Fort Mill times. (Fort Mill, S.C.) 1892-current, March 03, 1910, Image 1
The Fort Mill Times.
VOLUME 18-NO. H8. . FORT MILL, S. C? THURSDAY, MARCH 3. 1910.
? ? $1.2a PtR YEAR.
JUPITER PLUYIUS' ACTIVITY
L - MORE THAN DISPLEASING
When Great Mythological God Runs
for Office He is Certain to Be
Scratched?Too Much Wetness.
Rain, rain, rain!
Old Jupiter Pluvius has about!
put everybody and everything!
out of commission?on the blink,
if you prefer?in this very important
part of the world. And
he has lost -friends by it. No
use to suggest?*twouldn't help,
any^-that his nibs does not mind
such a little thing as losing
friends, that he has them to
spare, since there'?*e steen billion
people in the world, all of whom
he can? wet up and make feel
like a dish rag looks any old
time he cares to, and that they
have no way of getting back at
him since he is too far away to
be hit in the face with a brick.
True, old Jupe's friends can,
. and do, cuss at him for what
a u ?.. u J : i c . i
mey say is ins uisregaru 01 ineir
wishes and comfort, but the old
fellow jist frowns, winks the other
eye, continues to drive the
water wagon in all directions all
the time and knocks out the
bung whenever it suits him, regardless
of what anybody thinks
about it. He doesn't care
any more for the opinion of
mere man than the Charlotte
News does about misspelling
words. Jupe is absolutely independent,
and therein he and
The New^ favor each other, only
he outfavors The News?which
is to say, Jupe is the real article
and the Charlotte News, by
comparison, is a counterfeit junk
heap. But pardon the digression,
fas the smart city* fellows
# . sometimes say in their editorial
? no reference to the Charlotte
'-News?the purpose was to let
the folks of the outside world
know that^ it has 'been raining,
and then some, in old
York for the last day or two.
And to tell them, also, that they
would be better off in jail than
-they would be wading through
, ' six inches of mud?if 'they hap- !
pened to be in Fort Mill, where
there is more or less (mostly less)
ineffectual effort made to work
the streets in the minor end of
flip anrrnnpr urlion ilia t
...v uwuuiavi, n Ubll Ult UUOllCia
fly the thickest and the skeeters
probe the deepest.
? Yes, it has been raining some
here lor the last day or two; but
things are never so bad that they
could not be worse, and the
prospect pleases when one contemplates
that spring is almost
upon us?the season of the year
when the birds sing and the
girls don their peek-a-boo hosiery
and a lot of other gauzy things
that are conspicuous for the
cloth that was omitted in the
making?the season when the
beautiful dogfennel emerges from
its winter quarters shot full of
the delicious *?roma that is
second only in fragrance to the
precious boyhood memories of
the sweet-scented billy-goat. In
a few short weeks we will have
forgot all of the rains and mud
and bad colds in the joy of visitincr
the swamps where the cat-tails
and dead dogs grow.
Know Anything About This Factory?
How many residents of the
Fort Mill of today know that
there was in this town years ago
a tobacco factory? Probably not
one in ten; but the factory was
here, nevertheless, and while it
lasted only one season, the enterprise
was not discontinued because
it proved unprofitable.
In 1883 Dr. J. E. Massey rented
a tract of land"near the residence
of T. B. Spratt and put it to
tobacco. The tobacco plants
grew luxuriantly and when suncured
were manufactured into a
first-class quality of smoking
tobacco, which was put up in
r-cent packages and placed on
Ine market under the brand of
"Waxhaw Belle." Ready sale
was found for the tobacco, but
the business was not continued
after the first crop was disposed
of for the reason that Dr. Massey
did not have the time to de,
^ vote to the undertaking. The
factory in which the tobacco
was manufactured was in the
rear of a drug store which Dr.
Massey was conducting at the
time. The building, a frame
structure, stood on the site of
the large store-room .now occupied
by Kimbrell & Co.
Baseball of the '80s Recalled.
"I see by The Times that the
baseball players and their friends '
are arranging to organize the i
Fort Mill team for this year,";
said an old fan who was one of
star players of Fort Mill a
quarter of a century ago. 4 'Let
me tell you about a game Fort
Mill played with Pleasant Valley
along in the latter '80s. That
game is a memorable one and
puts on the shelf any game
played before or since in this
section. The Pleasant Valley
team, buoyed up by several'
recent victories, challenged Fort
Mill for a game, to be played on
their grounds. We readily accepted
the challenge, for our
team was strong for those days, 1
and we were confident that if we
did not win Xve would at least
hnvp nn r> n n c o fr> lie ooliimn^ nf i
the kind .of playing we did.
