Fort Mill times. (Fort Mill, S.C.) 1892-current, December 26, 1900, Image 3
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FORT MILL MKLlMiE.
Pithy Points Gather*,a for the I'.ru^al
of Time.* Rentiers.
Mr. Ileury Massey, of Tirzah, is
visiting relatives in Fort Mill.
Mr. \Y. T. Sellers is spending
the holidays at his home in Fort
Mrs. J. N. Aiwitter and son. of
llytium. N. C , are the quests of
Mrs. S. A. Epps.
The holiday trade in Fort TNI ill
during the past week has been
better than for several yea is.
Mr. and Mrs. \V. A. Watson, of
Charlotte, spent Tuesday at the
home of Mrs. Watson's father Mr
*T. W. Ardrey.
Dr. I), (t. Thompson nml sisters,
blisses Nannie and Maud, recently
began housekeeping in tin* dwelling;
formerly occupied In Dr. 11. I".
Alexander on Confederate street.
The time for the payiyent of
county taxes without the p malty
will expire on the ."?lst instant and
| it is not thought that the time will
I be extended by the Legislature.
I After an absence of several
w eks in Bainbridgo, Ga., during
which time he was tilling the pulpit
of the First Presbyterian
church, Dr. J. 15. Mack returned
homo last week.
Onpt.. \Y. E. Ardrey has been
critically ill at his home in Ardreys,
N. C., during the past two
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?rrus. inn urn, i/r. i- I... .\rurey.
of Burlaw, N. (\, was telegniphe i
for and under his treatment Cap!.
Ardrey lias improved somewhat.
Anions the college students who
are spending the holidays with
relatives in this community are
Misses Kittie Kirkpatrick and
Bertha Massey and Messrs. Win.
Owens, ?T. K. Ardrey, Stewart McMurrny
and Janu s Thornwell.
Three young men, employees of
the Millfort mill in this plaee, he
came involved in a dillienlty just
outside the incorporate limits Moi day
afternoon. One of the young
men was stubbed in the back with
n pocket, knife, but was notseriousb
injured.
A number of members of the
local lodge of Knights of Pythias
will go to Winn>boro on the evening
of January 1 to assist i i the
organization of a Pythian lodge at
that place. The lodges at Ruck
Hill, C.tester and Columbia will
also assist in the organization of
the Wimisboro lodge.
Mr. and Mrs. T. B. Menrliani. jr..
of Greenwood, S. C., are visiting
their parents, Mr. and Mrs. Dr.
T. B. Meaehatu. Yesterday at 1
o'clock a Christmas dinner was
given at the home of Dr. Meachant,
at which all of his children were
present except, Mrs. K. S. Reeves,
of Btatesville, N. C., v ho ut rived
last night.
The Palmetto Hotel in this place
was the scene of a Gretna Greene
affair on Monday night at 11.lo
o'clock, when Mr O. Marshall
Grubb and Miss Addie Hartley, of
North Carolina, were united in
marriage by Magistrate MeKllianey.
The young lady appeared
to he about 16 yens of age.
Yesterday afternoon at dt) o'clock
.Miss Edna Ma*-, eldest daughter
of All* mid Mr- I'? M l.'-.i-Ia
find Mr. Guy Edwards. t>f Pineville,
N. were married I?y Kev.
A. Finch at the home of the bride's
parents in Gold Mill. Mr. and
Mrs. Edwards have the hi s! wishes
of a host of friends who hope that
their lives may ever l>e tilled with
pleasures and happiness akin to
those of the day in which their
wedded life be^an.
The election for an intendant
and four ward ns tost rve the town
of Fort Mill during the year lt??l
will not be held on January s. as
was advertised in the e < . luiinis
a few weeks a?jo. A in- niber of
thecoune.il hasdtseoveied that the
charter of the town provides that
the municipal eh ct ion be In id <n
the second Monday in .lamia:
Hence \ e change in the date i'
tne elec n to January II The
resist rat m books will not ch.s
till the evening of January I.
Mr. tl C. Cu'p t<> l>; l)i?plac d.
