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The Fort Mill Times. VOLUME 19?NO. 29. FORT MILL, S. C., THURSDAY, OCTOBER 20, 1910, $~1~25 PER YEAR^ WHITE WOMAN IN CAPITAL CITY VICTIM OF A HUMAN GORILLA Correspondence Fort Mill Times. Columbia. Oct. 11).?A criminal assault, horrible and revolting in detail, was committed upon a respectable white woman at her home near the governor's mansion in this city at 3:30 o'clock yesterday afternoon by a 19-yearofficer shortly after committing the crime and was taken to the police station, after being positively identified by the woman. He was held at the police station only a few minutes and was taken to the penitentiary for safekeeping. The news of the assault snread over the city about 8 o'clock and several large crowds formed for the ostensible purpose of lynching the negro: but, there being no concerted action, and knowing that the State penitentiary is practically impregnable, the project was given up. W. J. ('. The Thornwell Orphanage. On Friday the Thornwell orphanage celebrated its 85th anniversary. The pupils were given a holiday and various kinds of pleasures were indulged in by them, says the Anderson Mail. The Thornwell orphanage was founded by Rev. Dr. \V. P. Jacobs, the incumbent president, in 1875. It was opened the first of October i 11 that year with eight children and one building. Dr. Jacobs has been indefatigable in his efforts in building up the orphanage and it has now grown to be a big institution, there being on the campus 275 pupils, 35 officers and 23 buildings. The orphanage is owned and controlled by the Presbyterian synods of South Carolina, Georgia and Florida. It takes children from any church and from any State in the Union. There were about 295 pupils enrolled last m .yvaur anu nit"n vaiue lrum nit' " ethoo st, Presbyterian. Catholic churches; from States' between North Dakota and Florida and between New York and Texas. Some improvements have been - made since last October. The principal building erected duringVhe year was the Hoilingsworth Home for Boys. A cottage was erected for the president's assistant. There were minor improvements such as the building and furnishings of a silo 1 and an ensilage house, with electric driven ensilage cutter. The board of trustees is planIt ning to put in sewerage and water mains for fire protection. I The Thormvell orphanage was the first institution of its kind to be established in the South that is, the first to depend en:> , tirely on voluntary contributions S for its support. It has done an amount of good that is beyond estimation, and its success has V led to the establishment of many V similar institutions. Capt. Walter Brown Off Duty. f For the last day or two passengers on trains No. 36 and 27 have missed the familiar face of r \Conductor \V alter Brown. Sunday afternoon Capt. Brown received a telegram stating that Vis mother was critically^ ill at Vbiy Capt. Clan ton, who left since the No. 30, turned over and Senator Doliiver Dead. United States Senator Jonathan * rviliv^ I U1CU VIIICltlv P| the heart* caused by an attack of acute indigestion, at his resilience in Fort Dodge, Iowa, Saturday night. Senator Dolliver's death was unexpected by his relatives and close friends, who thought that he had recovered from the attack of indigestions. Pfer' j i t" - ^ a Destructive Storm in Florida. What undoubtedly will prove to be the most destructive storm in the history of the southeastern extremity of the United States Monday night and Tuesday swept the entire Florida peninsula, doing damage estimated at several million dollars. Forty thousand square miles of territory south of Jacksonville has been without means of communication with the outside world for more than 24 hours. The last reports from this section, embracing territory south of a line from Tampa to St. Augustine, told of hurricane winds, hourly increasing in intensity, and rapidly falling barometers. The orange crop and vast trucking industry in that territory were reported probably ruined. It is believed that tin' South Carolina rice crop was seriously damaged by the high tides Tuesday. resulting from the storm. About half the crop is stacked in the fields. It is probable also that the sea island cotton crop has suffered. New Presbyterian Church in Rock Hill. The congregation of the First Presbyterian church of Rock Hill has undertaken and accomplished a feat in raising money to build a new church in that city that is possibly without a parallel in the history of church work. Last week was devoted to canvassing for subscriptions for the new church, which is to be in Oakland, and the Ladies' Aid society agreed to serve the members of the canvassing commitees with supper every evening in the Sunday school room so that they could meet there at 7 o'clock each evening and make a report of what they had done. This program was carried out until Friday night, when a general report was made, which showed that $19,787.10 had been pledged and signed for and in addition to this amount there were