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fei ' % 1 j The Fort Mill Times. VOLUME 19?NO. 19. FORT MILL, S. C., THURSDAY, AUGUST II. HMO. ~ $1.25 l'ER YE.V1L~ CLEMSON COLLEGE FIELD STAFF VISITS GOLD HILL ACADEMY At Gold Hill academy on Monday there was held a farmers institute by the Clemson fielc staff. Prof. J. N. Harper, director of the South Carolina experiment station, in charge. The field staff was composec of Dr. Enoch Barnett, of Staffordshire, England, bacteriologist, in charge of live stock al the experiment station, Clemsor college; Prof. J. N. Harper, di rector of the station, and Mr James Henry Rice, Jr., secretary of the Audubon Society of Soutl Carolina. Clemson college has no man to teach the study oJ birds and therefore engaged Mr, Rice for the itinerary. The meeting was held in the grove near the academy and was presided over by Mr. S. C. Faris, who introduced as the first speak er Prof. J. N. Harper. The speaker took as his theme soi improvement?the correct meth od of making rich worn out soils and of keeping them rich bj the constant addition of humus or decayed vegetable matter. H< showed the effect of the actior of bacteria in enriching soils after they were dried and th< effect of proper rotation. Prof Harper is thoroughly informec of the details of his profession is a practical farmer, owning and operating a large farm in Mis sissippi and was brought up as i farmer's boy, even working his way through college by milking cows. He was given earnest at tention and his talk was highl> instructive. When Prof. Harper concludec Secretary James Henry Rice, Jr. was introduced. Mr. Rice begar by calling on the crowd to corru nearer, as he had come 200 miles to make this appointment anc had an important message to de liver which he did not wish an^ man or woman to miss. This re quest was heeded and the crowc closed up. , The bird, said Mr. Rice, dif fered-from all other living thing! in being covered with feather: and in laying eggs and sitting 01 the eggs to hatch them. Th< leather-wing bat could fly, a: could the flying squirrel, the fly ing lemur and other animals Reptiles, such as cooters, snake and similar things, laid eggs, bu they did not sit on the eggs; th> sun hatched them. Birds hai the keenest vision of any create! thing, the most powerful mus cles, they could move from lan< to land, covering continents an< by reason of their rapid motioi could collect in any part of th? country where an insect outbreal took place and quell it. Bird were thus especially fitted to b the police of the air. The insect, which first emerge! from chaos and would be th last created thing to survive threatened man at every momen from the cradle to the grave Their numbers were so immens that they outweighed all othe created things; their rate of in crease was so enormous tha they would cover and devou every living thing on earth with in a short space of time unles checked; they cost the Unitei States over one billion dollars year according to the departmen of agriculture, or three times a much as the Civil war cost Insects had four forms, in thei complete metamorphosis. Firs was the egg. then the larva o caterpillar form; next came th pupid enveloped in a case o pupa, and last the full grow: insect or imago. Small birds ate quantities o insect eggs, and when the tin caterpillars were hatched ou these birds ate them by th thousand; other birds tore ope the pupae or cases and devoure the pupids inside, and when th full grown insect emerged fror the pupa, large birds, such a the bullbat and the chuck-will's widow devoured that. Then the hawks and owls wer described and their work i ^ keeping down rats and mice Only the hawks and owls tha ate poultry and game should b killed. Mr. Rice pictured the destrue tion of the game and fish of th State and then explained th hunters' license at some length This means that every hunte (CONTINUED ON PAGE 8.) Heavy Vote Probable. In the race for governor two years ago between M. F. Ansel and Cole L. Blease only 3,239 ^ votes were polled in York county. , The voting strength of the county in the Democratic primaries is in excess of 4,000 and it is thought that the vote this year will be , larger by several hundred than it was two years ago. It will be recalled that the vote in 1908 " was considerably cut down by the severe rain storm which was general throughout the county on the night preceding the pri" mary. Not only is the gubernato rial race this year likely to arouse } more interest among the voters P than was manifested two years ago, but the opposition to | Congressman Finley this year probably will induce many of his ; friends to go to the polls and 5 vote who otherwise would give ' little thought to the election. Beneficial Rain Sunday Night. Beneficial rains fell throughout ; York county Sunday night. In r many sections of the county the ; crops were suffering from the ? drought of the last three weeks . J and farmers were beginning to i 5 fear that if the "dry spell" con; tinued a few days longer great | ' damage