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VOLUME 19 -NO. 50. FORT MILL, S. C.. THURSDAY, MARCH 16, 1911. 11.25 PER YEAR
THROUGH FIRST NATIONAL DOOR
CUSTOMERS ARE NOW PASSING
\r After a delay of several days, !
occasioned by the lagging in
transit of the plate glass windows
for the front of the buildin#.
the First National Bank
opened its doors for business |
Thursday morning in its attractive
new quarters, beautifully fur'
nished throughout and conveniently
arranged in detail. The;
counting room in furnished in
mahogany and marble and the i
walls are tinted with green, ;
1 lending a pleasing contrast to the
whole. In the rear of the counting
room are consultation offices |
for the president, vice-president, J
| cashier and board of directors. '
These rooms are simply but tasti-1
ly furnished and the walls are i
similar to those in the counting i
room. One of the best steel j
safes, which the manufacturers
claim is burglar-proof, has been
installed in the commodious
vault.
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lTiditj' visiuuih Ucive caiieu IU
inspect the quarters of the bank
since it opened Thursday and not
a few emphasized the pleasing
impression the home of the bank
made upon them by opening accounts.
Indeed, the officers of
the new institution are more than
pleased with the amount of business
thus far handled and are
sanguine that the accommodating
but conservative policy which
will be adhered to will merit the
public favor.
The first subscription to the
stock of the First National Bank
of Fort Mill was taken in less
than 90 days ago and since that
time the entire capital stock of
$25,000 has been paid in, the new
building erected, handsome fixtures
installed and the bank
opened for business.
The officers of the First National
bank are: T. S. Kirkpatrick.
president; Osmond Barber,
vice-president; T. B. Spratt. cashier;
directors, T. S. Kirkpatrick,
W. B. Ardrey, Osmond Barber,
L. A. Harris, T. B. Spratt, Edgar
Jones, J. M. Harris, W. S. Mc^
Clelland, W. A. Watson, Jackson
Hamilton, J. L. Spratt.
Ball Player Charged With Larceny.
Baseball enthusiasts who are
interested in the south Atlantic
league and who are acquainted
with the reputation of the players
will read with interest the
statement that J. C. Bender,
former right fielder of the Charleston
and Columbia teams, was
tried in the Charleston police
court Saturday morning on a
charge of stealing $15 from the
person of a Charleston man. Two
dollars was recovered when Bender
was arrested. His case was
sent from the police court to a
magistrate. Bender is a fullblooded
Indian and three or four
years ago was considered one of
the crack players of the South
Atlantic league, but was debarred
from organized ball because of a
difficulty he had with Manager
W inn Clark of the Columbia team
in which Clark was seriously cut
with a knife by the Indian. Bender
is said to be a brother of the
noted pitcher of the same name
of the Philadelphia Americans,
world's champions.
Five More Powerful Engines.
The announcement is made that
the Southern railway has received
five more powerful Baldwin
locomotives to be used in the
freight service on the Columbia
division. The new engines are
the same type as a number received
some months ago which
are being used between Charlotte
and Columbia. The locomotives
are among the largest
ever purchased by the Southern
and it is claimed that each can
handle a train of freight cars a
mile long.
What Sheriff Hunter Thinlu of Blease.
U Sheriff John P. Hunter, of Lan}L
caster county, was in Charlotte a
few days ago and on being asked
\ by a reporter what he thought of
Governor Blease he said: "Well,
sir, I think he will, if possible, do
iust as he pleases regardless of
m being called a partisan governor
\ and with indifference for anyv\body's
opinion and disproval of
his treatment and utterances of
any pf those who saw fit to vote
against him in the two last primary
elections."
The News of McConnellsTille.
Correspondence Fort Mill Time*.
McConnellsville, March 14.? We
were so pleasantly impressed
with a copy of The Times that
came a few days ago that we wish
to send a few items of interest
in our little town.
