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The Fort Mill Times.
Established in 1891.* FORT MILL, S. CM THURSDAY, JUNE 19, 1913. oc ?? ? -
' BITS OF INTERESTING NEWS
THROUGHOUT THE STATE
Rock Hill people have been
-warned to boil their city water,
as chemical analysis has revealed
evidences of contamination.
The nomination of Capt. William
E. Gonzales, of Columbia,
to be envoy extraordinary and
minister plenipotentiary to Cuba,
was sent to the Senate Friday by
President Wilson.
-According to B. H. Teague,
major general, South Carolina
division, United States Confederate
Veterans, 66 vetarans from
this State, of the War Between
the Sections, who participated in
the battle of Gettysburg, will
attend the semi-centennial cele
oration on the battlefield, July 1
to 4.
The Sunday school building of
Ebenezer Lutheran church, Columbia,
was dedicated last Sunday.
The building, which cost
$12,000, was completed about 18
months ago, but the pastor. Rev.
C. A. Freed, D. D., was unwilling
that it should be dedicated
until all indebtedness had been
removed.
The Supreme court has affirmed
a verdict for $40,000 secured by
H. C. Huggins in the Sumter
County court against the Atlantic
Coast Line Railroad Company
and Peter Wilson, a fireman for
injuries received. The decision
was by Associate Justice Hydrick
and concurred in by the
entire court.
On the first of July the motormen
and conductors employed by
the Greenville Traction company
V get a substantial increase in
wages, and one which, it is be
lifeved, will be highly satisfactory
> Mo the employes of the company
who not Ion# ago petitioned for
an increase in wages.
Commissioner Watson of the
department of agriculture, announces
the appointment of Dr.
John W. Douglas to be the State
inspector in charge of the field
work under the feed, food and
drug law enacted by the General
Assembly at its last session. Dr.
Douglass is a native of Fairfield
county.
Congressman Wyatt Aiken has
secured the promise of the Department
of the Interior to send
an expert to his district to in- ,
quire into the possibilities of oil.
It was like pulling eye teeth to
. fret the Department to do anything,
and for that reason Mr. ;
Ailrm . U f i
aii\cii nu^ca nidi tut? outcome OI i
the visit will be an entire surprise
to the department.
As a farewell token to their
colleague and friend, the members
of the faculty of the University
of South Carolina presented
Dr. S. C. Mitchell with a
beautiful silver pitcher, engraved
with the inscription: "Presented
to Doctor Samuel Chiles Mitchell,
president of the University of
South Carolina, 1908-1913, by his
colleagues in the faculty as a
token of affection and the appreciation
of his services to the
University."
It is stated that the people of
Lexington will use every reasonable
means at their command to ;
retain the territory wanted for
the proposed new county of
Edisto. Lexington has suffered
a great deal in recent years by
the formation of new counties.
When Calhoun was established
that county gave a goodly portion
of its territory; and last year a
portion of the famous Dutch
Fork was annexed to Richland
County.
A handsome new union passenger
station will be built in Spartanburg
at an early date. Mr.
Coapman of the Southern Rail
T way company declared that the
railroads entering the city will (
look after its welfare. "We are
not ready yet," he said, "to announce
our plans. It takes some
time to draw up the prints for
i such a building to meet the de|
mands of a growing city. I j
\ should say that by fall Spartan1
burg people will know exactly
\ what they are going to get."
! The Dry Year of 1845.
I A few persons remember 1845
as the dry year in this country.
There was moisture enough in
1 the ground to bring corn up to a
stand. Early in May the rains
ceased, and there was nothing
but very light showers occasionally
until fall. Upland corn was a
failure. Gardens amounted to
nothing; small streams, the size
of Chincapin, dried up. The
larger streams and rivers furnished
about one-fourth the normal
supply of water. Frequently
clouds would appear for a day or
two, but they would pass without
rain. The tradition is that
the wind was blowing more than
half the time. Many families
pulled out and moved to Tennessee
in the fall because corn
was abundant there. Farmers
in September began to look after
a supply of corn for the next
year. They heard that it could
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in Rutherford county. Perhaps
the first purchasers got it at
that price, but in consequence of
the rush of South Carolina
wagons the price soon rose to
50 cents and then mounted to
75 cents before the winter was
over. No weather records were
kept in those days, but it is
probable tbat the drought covered
only a few Piedmont counties.
Crops were excellent in Western
North Carolina and in the lower
counties of the State. It was in
the fall of that year that the
famous prayer meeting for rain
was called. A large crowd came
from the county and met in the
Methodist church. They continued
in prayer for some time
and when the meeting was dismissed,
there were some clouds
on the northwestern horizon.