would result to both j cottton and corn. In places I corn had begun to "fire" conj siderably and the growing cotton i . showed the want of moisture, , i but it is thought that the timely | 3 rain will do much to resuscitate ' r these crops. A number of i . farmers who were assembled on ' r Main street Monday morning agreed that the rain was worth 1 a hundred thousand dollars to the county. > Fort Mill Marksmen in Charleston. sj Lieuts. S. W. Parks.and J. M. 1 White, Sergt. D. V. Epps, and - Privates Wm. Belk and Henry f S Windle of the Fort Mill Light In fantiy left Sunday afternoon for 1 Charleston to participate in the rifle shoot of the South Carolina | - National Guard, which is being 3 held this week. Twenty marks3 men from each of the State's 1 three regiments are contesting 2 for a place on the ri tie team of s 15 to represent South Carolina at . the national shoot to he held at! . Camp Perry, Ohio, in September. , s The Fort Mill company enjoys ' t the distinction of having fure nished five of the 20 marksmen i 1 selected from the First regiment j to participate in the Charleston I - contest. The company also eni joys the further distinction of J having in Private Wm. Belk the n best rifle shot in the regiment, e as was demonstrated in the regik mental shoot at Yorkville some s | weeks ago. Death of Mr. S. N. Merritt. 1 After suffering intensely for e I months, Mr. S. N. Merritt died , ! at his home in the upper part of tj Fort Mill Sunday evening, aged . ; 74 years. Mr. Merritt moved e j from the country to Fort Mill .. I _ 1 t rv/\ , , i ; aoout zv years apo and nas since J i- resided here. At one time he t was a larpe and prosperous r farmer, but before moving to - town he met with reverses a whieh caused him to dispose of d his farm. He was a member of a the Baptist church and was a t pood citizen. The funeral sers vices were conducted by his - pastor, the Rev. Mr. Hair, and r the burial was in the Flint Hill t cemetery Monday afternoon. Mr. r Merritt is survived by a number e of sons and daughters. n Loss May Be Made Good. P Cashier VV. B. Meacham has received a letter from E. V. v. Jones, the young white man who . some weeks ago passed fraude ulent checks on the Savings " Hank of Fort Mill to the amount of $240, requesting that he e communicate with Jones' father, 11 who lives in Texas, with the s view of having the latter replace the money which his son secured on the worthless checks. Mr. e Meacham has complied with the " young man's request and it ' seems probable that the loss of j lt the bank will be made good 0 within a few days. Jones was arrested in Charleston some weeks ago and brought to York0 ville, where he has since been c held in the county jail, on a ' warrant taken out for his arrest r_ by the Clover bank, which he is also accused of having defrauded. LEADER CHAMP CLARK SCORES I INSINCERITY OF REPUBLICANS "Now let's see about the great' work of the Republicans in the 1 two sessions of the Sixty-first i congress," said Mr. Clark in a I recent interview. 1 "They passed the worst tariff J bill ever put upon the statute 5 books. They had a majority of r 47 in the house when that bill 1 was passed, but it was such a s monstrosity that they beat us t only five votes on the motion to I recommit it, which was the test ( vote. That bill was so bad that 1 President Taft. in signing it, t orierea excuses lor it, and de- c clared it not a complete com- | pliance with Republican cam- ? paign promises. True, he f afterwards declared, in his Winona speech, that it is the t best tariff bill ever passed by * Republicans, which it could 1 easily be and still be a bad bill; 1 but it is not the best. On the i contrary it is the worst. The i president was deceived by Mr. r Chairman Payne in his figures, < and Mr. Chairman Payne was i deceived in his figures by Major I Lord, an army paymaster, who c was detailed for the purpose of s pulling the wool over the people's r eyes, so it seems; for his figures ? made Mr. Payne ridiculous in 1 the first instance, and the ? president ridiculous in the second 1 instance. 1 "The greatest achievement in ? the house was the victory or r more properly the victories of 1 the combined Democrats and insurgent Republicans in the long t and bitter fight to liberalize the t rules and to emancipate the 1 members. This fight deserves c to be stated as it occured. On 1 March 15, 1909, t he day Congress c convened in extraordinary ses- I sion, the Democrats and their i insurgent allies were defeated in | the first battle; but the regular! Republicans, in order to win a technical victory, were compelled j ' to establish 'calendar Wednes- j \ day;' but from that moment until J one year and four days later the !k regular Republicans deemed ^ themselves invincible. On March 17, 1910, began the great battle, ( which culminated on the 19th in } a complete and astounding V victory for the Demscrats and . insurgent Republicans, by sup- 1 planting the old committee on rules, which was appointed by s the speaker and of which he was 1 