Fort Mill times. (Fort Mill, S.C.) 1892-current, June 23, 1910, Image 1
I The Fort Mill Times.
VOLUME 19?NO. 12. FORT MILL, S. C., THURSDAY, JUNE 23. 1910. $1.25 PER YEAH.
I AGRICULTURE IN EMPIRE STATE
a AS SEEN BY A FORT MILL MAN
Dairying the Principal Industry, but
Grain and Fruit-growing Also Receive
Much Attention.
(Written for The Times.)
Farming in New York State
[differs greatly from that in South
Carolina?the soil is different,
the climate is different, and thus
the crops are different.
Dairying is the greatest agricultural
industry in New York
State. Nearly every farmer has
a herd of at least 15 01 20 cows,
and often as high as 50 or even
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^ a nuiiuifu. xne nuisieui is ine
jjl* popular cow. The Jersey and
jjf Ayrshire are seldom seen, the
W Guernsey much more often, but
the Holstein is everywhere. She
is large, lazy, eats a lot, but gives
great quantities of good milk,
and the modern Holstein is not
a bad butter producer.
Most of the milk is sold to the
Borden company for about 2
cents a quart. The Bordens
ship it in regular milk trains to
New York and other large
Eastern cities, where they get
8 cents a quart for it. yet the
farmers make money at 2 cents.
Of course every dairy farmer
raises most or all of his feed,
consisting of clover, timothy,
and alfalfa hay, corn silage, the
different grain crops, such as
corn, wheat, oats, barley and
rye. Much hay is raised for the
market, being baled and shipped
to the cities where it commands
a high price. The busiest season
on a New York farm is in July
L during the hay harvest, when all
the idle men and boys of the
towns and cities go out into the
hay fields to earn their $1.25 or
$1.50 a day.
Corn, wheat and oats are important
crops. The corn is
planted in hills and forced to
rapid growth and early maturity
on account of the short season,
it beincr their endeavor to hnrvpsf
|pfB it in not more than 120 days!
from planting.
Fruit growing is a profitable
industry. There are few who
enter into it without drawing
comfortable incomes. It seems
that the most prosperous New
York farmers are apple growers.
There are many sections of the
State where apples are grown
that equal the famous Hood
River apples of Oregon in beauty
and even surpass them in flavor.
Niagara county, in New York, is
famous for its grapes, apples
and pears. Cherries and plums
are grown for the city market.
Peaches are also grown but not
as successfully as in the South,
for in New York the peach seems
to be out of its natural environment.
Dairying, hay, and fruit are
the principal lines, but the New
York State farmers follow others
to a greater or less extent. The
raising of truck crops, especially
on muck lands, is a growing industry.
The raising of blooded
stock, horses, cattle, swine, etc.,
rivals that of the blue grass region
of Kentucky and Tennessee.
Beef, cattle, sheep, and poultry
come in for a share.
One noticeable thing is that
kiic laiiucio aic an up-iu-uaic in
their ideas and practices. They
are guided by the experiment
stations, they hold conventions
and farmers' institutes, they
patronize farm demonstration
trains. The Grange, a national
association of farmers, is a powerful
factor in the prosperity of
New York State.
The condition of farm labor is
excellent. The average farm
laborer in the North is a young
man, usually a native white,
sometimes a foreigner. He receives
from $20 to $30 a month,
according to ability, and his
;board and washing. He is treated
as one of the family, eats
with them, goes to church or
any neighborhood social function
with them and has the use
of a horse and buggy when he
wishes to take his best girl for a
ride on Sunday afternoon or the
Fourth of July.
fin tViD urknln UFA miinl n/vn
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elude that the New York farmer
is a prosperous man. The very
fact that the one-horse plow is
unknown, and that one often
sees four or five horses to one
plow, seems to indicate this. The
homes are modern, neat and
.attractive. The barns and out
Fort Mill Loses One, Wins Two.
Speaking of baseball, there
was a plenty doing on the Fort
Mill diamond Thursday, Friday
and Saturday afternoons when
the local boys took on the strong
Huntersville (N. C.) team. The
opening game of the series was a
swatfest for the visitors. The
first Fort Mill pitcher was not in
condition; a major part of the
time he could not locate the
plate and consequently issued
many passes. When he did get
the ball in reach of the Huntersville
boys they hit it a mile.
Score, Fort Mill 4; Huntersville
11. Batteries, Fort Mill, Hoover,
Ardrev and Parks: Huntersville.
Cashion and Rodgers.
Things broke better for Fort
Mill in the second game, however,
and they got next to Cline
for ten hits, registering five
times, while the best the Tarheel
boys could do was to count one
time?on an error. Jesse Price
kept the hits of the visitors
scattered and at no time during
the game was he willing to allow
Huntersville a look-in. Besides
catching his usual steady game,
Springs Parks was the handy
man with the bat. Craig Fite
also gave a demonstration of the
kind of stick-work necessary to
win games.