Many who attended the meeting
from the county got drenched
before they reached home. That
shower was the breaking up of
the drought. Others followed
and put the ground in fine condition
for sowing wheat. A
larger acreage than usual was
soon planted and the yield was
excellent. In the fall of 1845
fields and nastures were the
picture of desolation. There was
nothing green anywhere. Many
of the forest trees had died.
There are a half dozen or more
people living who remember the
apparently hopeless condition of
the people at that time.?Spartanburg
Journal.
Lancaster Nan's Invention.
That "Lancaster Leads" continually
is again attested by the
fact that Mr. A. K. Collins of
this place has recently patented
two devices, the like of which
has never been on the market
before. One is for making
change and the other is a coin
changing and vending machine
combined. There are eight or
ten different types of the machines
which will sell from $15
up to $150.
The machines are made to
change any piece of silver from
a nickel up to a dollar, and they
are perfectly honest, f hey work
automatically and will not take
in your money unless it is ready
to give you the change. And if
there is a faulty piece of money
put in, it is left exposed for several
times before disappearing.
The machine does not work on
the gravity-trigger system as
does the chewing gum machines
and others, but on the lock system.
there being no trigger or
cog wheels about it to wear out.
It works on a succession of locks
in a disk. It can be used in
street cars, trains and all other
places where change is needed.
The vending machine is combined
with the change-making
device. You can get your piece
of silver changed and then buy
from the machine any article it
delivers without moving out of
your tracks.
Mr. Collins has secured patents
on the machines in this country,
with foreign patents pending.
He has been North several times
to contract for the making of
his machines and to sell the
county and State rights. They
will be upon the market within
the next four months. Mr. Collins
is 31 years of age. He is the
son of Mr. J. W. Collins of the
Belair section of this county,
where he was born and reared.
He is a man of whom Lancaster
feels proud.?Lancaster News.
THE YORK COUNTY FAIR
TO BE HELD AT WINTHROF
The fair committee of the
Rock Hill Chamber of Commerce
is hard at work rounding up the
details for the York county fail
which will be held this fall in
connection with the Winthrop
College home institute. The
date of the fair which will continue
for two days will be announced
as soon as the committee
ascertains on what dates the
fairs in surrounding cities will
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weeks work on the buildings will
be commenced and it is hoped
to have them completed during
this month.
As has already been stated the
fair and institute will be held or
the rear campus of Winthrop
College and in the Arts and
Science building, the agricultural
exhibits to be placed in the latter.
The cattle sheds, hog pens,
dog kennels, etc., which will be
erected on the rear campus will
be put up in such a manner thai
they can be moved to the permanent
fair grounds next year. The
grandstand which was used for
the Pageant will remain up until
after the fair and will be used
to seat those who attend this
magnificent agricultural exhibition.
Every farmer in the c'ou'nty is
: urged by the committee to begin
J preparing for the fair. He can
now begin to select articles for
J his exhibit. He can select bunI
dies of oats, alfalfa, etc., and a
little later on pick out stalks o(
corn, mark them in some manner
and have everything ready
| long before the fair opens. The
boys on the farm can begin tc
! practice up their horses and
mules for the races, or better
still they can teach their mounts
some fancy tricks and pull them
otf before the thousands of ad
i miring- spectators. The girls
can look after their chickens
more closely. They can put up
several select cans of tomatoes
for entry in the canning department.
They can also make
fancy aprons, embroidery, etc.
for exhibit, and the little boys
can sleek their rabbits and
guinea pigs, etc., also their dogs.
High Honors for Fort Mill Man.
Editor The Times: Not seeing
anything in your last issue about
| one of our number, whom I think
j we should notice, I am writing
; you now. I attended the commencement
of Furman Uni|
versity and one of the speakers
i who acquitted himself with much
I honor was our own townsman,
Rev. Robt. G. Lee. He had two
I honors bestowed upon him. One
for a most excellent oration he
delivered commencement night
the subject of which was
"Civilization's Debt to the Inventor."
It was a masterpiece
and well delivered. For it he
was awarded the Durham medal,
an honor which is one of the
greatest one can gain in the
college. Mr. Lee also won the
Watson medal for having written
the best piece in the college
magazine. The subject of it
was "The Comforter" and in it
he showed himself to be a poet
of no mean ability. I think it is
only right to mention also a most
excellent short story he wrote
called "'The Mills of Grief," and
I could wish that every man who
has ever been guilty of immoral
conduct with the opposite sex
might read this splendid production
of Mr. Lee's.
Mr. Lee finished this year the
B. A. course and expects to
teach school next year, as he has
been elected principal of the
Central graded school of the city
of Greenville. He will preach
to his churches around Greenville
also, which he has served
well as pastor for the last year.
Mr. Lee intends in the future to
attend the Southern Baptist
Theological Seminary in Louisville
Ky. A Friend.
Fort Mill, June 14.
