The Fort Milt. Times.
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Established in 1891. FORT MILL, S. C.t THURSDAY, MARCH: 27, 1913. , $1.25 Per Year.
HUNDREDS OF LIVES LOST
> IN STORM-SWEPT NEBRASKA
More than 200 persons were
killed and 400 were injured in a
windstorm that demolished 450
homes, damaged hundreds of
other buildings and caused a
monetary loss of $5,000,000 according
to telegraphic reports
available up to a late hour Monday
night from the main path of
Sunday's tornado in and near
Omaha, Nebraska.
Most of the casualties were in
Omaha. Nearby towns in Nebraska
and across the Missouri
river in Iowa also suffered
severely. Wires were snapped
off in all directions and it took
many hours to gather and circulate
news of the disaster.
Fire broke out in the debris
of many wrecked buildings in
the Nebraska metropolis and
these were a menace for some
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nine as 1,11c inr uvmijjcinics were
hindered by falling walls and
blockaded streets. A heavy rain
followed the wind, however, and
drenched the hundreds of homeless
persons but also put out the
flames.
Of the 202 known dead within
the area covered by the storm
152 were residents of Omaha.
The remaining dead are scattered
over a considerable range
of territory.
Perhaps 1.500 persons are'
homeless. Aside from this 3,000
buildings were more or less
damaged, some of these being
churches and school buildings.
Eight of Omaha's public schools
were wrecked. All forms of
communication were almost annihilated
by the wind and only
two or three wires were in working
condition when daylight relieved
a night of high tension,
which at times almost became a
panic. Soldiers. State and
National troops, poured into the
city during the day to aid in
brimrinc order of what for '/>(?
hours had been chaos.
Two Wrecks Near Winnsboro.
Within 24 hours Sunday a
short stretch of track on the
Southern railway?the 40 miles
between Columbia and Adger, a
Eoint threcmiles north of Winnsoro?was
the scene of two
serious train wrecks, one at
6 o'clock Sunday morning and
the other at. 7:25 Sunday night,
said The State of Monday. In
neither accident were there any
very serious casualties, so far
as could be ascertained.
In both the results were the
blocking of the track for some
hours. The early morning wreck
near Columbia fell on No. 36.
Four coaches were derailed and
two were overturned and badly
broken up. In the wreck Sunday
night, in which the first
section of Southeastern Limited,
No. 32, also northbound, was the
victim, seven cars left the track,
and the passengers were badly
shaken up.
Kendrick Estate Valued at $15,000.
The will of the late Richard G.
Kendrick, of Lower Steel Creek,
has been filed with the clerk of
court of Mecklenburg county.
The estate is valued at $15,000.
By the provisions of the will Mr.
Kendrick's widow, Mrs. Mary
Alice Kendrick, will receive $400
and also one-twelfth of the entire
estate "in accordance with
my marriage compact with her;"
rvu \if t n r? T/
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drick, receives $200; the children
of another daughter, Mrs. Emma
Sledge, who died since the will
was first drafted, receives together
two tracts in Steele Creek
Township, one containing 45 and
the other 4 1-4 acres, to be
valued at $20 an acre. A son,
Z. V. Kendrick of Charlotte, is
bequeathed 60 acres worth $16
an acre; the children of a deceased
son, J. F. Kendrick, are
willed a tract of land in Steele
Creek adjoining the home place
of their father, and containing
6 3-4 acres worth $25 an acre.
William Gardner; Jr., a grand
son, will receive $500 which is
left in the care of his father
until the age of 21 is reached.
The residue of the estate and
insurance money is to be divided
among the children and the
children of the late J. F. Kendrick,
all the latter to have one
1 share together.
IDENTITY OF DEAD MAN
REMAINS A MYSTERY
People of the Indian Land
section of Lancaster, and especially
the Lancaster officials,
are very anxious for information
that will lead to the identity of
a dead man found Thursday
afternoon in Twelve-mile creek,
near the depot at Osceola. The
gruesome find was made by a
colored resident of Osceola who
had gone tG the creek to attend
his fish basket. The negro at
once reported his find to the
I authorities and on Friday an inquest
was held before Magistrate
D. K. Hall of Indian Land, the
post mortem being made by
I I)r. B. B. Sturdevant. The verdict
of the jury of inquest was
1 that the stranger had come to
his death as a result of blows on
the head from a blunt instrument
in the hands of parties unknown
to the jury.
When discovered the dead
man was lying on a raft at the
edge of the creek about one-half
mile from the depot at Osceola.
Apparently he was 25 to 30 years
of age, black hair and mustache,
and all his clothing was gone
except his undergarments. The
body was badly decomposed, the
i opinion of all those who viewed
it being that it had been in the
water for ten days or longer.
