Fort Mill times. (Fort Mill, S.C.) 1892-current, January 11, 1912, Image 3
J/QP SHORT ITEMS*# INTEREST
Miss Marguerite Li'r returned
Sunday inornihg to ? r home in
Hickory, N. C., aft*' a pleasant
visit of several days it the home
of her brother, C.S. Link, in
From all section? the county
come report^ of t'* fearful condition
of the pub?c roads as the
result of the rans which have j
prevailed much jf the time for
the past three \eeks. In places
the roads are amost impassible.
Considerable trouble has been I
experienced vith the heating I
plant at the p?t>lic school during I
the past few lays, and on Mon- I
day the sevnth grade pupils I
were excusql from study on- I
account of th/unoomfortableness I
of their root.Thoae
suecribers who are in
arreaw wifci their subscriptions
, are urgent^ requested to settle
without urfcher delay. We
would dis'ke to drop any sub- I
briber fr>m our list, but can't
irim the p.pe^?n creuu.
Miss Uja Steele returned this
corning from visit to Miss
Cau^jeSimth, of Fort Mill.
Misses Tints and Minnie Bikers
went o'er to Fort Mill last night
to attppd a receotion given by
Mis? ^ammie Smith in honor of i
oti# of the graded school teach- i
or-.-?Hill Herald. Saturday. (
The Times has engaged Clarence
Link. a well known young!
man of Fort Mill, to present1
bills to those subscribers who:
have thus far failed to pay for
the paper for 1911, and it is the
hope of the publisher that each
one in arrears will be prepared
to settle with the young man
when he visiU> them within the
next few days.
The weather forecast, as issued
fby the national weatner oureau
at Washington Monday night,
stated that snow and sleet and
unseasonable weather throughs
out the entire country would
usher in the present week. A
general reaction to warmer and
less intolerable conditions will
mark the closing of the week.
The beautiful reb-breasted robin,
which comes each winter in
great numbers, has made its appearance.
but is not as numerous j
as it will be in a few weeks J
hence. The audubon laws of;
the State prohibit the killing of
this pretty bird, the line for each
robin killed being $.10.
Rev. J. T. Dendy. pastor of
EbjBc/.er church since shortly
after the death several years ago
ojf the former pastor. Dr. J. H.
r Thorn well, has been tendered
a formal call to Wfodlawn Pres-1
byterian church, Birmingham, {'
Ala. No announcement hasten?!
made as to what action Rev. Mr.
rinnHv nrohabTv will take with
k regard to the call.
k Commissioner E. J. Watson
on Saturday announced the ap- I
V pointment of Mr. John G. Antler- 1
son. 'of Rock Hill, as State
superintendent under the "Rock !
Hiil" plan of securing pledges 1
for the reduction of the cotton
^ acreage for 1912. Mr. Anderson l|
I is the originator of the "Rock
Hill" plan. Along with the ap-1
m pointment, Mr. Anderson was
requested to issue a call for conU
^tributions to carry through the >
Mr. R. S. McConnell, who until
a short time ago conducted a
boarding house at the Catawba
dam, died Wednesday night of
last week at the home of his 1,
F son-in-law, D. A. Gaston, at
Blacksburg, after poor health
for several months. The body
was interred at Ebenezer church.
Bhis county. Saturday. Mr.
^^H^^lcConnell was born at McCon
nellsville in York co mty, but
resided in Rock H.il for the past
25 years, lie was about 58years
old and is survived by three
children. .
Governor Kitchin of North
Carolina on Saturday granted a
pardon for Ed Caton, Mecklenburg
county, who has served
since December, lyuy, on an i?months
sentence to the roads.
Caton has been stricken with
pellagra and his life is endangered.
The solicitor who prosecuted
recommended the pardon,
as did '.he county authorities, .
and the brother of the man is |
anxious to take the patient into
his home and do what he can for
him. The parrion is conditioned
on good behavior. 11
York Teachers lo Meet.
A meeting of the York County
Teachers' Association will be 1
held in Yorkvilie on Saturday,
January 13, at which a large
number of the teachers of the <
county and others interested in 1
educational work wiil be present, i
The association meets this time
in Yorkvilie on the invitation of ?
Prof. J. Harvey Witherspoon.
president of the association, and
free entertainment will be provided
for all who attend.