The "measuring party" given
in Coufederate Park Tuesday
evening by the ladies of the
local Methodist church was
largely attended and a very enjoyable
affair. A large quantity
of cream and cake was served
by the ladies and quite a nice
sum of money was realized.
! PREVENTION OF DISEASE
> BETTER THAN A CURE
5 The State board of health with
-1 ladoratories in LeConte college of
5 the University of South Carolina,
' is distrituting immunity from ceri
tain diseases by the wholesale.
This immunity may be had just
- for the asking. Are the people
willing to pay the price? That
is the question that Drs. Hayne
! and Coward would ask thp n^r?_
i pie in every community in South
[ | Carolina.
>1 Dr. F. A. Coward, director of
I the laboratories, said Thursday:
| "There is a growing demand for
r the typhoid fever vaccine. In
fact, the calls we have had for
5 this serum already this year
i amount to the sum total of those
> for the year 1912. There is the
1 same ratio of increase in the
| number of microscopic examina.
tions that are being made. Last
year these totalled 5,880. The
? number this year will doubtless
I be more than 10,000.
"The most serious handicap,
. however, with which the depart.
ment has to deal is the lack of a
record of vital statistics. The
[ department simply can not tell
[ what it is accomplishing. When
( there is no record whatever kept
. of the births, and only a partial
registration of the deaths, it is
\ impossible to tell of what extent
i the death rate is being lowered,
i Our report for last year gives the
number of deaths in the United
. States as 25 per 100,000 populai
tion. This would give South
' Carolina with her 1,500,000 in.
habitants about 375 deaths anr
I nually from typhoid fever. This
> | is doubtless an underestimate in
i regard to South Carolina, as the
figures are made up from the
registration areas of the United
( States, where the conditions are
11 much better than they are in
. Soiith Carolina."
i The typhoid vaccine, a serum
, I for meningitis, and that used in
treatment of rabies are made in
i and distributed -from the local
laboratores. Since August, 1911,
10,000 ampules of the typhoid
vaccine have been sent out and
4,000 persons have been immunized.
One hundred and fiftyj
six persons, most of whom were
; children, have taken the Pasteur
; treatment since last December,
i There are now 18 patients under
! the care of the officers of the
State board of health.
It has been only within the
I last few weeks that Dr. Hayne
; has been successful in getting
j the conditions in South Carolina
; treated of in the United States
I public health service bulletin.
This publication is issued weekly
and givps a general survey of
the health conditions throughout
the country.
Sunday Sport Must Stop.
Governor Blease has ordered
I the lid to be put on tight at the
! Isle of Palms. Stringent and
J peremptory orders to forbid all
motorcycle racing or such like
' sports on the beach Sundays and
J to stop the sale of liquor and)
! beer were issued by the governor
to Sheriff Martin and Chief1
Constable Stothart, of Charles-,
ton. Violations of law must
' stop and desecration of the Sabbath
Day must end, says the J
Chief Executive of South Carolina.
In his letter to Sheriff Martin
the Governor calls attention to
the newspaper reports of Sunday
motorcycle races on the Isle of
"Palms and instructs the sheriff
to arrest all taking part in such
sports on Sunday herearter and
prosecute them to the limit of the
law.
In his letter to Chief Dispell
sary Constable Stothart to stop
the sale of liquor on the Isle of
Palms, Governor Blease says:
It is thought aloud here that
"John P. Grace's idea in closing
up everything so tight in Charleston
on Sunday is to drive every
one to the Isle of Palms, and that
a bar room is to be run open and
above-board over there. It is
said also that Mr. Grace is
boarding at the hotel in Charleston
with the gentleman who owns
the Isle of Palms business."
The Isle of Palms is the playground
of Charleston and excursions
every Sunday take
thousands of people there from
I all parts of the State.
Important Meeting of D. A. R. ]
(Contributed.)
Kanawha Chapter, D. A. R.
of Fort Mill, held the last meetI
ing of the year with Mrs. W. B.
Ardrey.
Officers for the new year were N
elected as follows: Miss Susie N
White, regent; Miss Helen Ar- $
drey, secretary and treasurer; ?
Mrs. S. L. Meacham, vice-regent; c
Mrs. W. B. Ardrey, historian. v
The year book comniitte was ap- r
i pointed, consisting of Mrs. E. M.