many who agreed to donate, but would not sign pledges for specified amounts. The canvassing committee did not solicit funds from any one except members of the Presbyterian church. Congress Ignores Poverty of People. Is there no way to force the Congress of the United States to see and to feel that the great mass of the people of this country are poor? To feel it so poignantly that the fact will become the controlling thought in every vote it casts? asks a writer in The American Magazine. Congress year after year fixes taxes on the food and clothing and shelter of the people with no apparent consciousness of their condition. They are the "ultimate consumers"- terms in a problem -not suffering, struggling men and women. Is there no way to humanize the "ultimate consumer." to make him as real a person in the mind of a congressman as the manufacturer who employs him or the campaign manager who milks the manufill't ! 1 ? ?-?? 1"| >? t ll?? lioln tUn .. .. . wt? v* > W| HIV Otiuv, \'l IIIC IUII" pressman? 11" tlu* congressman could but once see all the "ultimate consumers" whose daily lives are made easier or harder by the taxes he plays so carelessly with, might he not continue forever to see them as he legislates? What a mighty procession they would make! From the factories of New Kngland and the middle States, from the mines of Pennsylvania and the Rockies, from the cotton fields of the South and the farms of the Mississippi valley, from the tenements of NewYork and the stockyards of Chicago, from hundreds upon hundreds of towns, from rivers and lakes and seaside ports, they would swarm millions of souls. Six millions of women, many of them with babies in their arms; thousands upon thousands of .U 21 .1........ I ? cmiuruii iinuer is years 01 age, pale, narrow-chested, old in face; tens of thousands of young girls, their eyes on the future; twelve million fathers, wives and children clinging to them, would be j in line a mighty host of brave and patient hearts, the host that takes the earth's treasures into its strong and willing hands and from them makes the country's wealth. ~ i THE PHILADELPHIA AMERICANS j < STOP FAST CHICAGO NATIONALS With few exceptions, the basehall enthusiasts of Fort Mill were overjoyed when the news came Monday afternoon that the Philadelphia Americans had won the first game in the series with the Chicago Nationals for the world's i1 championship, by the score of I 4 to 1. Nearly everybody in this section is anxious to see the Philadelphia club win the championship and the news that the get-away game had come the way of the Athletics was received with a great deal of satisfaction, especially since the baseball writers on the metropolitan papers had picked the Chicago club to win and their choice had consequently caused the supporters of the Philadelphia team to feel apprehensive of the result. The Chippewa Indian pitcher. Bender, of the Athletics was a puzzle to the Chicago plavers all . I,.. 4 1 L . I ? 1 inv; ? ti_\ inioil.UII lilt" gilllie ailU the host they could do with his delivery was to got three hits. Overall, for the Chicago club, showed up poorly and was relieved by Mclntyre in the third inning. In the second game of the series Tuesday afternoon the Philadelphia team administered a crushing defeat totlie National league champions, running away with the game by the score of b to '?. Coombs was in the box for Philadelphia and l?rown for Chicago. Chicago got eight hits 1 and Philadelphia 1 1. The star of the game was Collins, secondbaseman for Philadelphia. In live times at bat he reached first every time by making three hits, two of them doubles, receiving a base on balls and making a force play. He scored two runs and 1 sent two home; accepted ten chances without an error; figured in two sensational plays that stopped Chicago from running the bases and last, but not least, the champion base runner stole twice on the king of National league backstops, Kling. The third game of the series will be played in Chicago today. Clemson College Notes. Fort Mill Time* Corrt*s|>on(lt>ncc. Clemson College, Oct. 7. None of the Fort Mill boys at Clemson are distinguishing themselves except Kenneth Nims. He has all I .. I . i - ... I nui maue uu- varsity toot ball team this year. and. what is certain, he has established himself a "rep." as a man who hits the line. The whole corps recognizes him as a most valuable factor in the future of Clemson's h >ot ball. The executive atfairs of the college are being very wisely and creditably carried on this year by the new president, \V. M. Kiggs. He is very highly esteemed by all the students; and the result of this long needed cooperation and good feeling has already become manifest. Th" college is fuller than usual; the students are doing more and better work than ever before; and the spirit and moral tone are being lifted up. The student body was officially , informed last Friday morning at chapel exercises that they would be granted their annual encampment at Columbia again this year, during fair week. Jake