Fort Mill times. (Fort Mill, S.C.) 1892-current, May 06, 1909, Image 2
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I THWBtAY. MAY 6. 1*00.
a TO THfJCHOM. tin.
In selecting a site for the new j
school building it Is to be hoped :
that the board of trusteea will' <
give the matter due considers- <
tjon before making a choice. In i
our opinion the success of a i
school does not depend entirely
upon its management, excellence
of buildings or extent of its 1
grounds, but to a great extent '
upon conditions surrounding the 1
school. Hence a good neighbor- 1
hood is one of the first things to 1
be considered. The convenience !
of the school, the conditions of '
the streets over which the pupils 1
I would travel in going to and j;
from the institution, and a lo- '
cation from which the building. *
would present- the beat appear-1
ance are all matters which should I
?r be given mature thought. The J
building to be erected soon doubt- ;
lees will answer the town's needs I
for the next, quarter century and 1
no mistake should be made in its :
c onstruction or location. As to a ';
suitable site, The Times has no '
gratuitous suggestions to offer.
We believe that the gentlemen
eonstltutinjrthe board of trustees
arc fully capable and will decide 1
on the location which is best *
suited. But we do wish to:!
enter a protest against placing!
the building at any point on j
Academy street, it being under-11
Btood the suggestion has been
made to buy the vacant lot j1
just north of the present school]{
building:. This lot we consider
anything but desirable for school !
.purposes. In the first place the!"
school located there would prove j j
a convenience to fewer pupils
than at any other available point. ; (
The lot borders on a swamp, i!
This little elevation, and can ]:
be reached only by a street !
or streets that probably could
not or would not be kept even <
jln fair condition. Then, too, oth- <
or surroundings of the lot are not j a
what they should be. In the im- j j
mediate vicinity during the past j,
few years have been built a num- j
bcr of cabins that are rented to j,
negroes and tho3fe who are fa-j;
miliar with the conditions that j i
obtain in that quarter will agree j
that the neighborhood is unfit ?
for a public school. In addition ' (
to the objections noted to that 11
site, the town is steadily grow-;;
ing in the opposite direction, 1
and with a continuance of this
growth, within & few years the
Mchool would become inaccessible
by foot to many of the smaller :
children of the town. It is the
desire of the people that the;'
building be placed at a point j
from which it will present an
imposing appearance and this j
certainly will not be the result
jf the school is located on Acad- |1
<emy street. The Times hopes '
that the board will bear these
points in mind in selecting a site.
SUQAR COATED.
Will some good friend lend us
the blade of her kitchen carving i'
knife while we dip it in vitroil i
and write a few lines of tear- <
fetching, tympathetic screed to 1
the sugar trust? We learn by way j ]
of New York dispatches that
the kin?>hearted, whole-souled, i
sweat, airap-like old fellow has \
recently fallen into trouble in j (
tne wicked metropolis. It appears
from the charges that he 1
has been playing the old short- ,
weight game, the same game
Chat the much sung ice man and j
the unsung coal man have been
so successfully using for Buch a
long time that the memory of
man runneth not to the contrary, i
The only difference between the !
coal man's and the sugar trust's
methods of keeping money in i
circulation. If pending charges :
are true, is that the former has j
been contested with such small '
\ profits as Tom and Dick could
*\ contribute, while the sugar trust
| \ has been paying dividends at the 1
\ expense of your Uncle Samuel. 4
\ Now, yo? know, you can fool ail :
%of Uncle Sam sOrae of the time
, \nd yon can fooj some of Uncle 4
L Vm all of the tittse, but he is not
L ? tremendous fool that he j
Hi *** not sometimes guess within i
> ^ '"'i
three pounds of what a little
sugar weighs. Failure to recognise
this fact, according to the
allegations, has brought the sugar
trust to the door of scandal We
have no Idea how the reader feels
about this matter, but, as for
ours, it is our opinion that if the
trust is found guilty at least a
pait of the consequences ought
to be visited on something that
[s not quite so soluble in watery
tw mnrar. We never could ouitA I
understand the theory that permits
an individual to commit a
crime in the name of a corporation
and then permits the corporation
to he fined, but allows the
Individual his freedom.
