Fort Mill times. (Fort Mill, S.C.) 1892-current, February 13, 1913, Image 1
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Established in 1891.
r OUR WEEKLY NEWS LETTER
FROM THE STATE CAPITAL
Fort Mill Times Correspondence.
Columbia, Feb. 8.?It makes
us feel good to see so many of
our Fort Mill friends in the city
reaping the advantages the National
Corn exposition offers.
Among those fiom Fort Mill who
have visited the city recently
are Mr. and Mrs. J. H. MoMurray,
Miss Louise McMurray, Mr.
and Mrs. Fred Nims, W. H. Windie,
Osmond Barber, J. J. Bailes,
W. M. White, S. E. White, Kenneth
Nims. F. Nims. Jr.. and
Murray Mack.
The members of the York delegation
in the General Assembly
are enjoying perfect health and
are looking forward with intense
anxiety for the adjournment of
the Legislature about two weeks
hence.
The following bills of Statewide
interest probably will come
up in the Legislature this week:
A bill to regulate the publication
of certain articles in newspapers
and magazines; a bill to establish
a home in this State for destitute
children; the McLaurin
cotton warehouse bill; a bill to
abolish the hosiery mill at the
State penitentiary; the two-cent
railroad rate bill. A bill amending
the road laws in certain particulars
probably will be introduced
this week in the Senate by
Mr. Beamguard and in the House
by Mr. Haile. H.M.W.
Big Fire at Lancaster.
Friday morning at 3 o'clock
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the Jones Mercantile company at
Lancaster was totally destroyed
by fire. In the building at the
time were about 40 head of
horses and mules which had just
been shipped in. The live stock,
together with many vehicles,
belonging to the Heath-Elliott
Mule company, were also burned.
The loss ?>' the building, esti^
mated at $2,500, fell upon the
Jones Mercantile company, while
the livestock and vehicles, as
stated, belonged to the HeathElliott
Mule company. On the
building was $1,500 insurance
and tht contents was insured for
about 60 per cent, of its value.
The origin of the fire was not
known.
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Anotner week 01 torn a>how.
At the urgent demand of prominent
individuals and commercial
organizations, the Fifth National
Corn Exposition, which was to
have closed Saturday, will continue
this week. This announcement
was contained in a statement
made public Friday bv
E. J. Watson, State Commis
sioner of Agriculture, and concurred
in by representatives of
the exposition.
"The Fifth National Corn Exposition
is to continue through
another week, closing next Friday
evening," the statement
read. "The exposition is proclaimed
by all to be too great in
its educational value to the people
to be closed before those who
have just realized its magnitude
have an opportunity to visit it."
Militia Will Not Go.
A message Saturday from the
Governor containing a letter he
had received from General Mills,
one of the marshals of the parade
in Washington for the inaugural,
containing a statement that
nearro troons from thp District
of Columbia and from Maryland
would be in the parade ahead of
the South Carolina troops.
The Governor will not let the
South Carolina troops attend, because
they will be placed behind
the negro troops in the parade.
Yorfcille's New Paper.
A meeting was held in Yorkville
Tuesday night at the office
of Thomas F. McDow at which
the York Publishing company
was formed. At the meeting the
sum of $8,000 was subscribed.
\ The company will publish a news'
paper in Yorkville. Application
will be made ut once for a oharter.
The capital stock will be
$12,000. Among the largest
subscribers are D. E. Finlev,
W. B. Moore, B. N. Moore, S. M.
McNecl, J. A. Latta, J. A. Tate,
R. T. Allison, J. S. Brice, Thomas
F. McDow and W. R. Bradford.
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| PROF. ALEX. B. BANKS
Fort Mill people, generally,
will read with interest the following
extracts from an article
written by Broadus Mitchell, of i
Columbia, and printed in a recent
issue of Southern School News:
Born and reared in Chester
county, South Carolina, in the
Rocky Creek section, known 4or
its sturdy Scotch-Irish stock,
lovers of religious freedom and
education. Professor Banks was
prepared for college in the noted
Oak Grove and Rossville male
ac&uemies, where he was under
the instruction of such famous
teachers as Robert and Matthew
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nautu', vv. o. watts, uaptain
Thompson and John H. Buchanan.
