Fort Mill times. (Fort Mill, S.C.) 1892-current, June 06, 1912, Image 3
r SHORT ITEMS of INTEREST
to TIMES READERS.
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Mr. George Howard, a prominent
mill superintendent of Gastonia,
N. C., spent Sunday with
friends in Fort Mill.
J. A. Walker, a well known
farmer of Steel Creek, on Tuesday
celebrated his 62nd birthday
with a family reunion.
Mrs. L. E. Ligon and children,
of Shelby, N. C., are visiting at
the home of Mrs. Ligon'smother,
Mrs. Alice Harris, in this city.
The drug stores of the town
will during the summer close
evenings, Saturday excepted, at
8 o'clock. The rule became ef,
fective,June 3.
I.nther Patterson, the little
7-year-old son of Mr. and Mrs.
James H. Patterson, has been
seriously ill for two weeks at the
home of his parents on East
Booth street, this city.
Co!. William Mack, a prominent
attorney of New York, returned
to his home in the
Metropolis Saturday evening after
a visit to his mother in this
city.
Quite a number of the young
ladies and men of Fort Mill and
the township who have been off
at college have returned during
the last week for the summer
vacation.
Many people are of the opinion
that the numerous dogs in the
town should either be confined or
made to wear a muzzle during
the hot summer months when
t.
raDies are so cumtnun.
Pending the arrival of a shipment
of paving material the
work on Main street was suspended
the past week. It is expected
that with the arrival of
the necessary material the paving
will be completed within ten
days.
Mr. and Mrs. B. M. Lee, who
have been living at Dryden,
Texas, for several months, returned
to Fort Mill Sunday
morning and will again reside
on Mr. Lee's plantation in lower
Fort Mill.
The special cotton crop report
issued by the United States Department
of Agriculture Tuesday
estimates that on May 25th
the condition of the crop was
78.9 per cent; as compared with
87.8 on the same date last year
and 81.5 as a ten years average.
Z. V. Bradford, the well
known building contractor has
just completed a pice residence
in Americus, Ga., and returned
to Fort Mill Monday morning.
Mr. Bradford probably will move
** his family to the Georgia city
within a short time.
What was said to have been
the heaviest rain of the spring
in the Belaire section of Lancaster
county fell late Sunday afternoon.
There was also a light
fall of hail, but the only damage
was the washing away of numer- 1
ous terraces, injuring to some
extent the young cotton and
corn.
Construction work on the new
two-story Belk building on Main
street has progressed very satisfactorily
to the contractor during
the last two weeks and the walls
are now up to the second story.
With favorable weather the
building will probably be ready
for occupancy by Julv 1.
Reports on file in the State1
treasurer's office show the fertilizer
tax sales for the year to
be $204,457 fis compared with
$235,352 for the same period last
year. There is a tax of 25 cents
a ton on fertilizers which shows
that over 800,000 tons have been
purchased by the farmers this
year. The fund from the sale
of the tax goes to Clemson college.
Major W. W. Boyce has sold
to V. B. Blankensljip a lot on
Marion street, the*.-deal being
put through by John R. Wil-1
^ 1??*LAwnUir? nn_ I
118ms. iwr. DmiiA.^UOlu^ an- I
nounces that he is going to have
a residence erected on this lot,
and that work on the house will
begin as soon as the plans can
be drawn. The residence will
be occupied by Mr. Blankenship
and family.-Rock Hill Herald.
The contractors who have been
engaged for several weeks in
sinking a deep well in Clebourne
street have experienced a great
deal of trouble with quicksand.
Already two tests have been
made of the well and each of
these brought forth a quantity of
sand with each stroke of the
pump. The well, now about 120
feet deep, will be sunk 30 or 40
feet deeper with the hope of
shutting off the quicksand.
S. A. Epps of the firm of
Meacham & Epps, has called the
attention of The Times to an
error which appeared in the
firm's advertisement last week.
The firm has lately received a
shipment of gentleman's ties,
and in quoting prices The Times
^ said, "Take choice for 25c, many
A worth 50c." The sentence should
have read, "Take choice for 50c,
B many worth 75c."
| Sudie, the four-months old
I daughter of the late Mrs. Sudie
Shannon Hafner, wife of Rev.
W. A. Hafner of the Fort Mill
Presbyterian church, died Saturday
morning at 1 o'clock at the
home of Dr. and Mrs. D. G.
Miller in Chester. The little
body was carried to Sharon
Saturday afternoon and laid to
rest in the cemetery of Sharon
Presbyterian church. Rev. Mr.
Hafner has the sympathy of all
in his bereavement
HONORS FOR FORT MILL MEN
IN CHARLESTON RIFLE CONTEST
Members of the Fort Mili Light
Infantry, including Lieut S. W.