The most absorbing question
in this section now is that of
good roads. The chaingang has
reached McConnellsville, grading
the road. The people have responded
liberally and have sanded
the road as far as it is graded, so
that, now, we have a most magnificent
sand-and-clay road from
here to Yorkville - a fact that is
nxnrlont tUn *x-T unto
v * iviv hi. i i viu iiiu iiuniuci ui auiumobiles
to be seen passing from
Yorkville and other towns. The
new highway makes an ideal
track for machines and only a
short while ago an empty wagon
could scarcely be pulled over it
at this season of the year!
Since .January the farmers have
made no progress on account of
the numerous showers of rain;
but as soon as the ground dries
everybody will be busy, as everyI
thing is ready for plowing. There
, has been more fertilizer shipped
! to this place than ever before
not on account of increased
acreage, but because of the intensive
system of farming so
generally practiced here.
The creamery at Yorkville has
stirred up quite an interest in
I dairying. A route has been es:
tablished from here and the
j wagon goes regularly with cream
to the creamery. Several men
1 in this community are especially
I interested, so much so that they
are building barns to house the
cattle from which they expect
to supply cream. The largest
barn that we have heard of yet
will have a capacity for 100 head
of cows, and is being built by
Mr. J. T. Crawford. He has engaged
Mr. Sherrer, of Gastonia,
to superintend his dairy.
Much interest is being mani1
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iesieu in me sunaay scnooi at
Olivet church. The school has
recently been graded and much
good work is being done. A
Baraca and a Philathea class are
being organized. The school
hopes to be represented at the
State Sunday School convention,
at Spartanburg.
Cane Hay and Spanish Peanuts.
Editor Fort Mill Times:
As the time is here for the
farmers to begin thinking about
what to raise for stock feed next
! winter, and as I recently heard
a number of them in Fort Mill
i township speak of the trouble of
i securing roughness, I trust you
will allow me space to tell what
we use for feed in Texas, with
the hope that some of my South
Carolina friends will try it: Select
from two to six acres of fair
j land and sow to it amber cane
! seed, from two to three bushels
| per acre, as the land may require.
If good land, put about
, f hroa hucKolc nov mava ?>n/l !%#*%
bin w ^uouvm |/v i uv. x ^ auu mil"
i row level for mower. Sow dur1
ing cotton planting season and
the harvest will be fine hay for
horse or cattle feed. Of course
the farmer will have to be his
own judge of the land. If the
seeds are put in too thin, the
cane will grow too large. In this
country there are generally one
I or two men in each neighborhood
with a mower and hay rake
who do the cutting for $1.25 or
$1.50 per day. They cut the cane
I and let it sun about two days,
I then go with rake and put it in
i wind rows. Then the cane
should be put into good shocks
| for one or two weeks, afterwards
J being put away in the barn or
; in hay ricks.
On my visit to the Fort Mill
1 section some months ago, I found
j only one or two farmers who
j i movu kjpaiiioii X
I peanuts are without doubt the
i finest hog feed the farmer can
i grow, but the hog must have
plenty of water while eating
them. Knowing that the farmers
I around Fort Mill have more or
J less land on which corn cannot
be grown profitably without ferj
tilizers. I advise that this land
be used for a peanut crop. Spanish
peanuts are easy to grow and
j can be fed to horses and mules
as well as hogs. I trust that
some of the farmers in Fort Mill
township will experiment with
j amber cane seed and Spanish
! peanuts this year.
H. F. Johnson.
| Rockdale, Tex.
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I WHAT "MILITARY PAY" BILL
WOULD MEAN FOR THE MALISH
Had Congress passed the "mi-1
litia pay" bill, which went
through the house successfully
and which remained a possibility
in the senate until the closing
"hours of the session, there would
now in all probability be speeding
toward the Mexican frontier a
large portion of the National I
Guard of the United States. In ;
fact after the session ended many ;
! persons were not aware that just j
before it came to a close the!
mnoenrn f hot Jrl J i
ivaoui v uiai nuuiu ikivt: |?UlCfU
' every soldier within the country |
1 practically under Federal control ;
had been smothered to death by
the senate committee on military ;
affairs.