Belk, chairman; Misses Bessie (
j Withers and Helen Ardrey and
Mrs. S. L. Meacham. J
The' secretary and treasurer 1
! stated that the treasury contained
| $60 which sum was to be used to
; buy the marker for the old *
; cemetery. It was again decided ,
; to offer the five dollar gold piece '
to the student in the graded *
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! scnooi making the highest aver- '
age in American history during
the coming season. This prize
has proved a great incentive to [
the children in the study of his- k
tory but it seems hardly fair to [
the other branches and to a great \
niany of the scholars who excel
in them?mathematics, English j
; and spelling, for instance. What ;
! more important branches are '
there than these? In the nearI
by school of Winnsboro there is \
, a medal given to the best speller 1
! in school. Several of those mak- (
I ing the highest averages engage (
in a spelling contest at the end 1 x
I of school. This proves one of [
the most interesting and enter- j
l taining features of the commencement
exercises. In some
| schools there is also a trustees'
j medal given to the scholar mak- ^
: ing the highest average in all of
I the sudies.
How much better it would be ^
if some of the good people who
are continually disparaging the
school and its work should give .
, the small sum of 5 or $10 towaid ,
medals or prizes for good work [
j in these other branches, their
attitude toward the school would 4
soon change to that of friendly
! interest. One noble-hearted pa.
troness of education in Rock Hill
gives $100 in prizes annually, f
Can you compute the far-reaching t
effect of such liberality. 1
FOR SALE. A quantity of eight ^
and ten foot oak and hickory wood at.' ?
1 tiOc per cord on ground. Also mixed j j,
wood at 60c per cord. !\
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1 FOR JUNE!
;| ? WE 01
H The following SPECIAL B
&ja est and coolest fabrics. A1
our stock of these pretty p;
SB hausted. Buy today and g
* u lf?c Figured Lawns, the yard,
|| 6c Figured Lawn?, the yard, n
I g 18c and 20c White Striped Kla:
rk* 2T?c best French Gingham, spet
Big assortment White Suitings
toy See our counter of Colored'Sui
tiki The best White Klaxon only
Wu
Hp Good ?c Gingham, splendid va
Large assort ment Checked Ma
dg EXTRA SPECIAL - Cotton Vo
White Linens, beautiful cjuali
Pr< tty Silk-Finished Foulards
NAINSOOK- Special value, th
8 JUST ARR
New shipment of those superi*
very newest shapes. They a
proof and Wear-proof. Don't
| Only a few Ladies' Hats left
gg Watch our center counters
v&t .lidy and August something n
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RECENT COOL WEATHER
HURT GROWING CROP
That the chilling rainy weather
vhich prevailed during the past
veek over portions of the cotton
growing belt will curtail the crop
it least a million bal s, is the
opinion in quarters where the
veather map is studied in conleetion
with the effects of the
veather on the various crops,
Cotton in the growing state is
peculiarly sensitive to cold, alhough
it bears up well under
he sun and will not be affected
mless the drouth is unusually
jxeessive.
The unusual weather conditions
"or June, usually one of the
softest and mildest of the sumner
months, were prevalent
nroughout South Carolina, where
he growing of cotton is the
trincipal agricultural pursuit.
Some of the students of weather
onditions and crop prospects
ire of the opinion that the staple
las suffered to a considerable
?xtent as the result of the chiling
rains that have fallen. The
lir, too, was heavy with moisture
'or three days and the vitality
>f the growing crops was put to
i severe test. Early fruit was
lrooping, though that which had
ieveloped firmly withstood fairly
veil the ordeal which the elenents
had assigned to the Sunny
iouth, which did not seem to
>e living up to its name during
he recent conditions.
Cotton is the leading financial
:rop of the State and any inluence
which tends to prevent
i full maturity of the planted
itaple is viewed with anxiety by
he planters.
Mr. J. L. Lyles has bought
he Crescent Cafe from Mr. C.
Jones and will continue the
tusiness in the Belk building on
Jain street.
Wonderful Skin Salve.
Bucklen'a Arnica Salve is known
very whore as the best remedy made
or all diseases ot the skin, and also for
mrns, bruises and boils. Reduces iniammation
and is soothing and healing.
. T. Sossaman, publisher of News, of
lornelius, N. C., writes that one box
elped his serious skin ailment after
ther remedies failed. Only 25 cents,
tecommended by Fort Mill Drug Co.,
tlassey's Drug Store and Ardreys
)rug Store.
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SHOPPERS I
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ARGAINS in the daintit
these SPECIAL prices Ilj
atterns will soon be exet
the choicest.
only 10c 3}
ow only 31-2c
xon at 15c
?ial price, . 15c Ml
, .10c, 15c, 25c W
tilers at 10c, 15c, 25c. m
.. 15c, 17 l-2c, 25c Sj
lue, the yard. 3 l-2c
rquisette, yard ..12 1-2c bA
ilos, now only 15c, 25c
I y. 30c, 50c
at 25c jg i
ie yard, only. 12 l-2c
1IVED? I
or Warner Corsets in the
re all Rust-proof, Water- Sft
fail to try one of these. Sfe
, Going at Halt Price. 1
for bargains during June, *?
e\v almost every day.
ibrell Co., 1
duality Counts."
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