The features of the dead man
were those of a foreigner, it wa3
stated, but this fact was only
guess work owing to decomposition.
The undergarments of
the man bore no laundry or other
marks by which it might be
identified.
The Lancaster officials are
anxious to obtain any information
as to who the dead man is
and have asked The Times to
f request the papers of the surI
rounding towns to give notice of
trie stranger s aeatn.
Government Job for Howard Banks.
The morninar papers of Saturday
brought the news from
Washington that Josephus Danels.
the new secretary of the
navy, had selected Howard A.
Banks, of Hickory, N. C., for
his private secretary. Mr. Banks,
it is said, will assume his*new
duties- within a few days. He
| is the owner and editor of the
| Hickory Democrat and is one of
tne best known newspaper men
i of North Carolina. He was
| graduated from Davidson college
in 1888 and did post graduate
work at the University of North
Carolina.
The announcement that Mr.
Banks has been offered and will
accept the secretaryship to the
secretary of the navy was of
much interest to a large number
of Fort Mill people. Preparatory
to his entry to Davidson college.
Mr. Banks attended the Fnrt
Mill Academy which at that time
was taught by his uncle, Prof.
A. R. Banks, now residing in
Columbia. He has a large number
of relatives residing in
this community at present and
the announcement that he had
accepted the government position
was a pleasure to all. In connection
with the appointment, it
was recalled by one of Mr.
Banks' friends here that he began
his career as a newspaper
man by writing a story from
Fort Mill about 20 years ago
describing the chase of a bear
which was supposed to have
wandered to this section from
the low country.
New Parcel Post Stamp.
The design of a new and small
er parcel post stamp to replace
those now in use has been approved
by Postmaster General
Burleson. Numerous complaints
that the present stamps, all denominations
of which are the
same color, is hard to distinguish
as to value and easily "raised,"
caused the change. The new
design will possess no artistic
merit, but bear only a large numeral.
The various denominations
will be in different colors.
Approximately $50,000 yearly
will be saved by the smallei
stamps, it is estimated.
There were no classes at th<
Fort Mill public schools Monday,
the teachers and children observing
the day as Easter Monday.
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Allen Seems Doomed to Die.
Attorneys for Claude Swansoi
Allen, under sentence to die to
morrow for his part in the Hills
ville, Va., courthouse murders
left Washington Monday nigh
for Richmond, Va. This suddei
step is regarded as ending th<
endeavors of the attorneys t<
procure a writ of error by whicl
| the young Allen's convictioi
would be reviewed by tin
supreme court of the Unitet
States.
All day Monday the attorney!
were conferring in regard t<
1 their course. They acknowledge(
that the refusal of Chief Justice
White and Justice Hughes t<
grant the writ made their cast
practically hopeless. Te'lephonh
communication during the night
j supposedly with ot her member;
of the court, are said to hav<
increased their despair of savin}
i Allen by this means. They sah
that they had not called upon cl
the justices of the court.
The Law of Weights and Measure.
At the session of the genera
assembly for 1913 the act pro
viding for uniform standard o
weights and measures was placet
upon the statute books of th<
Slate. The duty of enforcinj
the law has been placed upoi
the commissioner of agricultun
and the inspectors of the de
; par4ment of agriculture,
j "Notice is hereby given to yoi
that the active enforcement o
j this law will begin immediately,'
j says a statement of Commission
; er Watson to the merchants an<
manufacturers of the State
i Within the next several day;
I the rules and regulations regu
j lating the enforcement of th<
I act will be sent out by the de
partment..
"It will be my purpose to ei
force this law with all the con
sideration possible but at th
same time the enforcement wil
be active and vigorous. It i
earnestly hoped that the depart
mcnt will have the hearty co
I operation of all merchants am
manufacturers. Specific weight
and specific measures are tixe<
in the law for specific commodi
ties and in trade transactions i
will be required of all partie
i that uiese specific lequiferoerit
j be met," said the commissione
yesterday.
Any person violating the pre
visions of the act. shall be deemei
guilty of a misdemeanor am
upon conviction shall be fined no
less than $5 for each offense.
Protection for Migratory Birds.
To kill a robin or other migra
: torv game and insectivorou
I bird is no?v an offense agains
I the Federal government, th
United States by passing th
Mclean bill having decreed tha
such birds shall be accorded l'u
protection at til times. Th
irnvprnmonI rflolia/w
I . w IVUIKi^O tuc icai it
toll that the farmers of thi
country pay to bugs and worm
that might be destroyed, wer
the birds only more numerous
and to put a stop to the wholt
sale slaughter of the birds tha
render the most effective servic
along this line, the new law ha
been adopted. Heretofore, th
| game law has been dallied with
and. it is not unreasonable t
suppose that thousands of offend
' ers have violated the law an
escaped; but with the Unite
! States government behind th
law a far different situation wi
be presented, and persons wh
: take liberties are very likely t
get into trouble.?Exchange.
