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The Fort Mill Times. VOLUME 19?NO 3. FORT MILL, S. C., THURSDAY, APRIL 21, 1910. $1.25 PER YEAR. i ' 1 THE INSPECTING OFFICERS SEE FORT MILL COMPANY DRILL Year's Test of the Local Militia Passed Friday Afternoon---Personnel of the Company. The annual State and Federal inspection of the Fort Mill Light Infantry for 1910 was held on the baseball grounds Friday afternoon. In every respect the inspection, which was conducted on the part of the State by Assistant Adjutant General Brock and for the national government by Lieut. C. R. Tr . . .1 . r> cennett, was tne most satisiactory held since the company was organized t#n years ago. Several hundred interested persons were present for the inspection and it was a source of gratification to Capt. T. B. Spratt to report only two members of the company absent. These members were Second Lieut. G. C. Epps, who is in college in Greenville, and Officers of the Fort Mill Light Infantry? Spratt, First Lieut. S. W. Par Corporal Hyder Windle, who was ft. ill. As is customary at the inspections. the commands for the field movements and the manual of arms were given by the officers of the company and in both thecomnany acquitted itself creditably, not a bobble being made, except by one member, a recent recruit, during the entire inspection. The officers were highly complimented by Col. Brock and Lieut. Bennett upon the precision with which some of the more difficult manoeuvres were executed, the statement being vouchsafed that the Fort Mill Light Infantry was the only one of the dozen or so companies thus far inspected which could execute these movements with the degree of exactness which l.hf? (rnvprnm^nt Hpcirpa TKo guns, uniforms and other equipment were found to be in excellent condition. The Fort Mill Light Infantry is an organization in which the entire citizenship of this section Group of Member* of Fort Mill Ligf feels great interest. It is composed largely of some of the most substantial young men in the town and township and it is certain that if they should ever be called upon to go into the field by the State or Federal governments that there would be no laggards in the ranks. The Lijhi company was organized in the spring of 1900 with W. R. Bradford as captain, T. B. Spratt first lieutenant and S. W. Parks second lieutenant. Since then the membership of the company has greatly changed, very few of the original members now being on the rolls. Originally there were about 90 members of fho nnmnanv V111 f Vi o u;dih1 in rr vv/lll^utlj y ASIA*/ IfllV IT VVUilif^ out process of undesirable members and the removal of others from the community has reduced the membership to 46. The membership of the F"ort Mill Light Infantry is as follows: Officers?Captain, T. B. Spratt; first lieutenant, S. W. Parks; second lieutenant, G. C. Epps. Sergeants?J. M. White, W. L. Hall, D. V. Epps, Alva Parks, E. G. Bradford, John T. Spratt. Corporals?Moulton Faris, David Moss, Hyder Windle, Allen Ferguson. Privates?Edward Bailes, William Belk, Ira A. Belk, Jesse Blackwelder, Bernard Blanken ' ... j h -. I ^ j Reading From Left to Right, Capt. T. B. lea, Second Lieut. G. C. Eppa. ship. William Boyd, J. C. Crowder, Wilborn Ferguson, Richard Fulp, Everette Griffin, Herbert Harris, Hope Harris, Carl Jones, John H. Jordan, Elliott Kimbrell, Thomas Lytle, Arthur C. Lytle, James E. Merritt, Morris Moser, Albert Osborne, William W. Osborne. Luke Parks, George Potts, Marvin Sutton, Alex Sutton, Samuel Warren, Robert Williamson, Jr., Williard Wilson, Thomas K. Wilson, Charles Windle, Henry Windle. Cook?Titus White. Democratic Club Meetings. Saturday afternoon, April 23, the dozen or more York county Democratic clubs will meet to reorganize for the following two years and to elect club officers, | delegates to the county convention and a member of the county executive committee. So far as the information goes which has been received at The Times office the meetings are apt to be | mere perfunctory affairs, as - r . ?' ' 4%- ' it Infantry at Chickamauga Park, Ga. there are not apt to be any important issues before the people in the campaign next summer which would offer advantage to either faction?if indeed there can be said to be two factions in the York Democracy- by the election of adherents of either faction. M Z. - * k; . .. lA,;iiMV NEW CLEMSON DEPARTMENT SHOULD BENEFIT FARMERS Extension Work and Farmers' Institutes to Be Given Much Attention in the Future. The announcement of the Clemson college authorities that the board of trustees has recently established in the agricultural j department a division of extension work and farmers' institutes j should be of general interest to the farming population of the State. It is intended that the ! men of the division devote their whole time to helping the farmers produce larger and more profitable crops. With this end in view it is purposed to establish a permanent insti tute corps, who will, from time to time, hold farmers' institutes, principally in the rural districts, where the advantages of the work mapped out can be presented to those most in need of the instruction. Possibly the most important man