' The Fort Mill Times.
I VOLUME 19?NO. 35. FORT MILL, S. C., THURSDAY, DECEMBER 1, 1910. $1.25 PER YEAR
1NEW FORT MILL BANK ASSURED
SAY THE PRINCIPAL PROMOTERS
The statement was made yesterday
morning by one of the
i\ >,* promoters of the new Fort Mill
bank of which mention was made
.' in The Times last week that all
doubt as to the organization of
the bank was dispelled a few
days ago when favorable responses
to the efforts of himself
and others to dispose of stock in
the institution were received
from a number of the community's
substantial citizens upon
whose financial interest in the
nrnrviaitinn rlononrlorl tVio ciifnnce
or failure of the undertaking.
l have been a number of
workers for the new bank
aS. v cne statement that the institution
is assured will be accepted
as final. During the last week
considerable time has been devoted
to interesting the farmers
of the community particularly in
the bank and the solicitors are
pleased with the substantial way
'in which a number of them have
subscribed for stock.
Indeed the bank is now so far
assured that a meeting of those
to whom stock has been sold will
be held Thursday afternoon,
when it is purposed to complete
the organization by electing officers
and applying to the secretary
of state for a charter. As
yet It is not definitely known
what the capital stock of the
bank will be, but this phase of
the organization will likewise be
settled at the meeting Thursday I
afternoon. Another matter which
likely will be considered at the I
meeting is the offer of owners
of Maim street lots to put up a
building for the bank. The location
of the bank building is considered
an important matter by |
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to be the general desire to accept
one of two sites which have been
tendered for the purpose.
So far there has been little if
anything said about the probable
personnel of the officers of the
bank and no one seems to care to
guess who will compose the board
of directors or who will be elected
president or cashier, though the
supposition^ that the directorate
^ w will in the main be composed of
the largest stockholders.
Anotncr matter of interest in
connection with the bank is the
date on which its doors will open
for business. This will be determined
largely, it is said, by
the progress made in erecting the
bank building. Work on the
building probably will begin before
the Christmas holidays, but
there is little hope that the building
will be completed before
February 1.
Practical Talk on Soil Enrichment.
Farmers from all sections of
York county assembled in Rock
Hill Wednesday to hear addresses
by Prof. J. L. Goodrich and J. C.
Beavers, sent there by the United
States department of agriculture
at the request of the Rock Hill
chamber of commerce. These
gentlemen are connected with the
government bureau of soil industry.
Prof. Goodrich is a practical
farmer. He used a large number
\of illustrative charts and diagrams,
all gotten up from actual
farming operations at places he
was familiar with. His address
was on "Soil Fertility," and he
, showed in a graphic manner how
farmers are losing thousands of
dollars a year not only by using
the wrong combinations of fertilizers
but in using fertilizers at
all when a crop of legumes would
enrich certain soils better than
any artificial fertilizers.
He laid special stress on crop
rotation, and the best way to
handle the various lands?black
i'ack, sandy, clay and loam soils,
le showed how the actual cash
returns per acre had been in
many cases doubled and the land
itself enriched to a great extent
by raising legumes and rotating
the crop, whereas with the same
crop every year the land becomes
impoverished.
The whole trend of his address
was that farmers rely too much
on artificial fertilizers and pay
too little attention to the immense
value of the legumes
which nature tells the farmers
to plant?in other words, nature
furnishes humus-makers and nitrogen-gatherers.
TWO PICTURES
Picture No. 1.
A beautiful grove for a back
ground; a neatly painted, attractive
school house, with surroundings
clean and neat. Mount the
piazza steps, pass through a hat,
cloak and fuel room, and behold
the interior: floor clean, desks
well kept, a beautiful vase of
flowers on the teacher's table, a
few pretty sprays of autumn
leaves here and there in the room,
15 or 20 bright-faced pupils, and
an earnest teacher. There you
have a picture of the Latta school,
near Yorkville, as I saw it one
day last week, presided over by
Miss Eugenia Simpson.
Picture No. 2.
A 1 I 1 1
.tt. scnmu nouse situated in a
pretty grove; grounds neglected;
a large part of the weatherboarding
torn from the front of the
building, and half of the window
panes missing. Climb a rickety
set of steps leading to an interior
that seems to have been given
over to the hands of a vandal:
walls covered from floor to ceiling
with chalk and pencil marks;
floor strewn with papers and
trash; stove in an unsightly condition;
desks soiled and deeply
carved by some rude hand. This
' is a picture of school in I
York county.