Well, the clay arrived for the
game and we left bright and
early for the Pleasant Valley
grounds. There we found awaiting
us the Pleasant Valley play-!
ers and a considerable portion of
the people of the countryside. I
The P. V. boys were in high
feather, confident that they
would make us look like a1
brownie with a hole in it. But
things did't come their way, contrary
to the experience of the cat
at whom some one shied a brick.
They did not have their regular
lineup for the game, as some of i
their players were down with I
chills and fever, though the
shortage of players did not seem !
to be a major consideration, for
the Pleasant Valley folk were
confident of winning anyway. !
Well, the game started about I
10 o'clock and in the first inning
our boys hit the ball for a total
of a dozen runs. The Pleasant
Valley boys didn't do so well
when their turn came to bat.
We continued to hit the ball to
all parts 'of the lot during the1
entire game and when we had
finished the score stood 85 to 10
in Fort Mill's favor.- That was j
not the only game ever nlaved i
between Pleasant Valley and
Fort Mi'lly however. A few
years later in a game on the
local grounds the boys from the
country got revenge by beating
Fort Mill in a splendidly played
game by the score of 14 to 11. In
those days baseball had not become
the scientific game it is now,
but it afforded quite as much
amusement for the public, especially
as the teams used only
home players."
What's Doing in Pineville.
All the pupils of the Pineville
high school were subjected
to vaccination Tuesday, much
against the wishes of the children
and a number of their
parents.
Mayor L. A. Harris, of Fort 1
Mill, has sold a tract of 40 acres,
a few hundred yards beyond the
corporate limits, to T. R. Garrison.
It is said that Mr. Harris
received for the land just twice
the amount he paid for it a year '
ago.
The services of the Baptist
congregation were held in the
Presbyterian church Sunday, the
handsome new church which ;
they are building not yet being
completed. A visiting minister. !
the Rev. Mr. Vipperman, of '
McAdensville, preached the ser- !1
mon.
The cotton mill in Pineville J
will work only four days in the
week until further notice. This ;
mill is one of the string of
Hoskins-Chadwick mills, all of
which are curtailing their out- J
nut
Miss Annie Gilkerson, of Col- ,
umbia, returned home Friday, ,
after an extended visit to her j
cousin, Miss Rebecca Nichols.
Victor Fuller, cashier of the ]
Pineville Loan and Savings j
bank, has purchased the home > j
of T. R. Garrison, which will be J
occupied in the future by Dr.
and Mrs. John Hood.
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Unlawful to Shoot or Trap Fox. ,
An act affecting York county 1
was passed at the recent session <
of the General Assembly making 1
it unlawful to shoot or trap any 1
fox at any time, or to kill or i
take in any other manner any i
fox between the 15th day of ]
February and the 1st of September,
under a penalty of not more ]
than $25 or 30 days imprison- 3
ment. 11
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ANDREW JACKSON'S SIGNATURE
CONSIDERED IMPORTANT FIND
Mr. Sallcy Thinks He Has More Proof
That "Old Hickory" Was a South
Carolinian, Born Near Fort Mill.
While Mr. A. S. Salley, Jr..
the secretary of the historical
commission was engaged in his
office in Columbia Saturday filing
some claims against the State of
South Carolina for services rendered
or supplies furnished by
individual citizens of South Carolina
during the Revolution, he
found a very interesting appraisement
of a horse furnished
for public use by William Crawford,
of Camden district. The
appraisers, who estimated the
value of the horse to have been
one hundred and fifty pounds
currency, were Robert Crawford
and Andrew Jackson. Their
nnnraiuomont \uoo ournm fn l>o
?-? J/i M1UV1 UVil V * ? MrO OH V/l 1 1 IV W V. fore
Robert Montgomery, J. P.,
and was dated December 12,
1783. At that time Andrew
Jackson was nearly seventeen
years old. The signature is in
nearly the identical hand-writing
of "Old Hickory" in his mature
years. Robert Crawford, his
affiant, was his foster father and
kinsman, upon whose plantation,
in what was then Camden district,
but which later became
Lancaster district, Jackson was
born as repeatedly asserted by
himself and others. This is
possibly the first official paper
that Jackson put his hand to in
this State.
Senator Tillman Will Not Resign.
The newspaper story going the
rounds that it is the intention of
Senator Tillman to resign his
seat in the* senate has been de- j
nied by one of the senator's
closest friends in Columbia,
presumably Dr. Babcock, supermtendent
of the I^ospital for the
Insane.
This gentleman stated Sunday
morning that Senator Tillman
had no more idea of resigning
nor had his family than he had
of flying. Continuing the con-1
versation he said that resigning
was entirely foreign and incompatible
with the nature of
Senator Tillman.