Secretary Lueco Gunter, of 1
Rock Hill has sent notices to the
126 school teachers in the county, :
urging them to attend the meeting,
if possible. Secretary Gun- ;
ter also requests the statement
that any person interested in the
educational work of the county 1
is cordially invited to attend, j
However, he asks that those who
desire to attend send their names
to Prof. Witherspoon not later
than January 10.
The program for the meeting
will be both entertaining and
instructive. Dr. Patterson Wardlaw,
of the State University, will!
make the principal address.
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The Town Election.
The biennial election for a
mayor and six aldermen for the 1
town of Fort Mill for the years i
of 1912 and 1913 came off Tues- '
day after one of the most ex- .
citing campaigns in the history
of local elections. There were i
five candidates for the office of
mayor and in each of the four i
wards of the town, with the ex- i
ception of one, there were op- i
posing candidates. No personaii- .
ties were indulged in during the i
day, but the friends of each ;
candidate, those for mayor in !
particular, busied themselves I
throughout the day in behalf of i
their choice for the office. The <
votes were counted in a short I
time after the polls closed at I
4 o'clock and the result of the
voting was as follows: *
For May on
A. R. McElhaney, 36. 1
R. P. Harris, 26.
C. S. Link, 21.
D. A. Lee, 8. !
Fred Harris* 4.
, For Alderman at Large.
J. L. Spratt, 71.
B. W. Bradford, 56.
S. L. Meacham, 52.
For Alderman, Ward 1.
W. L. Hall, 8.
B. C. Ferguson, 7. .
For Alderman, Ward 2. I
VV. P. Cray ton, 18. j
J. T. Young, 17.
For Alderman, Ward 3.
S. W. Parks, 22.
W. A. Roach,*7.
For Alderman, Ward 4. j
R. E. Mctfibben, 13. I
From the above it will be seen '
that the next mayor of Fort Mill ?
will be Mr. A. R. McElhaney. i
The ne\\ board of aldermen will <
be composed of J. L. Spratt, 1
B. W. Bradford, W. L. Hall,::
VV. P. Crayton, S. W. Parks and 1
R. E. McKibben. Messrs. Hall, I
Spratt and McKibben are at :
present members of the board of 1i
aldermen. The new mayor and l
council will be inducted into I
office within ten days and then i
will follow the election of a city ;
clerk and police officers for the 1
year. i
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Honor Roll, Fort Mill School. (
Following is the honor roll of <
the Fort Mill public school for J
the month of December, 1911: ,
Tenth Grade ? Mary Potts, {
Lana Parks, Mamie Jack Massey, <
Lula Haile. y
Ninth Grade-Ethel Armstrong (
Florence Bennett, Roy Patterson, (
Mae White, Lila Hall, Sarah (
Culp, Tom Hall, Bessie Smith. ,
Eighth Grade?Frances Smith, <
Esther Meacham, Zenas Grier, ^
Clarence Link, James Young. f
Seventh Grade ?Mary Arm- ^
strong, Kathleen Armstrong, ^
Alice Bradford, Willie K. Barber, \
Leniel Enloe, Heath Belk, Hor- j
ace Kimbrell, Ernest Patterson, c
AHee^H^ris.^ ^ ^
Pair Lee, Agnes Link, Mary *,
McLaughlin, Marjory Mills. Mary yHope
Smith, William Ardrey, ^
Luther Belk, John A Boyd, Bar- f
ron Bennett, Robert Erwin, Wil- v
iiam Erwin, Heath Hafner, An- v
drew Hafner. Alfred Jones. i,
Fifth Grade?Ruth McLaughlin,
Eula Patterson, Mary Spratt,
Ola Crayton, Augusta Garris,
John Armstrong, Lonnie Robinson,
John Barry Smith, Malcolm v
Link.
Third Grade?Grace Erwin, 2
Emma Epps, Beulah Parks, y
Beatrice Parks, Sadie Rodgers,
Sara White, AtmarAdcock, Har- F
ry Bradford, Joe Faile, Haile ^
Ferguson, Wiiliam Grier, Charles J
Magill, Gladys Ritch. [
Tnird Grade ?Hattie Belk, ^
Sophie Link, Annie Parks, Ver- _
nie Plyler, Margaret Steele,
T? rnrl P**o\rtAn
JiUXUt' OllJlCIi, l I tu vyi uj VV7U,
Porter Gaston, Julius MeKain, i
Douglas Nims, Harvey Wagner, <
Robert Youngblood. Second
Grade*?Li Hie Epps, .
