if FORT MILL, S. C. jj
GENERAL INFORMATION.
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\ CITY GOVERNMENT.
f A. R. McELHANEY Mayor f
\ S.W. PARKS Clerk \
V. D. POTTS:...Chief of Police {
DEPARTURE OP TRAINS. j
No. 31 Southbound 5:40 a. m. [
< No. 35 Southbound 7:12 a. m. *
No. 27 Southbound 5:12 p. m. J
No. 36 Northbound....8:60 a. m. J
No. 28 Northbound 6:25 p. m. ]
No. 32 Northbound 9:27 p. m. f
, > Note?Trains 31 and 32 stop at 4.
Fort Mill only when flagged.
MAILS CLOSE.
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I ror imui nu. ou o..^v a. <* . .
For train No. 27 4:50 p. m. 1
I For train No. 28 6:00 p. m. 5
Note?No mail is despatched on f
trains 31, 32 and 35. Trains 27 1
and 28 do not handle mail Sunday, f
POSTOFFJCE HOURS. j
Daily 7:30 a. m. to 7:30 p. m. I
Sunday 9:30 to 10 5 to 5:30 p. a. j
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SHORT ITEMS of INTEREST
to TIMES READERS.
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John M. Patterson, of Charlotte,
was a visitor to Fort Mill
Sunday.
Mr. Bunch, cashier of the bank
at Pineville, spent Sunday with
friends in this city.
Bert Nivens was the only Fort
Mill man drawn Tuesday to serve
as a juror during the first week \
of the spring term of York court.
The infant son of Mr. and Mrs.
T. N. Lemmond has been dangerously
ill for several days and
the recovery of the little one is
now doubted.
L. M. Massey has returned to
his home in Fort Mill from
Hrppnwood. where lor sewra
months he has been employed
by the Southern Power company.
Clerk of the Court J. A. 1 ate
and Hon. J. Hurry Poster, oi
Yorkvilie, were among me visitors
Friday to hear the speech 01
Governor Bleuse.
The regular monthly meeting
of Catawba lodge, No. 56, A. F.
M., will be held this (Thursday) !
evening at. the usual hour. Work
in the first degree will be carried
out.
Supervisor Thos. W. Boyd, of
Leslie, Constable J. F. Jackson, 1
of Clover and C. W. Wallace, of ;
Filbert, were among the visitors
to Fort Mill Friday.
Tate Spencer, a well known
young man of Pineville, was
operated on Friday at a Charlotte
hospital for appendicitis. Mr.
Spencer is reported to be getting
along nicely.
"Fair weather over the greater
part of the country with temperature
near or slightly below
the seasonal average," was the
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issued Sunday evening by the
national weather bureau at Washington.
Arthur Hitch and Miss May
Belle Phillips were married Tuesday
morning at the home oI the
groom's parents, Mr. and Mrs.
J. JL. Hitch, in the village of the
Fort Mill Mfg. company. The
eeremonv was performed by Rev.
T. J. White.
The paving work on Main
street was somewhat hampered 1
by the rain of Saturday, but
with a clear, sunny morning
Monday a full force of hands
were put to work and much
progress has been made during
the week.
The Tavora cotton mill, located
in Yorkviile, is advertised to be
sold under foreclosure proceedings
April 15. The mill is equipped
with five thousand spindles
and other necessary machinery
for a yarn mill of its capacity
and is driven by electricity furnished
by the Southern Power
Company.
Of interest to his friends in
this community will be t^e announcement
that a movement is
on foot with the Republicans of
North Carolina to nominate S.
S. McNinch, of Charlotte, for
governor. Mr. McNinch is numbered
among the prominent Republicans
of Noith Carolina, and
is said to have strong political
following in that State.
Since the recent rains the town
drags have been used to great
advantages on the streets, and
the township force has also done
some good work of a like nature
on the public roads. Following
the heavy rains and hauling or
\ fertilizers, etc., by the farmers,
\ some of the streets and roads
V were in bad shape, and on these
* the drags were put to work with
fine results.