Parks, Sergts. George Potts and
Wm. Belk, and Privates Earl
Belk, George Hall, Floyd Moser
and Ardrey Thrower, returned
Thursday morning from Charleston,
where they had taken
part in the ten days' annual State
Rifle contest. The Fort Mill
boys did excellent shooting on
the Charleston range, Sergt.
George Potts carrying off the
honor of being the best shot in
the State and Sergt. Wm. Belk
establishing the record of being
the best shot in the State on the
200-yard range.
The First regiment, of which
the Fort Mill company is a part,
lead the other regiments by
many points in the handling of
the rifle. This was the conclusion
reached after a coniDarison
of the aggregate scores for the |
ten-day contest. Not only did the
1st regiment win the prize offered
for the best regimental
score, but a 1st regiment company
won the prize for the best
company score; a 1st regiment
battalion won out for the highest
battalion score; a 1st regiment
man took-off the prize for being
adjudged the best shot in the
State, among the eligible contestants;
the 1st regiment furnished
considerably the largest
number of men who qualified as
marksman, and out of the six
individual record contests open
to the entire State, the 1st regiment
took off three.
The prizes for the winning contestants
were presented Thursday
morning by Adjutant General
Moore. In addition to the
prizes, proper, there were distributed
badges to all who had
qualified as marksmen. The 1
prizes won by the 1st regiment '
men were as follows;
Cup, presented by Capt.
George H. McMaster, U. S. A., 1
for highest regimental score, to
be shot for annually. The 1st '<
regiment made a score of 5,768, 1
thereby winning the cup. The 1
2d regiment's score was 5,659, 1
and that of the 3d regiment,
3.842.
Cup, furnished by the State,
for best battalion score, to be
kept by battalion winning this
year. This was won by the 2d
battalion of the 1st regiment,
with a score of 2,272. Headquarters
of the 2d battalion are
at Yorkville.
Oim fnrniched hv the State.
VUp, A VII il?w*ivv? ?... ,
for best company score. This
was won by Company K, of the
1st regiment. Company K. is
located at Fort Mill.
Medal and $10, presented by
Adjt. Gen. Moore, for the best
shot in the State. This was won
by Sergt. G. W. Potts, of Company
K. 1st regiment. Sergt.
Potts made a total record of
394, out of a possible 450, this
including shooting on the 800- 1
yard, 1,000-yard, 600-yard, 300yard,
200-yard ranges at slow
fire, 200-yard range at rapid fire,
and a skirmish run.
Medal and $10, furnished by '
State, for best shot at 200 yards. ]
Won by Sergt, Wm. Belk, Com- J
pany K, 1st regiment. Company *
K. is stationed at Fort Mill.
Winning score, 43, out of possible
50.
Medal and $10, furnished by ,
State, for best shot at 500 yards. ]
Won by Sergt. M. L. Jolly, ,
Company C, 1st regiment. Clif- <
ton. Score, 49, out of possible
50.
Aside from the excellent scores
of Sergts. Potts and Belk of the
local company, it may be said
that the squad from Fort Mill,
as a whole, did good work on
the range, taking the lead of the
other companies in the contests
which won the regimental and
battalion cups. It was said that
these prizes would have gone
elsewhere had it not been for
the excellent shooting of the
Fort Mill boys.
Local militiamen had a pleasant
stay in Charleston and are
justly proud of the records they
made. The silver battalion cup
and the silver cup and gold
medal won by Sergeant Potts
have been on display at Parks'
drug store for several days and
have been admired by hundreds
of Fort Mill people.
A Surprise Marriage.
The Fort Mill friends of Miss
Mae White, eldest daughter of
Rev. T. J. White, pastor of the
Fort Mill Methodist church, were
pleasantly suprised Sunday morning
to learn that the voung lady
had eloped with and married Mr.
R. M. Morris. The elopement
took place Saturday evening
about 8 o'clock. Miss White, in
company with a Fort Mill young
man, drove to the Catawba
bridge, three miles west of town,
and was there met by Mr. Morris.
The couple drove on to Rock Hill
and were married by one of the
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ministers or mat city. i?ir. anu
Mrs. Morris are at present visiting
relatives of the latter at
Camden.
Mr. Morris is a telegraph
operator and several months ago
held such a position with the
Southern railway at Fort Mill.
It is understood that his present
work is at Charlotte, in which
city he and his bride will make
their future home.
The suspect arrested about ten
daysagoatMcAlister, Oklahoma,
and thought to be W. E. Perry,
who killed Langdon Boozer at
the Wylie mill in Chester about
seven years ago. has turned out
to be the wrong man. The man
under arrest favored Perry in
1 several respects, but bore a number
of marks about the body and
by these and his facial features
was able to prove his innocence.