These were thorough drill
masters, and he was well prepared
to enter Davidson College .
in 18G7, from which he was'
graduated in 1871, at the age of
twenty, with the A. B. degree.
Teaching school near the college,
he took his A. M. two years later.
His intention was to study
medicine, but owing to difficulties
in the days of reconstruction,
especially the necessity of removing
to Alabama to escape
indictment resulting from his
Ku Klnx activities, he abandoned
his original idea in 1875, and I
addressed his energies to the
teaching profession, in which
work he had become intensely
interested. He conducted successively
the Archibald Institute
at Pleasant Ridge, Alabama; and
the Catawba Male Academy at
Fort Mill, South Carolina, which
he organized and where for
thirteen years he sent twentyfive
boys annually to college.
The student body of the latter
grew until it numbered* several
hundreds, States from Virginia
to Texas being represented. 1890
saw his removal to Rock Hill to
superintend the system of graded
schools in that place. He remained
in this position five years,
when he was called to the head
of the Presbyterian high school
of Bethel Presbytery at Rock
Hill. Many of his former students
followed him to Yorkville,
where he organized the Banks
high school. A city superintendency
claimed him again in Lancaster,
where he worked six
years, until his wife's health
induced him to take charge of
the Hyatt Park high school of
Eau Claire, Richland county,
which, since his coming four
years ago. has grown l'rom 75 to
400 students.
Professor Banks was for 14
years a/ member of the State
board of education, serving under
Governors Evans, Ellerbe, McSweeney,
Heyward and Ansel,
until in his fourth term he voluntarily
gave up the office. He was
lieutenant colonel on Governor
Simpson's staff. For some years
he was secretary and treasurer
of the State Teachers' Association.
His alma mater he has
served long and nobly, having
been a trustee and member of
the executive committee for 40
years. His father had been
chairman olj the board of trustees,
and to this position Professor
Banks succeeded him
when a very young man. On
numerous occasions he has delivered
addresses at Davidson,
notably at the semi-centennial
ceremonies. * He has been
immediately instrumental in inducing
1,500 young men to enter
college, most of these from the
Carolinas, but from over the
whole South as well. Coaching
studants for the United States
Military and Naval Academies
has been his special pet occupation.
Some of the most eminent
of his former students may be |
memtioned here in the persons
of Professor 1. S. K. Axson, |
head of the English department
in Princeton University; William
Mack, LL. D., of New York,
head of the largest law publishing
house in America, and president
of the Law College in the
city of New York; James D.
Nesbit, one of the most promi- i
nent physicians in the country;
Professor J. L. Douglas, of
Davidson College; Rev. Ed. Mack
of Lane Seminary, in Cincinnati;
Captain George McMaster, of*
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me united States army; Dr. Lee
Hart, of the United States Naval
Academy; W. B. Dove, assistant
secretary of State.
Professor Banks love? his work
with a passionate devotion, be%
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FORT MILL, S. C., THTTB
ON SATURDi
The Times will agai
500 V
On the Parlor Grand Pian
tion (cash with order), Re
Delinquent Discontinued
Quite a number of contec
last Saturday and as a re
Votes were issued by Th<
will again find these youi
m the homes and in th<
through The Times' mc
miss this grand opporti
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'to work today and report
THE FORT MILL TIM!
Pellagra in the United States.
There were from thirty to
fifty thousand cases of pellagra
in the United States within the
last six years, with a death rate
of about 39 per cent. These
figures constitute only a rough
estimate of the number of cases,
owing to the defective machinery
for securing vital statistics.
Lavinder, of the United States
public health service, has gathered
figures on the prevalence
and distribution of pellagra in
the United States. Figures have
been secured from State authorities,
from public Institutions and
from private sources. A map
shows that pellagra has been reported
from every State in the
union except New Hampshire in
the east, and a group of western
and noruhwestern States comprising:
Idaho, Minnesota, Montana,
the two Dakotas, Utah,
Wyoming and Nevada. The
greatest prevalence is found in
the group usually spoken of as
the Southern States. In only
one State is the disease reportable
by law. Pellagra cannot
be compared in prevalence with
such a disease as typhoid fever,
for example, yet the large number
of cases and the high mortality-rate,
together with its
wide and apparently increasing
distribution, make it a disease of
national importance.