A large crowd of the curious
gathered on Main street Monday
afternoon to witness the pouring
out of a quantity of contraband
whiskey w hich had bet-n seiztd
about one month ago by Police
Officer Potts. There were five
gallons of the booze, and that it
was all but chemically pure was
proven when someone applied a
match. The stuff evidently was
of that brand which is, as someone
said, "bottled in the bain
and aged in the woods."
While in Fort Mill Friday evening,
Governor Biease received a
request by telephone that he offer
a reward for a negro who
had killed a young farmer of
Laurens county. Tne governor's
reply was that he had not been
officially notified of the killing
and would not act in the matter
until such notice had been received.
The governor has since
offered a reward of $200 for the
capture of the negro.
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GOVERNOR BLEASE SPEAKS
TO THE PEOPLE OF FORT MILL
Cole. L. Blease, governor of
South Carolina, was the guest
of Fort Mill and the township
Friday and Friday night. The
governor arrived Friday morning
at 8:50 o'clock, afteT spending
the night in Rock Hill. Governor
Blease left Columbia Thursday
evening with the intention of
coming direct to Fori Mill, but
| was misinformed about the train
stopping at this place and got off
at Rock Hill for the night. Upon
; arriving here the governor was
met at the station by a number
of friends from Gold Hill. W. H.
Windle escorted him to the home
of Charlie Blankenship, in Gold
'Jin uas pnfprfained
until the hoilr arrived for the
closing exercises of the Gold Hill
school. The governor's address
to the school was entirely of an
educational nature. He made no
reference whatever to politics,
and several gentlemen who heard
the address remarked that it was
the most forceful and best educational
talk heard hereabouts in
a \ojig time. The crowd at Gold
Hill was estimated at 400, many
ladies and children being present.
Senator W. H. Stewart was
unable to be present, owing to
his being unexpectedly called
away from borne on an important
business matter.
Governor Blease returned to
Fort Mill late in the afternoon
and was met at the Central Hotel
by a party of invited guests, the
number including Mayor A. R.
McElhaney, Hon. J. R. Haile,
Messrs. B. W. Bradford. S. H.
Epps, C. P. Blankenship and
W. H. VVindle. After supper at
the Central, Governor Blease and
his guests repaired to the town
hall, where an audience of about
300 had gathered to hear the
governor's address. It was
thought that the crowd present
1 L. .. L. lowr. K'lt
WUulU Uci\f uccu ,
the ueathor, a co<d r un l aving
started sh? t;v before nsvt and
comimi d well into the night.
T.'ie speaker was introduced by
Mayor McElhaney.
Mr. Blease began his remarks
with a discussion of the State's
finances, saying that the people's
money had been wasted in numerous
ways and upon many things
that were unneeded and absolutely
worthless. He had striven
since assuming the governorship
to conduct his administration in
a wise, conservative and economical
manner, and working to this
end he had turned back into the
State treasury something like'
$5,300 of the appropriation allowed
for the expenses of his
office. He had revoked the commissions
of all the notaries public
to rid the State of a number
of negro notaries who had been
put in office by former governors.
In issuing commissions to
the now notaries (ail white men)
he had turned into the Stale
fudc ;;mnnnMnc* to SCV
LIV?om%? avw c -- eral
thousand dollars. It was his
purpose to continue this economy
and ^ave the taxpayers of the
State every cent possible.
He invited particular attention
to his veto of many items of the
appropriation bill, saying that
he said "No" when it came to
spending $S.0U) for putting in a
heatii g plant in the negro college
declaring that he was against
doing this for the "beautiful
black-faced doll babies" when
many white teachers and pupils
in this State had to do without
such things and the taxpayers
are paying H er them. Another
item of the appropriation bill
which he had vetoed and the
Legislature had passed over his
veto was that providing for the
i loan to the State of a large sum
of money by the sinking fund
i commission. He said this was
unjust; that the money in the
hands ol the commission was
paid in by the p* op!e and it was
wrong for the State to tax the
people lor interest on money
that already belonged to them.