Under the bill the enlisted men
were to receive $48 a year each i
, for attending a certain number
of drills and to receive, in ad- J
! dition, a percentage of the regu-!
lar army pay in time of war. i
Likewise officers were to secure.
pay for their time while not under
orders from the war department |
; and additional pay when at the
! front.
Those who desired to see the
; enactment of this measure point|
ed to the fact that in some parts
of the country the Nat'onal Guard J
is in a deplorable condition, totally
unfit to render service to the j
, government if called upon, and j
I that if the State troops are to!
continue to be the beneficiaries1
of the government that they |
should be required to show a >
greater degree c>f efficiency and
! military duty.
There is every reason to believe
that at the next session of Congress?possibly
at the extra session
soon to begin-another effort
will be made to get the
"militia pay" bill through, and1
it is not improbable that the
matter will end in success.
Rev. Dr. Mack Returns to Fort Mill.
The many friends and admirers
throughout this section of the
Rev. Dr. J. B. Mack will be
j pleased to learn that he has deI
cided to return to Fort Mill to
i live and has stated that he inj
tends to spend the remainder of I
! his days here. Dr. Mack is re!
garded one of the ablest of the
| many able ministers of the Southern
Presbyterian church and the i
, intimation that the people of this
; section will have the opportuni-!
| ty of occasionally hearing him 1
! preach will be received with in- j
; terest.
Several years ago Dr. Mack
j moved from Fort Mill to College
Place, Ga., where he has since!
been the pastor of the Presbyte
rian church. To the regret of
his congregation, Dr. Mack re:
signed the pastorate at College
Place some time ago. Great
! pressure was brought to bear on
Dr. Mack to withdraw the resignation,
but his mind was made
up to return to Fort Mill. Discussing
his return to Fort Mill,
Dr. Mack recently said:
"I have been preaching for
j.. n 1 ii ''
ucariy 01 years anu in mat time
j I have received into the church;
1 nearly 9.000 converts. In Georgia
at this time, there are 238
Presbyterian churches. I have
taken part in the formation and
; organization of one-sixth of them. j
' I am now getting old, have some j
land in Fort Mill on whith I can
, make a living and I intend spending
the remainder of my life I
there, preaching at such times as
I my health will permit. However,
j I never intend to have another j
! regular charge permanently any-'
where."
Dr. and Mrs. Mack will occupy
their home on Confederate street
I as soon as some repairs which are
': under way are completed.
Governor Blease to be in Charlotte.
i' Friends of Governor Blease in
'; this section of the State are
i hoping that he will tind it con'
venient to accept the invitation
. which will be extended him to;
visit Charlotte on the 20th of
1 i May and participate in the exercises
celebrating the adoption of
i the Mecklenburg declaration of
i independence. Governor Kitchin
of North Carolina will be on hand :
and make a speech and if (lover- j
nor Hlease accepts the invitation
it is certain that a large crowd
will be attracted to the city by
the presence of the two gover- i
i nors.
OLD WHITE HOMESTEAD GOES
TO CAPT. WHITE'S GRANDSON
Considerable interest attaches
locally to the distribution of the
valuable estate of the late Capt.
S. E. White, who died at the
home of his son-in-law. Col.
Lerov Springs. in Lancaster, on
the 4th inst., as much of the
estate is located in Fort Mill
township. As yet the will of
Capt. White has not been offered
for probate, but The Times is in
formed that in it Col. Springs is!
named as the sole executor, with-1
out bond. Col. Springs and his |
son. Elliott White Springs, grand-;
son of Capt. White, are theI
principal legatees, between whom
the estate is divided almost
equally. To Elliott White Springs
1.1 u urL'i i - - * I
i? fit lmi.* oiu ? nice nomesieaa,
comprising: the historic old mansion
and 500 acres of land surrounding
it. The mansion was
built in 1832 by the father of
Capt. White, Col. William White.
It is a commodious two-story
building, built of brick imported
from England, and is situated in
a beautiful grove a few hundred
yards beyond the corporate limits
of F\>rt Mill. For many years
before and a few years after the
War Between the States, the
mansion was noted throughout
the upper section of the State for
the lavish hospitality dispensed
within its walls. In it President ,
Jefferson Davis was entertained
a few days after the fall of the
Confederacy at Richmond and in
the shade of one of the beautiful
oaks on the lawn his last full
cabinet meeting was held. In
recent years the old mansion has
been used as a boarding house
and there is now about the place
little to mark it as the former
home of Southern culture and
refinement.