Hail Wagons Must Be Red.
A dispatch from Washington
says that the postmaster genera!
has issued orders to employees
of the postofRce department to
paint everything red. Wine
colors and pale, sickly reds will
not do; R-E-D is the word. Every
delivery wagon, city, parcel post
and rural iree delivery vehicle
must be red, and even the mail
boxes throughout the country
must take on a bright reddish
color.
The only protests that are apt
to be heard, it is thought, will oe
from the rural carrier*, who will
say that in their red wagons
they are likely to be chased by
all the bulls and turkey gobblers
along their routes, to say nothing
of the scores of dogs.
The Literary society of the
Fort Mill high school will give
special public exercises, to which
the public is cordially invited, at
the auditorium the afternoon of
Friday, February 21.
cause he loves humanity and
wants to touch it for th? hp?t in
the most vital way he knows
how. He is preparing 25 or 30
boys for college each year now.
He says he feels that he is doing
his best work now, that he is
only at the present time in possession
of his fullest powers and
getting most benefit from his
long experience.
In many respects he is the last
representative of a type of teacher
too long passed from among
us. But he has left and is leaving
in the lives of his students
the great principles of honor,
self-reliance, earnest application
and courage of convictions. By
more than one person of knowledge
and judgement he has been
called the greatest teacher in
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LSD AY, FEBRUARY 13, 1913,
\l feb. 15,
n allow, a bonus of
OTES
o for each New Subscripnewal;
or dollar paid on
Subscriptions.
itants busied themselves
suit many thousands of
; Times. Next Saturday
ig ladies on the streets,
? stores piling up votes
>st liberal offer. Don't
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unity to increase your
urs' pleasant work. Go
next Saturday, Feb'y 15.
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The Piano Contest.
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?i o w uctt yuu uo iouay mat
counts, not what you are going:
to do tomorrow.
The Times is taking a great
pride in the piano contest and
the number of young ladies who,
by brave effort, are trying to
win the beautiful instrument, j
The object of The Times in ar
ranging to issue votes in the'
piano contest is to increase the
circulation of the paper and up
to the present time results to this
end have been most gratifying.
The contest means that the winner
will be the young lady who
appreciates resourcefulness, pa- j
tience and get-there-quick qualities.
It is a business proposition 1
for young ladies who like excitement
and attainment of business
principles. Competition is the
life of success and it also makes
achievement worth while. The
contest offers a reward of such
great value and desirability that
contestants who are in to win
should spare neither time nor'
effort to keep well ahead in the
race. The contestant who at the
beginning exerts the greatest
effort has a decided advantage
over the one who lags along until
near the close and attempts
to overtake the leaders.
In The Times this week is
offered a bonus of 500 votes, or a
total of 625 votes, for each new
subscriber, or renewal, sent in i
on Saturday, and is expecting to
enroll even a greater number!
than was added to the lists on
last Saturday. Contestants should
make an effort each day to inthplr
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to the paper and promise to save j
the coupons which will appaer in
each issue during the contest. ]
Begin a canvass of your com-;
munity today and, if you prefer, I
hold the subscriptions until Sat-1
urday in order to secure the'
bonus votes, but be sure to send
in what names you may have on
that day, as the people who sub- j
scribe want their paper at once, i
The Times also requests that1
each contestant to whom it issues >
votes turn them in on Wednesday i
in order that they maintain aj
good standing in the list which j
is pos ed each Thursday morning |
at the store of McElhaney & Co.
Eighth Grade Honor Roll.
Following are the names of I
eighth grade honor-roll students I
of the local school, the same having
failed to reach The Times office
for publication, along with
those of the other grades, in last
week's paper:
tyillie K. Barber. Cornelia Harris,
Alice HaVHs, Alice Bradford,
Pauline Erwin, Ocey Hood, Kathleen
Armstrong, Violet Gulp,
Mary Armstrong, Heath Belk,
Ernest Patterson, David Gaston,
Willie Rogers.
Through an oversight on the
part of The Times the name of
Master Arthur Young, one of the
bright pupils of the local school,
was omitted from the published
list last week of the honor roll
of the third grade.