The governor paid his respects
to certain newspapers of the
State which he claimed had been
very unfair to him. In this connection
he cited the Belton
incident, when it was alleged
by certain newspapers that he
had insulted a lady ticket-agent;
that he iiad proven this false by
affidavit from the lady, but the
papers would not print the denial.
Also spoke of falsity of the
Cincinnati incident; the "lie"
i aci been told in certain quarters
thpt be had orce held his child
by the hair out of a second story
window and threatened his wife
if she did not give him a certain
amount of money he would drop
the child. This was a "iie" of
the whole cloth, for he had never
had a child.
Governor Blease dwelt at length
upon the subject of issuing pardons.
He criticised the newspapers
for publishing the names
of the prisoners pardoned and
paroled and the number of pardons
and paroles to date without
giving his reos ms for granting
c.t tr.ency. had liberated something
over o''t. | lisor.ers since he
had i.c ei governor and "was not
through vet." H' the people
chviti't want him to turn Vm out,
to "quit st r.uit.g petitions down
tiiere with their names signed
to them." 1 hese petitions, many
of them, oiten contained the
names of the trial judge, the
jury, and hundreds of titiz< ns
,of the community from which
the prist tu r was sent up. What
was he to do in such cases but
grant what was asked?
He had never sold a pardon as
had been charged. If he were
so disposed he could get rich
enough in one week to resign the
governorship and sit back incase
the balance of his days.
In the audience were a number
of boys and to these the governor
, gave some sound advice. They
should ever strive to attain the
highest rank in their vocations
no matter what they be. He
had begun work as helper around
a livery stable, his duties being
that of currying horses, greasing
harness, etc,
In conclusion the governorstated
that it was a pleasure for
him to go out to the small towns
and rural districts and talk to the j
people. However, these visits
were not made for the purpose
of begging the people for their I
votes. He had no apologies to
make for any official act since he J
had been governor.
Governor Blease was given j
hearty applause during his re-:
marks by shouts of "Hurrah for:
Blease," together with prolonged |
hand-clapping and stamping, j
The governor has many friends.
in Fort Mill and the township!
and these formed a majority of j
his audience.
To a reporter for The Times;
Governor Blease expressed his |
nlensure at the improvements
made in Fort Mill since his visit
10 the town some four years ago.
He especially commended the
citizens of the town for their
action in paving Main street, as
this improvement meant others
in the future.
The Governor returned to Columbia
on the early morning train
Saturday.
Rev. R. A. Yongue Dead.
The remains of Rev. Robt. A.
Yongue, whose death occurred
Saturday afternoon at his home
near Fort Lawn, in Chester
county, were brought to Fort
Mill Monday afternoon and after
funeral services at the Methodist
church by Rev. T. J. White the
burial was made in the Fort Mill
cemetery.
Rev. Mr. Yongue was some
years ago pastor of the Fort Mill
o?,-J ui'ic ihroilffh
CM 1 U I V i I Ciliu w UO 4/VI*/ x v? . ... out
this sec'ion. He v/ts ihe
father of Mrs. W. D. Wolfe of
this city at id was removed from
Fort Mill to another charge ahout
10 years ago. The Chester Reporter
of Monday gives this
sketch of the life and work of
the deceased minister:
"Rev. Mr. Yongue was born
in Charleston Nov. 25. 1851, and
was educated principally at the
Charleston High school. In 1885
he joined the Methodist church,
and was licensed to preach under
Dr. Thomas Raysor, Presiding
Elder. He joined the Conference
at Spartanburg in 1887, and his
first work was on Williston circuit.
He was twice married.
His first wife, who was Miss
Anna M. Deery, of Charleston,
died at Chesterfield Nov. 13.1891,
leaving five children. On Dec.
20, 1802, he was married to Miss
Jane M. Harvey, who survives
him with stveral children.
"Rev. R. A. Yongue served
East Chester circuit 1895-8, and
lust year was on Chester circuit.