Frotn the Yorkville Kn<| tirer it
is learned that Supervisor-eleet
Gordon, up >n i^smniiiL: the t! 11i? s
of his otiiee J anna: > 1. will appoint
Mr. \Y. .). Whitoner sup rii.t i:d
t
i nt of lilt' r unty chain ^anj^. This
moans that ?dr II. C. Gulp, who
has lnld the position for several
years, will I e displaced. The many
Iriends of .Mr. Gulp hoped that the
new supervisor would conclude to
retain him. thinking that it would
he to the county's interest to do
asMr. ('ulp is tboroughIvacquainted
with road repairing, such as the
chain j^ano has to do, and knows
how to ?ct the most work out of
the convicts at the least cost to the
county.
lores of Ircendlary Origin.
Three distinct attempts \vi re
1tl 111? ? ( < i l\n v?\ tli/A ***!!-. . - I 1 - - . 1- 1
in im\ i" Kill II IHC IlIlliMI'l I 4U" I I'll
Mill Mfg. Company in this place
Saturday evening. At S o'clo k
an employee in the spinning department
di-coveied tin* in a pih
of out tun in the stuck mom. The
lire was quickly extinguished, hmv ever,
and few know of the incident
until a second attempt was made
to bum the mills at l'J<> o'clock.
This time, as l>* f re. tire was up
plied to a pile of cotton, in tug dye
room. The llames gained considerable
headway before they were
gotten under control, though the
lo*s amounted to only a few hundred
dollars. The thiid and last
attempt to burn the m lis was
made in the "kitchen." an annex
to tin* main \v? uve i < m. at 10..'W
o'elo-k. Superintendent d.K.tios.
sett I appened 1 i be in the "kitch0."
at that time and saw a man
strike a uiab li and attempt t > lire
nInrrel of nil with it. lie ordt r d
tlie rascal to llirnw up his hands,
bat tin* rascal, instead of ?)!ie\in:r,
ran to an open window and jump d
from the huislitiLT. hi Ye shots
were tired at him by the superintendent,
1 >llt without ell'ert.
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The C? mp-iltive Drill.
Nqlit.lle interest w is displayed by
the crowd of several huudi <! persons
that witnessed the individual
Competitive drill by members of
the Ft.'Mill Liqht Infantry in C infederate
street Saturday afternoon.
Ah was antieipattd in these columns
last week, the drill was held
for the purpose of app anting to a
vacant sere; nnoy the eon'.estaiit
who proved to he tlie most proiieient
in llie manual of arms.
Twenty-three memhersof the com
puny ?-i?I?*r? 11 J ho drill, hut within
half an hour the number ol' contestants
had narrowed down to
thro.', Corpl. !. M. \\ hito and
Privates Win. Coble and Moiliort
Morritt, all of whom drillod with
such precision that it was a hard
mutter for the judges to deride
w hirli was the most protieieiit. Pi ivale
('ohle w<m oat tinally. however,
after it Inraine noees-aiy to giv?
rateh command.-.. Tlie judg-s were
Limits. '1 l>. Sjantt and S. \\ .
Pa: ks and Sergt. lvirl<-C us: rt, of
Ihe ( oiupany, and (.'apt. Sand, K.
White.
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Arrested in Charlotte.
Amos daekson. u young negro
man for whom a warrant was is.
sued last winter by Magistrate
Mrl'jlhaucy njon the charge of
disposing of property under lien of
.Mr. L S. Nivens, was arrested in
Charlotte .M mday niof ing. ('on
stable l,ee W arren aftempt) d to
arrest daeksoii innnef iately after
the warrant was issne/l hot l> . ^
C*:ij1. An officer u/ll In- sent lo
(Miarlotlo after Jack/ >n and In* will
lie taken lo the couii/y jail in \ ?>rUville
to await the if xt term <>f the
court of general HrJrsions, at whieii
lie will have to Answer to s-ven
eases i>f larceny. /
Ne^ro Womaiyand .v.an Shot.
< >senr l'oster/s a coll red lali rei
on the plantat/>n of Mi-si s lie^-.s
and Alice \\ l/ite. Monday ni^ht
he attended f/fefltival f r members
i f his race <>/ a tieulty plantation
and becam'/involved in a d i J! i? 1111 y
with Boh fyeele, out of whom he
tried to tau-* n fall with his revolver.