There is a reward outstanding of
$1,000 for the capture of Perry.
Graded School Honor Roll.
Following is the honor roll, etc.,
of the Fort Mill graded school
for the month of May, the session
having closed on the 17.
Tenth Grade, Distinguished?
Lana Parks. Proficient?Mamie
Jack Mas3ey, Mary Potts, Parks
Boyd, Robbie Howie.
Ninth Grade, Proficient?Brice
Culp, Florence Bennett, Ruth
Faris, Lila Hall, Shellie Sutton,
Fred Wilson, Roy Patterson,
Ethel Armstrong, Mae White.
Sixth Grade?Julia Armstrong,
Mary McLaughlin, Marjory Mills,
Agnes Link, Mary Hope Smith,
Wm. Ardrey, Luther Belk, Jno.
A. Boyd, Barron Bennett, Robt.
Erwin, William Erwin, Andrew
Hafner, Alfred Jones.
Fifth Grade?Ethel Hughes,
Ruth McLaughlin, Mary Spratt,
Ola Crayton, Lonnie Robinson,
Malcolm Link.
Second Grade? Bessie Crayton,
LillieEpps, Marion Parks, Maude
Robinson, Lizzie Bell Sutton,
Elma Bradford. Imogene White,
Robert Armstrong, Harmon Harkey,
Fravor Kimbrell, Billie
Mack, Ladson Mills, Carl Murray,
Allen Parks, Arthur Young.
Pupils who were neither absent
nor tardy during the year:
Emma Epps, Beulah Paiks?
Fravor Kimbrell.
Pupils who were not aosent
during the year: Mary Potts,
Parks Boyd, Olive Harris, Fair
Lee, Mary McLaughlin, Alice
Harris, Cornelia Harris, Ruth
McLaughlin.
Patterson Case Non-Suited.
In the Civil court at Charlotte
Friday afternoon Judge Cline
ordered a non-suit in the $20.0C0
damage suit of John W. Patter-1
son against the Charlotte Electric
company for the death about
one year ago of Lewis N. Patterson,
father of John W. Patterson.
The motion for non-suit was
made by Judge Osborne for the
defense. J. D. McCall, attorney
for the plaintiff, served notice of
appeal and the hearing will be
conducted before the Supreme
court at the earliest possible
date.
Newspaper readers remember
well the circumstances undei
which Lewis Patterson met his
death. It was said that while in
a drunken condition on one of the
Charlotte streets the man reeled
in front of an approaching street
car and was killed. His companion
was said to have told him
of the oncoming car but Patterson
gave no heed to the warning.
The night was dark and the
motorman it was claimed did not
see the man until the car was
almost on him. The reverse current
was thrown on but Patterson
was struck and died instantly
from the collision. In the trial,
the contention of the defendant
was "contributory negligence"
on the part of Patterson, which
tendered the accident unavoidable.
Many cases of similar
nature were cited, which brought
forth the ruling of Judge Cline
for a non-suit. '
Lewis N. Patterson was thej
husband of Mrs. Margaret Patterson,
and father of W. W.
Patterson and Mrs. L. S. Patterion,
residents of Fort Mill.
The Weather in May.
According to the report of the
Charlotte weather bureau, the
highest temperature recorded in
this section for May, 1912. was
91 degrees on the 25th and the
lowest was 49 degrees on the
27th, a fluctuation of 42 degrees,
in accumulated-excess of temperature
for the month the May
of 1912 showed a deficiency of
291 degrees and the May of 1911
showed an excess of 227 degrees,
a difference of 518. The total
accumulated excess in temperature
at the close of the month
was 32 degrees.
Tee total precipitation for the
month was 3.14 inches, a deficiency
for the month of .78 of
an inch, but an excess since
January of 2 inches. The month
of May, 1911, closed with an
accumulated deficiency in rainfall
of 10.09 inches, the excess
of 2 inches for the same period
of 1912, making a difference in
precipitation of 12.09 inches for
the two years.
A Good Vermin Killer.
The following recipe for carbolated
kerosene emulsion gives not
only a vermin killer, but also an
odor to the hen house that is
effective in the cure of cases of
bad cold and discharges of mucuous
substance from the nostrils;
half pound ordinary laundry soap,
one gallon water, one quart of
kerosene oil, four ounces crude
carbolic acid. Cut the soap in
small pieces, and drop into the
water and boil. When it comes
to a boil remove from the fire and
add the kerosene. Shake or stir
the mixture until nearly cool.
Put away in a well covered vessel
until wanted, at which time
add about 12 to 14 quarts of hot
water and the carbolic acid, and
mix well. Use as a spray once
a week.
"Not Guilty" Was the Verdict.