Weathers Sent to Jail. Jake Weathers, colored, was committed to the county jail Friday afternoon by Magistrate John VV. McElhaney, the charge against Weathers being assault and battery with intent to kill. Three weeks ago Weathers struck a negro boy named Son Keid in the head with a rock, because Keid appeared to have bested Weathers in a hot race they were having for the attentions of a colored girl. After striking Keid with the rock. Weathers ran away, but returned to Fort Mill Friday morning and was at once arrested by Constable Colt harp. Cotton Pickers These. On Tim^rUiv tu-ii vi.inwr f'lw.i./. keeans performed the wonderful feat of picking 1.o 1 <? pounds of cotton, says the GatTney Ledger. These young men started at sunrise and picked until sunset, taking one hour for dinner. m - A. CANNON IN CENTRE OF TOWN OBJECT OF MUCH INTEREST A curiosity to many visitors to Fort Mill is the old cannon which is sunk in the ground at the corner of Main and Confederate streets to mark the geographical centre of the town and not a few of those who see the cannon are curious to know whence it came. The cannon has an interesting history. It saw service in the armies of tin1 Confeder:iev m part of the artillery of Gen. Hood in the battle of Atlanta and perhaps in numerous previous engagements. After the defeat of the Southern arms at Atlanta, President Davis transferred the command of the army from Gen. J. B. Hood to Gen. J. E. Johnston and the cannon was brought to this section by the latter in his retreat before Gen. Sherman to Greensboro, N. C\ The artillery of < Ion. Johnston's army in crossing the Catawba river bridge of the Charlotte, Columbia & Augusta railroad, three miles south of Fort Mill, in some way lost control of the cannon and it fell from the bridge to the river. No effort seems to have been made by the artillerymen to recover possession of the cannon and it remained in the bed of the river from the spring of 1 <S(>."> to the fall of 187t>, Id years, when it was taken from the river and brought to Fort Mill to be used in celebrating the \ictoryof the Democratic ticket, headed by Gen. Wade Hampton for governor. The cannon was placed on an improvised carriage in the grove near the residence of the late T. H. Withers, now the property of the Mill fort mill, and was repeatedly fired as an evidence of the great joy of the community over the success of the white party in defeating the Radicals. But some of the more enthusiast ic celebrants contended that the discharge of the cannon did not make as loud report as a good Democratic cannon should make and a double charge of powder was put in. Then the cannon burst, much to the regret of all, but fortunately without injuring anyone. For a long time the can non lay in the Withers grove seldom seen by any of the town's citizens. About 20 years ago someone suggested thnt it would make a good marker for the centre of the town. The idea was adopted and the cannon was planted at the corner of Main and ('on federate st reets. Drinking Clubs Put Out of Business. I'urrospoiulonco Fort Mill Times. Columbia, Oct. IS. Columbia is undergoing a wave of municipal cleaning up. Within the last week the police have raided live of the so-called social clubs here, seizing whiskey, beer, and accessories to the amount of several thousand dollars. Several of the managers of these so-called clubs have been lined from $."><) to $10 each, while the trials of others have not as yet been held. The revival services which are being held here under the auspices of the Columbia Ministerial union are being enthusiastically attended and will be prolific of much good. The defunct Seminole Securii ; . : i lies company is again ill uie limelight. A. S. McFadden, master of Richland county, is taking testimony in the case of receivers of the company against its trustees, W. A, Clark, T. S. Bryan and Willie Jones. This is an action seeking to make the trustees responsible for the securities that they held intrust. T. S." Bryan and W. A. Clark have given testimony, which is voluminous in scope. W. A. Clark was on the stand w hen the hearing was adjourned Friday afternoon, to meet again after the Christmas holidays, probably in January. The CDiversity of South Carolina defeated the (ieorgia Medical college at football in Augusta, (la., Saturday afternoon bv a score 01 11 to u. C arolina played the new style game and made several effective plays by the use of the forward pass. Carolina showed up especially well in this name, as tlie Mods outweighed the Gamecocks lb pounds to the man. Carolina has a strong team, which will shine brightly in the constellation of Southern stars. VV. J. C. Dreamed of Hidden Gold to Find Snake. IV Some days ago a number of i Fort Mill citizens were sitting on the bandstand in Confederate park discussing the loss of an' article which one of the number ' had reported. The conversation ; r turned to a general consideration li of the things each had lost and n found, but not one of the citizens s was able to say that he had > ever found