chairman, by slating a new ^ committee of ten, of which the 1 speaker should not be a member. ( That performance startled the J country and was greeted with applause by every American j citizen who believes in parliamentary freedom." < Rudisill Now a Professional. j Firstbaseman Wm. Rudisill, the Clover boy who played with Yorkville during the series of games in Fort Mill some weeks ago, has signed a Charlotte contract and is now playing regularly j with that team in the Carolina association. Manager Cross is 1 using Rudisill as a utility player : and there is little doubt that he ' will make good as a professional < if he shows anything at bat. In 1 the two first games Rudisill ! played with Charlotte he fielded his position well, but did not get 1 a hit. It is recalled in this ' connection that he also failed to 1 get a hit off the Fort Mill ' pitchers during the series here. 1 Mr. Fewell Resigns Presidency. , R. T. Fewell, who for the past 15 years has been president of | the Arcade cotton mills in Rock Hill, has resigned his position, < and Alex Long, who is also president of the Aragon mills of j Rock Hill, was elected to succeed : him. The capital stock of the |; null will be increased $150,0001< and considerable improvement ! will be made to the plant. Rev. Dr. J. B. Mack to Return. Rev. Dr. J. B. Mack is expected I to return to Fort Mill from ; College Park, (la., about the ? 25th inst. and it is understood I that he will thereafter make his I home in this place. During the ; last few months Dr. Mack's i health has not been good and he . has therefore found it necessary < to give up his work as pastor of 1 the College Park Presbyterian ] I church. I ORT MILL AUDIENCE HEARS MR. RICE LECTURE ON BIRDS 11 The hundred and more Fort1 * Mill citizens who composed the * ludience at Confederate park ^ Monday evening to listen to the ( ecture of Mr. James Henry Rice, ? rr., secretary of the Audubon ! society of South Carolina, have 1 lever had the opportunity of 1 learing a more pleasing or profit- 1 ible discussion of any subject * han the practical talk of Mr. ] ^ice on the bird life of South 1 Carolina. Mr. Rice began his ^ ecture by outlining the origin of * he Audubon society, telling sue- ! *j :essively what it had accom-11 dished, its work of the present \ ind its hopes and plans for the 'uture. ' He made it plain to everyone ' hat the country is suffering ] jreat and irreparable financial j oss each year by the wanton ' sutchery of the birds, the great ] solice force of the air which the \ Almighty has created to serve 11 nan as scavengers and destroy;rs of injurious insects. The 1 nass of facts and figures which t Mr. Rice presented to prove the * :ontention of the Audubon 1 society that the birds are one of nan's greatest friends, and I should therefore be preserved ather than destroyed, were ^ simply appalling. That Mr. , dice's lecture in Fort Mill will : _1 i " ' I I je proaucuve or pooa in tins . section was the remark made by | nany who had the pleasure of j istening to his address. It is the purpose of Mr. Rice1, o return to Fort Mill later in , he year, when he will deliver a ecture to the school children and j >ne for the public. It is not unikely that a local Audubon soci- [ ;ty will be organized in Fort ' dill this fall. ! 5almctto Flag Must Float Over Schools. ( As was noted in The Times ik some weeks ago, an act was 1 jassed at the last session of the * .legislature requiring "that the j ^ State flag shall be displayed 1 laily, except in rainy weather, 1 Tom a sUifl' upon the State house, T >ne building of the State uni rersity and of each State college, ind upon everv public school juilding, except when the school s closed for vacation." j The act prescribes that it shall be the duty of Clemson :ollege to manufacture the flags, -vhich shall be sold at approxinate cost and be of correct lesign, consisting of blue, with -vhite crescent in the upper I lagstafT corner, and whitej jalmetto tree in the centre. The : ;extile department of Clemson is rushing the manufacture of the flags and it is hoped to have a 3upply ready for the schools at the opening of the fall session. Assassin Shoots Mayor Gaynor. I William J. Gaynor, mayor of | New York city, was shot in the bead and seriously wounded Tuesday morning as he stood on the promenade deck of the steamship Kaiser Wilhelm der Grosse by James J. Gallagher, a discharged and disgruntled city employe. Gallagher was almost instantly overpowered and arrested. The physicians who examined the wound issued a statement at !) o'clock Tuesday night saying that the bullet is divided into two fragments, occupying positions that do not demand operative interference at once, and that Mayor Gaynor's condition was satisfactory. Mr. Curtis Interested in Messervy Case. The Rev. F. O. S. Curtis, of Walterboro. who came to Fort Mill Friday afternoon to assist in Ll J - !- - "x i* . 