Cotton Picker Perfected.
i The Pee Dee Advocate says th
, Price-Campbell cotton picker ha
II been at work near Clio on son*
11 cotton reserved lor the purjx*
. of testing an improved device
.; which renders it absolutely pel
!! fe.ct. Experiments are bein
i made to see if it is practical t
build a machine light enough ti
> be drawn by four mules and se
. around $2,000. The present QH
. chine weighs 5,500 pounds an
runds with a 20 horse powl
gasoline motor.
i W. T. Clawson, who for aei
eral years has been the efficier
; electrician at Winthrop Colleg*
, has accepted a position with tli
Southern Power Co., and will l|
located at Mount Holly, N. C.7
Rock Hill Herald.
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DEATH AND DESTRUCTION I
- IN WAKE . OF CYCLONE
' ' J. J. Broom, a farmer of Low-,
er Fort Mill, met death Friday ,
3 in a cyclone which swept the
3 lower section of the township j
i about 10:30 o'cl in the morni
ing. Mr. Broorn was riding a
2: mule home from the woods
J nearby in which he had been at
work, when a large pine tree
was blown across the road, crushj
ing the man and mule and caus,
ing the instant death of the ani3
mal, but Mr. Broom lingered for
s several hours.
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A.iv .'VV1 UI ul I' 1 HI.IV IIIUMIing
, in which J. J. Broom met death
s formed to the southwest of Fort
e Mil!, a great funnel-shaped mars.
J Eye-witnesses stated that at
1 Carharrt, just across the river
1 , from this place, the cloud diIvided,
one-half going east of
Fort Mill for a distance of three
miles or mory, leaving a path of
. demolished Mouses and uprooted
1 trees. The other half swept up
" Catawba ri\hr to Wright's ferry
* and thence across Lower Steel
1 Creek, Mockjenburg county, and
2 crossed the Southern railroad
* tracks near Hebron station. Re1
ports from Steel Creek tell of
e several houses being unroofed
and otherwise damaged and many
trees beingfc twisted off and upj
rooted, but.the main part of the
, storm seeu>? to have gone to the
J south of Aiirt Mill. In that stc"
i tion, aside "Jfaom the death of the
J man liroofat and his mule, the
* i damage b^ the storm amounted
s to several thousand dollars.
" On the r plantation of VV. B.
e White a hbuse. in which the negro
tenant had left a tire, was
blown down and destroyed by
tire.
" i The nefkt place struck by the
? ! storm w*s that of J. P. Crowder.
1 The home of Mr. Crowder was
s; but slightly damaged, but the
barn w;us lifted from its founda
' tion and carried a short distance
away. The home of a colored
? woman on the Crowder place
was completely demolished and
" | the woman herself, although esI
caping injury, was lifted with
? the house and carried across the
? j public road into an opposite fieiu.
r W. J1 Stewart also came in for
a share of the storm's damage,
7 and further on, in the Pleasant
^ Valley section, other houses were
I more or less damaged by the
cyclone.
J. \ Broom, the man killed in
Lower. Fort Mill, was about 40
years"of age and is survived by a
L_1 wife v\nd six children.
s An amusing incident was re,t
lated at the plant of the Chare
| lotte Brick company at Grattan.
e A Western man employed on the
t i work s saw the storm approachII
ing and crawled under a big
e steam shovel, saying: "Here
.1 rftPlloe nno /a f t Iwioo fn-iffiviw
|.| | V i Hv V/l V/ I I V/Ot I' V> lOLUI O 9
s j boy-a." With apparent uncons
ceni he watched "twister" Lear
e up the landscape about him.
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The York county folks are in a
11 dilemma as to where to locate
e th(* new court house. Why not
3 put it equidistant between Rock
e Hill, Fort Mill and Yorkville?
' Tbis might be a solution of the
0 question, or if this will notsatis^
fy Rock f 1 ill put it an inch or so
d rniarer the "Good Town." ?Lanu
caster News,
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" ONE CENT A WORD
G I M 1NIMUM CIIAR(IK. 2f?C.
( FOR SALE About 80 bushels of
Ibovidence Yam Seed (Sweet) Potatoes
*t $1.2 5 per bushel.
