Fort Mill times. (Fort Mill, S.C.) 1892-current, October 26, 1911, Image 2
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Btiaohorta. local and Ion* aiatance. No. 112.
FORT MILL. 8. C.. OCTOBER 28. 1811.
Tbo Cotton Picker.
With the increasing scarcity from
year to year of farm labor and the
high prices which the farmers of many
sections are compelled to pay for gathering
the cotton crop, it looks now as
if the time is not iar uuuani wnen ine
mechanical cotton picker must take the
place of the hand picker if cotton is to
continue as the South's staple crop.
For a number of years inventive
genius has been at work and experiments
have been made with machines
designed to pick cotton, but until the
present season all efforts were futile.
Now it appears that a real mechanical
cotton picker?one that picks the cotton
and leaves the trash?has arrived.
During the past week demonstrations
of cotton picking by machinery have
been given in a held near Charlotte
and, according to those who saw the
machine at work, the demonstrations
were very successful. The machine
which did the work is known as the
Price-Campbell Cotton Picker and is
th* invention jointly of Theo. H. Price, j
the well known cotton factor, and his
copartner in business, Mr. Campbell.
The market price of the machine is
$f>,000. and a number of the machines
have already been purchased by farmed
of Texas and other cotton-growing
States of the West.
"This machine," says the Charlotte
Chronicle, "goes along the cotton rows
at about the gait of a fast plow horse j
and it picks the cotton as it goes, leaving
the unopened bolls untouched. The J
demonstration (near Charlotte) was
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IIIBUt* in UI1T t'Cllbtl VI a uriu I
with cotton, and one could very plainly
are the result in the clean picked row
as the machine went over it. Not all
the cotton was caught, but we should
say that ninety per cent, of the open
bolls were picked clean of the staple.
The picker operates something on the
order of a carding machine, and the
cotton is turned into receptacles comparatively
clean of leaves and dirt.
?Tie machine can pick a row a quarter
of a mile long In ten minutes. It
works equally well in cotton four feet
high' as in cotton two feet high, the
(talks, as it passes over, sweeping back
into an upright position uninjured, but
barren of cotton."
The editor of The Chronicle is favorably
impressed with the machine and
leeto sure that Price, or somebody else,
will soon have a machince that will
not only pick cotton, but will gin it
as well.
Among the large crowd of farmers
who watched the Price-Campbell picker
at work Friday were Messrs. T. H.
Merritt and Edgar Jones of Fort Mill,
both of whom pronounced the machine
as near perfect.
NOTE AND COMMENT.
The Chester police are said to be
looking for a white man who some days
ago collected a considerable amount of
money from residents of that city for
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iii Dscnpoons ror mspizinei wnicn ne ,
was not authorize to represent. We
hope they will catch him. In our mind,
however, this kind of thief is little
worse than the agent for u picture >
enlarging concern who withoi t fear of
molestation comes around at this sea- j
son of the year to deliver th>? picture
whieh his co-|>artner in business contracted
to enlarge for steen cents and,
lo, and behold! the party visited is
called upon to pay three dollars or more
for a frame which was not mentioned
when the order for the picture was
taken. And the great trouble is that
those with whom these picture men'
deal are usually of that clasf. who are
ignorant enough to believe they are
compelled to accept these frames at
about three times their actua' value.
The has been a lot of talk in the
newspapers of the State recently about
the proposition to establish a race
course in Charleston, and, most of
them being "agin" it, therj is little
likelihood that the proposition will make
a go. The representatives in the Legis-1
lature generally map out the.r work in '
that body to harmonize with the senti- |
ments of the people as expressed in I
their county papers and already a large
majority of legislators have had the
%?v fkuCO mtiHlllme tHftt i
Charleston race track is one of those
institutions which South Carolina does j
not wish to harbor.
It is somewhat amusing jo an out*
aider to listen to the friendly wrangling
of the Lancaster and Chester
papers about which county excels in
this, that and the other. Left to us,
we would say that Chester seems to
have gone Lancaster one the better in
the Chester county fair wliich is in
progress this week, this being an enterprise
which we have not heard of in
Lancaster county. However, this is
not saying that Lancaster coakl not get
up a creditable fair.
Many a girl without the slightest
talent for music is run ting a piano when
she should be making bonnets or bread; i
many a boy is studying for a learned
profession whose proper sphere is the
machine shop or the mill; many a man
is splitting up churches who ought to
be doing good service in some institution
of learning, teaching or working
on a farm, and many a woman is trying
in vain to be a leader of s<>ciety when
she should be a model housewife in her
own home. ?Exchange.