This year he was sent back to
East Chester circuit, where he
had before served so faithfully
and acceptably. He was one of
the best-liked ministers who ever
served a charge in Chester
county, ar.d was popular among
all den o filiations. There will be
tears among his friends and
former members in all sections of
the county when the news of his
death becomes generally known.
He was a strong preacher, and
in addition to his forceful preaching
made himself loved for his
many valuable qualities as a man
and citizen."
May Encamp in Alabama.
Members of the local military
company uill be interested to
know there is probability that
the encampment this year of the
three regiments of South Carolina
militia may be held at Anniston,
Ala. A message was received
at Anniston a few days
ago from Congressman Blackmon
in which it was stated that the
war department had signed or*
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ders I or zo.ieu 10 ou.uuv sujdiers
from Alabama, Mississippi,
Louisiana, Georgia, Florida, Kentucky,
Tennessee and North and
South Carolina to encamp at
Anniston for the summer manoeuvres.
As is customary at
encampments a detachment of
regular army officers and men
will be detailed to Anniston to
act as instructors.
Fires in the County.
J. D. Whitesides, a well known
farmer living near Hickory Grove
lost his residence by fire Friday
afternoon. The fire, although it
was discovered before it made
great headway, could not be controlled
on account of the high
wind. Mr. Whitesides was unable
to sa\e much of the contents
and, hence, although he
carried some insurance, his loss
is quite considerable. This is
but one of a series of misfortunes
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mat nave overladen imr. \> antsides
within the last year. The
first and greatest loss was the
sudden and unexpected death of
his wife, about a year ago, during
his absence from home.
Air. Banks Whitesiries, a hardworking
young farmer who lives
near Sharon, was ai.-:o a loser by
lire last week. His barn, whicn
he had just completed, together
with his crib, corn and forage
were all destroyed. Mr. Whitesides,
who has been his own
carpenter, working at odd limes,
has been a number of months
bringing the barn to completion,
and the very day that he had
moved in it, it was destroyed.
He had left the barn and had
gone to the house and was discussing
his new barn with his
wife when his attention was
called to the blazing barn. He
was able to save his mules, but
the balance of the contents were
destroyed, together with the
crib. It is supposed that a
lighted cigarette caused the fire.
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Forty-six Bridges Gone.
Additional information as to I
the damage wrought by the un- I
precedented rains of Friday, 8
March 15, was brought out Thurs- 8
day at a meeting of the county \
commissioners and township I
overseers of York county. With 3
reports from each township, it; \
\ was found that the high waters | {
| had washed away or wrecked 46 \
bridges across the streams of the ' },
i county. The loss was estimated 1 jj
at about $15,000. The bridges' ^
are to be rebuilt at o'ice, four to |
be of steel and costing about J
$7,000. The greatest damage 1
was in Kings Mountain and \
Bethel townships.
Probably the greatest single Jloss
to the county was that of the i
steel biidge at Davis' mill, on jj
Crowder's creek. This bridge r
had been in use but a few weeks j
and was swept away. Several of ;
the bridges were dislodged and
carried down stream only a short
distance add much of the material
in these will be used in rebuilding
the structures. As stated in
these columns last week, the new
lifirlrra cnanr?i"ncr 0
OtCCI UliU^V |7UIUill ^ V/v.vw, .. -V,
at. Ivey's mill was not damaged.
The report that the approaches
to the county bridge near the
dam had been washed away was
erroneous, as oniy a small portion
of the approach on the east side
was damaged. This has been
repaired and the bridge has been
open to traffic since Tuesday of
last week.
Unveiling on April 11.
On Thursday, just two weeks
hence, the monument at the south
front of the State house, erected
by South Carolinians to the
memory of the women of the
Confederacy, will be unveiled;
and the day will be one of the,
most momentous holidays of the
spring lor Columbia. There will
be thousands of people from all
parts of the State in the city for ?
the day and the railroads will 4
offer special rates as an induce- ?
merit to such tourists. ^
The autnorities of Winthrop gj
college and of Coker college at |
HarlsvilJe Have written stating1 m
that their student bodies will jjj
attend the unveiling en masse ?
and the students of the Universi- I
ty of South Carolina will be given h
full holiday in order that they J
may attend the exercises. It is j
expected that the Citadel and
other colleges will also send
delegations.
