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F The Fort Mill Times. [ VOLUME 19 NO. 30. FORT MILL, S. C? THURSDAY, CJTOBER 27. 1910. S) as ppp vt,JT1 ~ COLUMBIA NOW IN READINESS FOR GREATEST STATE FAIR l{^ P Correspondence Fort Mill Times. I Columbia, Oct. 25.? Columbia ' is all aquiver with preparations j for the coming State fair. Even now the drone of the faker is heard on the air. The exhibit of live stock this year will surpass in quality and quantity that i of any previous year. There are now many blooded racers being exercised on the race track. President Mobley in speaking of the fair said that present indications are that it will be the most magnificent fair ever held. The Columbia chamber of commerce is _ A_ il. _ 1 V 1 1_ at tne neim, rusning everytmng to minute completeness. All depends on the weather, which the local weather bureau forecasts as cold and clear for Fair week. The dates for the fair are October 31 to November 4, inclusive. The automobile races are announced to take place Saturday, the day after the fair closes, but the visitors will be so thoroughly apprised of the events that it is expected many will remain in Columbia to see the cars whirl around the course. On the nights of November 1, 2 and 3 the fair grounds will be open for visitors. This is a new departure and, the fair society believes, one that will prove , popular. Over $5,000 in prizes will be awarded to the winning horses in the trotting and running events of the track. This has always proved a popular attraction at the fair and the races this year promise to be superior in every way to all previous fairs. The following days have been designated as special days: Tuesday, school or educational day; Wednesday, Pythian day; Thursday, good roads day; Friday, agricultural day; Hon. James Wilson, secretary of agriculture, will probably be present and discuss timely subjects for the betterment of crops and farm life. A petition has been presented to Solicitor W. H. Cobb for the ? speedy trial of Ed Byrd, the negro who is alleged to have com- j mitted criminal assault upon a young white woman in the north-; eastern section of the city on October 18. Under the law the solicitor must ask the governor for a special trial of this character. The law governing such matters requires that three weeks elapse from the day the governor orders a special trial and the con-' vening of a special term of court. A large real estate deal, of interest throughout the State, was consummated here last week. The old Agricultural hall was sold to a syndicate of young business men for $52,500. This old hall was the cradle of the G. M. I. Here B. R. Tillman intoned lullabies to the precarious infant, and the State rocked it into its graft-girthed and infamous manhood. W. J. C. Ideal Crop-gathering Weather. So far, the fall of 1910 has been almost ideal for gathering the cotton crop of this section. Since cotton picking became general about four weeks ago there have 1 been only three days of inclement i weather in which the work could | not be prosecuted. As a conse-1 quence, half the crop has been 1 gathered on many farms. During the spring and early summer the fear was generally expressed that the continued rains would ; tend to retard the maturity of the late bolls and that the crop would therefore be short, unless the I warm weather continued later than usual. The warm weather has continued later than usual, happily, and to the fact will be due the yield of many bales of cotton which otherwise would have rotted in the fields. Not only have the farmers profited bv the influence of the weather! conditions upon their cotton, but the spring-like warmth of the last month has made it possible for them to gather all their corn in good condition as well as an abundance of fine hay for stock feeding this winter. All of which means that the farmers of this section are in good condition with a cotton crop in excess of the average, which is selling at more than 14 cents per pound, and with many other things essential to successful farming. 1 " Bk' IF ALL REMAINED IN FORT MILL TOWN WOULD SOON BE A CITY If all the North Carolina couples which come to Fort Mill to be married stayed here instead of returning to their Old North State homes Fort Mill would be a real city within the course of a few years, according to the calculations of a resident who finds pleasure in pulling his stubby lead pencil from behind his ear and figuring up the probable totals to let his friends know that he is a good mathematician. Monday this mathematician got busy with his little lead pencil and after adding and multiplying two or three rows of figures announced that the increase in the town's population would amount to 104 people a year from North Carolina if her runaways and others who come here to be married settled in Fort Mill, allowing one coupie per weeK and not taking into account the probable increase of population from these marriages. One couple per week to Fort Mill from North Carolina on marriage bent is a conservative estimate. Not infrequently three couples come here in one week to be married, all from "across the line." So regular has been the Sunday afternoon calls in recent months for his services to tie the marital knot for Tarheel couples, that Magistrate John VV. McElhaney does not venture far from home after dinner on the first