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It is to be hoped that city council of
Fort Mill will not permit the visit of a
carnival company to the town this fall.
No matter what license the town is
able to collect from a carnival the
amount does not compare with what
the people surrender to the gamblers I
and fakirs which accompany this class
of shows.
Wouldn't it be a good idea to vote
bonds for waterworks for Main street
to be put down before the paving is
laid? It would seem a pity ifter a few
years to tear up the paving to put
down the mains, and the atter work
should be first in hand.
The Times endorses the suggestion
of n citizen that the well located on
Mail street be filled in before the
pavutg is put down. Besides being a
hindrance to traffic, the business street
of a town the size of Fort Mill is no
place for a weU.
The ladies who contributed the funds
with which the town hall piano was
purchased have a perfect right to protest
against th? use of the instrument
by a crowd of negro roustabouts, as
was allowed recently.
What if occupying the minds of our
farmers more now than the price of
cotton is when the weather will be just
right to digest 'possum and 'taters and
craeklin' corn bread.
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On being asked the name of the
Governor of South Carolina, a tot in
the local graded school is .said to have
replied, "Cold Grease."
Save your money and go see the-tax
man.
DANCING.
Editor Fort Mill Times:
1 am obliged to The Times for noting
last wee< that the church membership
of Fort Mill was numerously represented
at a dance recently held in tne town
hall, for the incident prompts me to an
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oDservauon or iwo wnicn i iuiidiuci
timely. But I disavow any intention
of directing my remarks solely to Fort
Mill church members who patronize the
dance any more than to Protestants
generally who indulge in this form of
worldlini'88. It is wrong for Protestants
to c ance and they cannot justify it
on any ground.
In th? section of the country there
are three 6trong Protestant churches.
Unfortunately, each winks at dancing
and as a consequence it is not only |
not frowned down, as it should be, but
is too olten directly and indirectly encouraged
by those whose professions
of Christianity call them especially to
look to the moral and spiritual welfare
of the community. I take it that no
right-thinking man will contend that
dancing exercises and promotes the
nobler qualities of eitner man or
woman. It means close physical contact
of ':he sexes and not infrequently
leads to an easy familiarity that is
carried beyond the ball room. Head
Lord Byron's "The Waltz" and observe
what trie sensuous soul of that moral
leper pi-ompted him to write of the
dance.
What say those of the Presbyterian
faith in justification of the dance? Does
the Concession of Faith teach it? Hardly.
Did their English and Scotch ancestors
endure unspeakable sufferings and
martyrcorn that the Presbyterian church
might liecome the great christianizing
ana civilizing influence it has proved to
be patronize this seductive form of
dissipation? Why did the Presbyterians
of England send Charles the Virst to
the block? For his treachery to God.
Mankind owes the Presbyterians of the
seventeenth century a debt of gratitude
which a cycle of centuries cannot repay.
And they did not tolerate dancing among
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"Wilt thou leave thy sins and go to
heaven, or have thy sins and go to
hell?" These wordB of John Bunyan,
author of "The Pilgrim's Progress,"
are yet echoing down the corridors of
time as they echoed through the dark
and diBmal recesses of Bedford gaol as
the third greatest preacher since Christ
himself lay a prisoner for 12 long years
in that accursed dungeon because he
refused to abstain from preaching the
Word of God as the tyrants of the day
demanded to interpret it for him. John
Bunyan was a Baptist. What would
he say could he see members of his
church engagirfg in the sinful frivolity
of the dance? They may answer, but 1
will sav that one would scarce expect a
man who suffered the harrowing persecution
which befeil John Bunyan to
accommodate himself to sin of any
kind.
The Methodist church is close to my
heart. It therefore grieves me inexpressibly
to see many of its members '
violating their obligation to God by |
dancing. Evidently these wayward
members of the Methodist church know
little- and I fear care less, more's the
pity?of the teachings of John Wesley,
than whom no greater man in many
respects ever stood at the head of a
religious revolution.
May the God of our fathers inspire
the hearts of all Protestants to their
duty to Him and to themselves.
Observer.
October 23, 1911.
Fatal Auto Accident at Rock Hill.