in the force is the specialist in rural school agriculture. It will be his purpose to encourage the teaching of agriculture in the rural schools. To this end he will select a few rural schools and visit them regularly, giving agricultural instruction to the children. In addition he will also meet the teachers in the various organizations and by pointing out subjects and methods, encourage them to teach agriculture themselves. But it is not intended that this extension shall be confined to the efforts of the four men who corndose the division. Every man in the college, and especially in the agricultural department and experiment station, will be called upon to help in the good work. The engineering department is now preparing a bulletin giving a number of plans and specifications for the building of the simpler rural school houses and stands ready to advise not only I along these lines, but regarding all farm buildings. Eventually a number of short courses will be established at the _ _ 11 _ iL.i *1 * * conege so tnai tnose wno nave time can spend a few weeks there, thus getting the benefit of the superior teaching facilities. A summer wind-up institute, or congress, to last the better part of a week upon the college grounds, will be the clincher to each year's work. To sum up, Clemson college is virtually throwing her doors open to every farmer and citizen of the State. She proposes doing this? By holding one hundred or more institutes over the State. By visiting in person the farms and advising with their owners. By sending her representatives into the schools and encouraging the teaching of agriculture to those boys and girls who may not be able to attend college. By editing a reading course for farmers to be published in every paper in the State. By establishing short agricultural courses for farmers. By assisting in the betterment of rural schools and farm buildings. By holding a summer farmers' congress once a year, thus bringing together for instruction and the exchange of ideas the best and most progressive farmers of the State. Mist Elsie Norris Bereaved. The Fort Mill friends of Miss Elsie Norris, of Charlottesville, Va., were greatly distressed to hear of her recent bereavement by the accidental death of her father, who lost his life last Saturday by being thrown from a buggy in which he was riding. The accident occurred on the streets of Charlottesville and was due to a collision of the butrirv of Mr. Morris with another vehicle. Mr. Norris was thrown violently to the ground. In the fall his head struck on the street curbing, fracturing the skull. He never regained consciousness. Death followed at a late hour Saturday night. Mr. Norris was about 80 years of age. His daughter, Miss Elsie Norris, was a resident of Fort Mill for several months three years ago, being connected with the millinery department of Meacham & Epps. 0 Ati&l . '. LOCAL POSTOFFICE BUSINESS SHOWS ENCOURAGING GAINS Postmaster Massey and His Assistants Have Been Actiye---Increases on R. F. D. Routes. One of the best evidences of a town's growth and prosperity is found in the increase of mail matter handled by the postoffice. During the last few years the business of the Fort Mill postoffice has grown by leaps and bounds. The volume of business being transacted at the local postoffice is double what it was a few years ago?this, too, notwithstanding the fact that the office of grand keeper of records and seal of the Knights of Pythias was removed from Fort Mill about two years ago, resulting in the loss of a considerable volume of business for the postoffice. For a while following the removal of the headquarters of this society there was a noticeable difference in the amount of business done at, the postoffice, but the loss thus sustained has been more than offset by the increased amount of mail matter handled from other sources. Much of the credit for the gratifying increase of business at the postoffice is due to the splendid work which has been done in behalf of the service by Postmaster B. H. Massey. Mr. Massey feels a pardonable pride in the growth of the business. He has worked early and late to increase the amount of matter received and sent out from the postoffice. Some years asro when there was considerable talk of rural free delivery routes in this section being discontinued because they were too poorly patronized to warrant the government mainI taining them except at a great loss, Mr. Massey, aided by his clerks and the R. F. D. carriers, [ began an active campaign to inI duce the people living along the I routes served by the office to ' write a greater number of letters } and to subscibe more freely for | newspapers and other publicaI tions. The result of the work is best told in the following figures, I which Mr. Massey has prepared J for The Times: In November, 1905, the number of pieces of mail handled on Route No. 1, of which C. C. Haile is carrier, was 2,724. In 1 March, 1910, the number of ! pieces handled on this route was 3,921. The volume of business on Route No. 2 shows an equally gratifying increase, the number of pieces of mail handled jumping from 2,806 in November, 1905, to 4,339 in March, 1910. The carrier