Interesting objects to many ;
who visit the grounds of the old
White mansion are a millstone
and cannon ball which partly
cover the spring, 200 yards in
the rear of the house. The millstone
was used years ago at the
old White mill, two miles east of !
town, and the cannon ball was
found near the Catawba river, a
short distance south of town, '
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n UCIC 11 ID LllUU^HL IU ilitVC llt'UIl
left by Yankee troops during the
war. Some years ago Capt.
White had the millstone moved to
the grounds and laid in mortar
and cement as a partial covering
for the old spring. Securely
fastened in the aperture in the
centre of the millstone is the
cannon ball, on which is inscribed
the names of the various owners 1
of the homestead since a remote i
ancestor of Capt. White acquired
it from the Indians 171 years ago, 1
the inscriptions being as follows: j
"1740 - Land owned first by the
Indians; William Kllliott; Samuel;
Elliott; William Elliott White;
David H. White; Samuel Elliott
White; Grace White Springs; j
Elliott White Springs."
Gold Hill School Closet.
The 1010-T1 session of the I
(iold Hill public school will close i
Tuesday, the 21st, after what the j
patrons consider one of the most'
successful sessions the school has
yet had. Under the direction of
Miss Esther Boyd, of Corn well,
principal, assisted by Miss Alma
Therrell. of Pleasant Valley, the
work of the school has progressed
smoothly and the 80-odd pupils
have shown marked improvement
in their classes. Invitations have
been extended Miss Hyde, instructor
of domestic science at
Winthropcollege, and Prof. L. A.
Niven, head of the agricultural
department at Winthrop, to be
present and deliver addresses at
the closing exercises of the school
and it is hoped that the invitation
will be accepted by both.
Cannot Accept the invitation.
Among the South Carolina militia
officers who were given the
opportunity to attend the army
manoeuvres along the Mexican
border was Capt. T. B. Sprattof
the Fort Mill Light Infantry.
Saturday Capt. Spratt received
a telegram from Col. W. VV.
Lewis, First regiment, asking if
he cared to he designated by the
war department as one of the j
National Guard officers of the'
State who will be sent to Texas.
Owing to the press of personal:
business, Capt. Spratt was forced I
to decline the invitation.
Former Fort Mill Citizens. \
Two former Fort Mill citizens
whose numerous friends here
were pleased to note their presence
in town a few days aero were v
Messrs. B. F. and Ben Powell, i
father and son. respectively, of ?
Charlotte, who moved to the ?
North Carolina city from Fort J"
Mill about 30 years ago. A third ^
of a century ago the Messrs.
Powell were well known citizens i
of Fort Mill. For several years {
following the Reconstruction era *
Mr. B. F. Powell was the local
magistrate and to him is given .
much of the credit for reestab- !
lishing order after the orgy of
scalawag and negro domination. v
In those days Mr. Ben Powell ,
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?cio rt 111111Lii11l young democrat Q
who could always he depended V
upon to help regulate the little J
political and racial disturbances I ,
that could he more satisfactorily
settled out of the courts. He ^
was a powerful man physically *
and not infrequently his strong :
right arm was used for the com- f
munity's good. It is said that
on one occasion a negro became ?
too familiar with Mr. Powell by
placing his hand on the latter's *
shoulder during a conversation I
between the two and that the
only remonstrance from Mr. :I
Powell was a blow with his fist
which doubled the negro up in a
wad 25 feet away.
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Poil Office's New Order.