K. C. Hendricks, a hack driver of!
Rock Hill, lost his life Friday night
about 10 o'clock as the result of his
vehicle being struck by an automobile
driven b^' Roddey Reid. Two occupants
of the automobile. Miss Ora
Lemmond, a trained nurse, and Chief
of Police Partlow, were also injured
when the collission occurred. Miss
Lemmond suffered a fracture of her
collar bone and other injuries, and
Officer Partlow had both wrists badly
sprained.
The automobile party, consisting of
Officer Partlow, Miss Lemmond, Miss
Nannie Owens and the driver Roddey
Reid, had gone out for a ride and on
returning to the city the lights on the
car went out. Hendricks was driving !
his hack in the same vicinity and it was j
also without lights. At a dark point on j
the road the hack and automobile col- 1
lided, and Hendricks was thrown from
his vehicle, and had an arterv in his
neck ruptured, it was thought, by being
run over by the automobile. He died
in a Rock Hill hospital. Miss Owens
and Reid, the driver, escaped injury.
Cole & Rice Big Show Coming.
All arrangements h?ve been made
for the far-famed Cole & Rice German
American Railroad Shows to exhibit at
Fort Mill Wednesday, November 1.
These combined attractions comprise
the only tented amusement enterprise
of size and merit coming here this year,
and all of our citizens will be given an
opportunity to visit the afternoon or
evening performance. Two full hours 1
will be consumed in the presentation of
the imperial programme, on which appears
the names of tho highest salaried
arenic artists atop of all the earth. See
the airship pony, the greatest feature
ever seen. Every act is a feature number
and a brilliant array of talent includes
peerless aerialisis, gymnasts,
contortionists, leapers, tumblers, acrobats,
bicycle riders, jugglers and hosts
of others! The college of merry clowns
is directed by the king of all jesters,
Harry Clark, and the $10,000 group of
educated Shetland ponies are put
through its paces by the renowned
equine educator, Prof. Joe Berris.
As a forerunner of the feast of high
class pleasures, a series of free openair
exhibitions will be given on the
grounds at 12:30 and 6:45 p. m. The
entrance to the main enclosure will be
opened at 1 and 7 p. in., thus affording
patrons ample opportunity to reach
comfortable and roomy seats and to
enjoy the symphony concert by Prof.
Domonick's Royal Coronation Brass
Band. Vulgarity and profanity are not
countenanced and the management
invites patrons to promptly report any
and all acts of incivility, discourtesy
and ungentlemanly conduct on the part
of the employees.
The Times is requested to say that the
annual oyster supper in Gold Hill will be
given on Friday night, October 27, at
S. P. Wilson's. The proceeds will go
to the Gold Hill school. The public is
cordially invited.
York's Taxable Values.
One hundred and ninety-four thous'
and and eighty-nine dollars, sixty cents
and si* mills. This is the amount of
J taxes for which the treasurer of York
county became responsible last Monday
when t e signed his name to the abstract
of duplicate turned over to him by the
auditor. And this amount he will collect
from the taxpayers "of "the county
this fall and winter, barring of coursesuch
amounts as .may be shown to be
included in double "entries af.d* nulla
bonas.
The total assessed valuation of all
the taxable property in the county last
year was $8,909,323, and this year it is
$9,113,464, an increase of $204,141. Last
year the total taxes assessed aggregated
$181,174, and the increase this
year foots up $12,915.? Yorkville Enquirer,
Friday.
0. P. Heath & Co. Fail.
In the Federal court at Salisbury,
N. C., late Monday afternoon, 0. r.
Heath & Co., a well known Charlotte
cotton brokerage firm, with branch
offices in a number of Southern cities,
filed a petition in bankruptcy through
their attorneys,' Maxwell & Keerans.
The petitioners were uromptly adjudged
bankrupt and the matter was placed in
the hands of a Charlotte attorney as
referee in bankruptcy. The liabilities
of Heath & Co., it is said are in excess
of $1,000,000, while the assets will not
reach one-fourth of that amount.
Is the World Growing Better?
Many things go to prove that it is. The ;
way thousands are trying to help others
is proof. Among them is Mrs. W. W. j
Gould, of PittsfieTd, N. H. Finding good
health by taking Electric Bitters, she j
now advises other sufferers everywhere,
to take them. "For years I suffered
with stomach and kidney trouble," she
writes. "Every medicine I used failed j
till I took Electric Hitters. Hut this
?reat remedy helped me wonderfully." ;
hey'11 help any woman. They'r the
best tonic and finest liver and kidney
remedy that's made. Try them. You'll
see. 50c at Ardrey's Drug store, Parks I.