on this route is Sar; gent Kimbrell. i Route No. Sis server! hv A lev Barber as carrier. Since November, 1905, the volume of business has steadily grown. Then there were 2,724 pieces of mail handled. The number of pieces had increased to 4,829 in March, 1910. The greatest gain of business on either of the four rural routes served from the Fort Mill postoffice, however, has been on Route No. 4, of which Edward B. White is the carrier. In November, 1905, he handled 972 ' pieces of mail. In March, 1910, j the number of pieces handled on ! this route had grown to 3,292. Routes Nos. 1 and 2 were es! tablished in January, 1902, and Routes 3 and 4 were created in 1905, the two latter routes being made in part from territory formerly served by Routes 1 and 2. Colored School Entertainment. F. H. Comer, principal of the colored graded school, is making extensive preparations for the closing exercises of the school, to be held at Bethlehem Baptist church on April 24-27. An interesting programme has been prepared and an invitation is extended the white people of the community to attend the exercises. On Tuesday, April 26, an address will be delivered by Prof. L. M. Bauknight, superintendent of the Fort Mill graded school. Arrangements have been made with a Rock Hill band to furnish ; music for the occasion. Spring Meeting of Bethel Presbytery. Bethel presbytery met with Aimwell church, at Ridgeway, last Tuesday evening at 8:30 o'clock and was opened with a sermon by Rev. S. J. Cartledge, pastor of Purity church, Chester. Rev? Alexander Martin, pastor of the First Presbyterian church of Rock Hill, was elected moderator and Rev. J. M. ! Holloday, of Winnsboro, assistant clerk. There were 27 ministers and 42 ruling elders present at the meeting. Rev. Robert Adams, D. D., and Rev. J.J. Harrell, of Enoree j presbytery, were received into this presbytery and arrangements were made to insta''. them pastors of Bethel and Bethesda churches, respectively. Revs. T. B. Craig and James Russell, and J. C. Foster and W. L. McCrorey, ruling elders, WPl'f plpffivl fnmmieeinfioi't! tn vviiuiaooiuti^LQ tv the general assembly, which meets in Lewisburg, W. Va., May 19. Mr. I). M. Clark, of the senior class of Columbia Theological seminary, was licensed as a probationer to the gospel ministry and Mr. F. R. Riddle, of the Bowling Greenchurch, was received under the care of the presbytery as a candidate for the ministry. Bethel presbytery now consists of 32 ministers, 59 churches and has under its care one licentiate and eight candidates for the ministry. There was nothing before the presbytery of exciting interest except an effort was made by Drs. Harry Louis Smith and J. L. Douglas, of Davidson college, together with a number of members of the presbytery, to influence the presbytery to rescind its action, taken last fall, relative to the withdrawal of its trustees from Davidson college. After an animated discussion of the subject the presbytery voted not to rescind, and this means that at the next regular meeting the presbytery's official relation with Davidson college will cease. Presbytery adjourned to meet in Winnsboro Sept. 20, 1910. [ "Star Bra For men For women and For children 2 In all ur sh( have been unabl shoe than the "i have on hand ar I I J I /V I Every Star Br< own story: first ir ance, then in coi good service. It the last and wean I Mills & 1 SAND CLAY ROADS CONSIDERED THE BEST FOR SOUTH CAROLINA The New Method of Road-building is Less Expensive and Eeasier of Construction than Macadam. Good roads men say that the macadam method of roadway construction in South Carolina is passing out for the reason that a better way has been found in the sand-clay construction. When the good roads agitation was commenced in South Carolina several years ago the most popular and universal method was macadam. Many miles of roadway were constructed to overcome "mud holes." The costly macadam has been supplanted by the sand-clay road which is cheaper, more serviceable and durable. The past three years has seen the fact demonstrated that the sand-clay road can be built at a minimum cost in all sections of South Carolina. The machinery necessary for the construction of a macadam road is not necessary for the construction of the sandclay and thus has many thous* ands of dollars been lost by the counties because they did not know of the sand-clay process and its usefulness. The total number of miles of public highways in the State, according to figures prepared by the department of agriculture last year, were 44,803, Miles Macadam 3,015 Sand-clay 3,248 Shell 62 Stone 106 That the sand-clay road is gaining over the other methods of construction is shown by the following table of the number of miles of roadway constructed in 1909: Sand-clay 1,308 Macadam 64 Stone 29 Shell... 17 The demand for good roads, building upon intelligent lines with pro per gradients and drainage, is increasing in the State. nd" Shoes V. / \ WW \ ?#^yl Af)/ :>e experience we e to find a better 3tar Brand/' We | i excellent line in All styles r All sizes and at N All prices and" Shoe tells its i attractive appearnfort and genuine holds its shape to 3 long and well. (oung Co. I