Ninety-five per cent, of our
boys and girls never enter any
wails of learning other than these
rural schools of our county.
Which of the two schools depicted
above will do more to give
us the citizenship we desire?
Leila A. Russell,
County Supervisor of Elementary
Rural Schools.
The 1910 Cotton Crop.
A total of 11,445,000 bales is |
the final estimate of the New
Orleans Times-Democrat for the
cotton crop of 1910, as based
on reports from correspondents
through the cotton belt. This
forecast relates to the growth of
the year and is exclusive of lint- j
era, repacks, etc.
By States the crop is given as
follows: Alabama 1,165,000, Arkansas
700,000, Georgia and Florida
1,825,000, Louisiana 255,000,
Mississippi 1,200,000, North Carolina
700,000, Oklahoma 900,000, j
South Carolina 1,200,000, Ten-!
nessee 300,000, Texas 3,200,000. 1
Lectures on "Titheing."
At Flint Hill Baptist church
Sunday morning and at Fort Mill
Baptist church Sunday evening
the congregations are promised
an interesting discussion of the
subject of "Titheing" by Mr.
W. C. Thomson, of Lancaster.
Mr. Thomson has not only practiced
titheing in his own affairs
for the last 20 years but has
made a careful study of the subject.
He is therefore peculiarly
qualified to speak of titheing in
a way that should be of interest
to all who are interested in church
work. The Rev. Mr. Hair, pastor
of Flint Kill and Fort Mill
churches, extends a cordial invitation
to all Christians to attend
the lectures.
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Long isroagnt Broken.
Sunday afternoon for the first
| time since early in October there
was sufficient rain in this section
to be of consequence. The long
drought was broken by the rain
beginning with irregular showers
in the afternoon followed by a
steady downpour Sunday night
for an hour or more. Since the
first week in October barely
enough rain had fallen in this
section to settle the dust, which
had become so stifling in the
streets and country roads as to
make travel over them exceedingly
uncomfortable.
The long drought also had the
effect of interfering with the
work of a number of cotton mills
in this section depending upon
j the Southern Power company for
electric power to operate their
machinery. For weeks there has
! been less water in the Catawba
river than for vears and the
^ Dower comnanv has found it. nor
| essary in consequence to withdraw
the current from a number
of its secondary subscribers. In
Rock Hill a number of mills have
been closed for several days, but
in Fort Mill the mills have not
been similarly affected.
COTTON CONTRACTS FOR FUTURE i
DELIVERY HELD ENFORCEABLE
A case was tried in the term
of superior court which has just
closed in Greenville, N. C., that
is of especial interest to growers
and buyers of cotton, as it es- i
tablishes the validity of contracts
to sell cotton for future
delivery. The custom prevails
more or less in the cotton belt
for farmers to make contracts in
the spring to sell their cotton in
the fall at a specified price. It
is remembered that last year
much cotton was sold in this way,
and the price advancing several
cents Detween tne time 01 making
the contract and the time of delivery.
There were many farmers
who refused to make delivery
of cotton as contracted. In some
instances suits were entered
against the sellers for the difference
in the price of cotton at
the time it should have been delivered.
It was one of these
cases that was tried, entitled
H. A. Gray vs. Verner Carson,
and the verdict of the jury was
in favor of the plaintiff, judgment
being rendered against the
defendant for the difference in
the price of the cotton,
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Helms Boy Acquitted.
The case of the State against
Gati Helms, 14-year-old boy,
charged with murder, was called
in the general sessions court in
Yorkville at 10 o'clock Friday
morning and the boy was acquitted
within the hour. The
case against the boy grew out of
a fight he had on August 27 with
Aubrey Culp, another boy practically
the same age, in the
public highway near Gold Hill
school in Fort Mill township.
Helms struck the Culp boy on the
head with a dinner pail and the
latter died of concussion of the
brain two days later.
The first witness put upon the
stand was W. M. Culp, father of
the dead boy, who testified as to
his son's age, etc. Eli Bailes,
12 years old, was next called as
a witness for the defense. He
was present at the fight between
the boys and swore that the Culp
boy attempted to cut Gati Helms
with a pocket knife. Dr. J. B.
Elliott, who attended the wounded
boy, testified that he died of
concussion of the brain.
No speeches were made by
either the lawyers for the defense
or the State and the case
was quickly given to the jury.
After 20 minutes' deliberation
the jury rendered a verdict of
not guilty.
"No Bill" Displeases Magistrate.