1 uiie ueuicauon 01 me new Mint Hill church Sunday, was greatly interested in the decision of the State supreme court in refusing i new trial to J. W. Messervy, a Colleton county man who was convicted in July, 1001), of killing Dispensary Constable F. C. Fishburne and given a sentence of 20 years in the penitentiary. Messervy was accused of running a blind tiger and Constable Fishburne attempted to seize a lot of alcohol, a horse, wagon and harness belonging to Messervy. A.n altercation followed and the nonstable was killed by Messervy. Some sympathy was felt for Messervy in Colleton county because he is a cripple. Many Mills Bein^ Projected. ( The statement is made that ;here are more new cotton mills :>eing projected in South Carolina ;han at any period within years, j ind that all these mills are of ( jnormous size. This may seem , strange considering the long \ period of depression in the cotton ] ndustry, but it shows the confi- ( lence the leading cotton men of T he South have in the future of . he business. The following ( nills have been projected and v ire practically assured: Chesnee, >400,000: Laurens. $400,000; \ Mewberry, $400,000; Gray Court, v, >300,000; Florence, $300,000; \ Prosperity, $200,000; Clinton, < >300,000; Fountain Inn, $200,000; , Williamston, $300,000, Greenville, $200,000. The total cost of ] .hese mills is $3,000,000, to which ( nay be added larire nrnnospH 11 0- r J ulditions to existing plants. Of j ;he above, the new mills of j dhesnee, Laurens, Newberry j ind Florence have already been j ncorporated. In some instances work has ( ilready been started and it is < .hought that within six months j .he building of all the proposed ' factories will be well under way. | ? , Millions for Georgia Peach-growers. 1 Six thousand one hundred and J Lhree cars of Georgia peaches. ; with a total value of 500,000, ' s the total result of the year's ( peach crop, the marketing of which is practically closed. This ' is the largest peach crop ever . marketed from Georgia, excelling ! the bumper crop of 1908 by several hundred ears. According to the bulletins j issued daily by the Georgia Fruit exchange, showing the ' sale of fruit, the prices have : ranged from $3 a crate down to ! ?1 a crate ? this, of course, for 1 ?ood fruit. This is $650 a car, ; pr over $3,500.(XX) for the season's ; shipment. This year the crop was peculiar. South Georgia had ' i bumper crop, whereas the crop ( was a partial failure in north 1 Georgia. But even with that, :he total movement of peaches was over 6.0(H) cars. i I J. B. MILLS, J. T. YOl I'REST. V-PRES MII l S ft Yftl I AI AAUJJk/ %*. A VI CAPITAL $25,000. BUY AND SELL EVERYTT A good, strong 1 Everybody gets a i can do all your t I firm and not have i and you will find it more convenient No concern will trade more than th ness methods is ^ T ? - 1 Iir you are not ai: you should at one way of dealing, well posted and c w ith us. Why no Our prices are a est and our service Mills & Y PHONES: Dry Goods, 37. F 30NFEDERATE WARSHIP RAISED FROM GRAVE IN WINYAH BAY After lying at the bottom of he Pee-Dee river, near Georgetown, and proving an obstruction ind a menace to navigation for 15 years, the Confederate steamer Pee-Dee has been raised, some )f her boilers and machinery renoved and the hull blown to none nrlfU J? -1 1 jivwj ??ivn iiuniuc tu L'lciir inc channel. The work was done inder the supervision of Capt. [. C. Tamplet, in command of he dredge Cheraw, of United states engineering department. \ number of cannon balls were found in the steamer's hold, but 10 puns were aboard. The Pee-Dee was built near Pee-Dee bridge for the purpose >f descending the river and creaking the blockade inWinyah jay. She was launched just .00 late to accomplish this object, lowever, for Sherman's army lad formed a junction with the Federal squadron, and the whole country was infested by land and sea, in such force as to make the ittempt impossible of success. The steamer was a powerfully built vessel of war, her hull being constructed of seasoned oak 18 inches think, and her frame of exceptionally heavy timbers. She was 150 feet in length with a 25-foot beam, and she was fitted Dut with powerful engines. Very little information can be obtained as to the exact causes which led to her destruction, but it is certain that she was sunk by the Confederates to keep her from falling into the hands of the enemy, and it is probable that this took place shortly after she was put in commission. Only 1 few miles intervened between the bridge, where she was put in the water, and the place where she found her resting place for ill these years. Capt. Tamplet states that her timbers were perfectly sound, with the exception if the boards which formed her leek. The weather forecast for today is rain. LING, VV. D. WOLFE, ?t. Secy. 1NG CO., Inc. 00. FULLY PAID IING IN MERCHANDISE. irm to deal with, square deal. You >usiness with one t scattered around, : much easier and to keep up with. appreciate your is one. Fair busivhat built us up. ready a customer % ze investigate our People who are lose buyers trade I t you? s low as the low: will please you. oung Co. urniture, 144. Grocery, 12. .. .