The ]X)stoffice department has .,
issued an order affecting pub- f
Ushers which is of particular f
interest. It requires that when c
second class mail matter includ- ^
ing newspapers, periodicals, s
magazines, etc., are left in the j
office unclaimed for any cause, ^
the postmaster shall send to the t
newspaper, magazine company, c
etc., a notice of the non-delivery j
of the same, and that after five r
weeks from the sending of the ](
notice, if the newspapers, etc., ^
are unclaimed the postmaster ~r
shall attach to them a label and \return
to the publishers and col- r
lect nostatre at the rate of one i
cent for each two ounces. If, j
however, the publisher sends j,
stamps for the return of the mat- ^
ter. postage will be accepted at a
the rate of one cent for each j,
four ounces. This order makes j,
it of utmost importance for the t
postmasters to keep the publishers
informed of matter that is
not delivered, on account of refusal
or other reasons, and it also
places an obligation upon sub- f
scribers to leave at the postodice a
in whose vicinity they live, notice ?
to immediately inform the post- s
master of any change of address ^
so he, as well as the subscriber, n
can notify the publisher and save I
delay and expense. v
From Fort Mill to El Paso.
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young citizen of the township,
has arranged with Mr. J. F. Lee
to attend to his farming interests t
for the year and Tuesday morn- s
ing he and Mrs. Lee and their a
little girl left for San Francisco, c
After spending two weeks on r
the Pacific coast. Mr. Lee and r
his family will go to El Paso, t
Tex., where Mr. Lee has ac- t
cepted a position with the El Paso 2
& Southwestern railroad. c
GROCEF
New goods ar
received in our G
which insures our
ing perfectly fr<
handle only the b
able brands of e^
product, and sell
prices. For the 1
to eat go to?
McFlhane>
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VIFE'S SUIT AGAINST HUSBAND,
B. R. TILLMAN, JR., CONTINUED
By consent of counsel, amotion
s'as made before Judge Sease
n Leesville. Lexington county.
>aturday, to continue the case of
Jrs. Lucy Dugas Tillman against
ler husband, F>. R. Tillman, Jr.
rhe case was instituted about
our months ago. upon an account
or money alleged to be due Mrs.
Pillman by her husband, the sum
ued for being upwards of $13, 00.
The case is now pending in
he court at Edgefield and would,
n the natural course of things,
lave been tried at that place this
veek.
The motion for continuance was
>ased on the physical inability of
senator Tillman to attend court,
ic being a witness for the deense.
A certificate from Dr.
'. W. Babcock was submitted,
riving it as his opinion that it
vould be unwise and detrimental
o the senator's health for him
o attend court at this time or to
>e troubled with the matter. The
ourt ordered the case continued,
t being understood between counel
that the condition of the senaor
was not to be used in the
uture as a ground for continu
inee.
Mrs. Mills' House Warming.
On Friday afternoon Mrs. T. A.
dills celebrated the event of
noving into her handsome new
lome on Booth street by giving;
l house warming: to many of her
riends. During: the afternoon
rom 3 to 6 o'clock about 50 ladies
ailed. The beautiful home was
>right with the first flowers of
pring and handsome pot plants,
drs. Effie Thompson, assisted by
diss Marjorie Mills, received in
he hall, which glowed its welome
in red and green. Mrs.
dills, in her gracious manner,
eceived her friends in the par r,
which was fragrant with
rellow jonquils; and the dining
oom pleased the sense of the
eautiful by the exquisite arangement
of violets. A deightful
luncheon was served by
drs. T. S. Kirkpatrick, Mrs.
I>ed Harris and Miss Minnie
iarrison. All spent a delightful
fternoon and went away wishtig
for their hostess peace and
oy through all the changes of
he years.
Winthrop's Summer School.
Plans for the summer school
or teachers at Winthrop college
" * ' ?
ire oeing: periectect and the asurance
is given that one of the
trongest and best schools of the
dnd ever held in South Carolina
vill be conducted for four weeks,
>eginning June 21. In a few
veeks the Winthrop authorities
vill issue a circular outlining
ourses of study and expenses.
Gipsies Hike Along.
The band of Gipsy fortuneellers
whose presence on the
itreets of Fort Mill some days
igo occasioned much averse criti:ism
shook the dust of the comnunity
ofT their feet Thursday
norning. A few cents more
han nine dollars was collected of
he fortune-tellers by the town
mthorities in license and fines
luring their stay here.
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