Fort Mill times. (Fort Mill, S.C.) 1892-current, October 27, 1910, Image 1
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[ 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
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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
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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.
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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
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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
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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 \
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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.
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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
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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.
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"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
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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
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