Miss Juanita F>win returned
Monday morning from a visit of
several weeks to relatives in
Greenville.
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NE6R0 BURNED AT STAKE
IN MISS. COURTHOUSE YARD
Saturday at Houston, Mississippi,
while a court Ktor.mrrsir?h?i*
took his testimony admitting his
joruilt. Divil Rucker, a negro, 30
years old, in the presence of
1,000 persons, was condemned to
death and, while the sheriff and
his deputies looked on, powerless
to act, was chained to a steel
pump in the courthouse yaid, oil
soaked wood was piled about
him, the match was applied and
the body was incinerated. A
member of the mob fired four
shots into Rucker's body before
he died.
The lynching of Rucker was
the second in two days in the
town of Houston and followed
the killing of Mrs. J. C. Williams
who was cluhbed to death at her
home there in the daytime Thursday,
her body being thrown in a
pit under the house after it had
been stripped of a diamond ring
and other jewelry. Andrew Wil
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iiu.no, u. ut:>iru, was nrst arrested
charged with the crime. He was
taken from jail by a mob and
hanged Friday.
Local Lodge of Boy Scouts.
Mr. W. M. Carothers. a well
known citizen of the town, has
organized a branch here of the
Boy Scouts of America. The
organization now has a membership
of about twenty. A fewnights
ago Mr. Carothers took
his troup of scouts to the woods
west of town where a big fire
was built and for an hour or
more the boys were made extremely
happy. The object of
the order is to take the boy when
he thinks he is having a good
time, and when he really is, and
teach him valuable lessons on
various subjects: and, also, to
instill in him a code of morals
from which it is likely he will
never depart. One of the moral
precepts is a pledge that binds
him to be honest, unselfish,
courteous, and to desire to help
others and do some kind act
daily. The basis of the movement
is in no way militarism,
the idea, however, is to keep the
boys divided into squads so that i
a close scrutiny may be kept on j
their actions.
E. W. Kimbrell Co. |
Beginning
and contin
April 6th
present i
75c C
For every single pair o
from us. With every p
give you 50c in Cash,
pair of $1.00 Shoes yo
present of 25c in Cash
fer applies only to casl
We make you this ha
we need more room.
best styles are picked <
E. W. Kimb
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<1.25 Per Year.
THE WEBB LIQUOR BILL
SOON TO BECOME A LAW
The United States Senate Monday
night passed the Webb
liquor bill, already passed by the
House as a substitute for the
Kenyon-Sheppard bill. The Webb
bill would prohibit shipments of ?.
intoxicating liquors from one
State to another when intended
to be received or sold in violation
of the law of the State to which
the shipment is made.
Friends of the legislation will
now seek to have the House concur
in the Senate bill which differs
from the bill passed by the
House only in number. Should
that be done the bids will not be
considered in conference, but the
measure passed by the Senate
will go to the President for his
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come operative July 1, 1913.
An Approaching Marriage.
Invitations reading as follows
were issued in this city Monday:
"You are invited to be present
at the marriage of Leila Mamie
Belk to Mr. Charles Sargent
Kimbrell Thurseay evening, February
twenty, nineteen hundred
and thirteen at 8 o'clock at the
home of Mr. and Mrs. E. W.
Kimbrell, Fort Mill, S. C."
ivliss RMk is thr>
ter of Mr. and Mrs. R. L. C.
Belk, of the township, and is
well known and admired throughout
this section. Mr. Kimbrell
is a carrier on one of the local
rural mail routes and is universally
popular. The marriage
of this couple on the 20th instant
will bean event of much interest
in this city.
Pythian Banquet Tonight
The annual banquet of Electra
lodge No. 87, K. of P., will be
held this (Thursday) evening in
the lodge rooms and town hall.
Quite a number of invitations
have been issued and it is expected
that a large crowd will
be present. The principal speaker
of the evening will be Hon.
f lilno T Dof f '
vnitii d. i ukiciauii, a prominent
attorney and Pythian of Chester.
A number of local Pythians also
will address the assemblage on
"Pythianism."
E. W. Kimbrell Co.
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>air of $2.00 Shoes we
and with every single
u buy we make you a
Of course, this of_
i purchases,
ndsome offer because
Buy today before the
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QUALITY COUNTS."
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