Word comes from Columbia
that the race meet which was
held in that city during the
musical festival was poorly patronized
and that nearly everybody
connected with the meet
lost heavily. It is stated that
the success of the meeting dep>ended
upon the amount of business
done by the bookmakers, j
They did little business, hence j
the failure of the enterprise. ;
Horse racing has degenerated in- j
to a gambling game, except in
rare instances, and the people
ire to be congratulated upon
their good sense in refusing to
be mulcted by the crooks and
sharpers who promote it. We
ire glad to hoar that the Columbia
meet was a failure.
The death of County Treasurer
IT A n VT?-1-. jf
u. ,rx. i->. removes irom
the public service a faithful and
sfficient officer who was held in
high esteem by the people of
JTork county. Mr. Neely had
been county treasurer for wellnigh
thirty years and during all
that time no one ever suspected
the least wrong-doing in the conduct
of his office. He was absolutely
honest and thoroughly conscientious
in the discharge of his
duties. No better officer ever
served the people and his death
is a distinct loss to the county,
[t is to be hoped that his successor,
whoever he may be, will
measure up to the high standard
set by Mr. Neely.
Next Monday, the 10th, is the
day on which we do honor to the
Confederate braves who silently
sleep in our City of the Dead. It
is but proper that there be a general
supension of business for the
hour that the people as a whole
*
may taxe pari in tne exercises.
Let ail attend and do honor to
the departed heroes who for four
long years struggled for our fair
Southland. Let us teach our
children to respect, admire and
glorify the brave deeds of their
fathers and grandfathers, and
thus become more patriotic citizens
ane better men and women.
The hundred or more army officers,
with their retinue of retainers,
who left Washington
city a day or two ago to examine
the routes taken by Grant's army
through Virginia probably will
not spend much time examining
the road over which the Federals
fled in complete disorder and
thoroughly whipped from First
Manassas to Washington.
Reports sent out from Charlotte
seem to indicate that about
the only thing left undone in the
way of a royal reception for Mr.
Iaft on the 20th is to instill life
into the big eagle at the assay
office and induce it to utter ' 'three \
screams for the president and his j
party" as they pass in review up
West Trade.
The boys of the South Carolina
University are in high feather
over the prospect of winning:
games with their football team I
next fall. They have secured the
sendees of an ex-Harvard player
who is to teach the eleven the
latest "wrinkles" in kicking,
billing, biting and gouging.
Will someone pleaso tell us why
some of the South Carolina colleges
continue to have their commencment
programs printed out
Bide the State? Can it be that 1
South Carolina hasn't a print shop
that can turn out this class of
work? ~ ;
The bray of the ass is never
pleasing to the ear, but it is one
?f those disturbing noises to
which man sometimes has to :
listen, though with little con- \
:ern; he soon forgets it. (
Andrew Carnegie has con- !
jributed $15,000 towards the 1
npdoi school at Winthrop.
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Hyder A. D. Neely, treasurer
of York county, died at his home
in Yorkvflle Thursday morning
at about 6 o'clock, after an illness
of two or three days,- the
Immediate cause of his death
being sppoplexy. Mr. Neely was
in the 66th year of his age, and
was a native 01 tms county, having
been born in Catawba township,
near Rock Hill. He Buffered
from an attack of white
swelling when a boy and as a
result was a cripple for the remainder
of his life, being unable
to walk except with the aid of a
crutch. He acquired a common
school education and, soon after
the war, served as clerk in several
mercantile establishments in
Rock Hill. In 1880 he offered as
a candidate in the Democratic
primary for recommendation for
appointment as county treasurer
and was endorsed by a majority
of the voters. In aue time he
was appointed by the governor
and held the office uninterruptedly
until the time of his death.