Omydiot was tired at Steele,
'out the loll miss d him and stniel.
May Sti/it. St |e then returned
t he con/{diluent by sle < ?1 i 11 _c I' >^tei
in the/i^lit I >r, T. S. Kirkpatricf
was sent for by the wound
ed ii/hii yesti rday iiioinintr and
cut I'll' hai I I " '!i !i i- I* w: i!i little
t H 111 ne. N > W ill 'il ' In V< \ t
b i / issue i i >r any of '. < ; arih
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"I lie I'vpuljtum lit Cluil'ittc.
The city of ( 'harlotte showed a
i_ain uf (ivi'f "?() jn-r criit in ;> >pnia
ti?n by tin' Federal census, beim;
int? <I at t ^.()'.?I. The count was
restrieted. of course, to lb territory
within the city limits. The
new vottou mills and suhurh m
towns built in the past tin years
jo n the city closely, beino divide I
onI\ bv the eoriiorate lines \Vhil.?
not ?lissatislied with the count of
tin* o?ivi rnnnnit enumerators, the
city authorities ordeicd a police
census which would take in the
i n'ire ei y. This crnstis h: . la en
completed and shows a |> >pulution
of The ] o'.ii * count in. i le
the corporate limits showed a
oain of l.SIl over the 1 t dernl
census.
Another Itfck Hill iV.urdcr.
Unci: Hill I'era Id, 2*?M.
Thursday" of this we. k a murder
was commit ted <<u the plantation
of Mr. W. II Cowan, two mile
southeast of this city, nude:' the
follow ino circumstances, as near
as we could learn: I hiring tlm d t\
Walter (lihn.ie. c? 1 >reil, had a
ipmrrel with the wife of Walter
Hood, ci lorcd. After the trouhh'
was over the woman wont t<> the
Manchester mill, where her husband.
Adam Moid, was at work,
and inform, d him of the ditliculty.
Adam immediately s cured a sitioh
harrcl. mu//.lc-lomliu*.r shotgun
and went to the tield \v!;i ro (iil
in*1 r * it:iii 10(1 Tidwell, also col >; ? * 1,
wcic :il woik. They him 1 iiHu 1
approaehinn with his trim anil f. r
sonii' leas ni Tidwi'll wont to tni'ot
him. evidently believing thul lloml
intended to take up his wile's
quarrel with Cnlinore. As Tidwell
approached nearer he in a loud
vo.ee commanded lloml to stop,
when the latter, brinn only aliout
t'our sti p- distant, levi 11. d his nun
and pulled t he trii^'or. and I d\\ il
ill. pped dead in his tracks, the
whole load of shot having penetrated
his neck just under t he eh i n.
llood then snapped his nun at
tlihnore, hul, as stated, it had only
only one barrel and no harm re
suited. llood then ran a short
distance, wlure Mr. Cowan was in
the held, threw down his oun and
Penned Mr. Cowan to kill him f >r
what he had done. I |e tln n pulled
out his knife and ruhhii n up
anaiu-t Mr. Cowan ln'^e 1 hir.i to
eul his throat The latter nrahhed
a shovel and st i in k 11 imd w i t h i I
to k?>ep him h a k. A hunt t his
tune the won an eanie up. as did
(iilm re. and tin latter, n1 "ihh nn
the nun stn ek lloid -ueli a hlov.
with it t hat he hi nt t lie h ii 11 I.
llood then ran away, n unq e:??cward,
followed hy his wife The
man is still at larue. hut the
woman, we nndi r-tind, has returned
to the home of Hi h Ceu. il. In r
father. Mr Cowan savs Ii was so
liorrilh'd nt 111 * nniidt r tluit it did
not lor tin* time I?? i11<_r i cciir to
him to lake tin* in op? under jut. si.
Si 'IK > >1, N( IT 11 'K.
The seonml Serin of tin- fort Mill
Orntlml jfhool will lmjjm Wodtiosiluy,
.lanuary 1'Ml, instead of Monday.
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Oar lino of holiday goods is arriving
daily, and wo aiv proi?uring to show* tho
largest Watohos. Jowolry,
1'looks and l'anov (loads wo liavo over , ,
oarriotl. Whon in ihooity bo saro and
call. Wo always glad to
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