Magistrate John W. McElhaney
was complaining Monday
morning of the failure of the
York grand jury to find a true
bill against Jacob Weathers, a
negro who was sent up by Magistrate
McElhaney some weeks ago
for assault and battery with
intent to kill. At the preliminary
hearing of the case against
Weathers, a number of witnesses
testified that Weathers had struck
a negro boy named Reed in the
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neau wnn a rocK. i ne same i
witnesses are said to have stated
before the grand jury that they
had no knowledge of the assault.
Mr. McElhaney thinks these witnesses
should be indicted for
perjury.
Bailes-Bradford.
An approaching marriage of i
much interest to the friends of
the parties is announced as follows:
"Mr. and Mrs. Z. T. Bailes
request the honor of your presence
at the marriage of their daughter
Rosa Mae,
to J
Mr. Edward Guy Bradford,
on Friday afternoon, December the
23rd at 3*30 nVlm'k
Flint Hill Baptist Church,
Fort Mill, South Carolina."
Miss Bailes is the only daughter
of Mr. and Mrs. Z. T. Bailes and
is popular with a wide circle of
friends in York and Mecklenburg
counties. Her father is one of
Fort Mill township's well-to-do
planters who resides near Flint
Hill church. Mr. Bradford is a
well known young Fort Mill man.
j Following the marriage a reception
will be given at the home
I of the bride's parents.
ADDRESS BY PROF. W. H. HAND
IN SCHOOL AUDITORIUM FRIDAY
Considerable interest is felt in
school circles over the address
which is to be delivered in the
auditorium of the graded school
buildidg Friday evening by Prof.
W. H. Hand, State high school
inspector. For some time the
superintendent and trustees of
the school have been trying to
arrange for Prof. Hand to deliver
an address in the interest of the
school work and now that he has
agreed to come and the date of
his visit is definitely fixed, it is
hoped that as many friends of
the school as can be present will
take advantage of the opportunity
to hear what Prof. Hand
will have to say. Prof. Hand has
not announced the subject of his
address, but it is certain that he
will have a message to deliver
which will prove not only interesting
but helpful to the
school. He has rendered valuable
service in the interest of high
school improvement since he became
connected with the University
of South Carolina a few
years ago and is thoroughly acquainted
with the various phases
of the work.
In addition to the address of
Prof. Hand, brief but interesting
exercises are promised by a number
of pupils of the school.
Fast Auto Time to Charlotte.
By reason of the fact that there
is considerable automobile travel
between Fort Mill and Charlotte
there is much speed rivalry
among the autoists in negotiating
the trip in the shortest time.
This rivalry resulted Thanksgiving
afternoon in VV. B. Ardrey
breaking his own northbound
record for the trip, 231-2 miles,
in his E.-M.-F. Flanders in 491-2
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uuiiuiea. x iiu ni si i nines
of the road is rough and hilly,
the remaining 16 miles being
macadam. Accompanying Mr.
Ardrey were Dr. and Mrs. J. L.
Spratt and Capt. T. B. Spratt.
Comparing Mr. Ardrey's record
with the schedule time of the
Southern passenger trains between
Fort Mill and Charlotte
and basing the calculation upon
similar mileage, it will be seen
that there is six minutes in favor
of the automobile. With the
prospect in the near future of a
shorter and better road to the
North Carolina line it is expected
that the automobile time beween
the two points will be reduced
to slightly more than 30 minutes.
Death of Mrs. Mary J. Bell.
A telegram was received by
Mrs. E. M. Ardrey Sunday afternoon
bearing the sad intelligence
of the death of her sister, Mrs.
Mary J. Bell. Mrs. Bell died at
the home of her brother, James
L. DeLaney, in Charlotte Sunday
afternoon at 4 o'clock, after an
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weeks ago Mrs. Bell was taken
from her home in Providence to
a Charlotte hospital for treatment,
but was later removed to
the home of her brother for the
winter. She was 66 years old
and was the widow of Ross
Bell. Since the death of her
husband Mrs. Bell had made her
home with her sister, Mrs. W. T.
Robinson, in Providence. She is
survived by two brothers, J. S.
Delaney, of Weddington, and
J. W. Delaney, of Providence,
and three sisters, Mrs. E. M.
Ardrey, of Fort Mill; Mrs. J. C.
Garrison, of Newell, and Mrs.
W. T. Robinson, of Providence.
The funeral took place Monday
afternoon at 2 o'clock at Harrison
church, of which Mrs. Bell had
long been a member. The interment
was in the church yard.
Scholarship at Annapolis.
United States Senator E. D.