During his incumbency he ran in
the primary as often without as
with opposition, his majority
over his opponents always being
from two to three to one.
It was generally conceded that
there was no more honest or capable
county treasurer in the
State, and this fact gave him a
hold on the thinking people of
the county that precluded the
possibility of any man, be he
ever so smooth a politician, defeating
Mr. Neely.
He is survived by his widow
and three children, Mr. John A.
Neely, a highly esteemed citizen
of Rock Hill; Miss Ella Neely, a
teacher in the Yorkville graded
school, and Master Arthur Neely.
The funeral sei vices were held
jlf- fhp Pirct Pi,nol>wt,nmon nUn^/iV,
at 11 o'clock Friday morning,
conducted by the pastor, Rev. E.
E. Gillespie. There was a large
attendance of friends present
and the floral offerings sent in
were numerous and handsome.
A Plea for the Birds.
A corresqondent of the News
and Courier makes the following
plea for the protection of birds:
Mockingbird, jay, lark (meadow
lark), bullfinch, tea bird, tilly
hawk (sparrow hawk), and the
crow?all birds of this-class are
insect destroyers. They have no
gizzards and do not eat grain,
they only have a stomach and digestion
takes place in the stomash;
hence they cannot digest
hard grain or seed. The beautiful
meadow lark feeds on worms,
real head com cutters that
destroy corn, are his finest dish.
Little tilly hawk occasionally eats
a little chicken, but he destroys
grasshoppers and field mice
enough in a year to give him
chicken pie once a week the year
'round. The blue jay is a nuteating
bird and distributes them
by dropping pecans, acorns, etc.
He plants many a fine tree by
some old rotten stump in the
corner of the field. The sweetsinging
mockingbird, of which
Mr. Roosevelt wrote the most
beautiful description I have ever
read in the Fifth Reader, is next
to the nightingale and does not
destroy anything at all?eating
iruit ana insects. The bullfinch,
teat bird and thrush go hand in
in hand with them.
The dove has a gizzard and
eats hard grain ana seeds, as
they can grind them up. So
does the "partridge"?and it is
necessary to kill out "partridges"
down to three or four so they
will raise more. If they are not
thinned down to a stand, the old
cocks will fight over the nest, eat
the eggs and kill all the young
ones, and the fall will find them
old, tough, and the same eight or
ten birds to the flock.
A hen lays about 70 eggs in a
year and raises about one-fifth of
the hatch.
The robin is with us so short a
time that we do not call him a
South Carolinian. He and the
swallow, martin, i. e., (coffee
bird), bull bat, woodcock, snipe,
and ducks spend a few weeks in
winter and are gone until the
next golf season opens.
The destruction of birds by
bad people, who ko not know the
value of the sweet singers to
farmers, should be punished, not
only in the towns, but in the
country also.
The Weather For April.
The highest temperature for
April, according to the Charlotte
weather bureau, was 83 degrees,
attained on the 5th; the lowest
was 33 degrees on the 11th. The
greatest daily range was 29 degrees
on the 11th. The least
daily range, 11 degrees, having
occurred on the 24th. The mean
temperature was 62 degrees. The
fact that there was little exceptional
about it as a whole is
shown by the fact that the mean
temperature for 30 years is almost
as mean, 59.40. The total
precipitation was 3.99, the greatest
in 24 hours occurring Friday,
2.22 inches. The monthly average
for 30 years is 3.27. There
were 10 clear days, 8 partly
sloudy and 12 totally cloudy. A
heavy frost occurred April 11.
FOR SAJLE -Choice Lumber, all
kind*. ). J. BAILES.
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The citixens'of Fort Mill and ?
vicinity are requested to meet at
the Prtebyterian church next
Monday afternoon at 3:80 o'clock
to take part in the Memorial -Day i
exercises, the program, as ar
ranged by the Daughters of the :
Confederacy, to be as follows:
Singing.