Sf?nntr?r Tillman Viae I
years more of service before he
has to go into another campaign
if he is then a candidate for reelection.
If Senator Tillman
then should be in good health it
will be ample time for a decision
as to what he will do, but three
years is a long time in politics
and in the meanwhile it will be
just about as well not to figure
on resignations.
The latest news from the bedside
of Senator Tillman is that
he is rapidly recovering the use
of his limbs and that as soon as
he is able to travel he will be
taken to a hospital in Atlanta,
where he will spend some time
before he takes the trip to
Europe, which has been recommended
by his physicians.
Death of Henry H. Kimbrell.
Henry H. Kimbrell, a former
resident of Fort Mill township,
who moved across the State line
into Mecklenburg: county about
30 years ago, died at his home !
in Charlotte Monday morning:. 1
He was 55 years old and was a
native of this county. He issur- j
vived by his wife, one son, E. H.
Kimbrell; one brother, J. B.
Kimbrell, and a sister, Mrs.
\1. J. Merritt, who lives near
Fort Mill.
The funeral was conducted
from Mr. KimbrelPs residence
ruesday morning by the Rev.
Mr. Coburn, pastor of a Charotte
Methodist church of which
Mr. Kimbrell was a member,
ind the interment was at Flint
Hill Baptist church, in this township,
Tuesday afternoon.
Charlotte Mills Curtail Output.
The five plants of the Chad
wicK-nosKins Mig. company, the
largest cotton mill corporation in
Charlotte, will be operated only
Four days of each week until
Further notice, according to instructions
just issued to the
superintendents of the various
plants.
The Chadwick-Hoskins company
operates very nearly
1,000,000 spindles and looms to
match.
Death of Mrs. H. N. Patterson.
Mrs. Florence Patterson, wife
of H. N. Patteison, a well
known farmer and merchant of
the Pleasant Valley neighborhood
of Lancaster county, died at fler
home Sunday morning after an
illness of several weeks. Mrs.
Patterson is survived by her
husband and four children. Be- I
fore her marriage- Mrs. Patter- i
son was Miss Florence Patterson.
She was a member of Harrison 1
Methodist church and was active
in all church work. She was a
good woman and in her death
the community in which she
lived sustains a great loss. The
funeral services were conducted
by the Rev. Mr. Hales and the
interment was in Harrison
churchyard Monday afternoon.
York Farmer Kills Himself.
About 5 o'clock Saturday
morning George Stewart. a
farmer living near Clover, took
his own life by cutting his throat
with a razor. Leaving his wife
and baby in the house, Ste\vart
went into the yard and sent for
a colored woman, stating that
his wife was sick. Failing to
return to the house, his wife sent
a little negro to search for him.
The negro found his body lying
in the barn, his throat cut and a
bloody razor lying near. No
cause for the suicide has been
found. Stewart was in comfortable
circumstances and was
apparently happy and contented.
It is supposed that he committed
the deed while temporarily insane.
The Year's Cotton Acreage.
"Will the cotton acreage be
reduced in this section this
year?"
This question was put to one
of the largest farmers in the
county a day or two ago and he
replied that in his ' opinion it
would be. Then he proceeded
to give a number of reasons why
the cotton acreage should be reduced
and more attention paid
to the production of food crops,
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uuiu iui 11ict11 ana ocast.
If the cotton acreage is re- j
duced systematically all over the
South, said he, and the proper
amount of attention devoted to
food stuffs, next winter will see j
the South in a condition of prosperity
heretofore unknown, for,
with the smokehouses and barns
bulging with home-raised sup- [
plies this section will be independent.
An argument sometimes
advanced against the
Southern farmer making his own
supplies and a surplus for market
is that he could get nothing for
his products?that the price
would be so low it would not pay
him to sell them. This is a
fallacy. If corn should drop to
50 cents a bushel and bacon and
lard to 7 cents a pound, or less,
it would pay the farmer to make
his own supply and a surplus.
His remuneration would come
in high priced cotton, cheap
living for everybody and cheaper
labor. Cotton could be grown
at half of its present cost and
and would never sell for less
than 15 cents. The farmer would j
get the profit instead of the
speculator.
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i ne iarmer who raises his
own supplies and makes cotton
as a surplus crop is always in
better shape than the farmer
who buys his supplies.
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News Notes of Recent Events.
The battleship South Carolina
was placed in commission Tuesday
at the Philadelphia yard,
with Capt. Augustus F. Fechteler
in command. The South
Carolina and her sister ship, the
Michigan, are the most powerful
vessels in the navy.
Governor Ansel has authorized
Comptroller General Jones to extend
the time in whinti fo-u- ?
?? tttA I C"
turns may be made until March
10. After that date the county
auditor is required to add the
penalty of 50 per cent, for neglect
or failure to make returns
for taxation.