"Not guilty" was the verdict
in the label case at Columbia
Saturday, in which John Hell
Towill and L. W. Boykin, former
members of the State Board ol
Control, and YV. 0. Tatum, former
Dispensary commissioner,
were accused of defrauding the
State out of $25,000 in the purchase
of 21,000,000 labels. Eminent
counsel represented both
sides, and the case was a brilliant
and bitterly contested legal
battle. Attorney general Lvor
asked for a verdict of not guilty
as to Mr. Tatum.
Mrs. L. J. Massey is visiting
her daughter, Mrs. J. C. Hunter,
i at Liberty, S. C.
ONE CENT A WORD
MINIMUM CHARGE, 25C.
FOR SALE?Lot of nice Pigs and
Shoats. W. H. JONES, 'Phone 53-f.
FOR SALE?Nice Jersey Cow. Will
be fresh about July 1. Apply to E. L.
HUGHES, Fort Mill, S. C.
FOR RENT?Nice 5-room Cottage
on Baptist Church Street. Apply to
Dr. J. L. Spratt.
ANNOUNCEMENTS. I
For Clerk of Court.
We are authorized to announce j
JOHN R. LOGAN as a candidate for
the office of Clerk of the Court, subject
to the choice of the Democratic voters
in the primary election.
For Sheriff.
I hereby announce myself a candidate j
: for Sheriff of York county, subject to
j the result of the Democratic primary I
! election. S. S. PLEXICO. v j
For State Senator.
The Times is authorized to announce I
J. E. BEAMGUARD, of Clover, as a
candidate for the State Senate, subject
to the result of the Democratic primary :
! election in York county.
The Times is authorized to announce
THOS. F. McDOW, of Yorkville, as a
candidate for State Senator from York
county, subject to the action of the
Democratic voters in the August primary.
B. J. WHITE,
Attorney at Law.
Office Over Ardrey's Drugstore,
FORT MILL, S. C.
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Notice to the Public.
We, the undersigned, druggists of;
Fort Mill, will from June 3rd to September
1st, close our stores each night,
Saturday excepted, promptly at 8 o'clock.
* W. B. ARDREY,
PARKS DRUG CO.,
FORT MILL DRUG CO. i
FOR SALE
VALUABLE PROPERTY
One five-room house with large front
and rear piazas, large barn and fine
water, situated on one of the best |
I streets in town, joins lands of I). A.
J Lee on west and Miss Ella Stewart on
east, size of lot, one acre more or less, i
property of Mrs. E. K. Barber. Terms,
1-3 cash, balance in three equal annual
payments at 8% interest. Price $2,100.
One 7-room house with large front
and rear piazza, good barn and best
well of water in town; also one of the
best finished houses in town. Halfacre
lot, situated on Booth street. This
is valuable property. Owner and terms
' same as above. Price, $2,625.
I One 2J acre lot on west side of Con- I
federate street with one four-room
dwelling and large barn. This property
faces four streets. With small cost
for grading, etc., can be made double
its present value. Owner and terms
same as above.
270 acres fine timber in Lancaster
county on Catawba river, near new Ivy
Mill bridge. Will cut about three million
feet. See it and ask for price.
I Owner same as above.
You should get some of the profits of I
steady increasing values of real estate.
"DO IT NOW."
T. M. HUGHES, Broker,
LANCASTER, S. C.
I Don't Miss These i
One Tooth Brush worth * - 35c ' j
One Tooth Paste, Powaer or
Wash worth 25c 'm
One Cake of Harmony Rose or
Harmony Toilet Soap - - 15c
All for 50 cents for a few days. J
Each article is the best of the
kind in the house, and we want
you to realize this fact for yourself
and your future purchases
will recompense us for our loss. ^
If preferred you can choose any ^
box of Talcum Powder from one a
of our 19 varieties and substi- ^
tute for one of the above articles.
Ardrey's Drug Store.
1785 1912
College of Charleston
128th year begins September 27.
Entrance examinations at all the
countv seats on Friday, July f>, at 9
a. m.
It offers courses in Ancient and Modern
Languages, Mathematics, History, I
Political Science, Debating, Chemistry, ^
Physics, Biology and Engineering.
Courses for B. A., B. S., and B. S.
degree with Engineering.
A free tuition scholarship to each
county of South Carolina. Vacant
Boyce scholarships, giving $100 a year
and free tuition, open to competitive ,
examination in September. J ^
Expenses reasonable. Terms and cat- '
alogue on application. Write to ! S
HARRISON RANDOLPH, t
President,
Charleston, S. C.
Haile's On the Corner
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$2,500 for loss of limbs or i
$5,000 for loss of life or lirr
$50 per month while disabl
$50 per month while sick fi
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