i J. D. HAM BRIGHT, Cashier j > 1 i | i ? i ? Life Money Helps. Reliable and It Pays ? , for Reliability. i % rl its present position ? >ound Banking Brin- ? Customers to Grow X | v ROW WITH US ? x we will take close per- ? i* success and assist you ? ^ ? | y ' ? President, X UHON, Cashier, X OBKLE, Asst. Cashier. ?