anything1 worth more ^ than a dollar. One man had ^ never lost anything worth considering. because, as he said, he t had never owned anything of j; value to lose. Finally, one of the . number spoke up to say that j some time ago he had a novel experience as the result of a', dream he had had of a bag of gold hidden on his place. In the | dream tlie hiding place of the ( treasure was under a familiar rock some distance from his home. The first thing he did ^ after breakfast the morning fol- ( lowing the dream was to go to | the rock, more or less confident that under it he would find the 1 little fortune that had been so clearly revealed t<> him the night x before. But be did not find the | bag of gold. There was no gold under the rock. Instead there ' was a copperhead comfortably v coiled up under one side of the rock which came near biting | him on the hand as he dislodged the obstruction to his * dreamed-of t rcasure. * * Senior CPss Elects Officers. i The members of t he senior class of the Fort Mill 1 ligh school, Miss-' es Fli/.abeth Nims, Isabel Massey, Ola Crowder. Aline Barber and Esther Mc.Murray. met Wcdnes- ' day morning and elected the following class oflicers: President, ? Miss McMurray; vice president. ' Miss Crowder: secretary. Miss J Nims; treasurer. Miss Massey ; j corresponding secretary, MissC Barber. IN The motto of the class is a i ] quotation from Horace, "Corpe \ diem." The colors for the class,'were white and Th<> ttow- i er chosen was sweet pea. ? , , , j > The only cotton shipped awaj ( from Fort Mill this fall was the i t 100-hale lot which the Mills ?.<: t Young Co. sold Saturday to Alex i Sprunt Son for export. 1 We Are Headquarters For lire Following: Hardware, ('rockery and Stoves, Buck's Sti el Uauges. I.iui . Cement and Plaster, 1*11 wood Field and I log Fence. Mc(.rnia k Mn'.vci- and Bakes. International (lasoline I! <_ :11- -. Shred der-. Corn Ilarve-te:.-' aid hi- liar rows, Sewei Pipe and Farm I train Tile, (irates and 'lih . Chattanooga Turn and Disc Plows, < ole's Hot P.la.-t Heaters, Wilson Heaters, Ma hii.ery. Fittings owl .u U'iml..ii' /'1 1 .rr..? ?? ani?i>v? v i I? 4 <IIM1 I Nil), Riiofiii;' <>t" sill kinds, i aim i ' Kavorito ( ruin Drills. Stalk t'utN r . Sj < k?-s a 1 Kims, (iuns and Ammunition. Rock Hill Hardware Company. Rock Hill. S. C. I \ GREAT SACI \ OF CHINc We wish to announce to the i . count of our rapidly increasinir decided to dispose of our immei China a When we say cost, we mean ^ tiling in that line for homo us other kind of presents at prict ? been olfered. In our immense Dinner Sets, Tea Sets, all kind: kind of Cut Class and Salad Se 0 kept in a first class china store. ? 1 ROCK HILL SUP T. 0. FLOWE 1ARRIAGE LICENSE FAVORED BY YORK COUNTY'S SENATOR York county's senator. Mr. \Y. I. Stewart, is in favor of a mariage license law for South Caroina and in the (leneral Assembly icxt winter will urge the pasage of such a law. Last winter .1 r. Stewart supported the bill hat was introducted proposing 0 remedy the many evils that crow out of easily contracted 5outh Carolina marriages and he s confident that he did the right hing. For some time Mr. Stewart las been gathering statistics vhieh he will use in a speech in he senate advocating the passage >f a license law. lie is of the pinion that such a law probably vill be enacted at the li)l 1 session >f the (leneral Assembly. Much lepends on the position taken vith reference t?> the matter by lovcrnor Mlease. but it isgeneraly thought that he will favor such 1 law, though he has not said vhat his nl t it ml?> w ill l?.> Last winter only a few votes vere lacking to place a marriage icense law on the statute hooks ind the impression became more >r less general throughout the >tate that such a law had been >assed by the Oeneral Assembly. I'he clerk of court of Cireenwood :ounty under a misapprehension vent so far as to issue a marriage icense. flu; license was. of nurse, supertluous. as there was 10 law requiring it. Civil Verdict Against Manslayer. Mrs. Mary \Y. Farmer, widow >f the late C onstable .lames P. "armer. who was killed three ears ago by Wade Hampton tellers, former notorious blind iger, at Sellers' house in Colum>ia, while the odicer was trying o enter and search the dwelling, vas given 1>\ a Richland common >leas jur\ Saturday damages igainst Sellers in the sum of >5.000. She surd for $25,000 under laim that it was incumbent on tellers to provide for her and her 'amily. Sellers having deprived hem of their natural support, tellers will probably contest the ase further. One of Mrs. Farner's lawyers was Solicitor J. K. lenry, of Chester. L1NBACK & ELAM, (POI'l'I.AR .IKWKI.KKS) CHARLOTTE, N. C. West Trade St., Near Square. k,Tho I if tin uii?U fU/\ # kiailU OlUlt TY I I II lilt; Big Stock." We are j*cttini? in tremendous storks of the most select lines of Jewelry. Watches, Silverware, Cut tilas- and Holiday <Io?k1s. Our stock has the variety that you want when you select a Wedding or 1 loliday < lift. 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