Esther Hope, Clara Lee, Marion ^
Parks, Maud Robinson, Imogene
White, Robert Armstrong, Harmon
llarkev, John Robert Harris, <
Frank Kimbrell, Flavor Kim- <
brell, Lige Lee, Billie Mack, Lad <
son Mills, Marion Mills, Carl i
Murray.
First Grade- Elma Bradford, 4
Gertrude Broom, Beulah Epps, <
Russsell Garris, Mary Jones, *
Frank Jones, Clarence Jones, <
Carl Kimbrell, Bulow Massey,
Willie MeKain, Ella May McEl- '
haney, Mattie Moton, Elizabeth <
Mills, George Misenheimer, Ruby <
Plyler, Pauline Robinson, Carrie <
Watford, Anna Wolfe, May <
riinmnson
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December Weather.
Everybody knows that De
eember was a succession of dull, '!
ugly days, but maybe not many i
people realized that there were <
only nine clear ones in the entire
month. All but two of these ~
came during the first week, too, *
so that the remainder of the i
month was almost continuously 2
cloudy or rainy. The month-C
made a brilliant start. The first i
six days were bright and clear. {
with shinny skies and all that ?
sort of thing. The seventh day *
was partly cloudy, but the eighth f
was bright again. Then the J
weather took a turn for the f
worse. Right straight on to the jj
end of the month every day, with C
the exception of the 18th and the i
28th, was either partly or en- [
tirely cloudy, and there was rain ?
a-plenty. The heaviest precipi- *
tation was on the 15, when in 24 f
hours 2.14 inches of rain fell. J
The total for the month was 6.09 {
inches. The highest temperature J
was 72 degrees on the 11th, and (
those figures reversed give the i
lowest temperature, the mercury j
having dropped to 27 degrees on i
the 29th. The mean tempera- *
ture for the last month of 1911 J
was 49 degrees, two higher than j
the normal for the month of (
December. ?The State. i
Mr. W. R. Howie Dies Suddenly.
Mr. W. R. Howie, a well
known citizen of Fort Mill, died
suddenly Monday morning about
7 o'clock at the home of his son,
Mr. B. M. Howie, at Concord,
N. C. Acute indigestion was
given as the cause of death. Mr.
Howie arose Monday morning
and as usual was assisting in
doing the small chores about the
house when he took violently ill.
A physician was hurriedly summoned,
but was unable to render
aid and death followed in very
short time. Mr. Howie had not
been in good health for several
months and had gone to the home
af his son at Concord with the
hope that a change would be of
benefit to him.
W. R. Howie had been a resident
of Fort Mill for about 25
years, coming here from Union
county N. C., in the early'90s.
For a number of years he followed
carpenter ng and was considered
an expert mechanic. Mr.
Howie was 64 years of age and is
survived by his wife, two sons,
Messrs. B. M. Howie and Claude
Howie, and several daughters.
The funeral service was held
at the hortie in Sprattville Tuesn#fofnnnri
at 3 fiVlrtplf Rev
day aiai uwi. ^ v v?w?tf ?
T. J. White conducting the service,
after which the burial was
made in the family plot in the
Fort Mill cemetery.
It It a 16,000,000 Bale Crop?
Will the 1911 cotton crop show
a total of 16,000,000 bales? That
it will was the opinion expressed
by a well known cotton man
who visited Fort Mill a few days
ago, and who based his belief
upon the reports of the amount
jf unpicked cotton throughout
the cotton belt. This man also
stated that the spinners of the
world now have in round numbers
17,000,000 bales, a supply
adequate for their needs for the
next two years. The estimate
that a 16,000,000 bale crop will
be picked and ginned from the
growth of 1911 seems probable,
and this too in spite of the fact
ihat much cotton will be plowed
jnder for the lack of pickers,
rhe Times was shown a letter a
few days ago from a reliable man
)f South Georgia in which it was
stated that the farmers in his
section had made a great deal
more cotton than they would be
able to gather and that two farm-1
fUnf
;I9 111 kliai> OVVHUll \JX I.IIV UVUW I
vould each plow under 75 bales1
)f the staple. And from Texas
;ame a letter to The Times a few
lays ago from a party who had
ecently made the trip to that
State from South Carolina in
vhich we were told that the
ields all along the route were
vhite with cotton. This letter
vas written by a man who had
'ormerly resided in the West and
'rom his statement that the last
otton crop was the largest he
lad ever seen, we take it that
here must be a considerable
tmount yet in that section to be
larvested. Yet with all this
alk of an enormous yield, the
armers of the cotton belt are in j
vorse shape financially than they
rere with a much smailer crop
n 1910.