Prayer by Rev. Mr. Hafner.
Speeches.
Song: ''God be with you till we
meet again." . - li
Benediction by Rev. Edw. S.
Reaves.
The procession will then form
in front of church and march in*.;
the following order to the cemetery,
where the graves will be
decorated and the exercises concluded:
Veterans, Military company,
Memorial association, U. .
D. C. 'a, pupils of graded schools,
public in general.
The business houses are requested
to close for the exercises,
that the help may attend.
Pursuant to a call through The
* ? ? ? ~ "
limes last weeK, f ort Mill camp
of Confederate veterans met Saturday
and adopted the plans arranged
by the ladies of the U.
D. C. for the memorial ceremonies
on next Monday.
A committee consisting of W.
F. Boyd, Bowman Merritt, Sr., |
| Z. T. Bailes, S. H. Epps, Sr. and
I S. P Blankenship was appointed I
| to see to the decoration of the'
1 old soldiers' graves at Flint Hill, |
the decoration to take place next j
Saturday, the 8th.
Mr. W. A. Fisher was requested
to see to it that the graves in
Fort Mill cemetery are properly
prepared for decoration.
Treasurer Neely's Successor.
The death of County Treasurer
Neely has brought forth quite a
number of aspirants for the
position which he held for so
many years. Among some of
the names mentioned for the
place are Jno. A* Neely, of Rock
Hill; J. R. Haile, of Fort Mill;
J. H. McFadden, of Rock Hill,
and Harry*Neil, of Filbert. The
appointment is to be made by
i the governor upon the recommendation
of the legislative deto|
gation of the county. According
: to our information Mr. Haile has
1 been assured of the support of
1 Senator Stewart and Representative
Wilson, while Representative
Sanders looks with favor upon
the Fort Mill man. Representative
Glasscock favors Mr. McFadden
for the position, and Mr.
HAIHO io tinAnmrrtif
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A "Billy 'Possum" Post Card.
The Times has received a very
attractive post card in the form
of an invitation to Charlotte's
Twentieth of May celebration.
It bears the picture of "Billy
'Possum" wearing: the popular
"Watch Charlotte Grow" button,
and and in his hand a small grip
bearing: the inscription, "Charlotte,
N. C., May 20, 1909, Billy
'Possum." On the card is also
a clever verse which reads as
follows:
' Me aud Bill will celebrate.
May the twentieth is the date,
Come and joiu us if you will.
We'll entertain yon?Me aud Bill." ,
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Invested $2,500 in Seminole Stock. 1
______ i
The Fort Mill correspondent of
the Charlotte Chronicle writes <
that paper as follows: "The last '
few aays have been note settling \
time with those who bit at Semi- ,
nole Securities stock around here. *
Upward of $2,500 was taken
from the township. However,
all this was what is commonly
knwn as velvet money, as it appears
that the acrents only went
after those who had clear money
laid up on deposit, but this made
| the loss none the less deplorable
to tftose who did invest it One
man, however, took the matter
philosophically, saying that he
would not discount his stock 5
! per cent, as the agent just out;
talked him and he was welcome
! to the amount and he would take
I the experience for his share. It
; is said that York township ini
vested about the same amount as
Fort Mill.*
From a Recent "Prosperity" Speech.
Has it ever occurred to you,
Mr. Chairman, that the cotton
cloth made in South Carolina annually
would make a sheet big
enough to cover the entire face
of America and Europe and lap
over on the toes of Asia? Or, if
1 all the cattle she raises in one
year were one cow, she could
browse on the tropical vegetation
along the equator, while her tail
switched icicles off the North
Pole, and that her milk could
float a shipload of her butter
from Charleston to New York?