Qmit K Vioo owonrpn/i -frw o
Miiutii nao ai inu^vu iui a i-wii ipetitive
examination to be held
! in Columbia on F riday, December
9, for the award of a scholarship
to Annapolis. The examination
is open to young men
i between the ages of 16 and 2C
years, but it will be a waste of
time for any young nran whose
physical condition is impaired tc
compete for the scholarship. Full
information as to the examination
can be secured by addressing
Senator E. D. Smith, Florence,
IS. C.
MANY RURAL PHONES
Of the many attractive features
of country life in Fort Mill
township and in the Pleasant
Valley section of Lancaster county
not the least is the convenience
of the rural telephone lines
which connect with the central
office in Fort Mill. These lines
rob life on the farm of the feeling
of isolation of which many
complained before the rural telephone
was generally introduced.
The work of installing telephones
in country homes in this
section has gone on rapidily
in the last few years and it is
now doubtful whether there is
in all South Carolina a like
amount of rural territory which
boasts as many telephones as
are to be found in Fort Mill
and Pleasant Valley. These rural
lines are a part of the Fort
Mill exchange and they extend
not only to all parts of Fort Mill
and the panhandle of Lancaster
county, but cross the North Carolina
line and reach into the
Steel Creek section of Mecklenburg
county, connecting with
both the local exchange and the
Pineville exchange.
The directory of tho Fort Mill
telephone exchange now contains
the names of 325 subscribers
and the list is constantly
growing. The service is as good
as that to be found in any small
town and theeqiiipmeht is looked
after closely by the owner, Mr.
S. L. Meacham, and his assistants.
More than one effort has
been made by the telephone trust
to absorb the local system, but
Mr. Meacham has refused to sell
and so far there has been no
indication of the trust entering
this territory with local lines.
Mrs. Cook Tells Truth.
Dexter, Ky. ? In a signed statement,
Mrs. Cook tells the truth
about how Cardui brought back
her health and strength. She
savs. "I could not crft iinv
until I tried Cardui, the woman's
tonic. I suffered more or less
for 10 years, and was so weak
and nervous I could hardly do my
house work. Now I am in better
health than ever before, am
regular as clock work, do not
suffer at all, and pain strength
everyday." Thousands of women
have been helped back to health
| by Cardui. Try it.
A Valuable Gift.
To the first 50 subscribers, new
or old, who pay their subscriptions
a year in advance, The
Times will give free of charge
a year's subscription to the
Southern Agriculturist, Nashville,
Tenn., worth 50 cents.
The Times has only 50 subscriptions
to this fine semi-monthly
farm paper to dispose of in
this way, and the first calls will
get them. Do you want one?
Sample copies of the Southern
Agriculturist may be had free of
charge at this office.
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SOUTHERN POWER COMPANY
GETS IMPORTANT FRANCHISES
Announcement was made Saturday
night of the purchase by
the Southern Power company of
the property and franchises of
the Charlotte Consolidated Construction
company, embracing
the Charlotte street car lines,
with 26 miles of trackage, gas
and electric lighting systems and
power plant. The consideration
is not given.
It is said that the Southern
Power company has been projecting
extensive interurban trolley
lines in this section, but was
handicapped at every point on
the Charlotte inlet by the local
company, which held a blanket
franchise. The absorption of
the local company indicates that
the plans of the purchasers will
shortly be realized.
A Freakish Tree Stump.
There may be trees that continually
drip water, but Barnwell
county has a freak of nature
that is in a class entirely by
itself. About 40 years ago a
large pine tree on the farm of
Dred Owens was cut down, and
the stump today is at? solid and
full of life as when the tree was
first felled. A gentleman, who
doubted the truth of the story,
cut Into the stump with an axe,
and to his surprise the sap
(turpentine) exuded as freely
and quickly as from a growing
tree. The wood of the tree is as
bright as when first cut.
Infringement Costs County $500.
The county board of commissioners
has secured a compromise
of the claims of Mr. S. T. Stowe,
of Charlotte, for alleged infringement
of his patent rights in con
necuon wnn me county s porta Die
convict camp on a promise to pay
$500, says the Yorkville Envuirer.
The county is to have the future
right to use the patent rights
involved.
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For Particular People.
Our Vanilla and Lemon Extracts
are from one to two years
old. We know it, because we
age them right here in our own
house especially for our own consumption
in making ice cream.
| Like some other good things, age
! improves the flavor and strengthens
it. Buying in large bulk
quantities we can sell a superior
article at the price you usually
get the ordinary and much of it
considerably under the ordinary.
You will probably lind it to your
advantage to come to us for
other flavors, also Chocolate,
Cocoa, Gelatine, etc.
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