day of the week. When the whistle of train No. 27 greets the town Magistrate McElhaney correctly reckons that a job is coming his way which will arrive in about 15 minutes. Not often are his reckonings at fault. Last Sunday afternoon, however, it took O. L. Wren and Miss Maude Sarratt, of Lin wood, N. C., 20 minutes to reach Magistrate McElhaney's home after the town signal of 27 was heard. Corn Club Members Report. Returns are being received from the members of the York County Corn club, the nurnosp nf whioh as outlined at the organization of the club in Yorkville last spring, is to encourage a greater yield per acre. Thus far reports have been received from 12 members of the club, each of whom entered the contest for the county's prize acre, and the totals indicate an average production of 55 bushels per acre. The following is the list of members who have reported and the amount of corn each produced on one acre: Ray Bankhead, Sharon, 73 bushels and six pounds; Robt. Jones, Yorkville, 50 bushels and six pounds; Banks Stephenson, Yorkville, 53 bushels and 28 pounds; Lewis Good, Yorkville, 40 bushels and 10 pounds; Wade Mitchell, Rock Hill, 48 bushels and 16 pounds; Paul Anderson, Rock Hill, 66 bushels and 11 pounds; Grier McFadden, Rock Hill, 61 bushels; Maiden Zinker. Rock Hill, 57 bushels and 50 pounds; Willie Good, Sharon, 53 bushels; Clyde Good, Hickory Grove, 65 bushels and 30 pounds; P. Arrowood. Hiekorv 55 bushels; Lester Zinker, Rock Hill. 46 bushels and 30 pounds. Will Move to Columbia. Pineville is to lose one of its best known and most substantial families when, within a few weeks, Mr. and Mrs. W. Lee Fisher and their daughter, Miss Eunice, move to Columbia. Mr. Fisher has two sons, Ward and Connor Fisher, and a daughter, Mrs. L. R. Culp, who reside in the capital city and it is with the view of his entire family being close together that Mr. Fisher has decided to give up his home ;n i? i ' - ui x iiicy inc. i 1U I Ul^> IL'tlSt'U Illi> plantation to Massey Culp, who will take charge of it January 1. Pay for Attending Drills. Members of the National Guard of South Carolina will learn with interest of the plan on foot to pay thern for attending drills. A definite outline of the program to this effect is expected to he adopted in Columbia next week when a meeting of the officers of the National Guard will be held. It is stated that the members of the National Guard are hopeful that the plans will materialize. IF DEMOCRATS WIN THE HOUSE SOUTHERN MEN WILL CONTROL 1 ?? The election f .. .viio nence of a Democratic house of represenatives, as interpreted by those familiar with congressional procedure, would mean that for the next two years the control of the lower branch of congress would be in the hands of men who live south of the Mason and Dixon i line. The North would have no voice in the conduct of the business of the house. Of course, with a Republican senate and a Republican president, there would be a practical stagnation i in legislation hut surh npnocwwr \ I o 1 J | bills as might be passed would ( be dictated, both as to form and 1 substance, by Southern Demo- * crats. As is well known, practically ( all the legislation enacted by con- ! gress is formulated in the com- 1 mittees. The membership of 1 the committees of the house is ' regulated by seniority service. * With a few exceptions the Demo- * cratic membership of the present 1 j house come from Southern States. 1 j A Democratic victory this fall 1 would mean that the places of ; ] j power now held by Illinois, Minnesota, Michigan, Iowa and 1 other Northern States would be ( turned over to Southern States 1 like Texas, Virginia, Mississippi ! and Georgia. Democratic success would put Champ Clark, of Missouri, in the * speaker's chair. A Democratic ( house would mean that Illinois 1 would lose the chairmanship of I the committee on interstate and ( foreign commerce, one of the * most important committees of ' the house. This place would be ( filled by Representative Adam- 1 son, of Georgia. Georgia would 1 j also triumph over Illinois on * i another committee, Representa- 1 tlve Hardwick going to the head * of the committee on coinage, 1 weights and measures; and either 1 David E. Finley, of South Caro- ! lina, or John A. Moon, of Ten- 1 nessee, would succeed John W. ' ; Weeks, of Massachusetts, as ! ; chairman of the committee on postoffice and postroads. 1 Brother Against Brother. The Charlotte papers of Saturday told of an incident of the congressional campaign in that district which is out of the ordi- ' nary. Friday night the Republi- ; cans arranged for a meeting to1 be held in the Odd Fellows' hall in North Charlotte at which their ! nominee, Mr. S. iS. McNinch, was to speak. The Democrats knew nothing of the Republican meeting and went to the hall to 1 listen to a speech by Mr. F. R. 1 McNinch, brother of Mr. S. S. McNinch, who was down on the ] boards to tell them why they | should vote for the reelection of I Congressman E. Y. Webb. The { Republicans reached the hall 1 | first, but the Democrats, not to be outdone, held a meeting on the street in front of the hall, j and while Mr. S. S. McNinch was inside giving sundry reasons why he should be sent to Con1 gress, his brother was a few feet away on the outside, standing on a dry goods box, telling the voters j that no greater mistake could be J made than to indorse the robber tariff, ship subsidy, sectionalism, etc., of the Republican party by i electing S. S. McNinch. __1 Southern Cities Show Big Gains. ( With the exception of Memphis, census returns from nr*u? tically all the leading Southern , cities have been announced for 1910. It is believed that the census bureau was ready to an- j ( nounce the figures some time ago, but that they have been held up at the solicitation of Memphis business men. It is intimated , that the showing was such that Memphis people were greatly (lis- , satisfied. Here are some figures for the leading Southern cities returned to date: City. 1910. 