Huntersville 100 000 000?1 7 4
Fort Mill 100 220 000 -5 10 6
Cline and Rogers; Price and Parks.
There was a big crowd on
hand to witness the last game
of the series with Huntersville
Saturday afternoon and the
enthusiasm was as hot as the
weather until the seventh
inning, when it died as suddenly
as the recent hero-worship of the
country for Dr. Fred Cook. Fort
Mill had treated the visitors to a
row of zeros up to and through
the sixth, meanwhile scoring
two herself, but in the seventh
three successive hits, an error
and a dumb play allowed the
lads from across the line to forge
ahead with a margin of one run.
In the ninth, however, the locals
got together for a final rally and
by some stirring batting and
OTi\A/^ Koo^_i*nnninnr f Ka
ftWU wuuv-1 UIIIIIII^, i LilC
lost ground and put an extra one
on the right side of the score
sheet.
Hunteraville 000 000 300 -3 9 4
Fort Mill 100 100 002 - 4 9 5
Caahion and Goodman; Spratt and
Parks.
"Buck" Bryant Leiret Charlotte.
H. E. C. Bryant, better known
to newspaper readers of this
section as "Buck" Bryant, has
given up the Washington correspondence
of a Charlotte paper
to accept a position with a
Montana paper. Mr. Bryant has
been connected with the press of
Charlotte for the last ten years
and during that time has made
an extensive reputation as a
writer of negro dialect and
hunting stories.
Before he entered newspaper
work Mr. Bryant's home was in
the Providence neighborhood of
Mecklenburg county, eight miles
east of Fort Mill, and he has
many friends in this section who
will learn with regret his determination
to move to the West.
Besides being a man of parts
himself, "Buck" will find it to
his advantage to let his new
Western neighbors know that he
is a brother of Bob Bryant.
There is an asset in the kinship.
Boyd-Brock Row Cost $1,005.
Th<? anm nf HA!\ AH ro?ii?/i
a uvtiti VI yi | VW. "TV 1 V/J/I V,"
I sents the amount that the Boydi
Brock court of inquiry cost the
J State of South Carolina. Just
' what provision will be made for
the payment of this sum is not
known, although Governor Ansel
has promised that when the matter
was presented to him he
would decide the question.
J. 0. Stewart Operated On.
J. 0. Stewart, a former citizer
of Fort Mill, who moved to Char
j lotte some years ago, was operated
upon for appendicitis in ?
i Charlotte hospital Thursday afternoon.
Mr. Stewart passec
through the operation success
fully and is now considered ou
of danger.
buildings are well built and neat
ly painted, the machinery house<
i and well cared for, and there i
plenty of it too. All of whicl
are indications of prosperity.
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LIEUTENANT GOVERNOR PTLEOD
INVITED TO SPEAK IN FORT MILL
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Friends of the Lee County Candidate J
Trying to Arrange a Meeting for ^
Friday, July 1. d
Unless the plans of a number g
of Fort Mill friends of Lieutenant t
Governor T. G. McLeod mis- s
carry, the citizens of this com- j
munity will have an opportunity c
to hear that gentleman speak at a
Confederate park on the evening r
of July 1 in behalf of his candi- ^
dacy for governor. Governor e
McLeod is with the State cam- c
paign party making the county- c
to-county canvass. The York
county meeting will be held in
Yorkville on July 1 and the arrangement
which the Fort Mill
friends of the lieutenant gov
ernor are trying to perfect is to
have him come to Fort Mill in
the afternoon at the conclusion
of the court-house meeting and
speak here that evening.
Governor McLeod is auxious to
accept the invitation which has
been extended him to visit Fort
Mill, but is unable to say definitely
that he will come, owing to
the possibility of a night meeting
in Rock Hill on July 1, at which
the other candidates will be
present and which he could not
well afford to miss. The following
letter received from Governor
McLeod by the editor of The
Times Tuesday morning explains
the situation fully, however:
"Your telegram received today,
and I am hurrying this
through, inasmuch as I could not
answer you fully by wire. I
would like very much indeed to
speak at Fort Mill Friday night,
but the situation is just this:
there may be a meeting scheduled
at Rock Hill for that night, at
which the other candidates will
be present and at which I too
would wish to be present. I:
understand that sometimes here-'
tofore they have had such meetings
at Rock Hill. Another
question would be the schedule?
that is, the schedule to VVinnsboro
the next day. If you can
ascertain that there will be no
campaign meeting at Rock Hill
that night, and I can speak at
Fort Mill and go to Winnsboro
the next day, I will be very
glad to do so. This I will leave
to you."