J. L. KIMBRELL.
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8 , EGC.S ? From my pure bred White
0 and Brown Leghorns and Rhode Island
6t Reds at 15 for $1.00. Fawn Indian Runner
Iinck eggs at $1.00 per dozen.
Vd!'. T. K. MKRRITT.
gf , FOR SAI.E I have several pond
0 males that I will sell cheap for cash or
^'lontime. A. It. McELHANEY.
ANNOUNCEMENTS.
^ For Magistrate.
Jra j I hereby announce myself a candiJfdnte
for nomination for the office of
| Magistrate of Fort Mill township, subj/L
ject to the rules of the Democratit
lt party. W. L. HALL.
f, I hereby announce myself a candi
le date for nomination for tht positior
ue of Magistrate of Fort Mill township,
subject to party rul >s and the will uJ
the Democratic voter < in the approach
' mg primary. It. F. HARRIS.
THE NEW SCHOOL LAWS.
Of the 256 acts passed by the
1913 session of the General Assembly,
41 of them related to education,
3S of which were purely
local. The three new laws of
general import were:
1. The act levying a one-mill
State tax for schools.
2. The act requiring reports of
teachers and school officers and
tixing a penalty for neglect,
I omission, failure or refusal to
j file the usual reports in time.
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.5. i ne act making kindergartens
a part of tho public schoo*
system.
Folders of these three measures
have been sent to the county
superintendents of education'
lor general distribution. State)
Superintendent Swearingen com-!
mooting on the acts has this to
say:
The one-mill State tax has been
levied primarily to continue the
educational activities already established
and heretofore supported
from the State dispensary
fund. These activities include j
appropriations for high schools, ;
term exension, rural graded i
schools and public libraries.
It is to be regretted that the I
State building fund, which has I
proved an effective stimulus in
securing adequate school buildings
in many country communities,
was not renewed this year.
In consequence of the discontinuance
of this appropriation, the
unpaid building claims for 1912
now on file with the State superintendent
an^l the prospective
claims in view for 1913 must be
| bandied solely by the several
county boards of education.
I hope it will be possible for
paf'li pnnntu
~ ~ W. . . vj >..U|H.1 illUJIHILIll LU
extend liberal aid to eyery district
board that had planned to
j to erect a new school house with
State aid, it the State building
fund had been renewed.
Every teacher should be
promptly notified of the new act
i requiring reports. The enrollment
figures given for each
school constitute the legal basis
for the apportioning of all school
funds. Too much stress, therefore,
cannot be laid on prompt,
accurate anu complete data 1'rcrr.
each teacher, from each school
and from each district.
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Spring Oxfc
The Irving Drei
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E. W. Kiml
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^ "THE PLACE WHER
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WATSON WILL ENFORCE
STATE'S CHILD LABOR LAW
"I will h< r.rafter rigidly enforce
the child labor laws of this
State. Every enterprise, it makes
no ditference of what character,
will have to immediately disconcontinue
employing children under
the age limit prohibited by
law. If my inspe tors find that
the law has been violated, then
those disregarding the child labor
act \fill be prosecuted."
These words were spoken Friday
by Col. E. J. Watson, State
t commissioner of agriculture comI
merce and industries, to a reporter
for the Columbia Record.
| The act referred to by Colonel
! Watson prohibits the employment
of children in any commercial,
textile or other establishment
under the age <>i" 12 years. From
the ages of 12 to 14 years children
may be employed, but only
upon the written permission of
Colonel Watson. The campaign
|against the violation of the child
labor law has already begun, and
the inspectors have found some
who v er^ employing children
under tno legal ago.
The New Nickel. ?
We have had the pleasure of
t eeing a few of the new five-cent
pieces, and from a newspaper
standpoint they are a failure at
beauty. While they will buy as
much as the old one they are not
calculated to take a prize at a
baby show, or any other show.
They are a right good thing to
have around the house for the
housewife to buy ice, milk and
vegetables, and we might add
to drop in the collection plate on
Sunday, hut as far as we are
concerned, give us the old style,
and we will call you a friend
1 indeed.?Sumter Herald.
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A rumor from Gaffney has it
that Mr. T. B. Butler, who is
well known in Fort Mill, will in
a few davs announce his r>;mr1i_
dacy for lieutenant governor in
the next State election. Mr.
Butler is well known throughout
the State, and particularly in
the Fifth district, having in two
former campaigns made the race
for Congress from the Fifth
district.
Shoe Trouble
in our Shoe departve
you a perfect fit.
iins in fitting every
sell, because if we
tly comfortable fit, ^
irds Just in
xs,
stons,
i Fellowcraft,
A IIC LsCllUJL.
er Made."
jrell Comp'y
E QUALITY COUNTS."
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