1900. New Orleans 339,075 2X7,104 Louisville 223,928 204,731 Atlanta 154,839 89,872 Birmingham 132,685 38,415 Nashville 110,364 80,865 San Antonio 96,614 53,321 Dallas 92,104 42,638 Houston. 78,800 44,688 Fort Worth. 73,312 26,688 Mobile 61,521 38,469 . Savannah 65,084 54,244 ^ FORT MILL'S LIQUOR RECEIPTS A aRE CONSTANTLY DECREASING Accepting: the receipts of the! express company as a basis on t which to form an estimate, there a has been a marked decrease in c the amount of whiskey consumed c in Fort Mill in the last few years, notwithstanding: the fact that S there are more people here today 0 than at any time in the past. A r number of reasons are given for a this happy condition of affairs. 1; not the least of which, perhaps, k is the steadily growing sentiment for temperance among the peo- e pie. Twenty years ago, when r Port Mill had a population of 600, 1 there was to be seen more drunk- 1 jnness than there is today, with *] the population of the town close c to 2,000. a Another reason given for the c constantly decreasing consump- s tion of whiskey is the fact that i t is so much more troublesome c lu oouun now tnan it was form- t erly, when there were saloons in [ Charlotte and Salisbury. Now s :he nearest point from which t whiskey can be ordered is Richmond, Va., 400 miles away, and c lot a few of those who perhaps t would order a case or a jug of 'I "wet goods" were it to be had o nearby do not go to the trouble q >f having it sent to them from so J; ^reat a distance. Furthermore, / t seems less respectable to drink t iquor now than it was some s ^ears ago and to this cause is at- p ;ributed the abstinence of scores v )f young wen who might other- u wise indulge of the flowing bowl. c Still another reason for the de- t creased consumption of liquor is b rttributed to the new Federal f aw which prohibits anyone or- [\ lering whiskey in the name of v mother. Formerly it was the s practice of numbers of white men :o order their whiskey in the name of a negro resident of the :own and then send to the express oflice and get it, often r without the negro having the t least knowledge of his name hav- f ing thus been used by one who r did not wish the public to know j that he had ordered whiskey, i Now this cannot be done. Con- ? sress has stopped the practice as r it has stopped C. 0. D. ship- c ments of whiskey. t , . , t g Thornwell-Reid Marriage. In the Fort Mill Presbyterian j church at 8:d0 o'clock yesterday c evening, Miss Frances Harriet \ Vf :i I 1 ** niuiinvcii, in run, mill, mill iVl r. ! I EdwinS. Reid, of Chatham, Va., t were married. The Rev. R. G. s McLees, brother-in-law of the) bride, assisted by the Rev. Mr. j 4 Pruden, of Chatham, Va., of- t ficiated, using the double ring; f ceremony. ! s The bride wore a gown of I r pearl studded lace over satin, her veil being fastened with a pearl brooch, a family heirloom. She carried a shower bouquet of lilies-of-the- valley. The maids of honor were Miss t Isabel Grier, of Fort Mill, and c Miss Julia Meador, of Atlanta. 0 Both wore white crepe de chine a and carried hi ide roses. t The ushers were Messrs. Mur-! 1 ray Mack, Richard Fulp, Allison I o Thornwell, of Atlanta, and Robt. f Fewell, of Rock Hill, the best ~ man being Mr. Patton Cole, of ? Virginia. As the bridal party entered I the church Lohengrin's wedding 11 march was played by Miss Eliza- I beth Sheppard, of Virginia, with Mr. Halcot Poag, of Rock Hill, on the violin. Mendelssohn's "Spring Song" was played softly during the ceremony. The bride was given away by Mr. Earle Thorn well, her brother. Miss Elizabeth Ardrey and Master J. B. Mills carried the ring, hidden in a rosebud. After the ceremony the bride and groom were given a reception at the home of Dr. and Mrs. J. B Elli *t.t and at 10:30 o'clock took the train for their future home in Chatham, Va. Many handsome presents were given the young couple, among them a chest of silver from the groom's family and another from the family of the bride. New Building Occupied. The classes of the Fort Mill graded school moved into the new building Monday morning. The j old building will be sold. : 11LLION-DOLLAR UNIVERSITY FOR SOUTHERN PRESBYTERIANS Plans are well under way for he establishment in Atlanta of i million-dollar male university if the Southern Presbyterian hurch. The church has just reently finished pushing the enlowment of Agnes Scott college, lear Atlanta, up to $1,000,000, ind this institution is one of the argest and highest grade of its :ind in the world. it will oe remembered that sevral years ago an effort was nade to merge several of the Yesbyterian colleges and estabish in Atlanta a great university, ^he city of Atlanta raised a fund ?f $250,000 as an inducement and .s a gift to the proposed consolilated college in Atlanta. The ubscriptions of this nature are n the hands of a Presbyterian ommittee, and it is not believed hat there will be much difficulty n reviving practically all of the ubscriptions, if $750,000 is raised >y the church at .large. The matter is beginning to take lefinite shape through the action wo weeks ago of the Paris, ""exas, presbytery, which has vertured the synod of Texas, revesting that synod to take the nitiative in the establishment in Atlanta of the Southern Presbyerian church's greatest univerity. They recommend the appointment of a board of directors, rho shall elect a president, and rge that plans be pushed to ompletion and charter be obained and all details completed y the meeting of the Southern Yesbyterian General Assembly n 1012, the object being in this ray to be ready to open the chool in the fall of 1013. , , , "The Use of Lime on Land." A pamphlet containing infornation which should be of inerest and practical benefit to the armers of the South, and which nay be had for the asking, has ust been issued by the land and ndustrial department of the Southern railway. The pamihlet treats of "The Use of Lime in Land,'' and tells of the benefits o be derived in this way. Quotaions are given from agricultural luthorities and from bulletins ssued by the United States de>artmentof agriculture and variius State departments, telling on vhat kind of land lime should be ised, for what crops it will bring he best results, and how it hould be applied. A copy of the pamphlet on 'The Use of Lime on Land" may e had on application to any reight traffic representative or tation agent of the Southern ailwav. Rural School Institute at Winthrop. The second annual meeting of he Rural School and Homeinstiute is to be held at Winthrop ollege Saturday. All members if the organization are urged to ittend the meeting and invitaions have been extended to the armers and their wives nmt i laughters of this section to be >resent. What We Oi Every facility for the i tion of business account: making' and developing indeed, every advantage to further business intert PINEVILLE LOAN AND The policy of this insti banking will permit; ev< carefully safeguarded, ai courteous treatment and We respectfully solicit The Pineville Loan GEO. W. BUN( PINEVILLE mmmmt DEATH OF DAVID BENNET HILL RECALLS HIS PRESENCE HERE Upon reading the announcement of the death of Senator David B. Hill a few days ago, a citizen of this section recalled that Fort Mill missed by the narrowest kind of a margin the pleasure of hearing a speech by the eminent New Yorker 18 years ago. It was back in 1892 and Senator Hill was touring the South in the interest of his candidacy for the Democratic nomination for the presidency. Word was received that Senator Hill would pass through Fort Mill one afternoon in the spring of that year and a hundred or more men, anxious to see a possible president of the United States, gathered at the depot to await the arrival of the train on which Senator Hill was traveling. When the train rolled in all joined in a hurrah for Hill and in response to the enthusiastic calls for him. Senator Hill was seen coining- to the rear end of his coach, ostensibly to make a speech. But just as he reached the platform the train pulled out and the crowd was left in disappointment. Nearly all those who had gone to the depot to see Senator Hill preferred him to Grover Cleveland as the Democratic nominee, but after Mr. Cleveland was put up as the party's standard-bearer all turned out and voted for him. Wai on False Weights. The campaign against false weights and measures is being waged in various towns in South Carolina. A few days ago Governor Ansel received ate quest for a set of test weights to be sent to Lancaster county. The governor has ordered them and they will be furnished the clerk of court. The cost is about $35. There is an old law requiring a set of test weights to be kept in the office of the clerk of court. In Orangeburg, city council has taken up the matter of alleged false weights and will pass an ordinance for the protection of the buying public, so that when a purchase is made of a pound of any commodity a pound will be received and not a few ounces less than the required weight. Not only will the ordinance which will be drafted carry a penalty for articles weiirhed and measured from bulk, but it will also require all packages which come ready put up to conform with the ordinance of full measure and weight. Baby Named for Mr. Blease. In the recent Democratic primary election Fort Mill gave Governor-elect Cole L. Blease more than two-thirds majority over his opponent, Mr. C. C. Featherstone. It is not surprising therefore that among his numerous friends in this section one should honor the governor-elect by naming a recently arrived baby boy for him. The stork visited the home of Mr. and Mrs. W. P. Epps in the Gold Hill neighborhood a few days ago and left a bouncing boy who will be christened Coleman Blease Epps. Ffer You prompt and careful transacs, every accommodation for business investments, and, that modern banking affords iL.fo ,.or i i... a. in UIICU'll uy II1U SAVINGS BANK. tut ion is as liberal as sound ?ry dollar deposited here is nd every patron is accorded careful consideration, your account. and Savings Bank, :H, Cashier , Iff. c. I