Tuesdav morniner The Times
got into communication with |
County Chairman W. B. Wilson,
Jr., with the view of learning
whether it is purposed to hold a
night meeting in Rock Hill. Mr. r
Wilson had heard no suggestion ^
of such a meeting, but he thought *
it not unlikely that a meeting *
would be arranged, which would j
preclude the probability of *
Governor McLeod coming to [
Fort Mill. Governor McLeod *
would be able to reach Winnsboro (
in time for the Saturday meet- 1
ing Meanwhile, the local '
friends of Governor McLeod can *
only await developments in Rock *
Hill. 1
Severe Storm Sunday. (
Sunday afternoon at 4 o'clock
a severe thunder storm broke |
over Fort Mill township which 1
lasted for several hours. The <
rain was accompanied by a high j
wind and a considerable fall of
hail in the Gold Hill section. The
hail did not, however, damage to
an appreciable extent the growing
crops, but many terraces were <
broken on the farms by the i
heavy rainfall. Farmers consider ]
the worst feature of the storm i
the fact that it rendered im- ]
possiDie tne worK which they had
; planned to do in their crops the
. early part of the week. Both
I cotton and corn are growing s
satisfactorily, but much of it will
have to be abandoned to the
1 grass unless there is within a
few days a cessation of the excessive
rainfall of the last two
weeks.
Revival Services at Baptist Church.
The announcement is made by
1 the pastor of the Baptist church,
the Rev. Mr. Hair, that a series
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ui revival services in wmcn ne is
to be assisted by the Rev. Henry
t Miller, D. D., of Greenville, will
be begun in the church Sunday,
July 24. Dr. Miller is pastor of
- the Second Baptist church of
i Greenville and is a forceful and
s eloquent preacher whose seri
rnons doubtless will be interest1
ing and helpful.
Children's Day Exercises. ]
Rehearsals have been held alnost
daily for the last fortnight
>y the scholars of St. John's
dethodist Sunday school who I
vill take part in the children's
lay exercises to be held in the
hurch next Sunday evening, at
1:30 o'clock. The exercises are
mder the direction of the Sunday 1
chool superintendent, Mr. E. W. 1
lussell, and will be composed of <
Icriptural readings, recitations i
md vocal and instrumental nusic.
The selections of a male
luartet are expected to prove an 1
tnjoyable feature of the exer- !
:ises. The nnhlio is evtanHorl q :
:ordial invitation to attend the ;
sxercises. i
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Militia Department Negligent.
Since the Boyd-Brock contro- ,
,rersy arose several weeks ago,
ittle attention seems to have
>een paid by the adjutant
reneral's department to the welfare
of the South Carolina
National Guard. Four weeks
igo the second lieutenant of the
?ort Mill Light Infantry. G. C.
Spps, sent in his resignation to
;he colonel of the regiment. The
esignation was thence imnediately
forwarded to the
idjutant general's office and it
vas expected that the resignation
vould be accepted and the
rolonel directed to order an
Section for a successor. So far,
lowever, the matter seems to
lave been overlooked and the
ocal militiamen are wondering
iow much longer the company
vill have to suffer from the
legligence of the department.
Whitesell-Sutton Marriage.
Alex C. Sutton and Miss Lena
A'hitesell were married VVedneslay
evening at the parsonage of
,he Methodist church by Rev.
VIr. White, a number of rela;ives
and friends of the couple
leing present for the ceremonv.
Vlrs. Sutton is a daughter of W.
2. Whitesell and has many
'riends in the community who
ire interested in her marriage.
Mr. Sutton is superintendent of
he McNinch farm, two miles
>outh of Fort Mill, and he and
Mrs. Sutton will live in the
:omfortable brick cottage which
las heretofore been occupied by
he superintendent of the Charotte
Brick company, an industry
ocated on the McNinch farm.
J. Lon Thomasson Demented.
J. Lon Thomasson, a young
nan who lived in this community
intil he moved to Gastonia,
"4. C., a few years ago, was
aken from his home to the
rlospital for the Insane in
Morganton, N. C., Monday
norning. Mr. Thomasson had
>een acting peculiarly for several
lays, but it was not known
intil Saturday afternoon that
lis mind was affected. The
luthorities then decided to Conine
him for fear he might do
violence to some one.
Mr. Thomasson has a number
>f relatives and many friends in
:his section and his deplorable
londition is a source of regret
:o all. It is hoped that the treatment
he will receive at the
state nospital will restore him
:o his normal condition.
Forty-three Bales of Cotton Sold.
D. O. Potts has sold a part
sf his 190y cotton crop, consisting
of 43 bales, to Geo. H.
McFadden & Bro., of Charlotte,
receiving therefor an average
price of 14.85 cents per pound.