More Money for Rural Schools?
Many people in this section, as
fell as throughout the State, are
f the opinion that too large an
mount of State money .goes to
/lemson college and entirely too
ittle is allowed the country or
ural schools. It will, therefore,
>e of interest to note that the
chool trustees' association of
..exington county is preparing a
trong memorial to place before
he Legislature in behalf of the
I We can s
than rcceh
money. W
money, dra
or need a
drop in her
arrange bu:
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President.
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to the loyal h
I of patrons
j and those to
l We wish you
without alloj
( in warmest s
J May the bou]
J of contentme
i be yours
in the fullest,7
J Prosperity, t<
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rural schools of the State. Among:
other things, the Legislature will
be asked to cut the fertilizer tax
j now going to Clemson college,
giving half of this fund to Clem1
son and the other half to the ru:
ral schools This will be the
| first time that the Legislature
i has been appealed to directly by
a committee in behalf of the;
"common schools," and the Lex-1
ingtor. association hopes to make j
the showing so strong that the j
1 lawmakers will not turn a deaf
ear to their petition.
The Legislature will also be
asked to change the law now
governing State' aid to the weak
schools. It is claimed that as the
law now stands a majority of the j
people of a district can keep the
minority from securing any benefit.
The Lexington trustees want j
the law amended so as to give
any district the benefit of this'
fund which may raise the necessary
funds, whether the funds
be raised by taxation or by pri-!
vate subscription. It is pointed
out by the trustees that it is im- j
possible the necessary number of
votes in many of the districts;,
! that there are always those who j
will oppose any measure that has
a tendency to raise taxes, and the
amendment asked for will relieve
this situation.
NOTICE?The best place to have your
clothes cleaned and pressed is the Fort
Mill Pressing Club, upstairs in Massey
Building. Phone 146.
Take a Glance
I At the vest pocket a
traveling man or any j
business man who has
much writing to do and
in 99 cases out of 100 you !
will find"a "Waterman's
Ideal," if you see any
fountain pen Jat all. If
I you would say any other 1
kind to them, the name
would sound strange.
You might start the
New Year with a cheaper
pen, but you will even-!
tually wind up with a!
Waterman Ideal. They
are $2.50 and up and" never
down, if it is a genuine
Waterman Ideal, for
mind you there are imitations
by the Waterman j
name. If you were bust-'
ed on the desert of Sa- i
hara you could realize on
an "Ideal." They have a
commercial value everywhere.
Can it be said of
any other pen?
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Patterns for ladies and children
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* $1.00 Wool Dress Goods, now . .. 50 ^
75c Wool Dress Goods, now 37 l-2c *
iP 50c Wool Dress Goods, now 25
25c Wool Dress Goods, now. 121-2c |oj
p $25.00 Ladies' Suit, now $10.00 J
$10.00 Lanies' Coat, now...> 5.00 jJ
$3.00 Ladies' Hats, now 95 *5
$1.50 Ladies' Hats, now 50 V1
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yj $2.00 Men's Hats, now. - 100 }?
$ $1.00 Men's Hats, now - 50 ?g
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1 All $2.00 Ladies'Sweaters, now only $1.75.
All $2.25 Ladies' Sweater's, now only $2.00.
.. Children's Sweaters in pretty shades,
i All 50c Children's Sweaters, now only 40c.
All $1.00 Children's Sweaters, now only 90c.
All $1.75 Children's Sweaters, now only $1.50.
Big Stock of Boy's and Men's Sweaters at Special
prices. i
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All of our $1.50 Blankets go at $1.25 each.
All of our $1.75 Blankets go at $1.25 each.
All of our $2.25 Blankets go at $1.85 each.
All of our $2.50 Blankets go at $2.00 each.
All of our $3.25 Blankets go at $2.75 each. Ett
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