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W. J. Crawford, a well known
Chester broker, committed suicide
at his home in that city
Tuesday morning by shooting
himself in th<* head. Depressed
spirits from poor health is supposed
to be the cause of the rash
act.
CRIPIE IN SOUTH CAROLINA
DURING THE LAST YEAR.
Annual Report of the Attorney General
Shows Convictions and Acquittals
by Circuits.
An examination of Attorney
General Lyon's report for the
year 1909 is quite interesting.
There were in the whole State
last year 194 convictions for violation
of the dispensary law and
36 acquittals. There were 103
convictions for homicide and 123
acquittals; 38 convictions for carrying
concealed weapons and
four acquittals; six convictions
for arson and three acquittals.
In the Twelfth circuit there was
a grand total of 118 cases tried,
; of which 90 were convicted and
QO itJ 1 T , *-*
wo ucquiuLtru. nr me Eleventh
i circuit 94 cases were tried, 79
j being convicted and 15 acquittals.
In the Tenth circuit 219
cases were tried, of which 159
were convicted and 60 acquitted.
In the Ninth circuit 196 cases
were tried, of which 155 were
convicted and 41 acquitted. In
the Eighth circuit 213 cases were
tried, of which 160 were convict1
ed and 53 acquitted. In the Seventh
circuit 228 cases were tried.
! of which 196 were convicted and
j 32 acquitted. In the Sixth circuit
230 cases were tried, of
which 160 were convicted and
70 acquitted. In the Fifth circuit
176 cases were tried, of
which 117 were convicted and
59 acquitted. The report for the
Fourth circuit was not complete.
In the Third circuit 125 cases
tried, 84 being convicted and 41
acquitted. In the Second circuit
156 cases were tried, 135 being
convicted and 21 acquitted. In
the First circuit 114 cases were;
tried, 87 of which were convicted
and 27 acquitted.
It is thus seen that the Sixth
circuit disposed of 230 cases, and
i stands first in thecamount of
business, while the Seventh circuit
disposed of 228 cases and
stands second in the amount of
business. J. K. Henry is the:
solicitor of the Sixth circuit.
I Ranges an
. . Sto
What kind of coo
have you in your hon
too much fuel, or
smoke and soot?
These are timely
tions and if you can
your own satisfactioi
These ranges and st
best steel and iron, gi
from flaws and prop
perfect baking. Un
tions they will last 15
in v Mivenienee. labor
will pay for thenise
vwuapui in\MI >> till ill
ranges that are mad
terials.
I MILLS &
Little items of Local Interest.
Catawba river is rising rapidly.
The only transfer of real estate
in" town during the last week
was in the purchase by J. H.
Bailesof J. E. Armstrong's home
in the western part of town.
Dr. and Mrs. J. L. Spratt returned
Tuesday evening from a
trip to Orangeburg, where, as
grand secretary of the Order of
the Eastern Star, Dr. Spratt assisted
in the institution of a local
chapter, O. E. S.
At a meeting of the city council
Tuesday night the care-taker
of the city cemetery was author- >
ized to extend the limits of the
cemetery by including a number
of lots which were purchased
some time ago. The committee
appointed at the last meeting of
council to investigate the street
lighting contract for the current
year failed to report, as it had
been requested to do.
"Git Up, Dobbin!"
During the recent session of
the Legislature, a Pee Dee county
senator wishing to stress a
point he had just made in defending
the administration of
Dr. Babcock at the State Hospital
for the Insane, told of an
amusing incident which occurred
near Bennettsville recently. A
negro was driving a poor old
mule hitched to a wagon heavily
loaded with wood. The mule
looked as if he had been subsisting
on half rations the greater
part of his life and consequently
found it difficult to draw the
wagon. The negro driver applied
the whip to the mule too
freely to please a gentleman
who was passing along.
"Have mercy on your mule,
uncle," said the gentleman; "I
think he would do better work
if you would feed him more."
"pat's not what ails dis mule,"
replied the negro. "He's lazy.
I gim him a quart of chinaberries
for supper last night and if
he works good terday I'se gwine
gim him anudder quart ternight..
Git up, Dobbin!"
BHHRBSH&SHHHHENMflHHHRSSHBHHIHHI
id Cooking
ves ,
king stove or range
le? Does it consume
till the house with
and important quesnot
answer them to
11, let us say that it
would add greatly
81 to the economy,
comfort and cleanliness
of your
home to secure
from us a Princess
? Steel Range or a
. , Phillips & Buttorf
Stove,
ovesare made of the
uaranteed to he free
erly const rue ted for
der ordinary coiuii>
or more years and
and saving of fuel
Ives many times in
e cheap stoves and I
e of worthless maYOUhG.
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