A number of bales of the lot
were hauled to the Fort Mill
depot from Mr. Potts' farm in
Pleasant Valley Saturday afternoon,
the remainder having been
stored in a local warehouse since
last fall. The 43 bales were
shipped to Charlotte Tuesday
afternoon.
Carter Parks' Death a Mystery.
Mystery surrounds the death of
Carter Parks, a 22-year-old farmer
who resided in Union count v.
N. C., a few miles from the
State line. Young Parks left
home Wednesday, on a business
errand, and not returning, a
search was instituted by his
family. Thursday morning his
dead body was found near a
spring on his plantation. His
head was nearly shot off. His
death is being investigated by
the authorities.
DISPLAY OF WEATHER SIGNALS
BY THE RURAL NAIL CARRIERS
[f Bill Ptoses Congress, Fanners of
the Country Will Get Daily Bureau
Service.
T ? n ?
ii congress gets busy and
passes in the last day or two of
the session which is expected to
end this week the bill requiring
rural letter carriers to aisplay
from their mail wagons signals
forecasting the probable state of
the weather for the succeeding
24 hours, thousands of dollars
and much labor and incon- (
venience will be saved the farming
interests of the country contiguous
to the rural routes.
According to the bill the carriers
are to carry flag signals
similar to the signals hoisted on
buildings and elsewhere in the
populous centres for the guidance
of those interested in the
weather.
The bill provides that "the
rural deliveryman shall carry a
flag signal of convenient and
suitable size, to be determined by
the fourth assistant postmaster
general, indicating the weather
predictions as reported by the
United States bureau for the
period in advance of the current
trip." But it is also provided
that the report of the period
shall have been received in
sufficient time so as not to retard
the departure of the mail on
schedule time.
It will be necessary, under the
plan proposed, for the weather
bureau to telegraph the weather
prediction each morning to each
postoffice in the country which
sends out rural mail deliverymen.
The mail man thereupon fixes to
his wagon the flag indicating the
expected state of the weather,
and as he rides by, the farmers
and others along his route can
know with weather bureau certainty
what the weather will be
for the next 24 hours.
B. B. Evans, a brother of exGovernor
Evans, is a candidate
for attorney general against Fraser
Lyon.
I NO MATTE
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If you ever eat w
We want you to 1
good to eat we hav<
got it we will get ii
I for others and wil
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you come to Fort I
us right in the cen
gest, cleanest, fresl
stock of everything
in this section of \
We employ only
ive salesmen and
awaits you. If you
ing your groceries
now. We will m
while. If your pu
we guaranteee
worth and satisfael
back.
Mills & \
PHONES: Dry Goods, 37.
Rah for Dad!---He'i the Lead Ox.
A Florida editor was in a home
where he saw over the parlor
door the legend worked in letters
of red, "What Is Home
Without a Mother?" Across
the room was another brief,
"God Bless Our Dad." He gets
up early, light? the fire, boils
an egg, and wipes off the dew of
the dawn with his boots while
many a mother is sleeping; he
mnlroc fV>o mooH" U~ ? J ?A c?
v?iv irvtnijr lldllU-UUL IOl*
the butcher, the grocer, the
milkman and baker and his pile
is badly worn before he has been
home an hour. If there is a noise
during the night, Dad is kicked
in the back and made to go
downstairs to find the burglar
and kill him. Mother darns the
socks but dad bought the socks
in the first place and the needles
and the yarn afterwards.
Mother does up the fruit?well,
dad bought it all, and jars and
sugar cost like the mischief.
Dad buys the chickens for the
Sunday dinner, carves them
himself and draws the neck
from the ruins.
"What is home without a
mother?" Yes, that is all
right; but what is home without
a father? Ten chances to
one it's a boarding house, father
is under a slab, and the landlady
is the widow. Dad, here's
to you; you have your faults,
you may have lots of 'em, but
you are all right and we will , ' "
miss you when you are gone.
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To Leave Foit Mill.
The announcement that Mr.
J. T. McGregor and his excellent
family will leave Fort Mill on
July 1 is a source of much regret
to their many friends here. Mr.
McGregor has accepted the
superintendency of the Florence
cotton mills at Forest City, N. C.,
and will assume the duties of the
position within the next ten
aays. it is a splendid testimonial
to the ability of Mr. McGregor
as a mill man that he should be
entrusted with the direction of
the affairs of a manufacturing
industry of the magnitude of the
Florence mills.
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know that if it is
b it. If we haven't
t. We save money
1 do the same for
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miss our store. II II
Vlill you will find II
tre, with the biglest,
lowest priced
? for man and beast
ork county,
polite and attenta
warm welcome
have not been buyin
Fort Mill begin II
ake it worth vour II
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remise is 5 cents or
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you your money's
Lion or your money
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Furniture, 144. Grocery, 12.
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