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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
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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.
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