Or, if all the mules we market
' each year were one mule, it
! would consume the entire annual
corn crop of North Carolina at
one meal, and kick the spots off
the sun without swelling its sides
or shaking its tail? Or, if the
hogs we raise annually were one
hog, that animal would dig the \
i Panama Canal in three roots
i without grunting, and its squeal
would be loud enough to jar the
cocoanuts off the trees along the
j Canal Zone.-"New York Sup.
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D?V?Lt?8 little KArty Bmers. iho be*t
knoaju nil!* aajji the be#t pill* umde,
ue tAwy to tike And sot gently nud
ire Mrffttn- We nil and recommend
thcnL-?4rdfey,s 4mg store.
Commissioner Watson is sending
cut blanks to all the labor
unions to have them help him in
fathering statistics of labor for
niB department.
Children especially like Kennedy's j
Laxative Cough Syrup as it tastes.
nearly an good as maple sugar. It not j
heals irritatiou and allays iufimmua- (
tion, thereby stopping tbe cough, but '
it also moves the bowels gently ami iu i
that way driven the cold from the sys- j
tern It coutaius 1 o opiates. Sold by '
Ardrev's drug store.
TEACHERS' EXAMINATIONS.
The regular spring examination for
teachers' certificates to teach in the
public schools of York county will be
held la the court hoaro at Yorkvtile on
Friday, May 14th, beginning at 9 a. in.,
and closing at 4 p. m.
Applicants will ba required to furnish
their own stationery.
Teachers desiring a renewal of thoir
certificates should attend this examination,
as there will be no snnimer school
held anywhere in the State for teachers
dtfring the year, except at YVofford
College.
T. E. MoMACKIN.
Conuty Supt. Education.
(3t) ^
IF YOU WANT
A Steak or Roast that is tender,
sweet ?nd juicy, lean furnish it.
I have Steaks, Roasts, Chops,
Ham and Sausage, the best that
money can buy. I also handle
Groceries and all kinds of Canned
Goods. Peas, Beans, Cabbage
and Potatoes, on hand at all
times. See me, it's my treat.
W. LEE HALL,
'Phone 29.
NOTICE.
We Exchange
MEAL FOR CORN.
Toll same as that charged
by grist mills. Bring us
your corn.
The Cotton Mill Store,
L. A. HARRIS & CO. |
SEE THAT SPOT?
How did it get tjiere? Don't j
know. Never mihd; send the
trousers here or, better, 'the |
suit, to be pressed, cleaned and
repaired if need be and you will
never know there was a spot on
it.
I
Our charges are moderate.
FORT MILL PRESSING CLUB.
GUY ROSS, Proprietor.
'Phone 146.
Everything That's Good to Eat- $
THE PARLOR RESTAURANT,
J Ren David, Proprietor, ?
A Next to Skyscraper, Columbia, S. C. A
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is admitted by the highest mec
many slight disorders it is a saf<
effective, it must be the genuln
1 Sunny
THE PUR
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SUNNY BROOF is unsurpass
stimulant or an Inventing healthfi
aged and bottled under the direct
Inspectors and its absolute purity air
safe and free from harmful effects,
over the cork of each bottle states the
SUNNY BROOK DISTILLER
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BY EXPRES
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SB The PHIL 0. KELLY CO., Inc
3$ L. 0. DANIEL.
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L. LOEB WHISKEY CO
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g CITIES READY TO WAR ~
? ON FLY PERIL. I
^ The fly which walks across
j* your food may carry 100,000
1 bacteria, the majority dangerous
to life and health.
The registrar of vital statistics
of the Chicago health I
department gave a sensa-1
tional supplement to his1
warning against this house I B
pest. He said:
0 "If an army of invasion
I were mobilizing for an attack
upon Chicago, the danger
would not be so grrat as
now confronts the city from r
the annual coming of flies. 1
Fly time is more to be feared:
than war time.
"Screen your windows, i
Begin now in yonr warfare i
against fles. You cannot begin
too soon. Your precaution
now may save your
life.'* M
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Windows, 50c up. |
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