Drug Co. and Fort Mill Drug Co. I
Land For Sale
I offer for sale 331 acres, more or
less, of land five miles north of Fort
Mill, one mile from Gold Hill school
and from one to three miles of four
churches. Land is well terraced and
comparatively level, about 40 acres in
original forest timber that will cut
something like 200,000 feet of lumber;
20 in old-field pine; 25 or 30 acres in
pasture for cattle; ten acres in pasture
for hogs; ten acres in waste land and
balance in cultivation. On the place is
a dwelling house of six rooms; gin
house, 30x35, three stories high; sawmill
shed, 50x20; press shed, 35x22;
barn, 50>.50, with rooms for 12 or 14
head of slock; double crib, 22x10, pea
house on top; smoke house, 14x18,
grainery above and buggy sheds on
each side; five two- and three-room
tenant houses; wagon house with tool
shed, 16x20; ten stalls for cows, blacksmith
shop, 12x16; 20 horse-power engine
and 25 horse-power boiler; No. 4
Friction-feed sawmill, with 48-inch inserted
tooth saw and 40 or 50 fi et of ,
track; two 60-saw Pratt gins with front
feeder and condenser; one single pin, j
sell'-tromping press; 26 feet of 2-inch
shafting; pulleys and belting to run the
outfit and one No. 44 horrizontal cane
mill. Pump, tower, waterworks in
house, heatthy place, and excellent
water. Four small branches, four wells
and five springs on the place.
Price, $11,500.
W. H. WINDLE,
Fort Mill, S. C.
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Malaria, and we have such confidence
in its remedial qualities
that we offer it to you with our
personal guarantee that it will
prove beneficial in treating your
case or we will refund the fifty
cents you have paid hs for it.
On November 10th there will
be an advance in price of five of
the leading magazines. Don't .
wait until your subscription ex-;
pires, and don't miss the beauti-;
ful Xmas numbers.
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TAX NOTICE 1911. !F
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Office of the County Treas- urer
of York County.
YorkvilU', S. C., Sept. 15, 1911. c
Notice is hereby given that the Tax ^
Books for York county will be opened E
on Monday, the lGth day of October, 1911,
and remain open until the 31st
day of December, 1911. for the collection
of State, County. School and Local
Taxes for the fiscal year 1911, without
penalty; after which day one per cent,
penalty will be added to all payments
made In the month of January, 1912,
and two per cent, penalty for all payments
made in the month of February,
1912, and seven per cent, penalty will
be added on all payments made from
the first day of March, to the 15th day
of March, 1912, and after this date ail
unpaid taxes will go into execution and
all unpaid Single Polls will be turned
over to the several Magistrates for
prosecution in accordance with law.
For the convenience of taxpayers, 1
will attend at the following places on
the days named:
At Clover, Thursday and Friday, October
26 and 27.
At Yorkville from Saturday, October
28, to Tuesday October 31.
At Coates's Tavern, from 12 o'clock
Wednesday, November 1, until 12 m., j
Thursday, November 2.
At Fort Mill, Friday and Saturday,
November 3 and 4.
At Rock Hill from Monday, Novem6.
to Saturday, November 11.
And at Yorkville from Monday, November
13, until the 31st day of December,
1911, after which day the
penalties will attach as stated above.
HARRY E. NEIL,
Treasurer of York County. j
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President.
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Timely advice given Mrs. C. Wilough- 1
iy, of Marengo, Wis., (R. No. 1) pre- .
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wo lives. Doctors had said her fright- 1
ul cough was a "consumption" cough
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nany remedies failed, her aunt urged ^
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he wrote "and the awful cough has ^
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oy when taken with a severe bronchial <
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lothes cleaned and pressed is the Fort m
fill Pressing Club, upstairs in Massey
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State and National,
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it over with us.
GS BANK of Fort 1
W. B. MEACHi
Cashier.
; Painting, Tinting, Etc
I am doing a lot of first-class painting for the good pe
/ munity, but I am always ready and eager for more worl
Besides painting your house inside and out, I can do ti
ing, staining, glazing, etc., in a manner unsurpassed in t
I take especial care of carpets, matting, floors and '
painting inside. Let me figure with you on painting y
work is sure to please you. Reasonable prices. Satisfa
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PONY,
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