To Motheis ?And Others.
You can use Bucklen's Arnica Salve
to cure children of eczema, rushes, tet- ! 3
ter. chahng3, scaly and crusted humors, j P
as well as their accidental injuries? *
cuts, burns, brui-.es, etc., with perfect, ?
safety. Nothing else heals so quickly. C
For boils, ulcers, old, running or fever , js
sores or pile it has no equal. 25 cts J
at Ardrey's Drug Store, Parks Drug ?
Co and Fort Mill Drug Co. ^
one cent A WORD
MINIMUM CHARGE, 28C. ?
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FOR SALE?At a bargain, two good \ 'j
Milch Cows. J. LEE CAPPS, 'phone > I
76c, Fort Mill, S. C.
^oriTa\rsEl:F FOR PI.aniTNG- t*
Simpkins Cotton Seed for salp at 75c ej
per bushel. KENNETH NIMS. } ^
FOR SALE?Two fresh Cows, U) :d
bushels Culpepcr Cotton Seed, Berk- ??
chirp Roars. *10 no. If \ou have a
?ood sow, lt*t us breed her to one of j
our boars. Our fee, a pi?. ?
L. A. HARRIS & BRO. *
SWEET ROT AT 0 ~S PRO LT S^For 4
sale, Nancy Hall, Providence and;
Porto Rico?April and Mav delivery, *
$1.75 per 1,000; o.O'iO lots, $1.70; 10,000 4
lots, $1.05. Cabbage Piams, $1.00 per
1,000. F. E. HULL. Rock Hill, S. C. | J
SEED COR NF OR SA L E^BuTBat t's t
Four-ear Prolific Corn?the kind that
will cause you to sell inshadof buy 1
corn. ; Will deliver in Fort Mill at $1.75 | .
per bushel. Phone59-j,J. Z. BA1LES. j 5
Having Trouble ^
With Your Eyes? 4
Yes, sure you are! Can't read , f
a half hour without taking oil
your glasses and rubbing your 4
eyes. You don't consider the ^
fact that your eyes grow old j
with your bodies, that a pair of ?.
lenses that suit your eyes today
may be out of date two years
hence. Some people know what 4
they need, but remain careless,
while their eyes suffer for relief, j
Then they don't seem to realize; f
what an easy and inexpensive job
it is to have eye comfort. You
can be fitted in less than five 4
minutes at an average cost of 50
cents or $1, and you will be fit
ted so well that you will know i
it without a doubt to your own ~
satisfaction. You will be satisfied
here and you take a guarantee >
with you home that you will be i
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satisfiied there, ami you can tai;e
your place around the fireside .
and reading lamp with your chil- f
drcn and be supremely proud >
of tlie fact that the reading mat- >
ter and pictures look just as good 4
to you as to them.
Ardrey's Drug Store.
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UNEBACK & ELAM
(POPULAR JEWELERS)
CHARLOTTE, N. C. T
Webt Trade St., ft-ar ?^uare. i
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We are getting in tremendous ^
stocks of the most select lims cf t
Jewelry, Watches, Silverware, ^
Cut Clnss and Holiday Uoud.-.
Our stock has tin* variety that
you want when you select a Wed- (
ding or other Gift. v..
Come to see us and we will always
give you the best goods for
the least money.
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Our Millinery D<
the management of
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vill give us great pi
Grays, Tans, Blues
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$10.001
rlats, Spring Shirt
:kwear and Underv
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Miss Estelle Mas- ;
Hy attractive. |
st and most popu- *
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goes on continually
tter clothing, better t
year, as before, the se
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young men. Hence,
,ving of Spring Suits. )
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eaves and colorings, si
tly designed suits as
easure to introduce yo
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ty weaves and stripes.
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ft er than the ordinary. You '
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