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EThe Fort Mill Times. ished in 1891, FORT MILL, S. C., THURSDAY, AUGUUST 21, 1913. 41 25 P?r 1 BITS OF INTERESTING NEWS ip | THROUGHOUT THE STATE ffoshua W. Ashley, the well known political leader of Anderson county, was stricken with | tytfalysis Saturday and is in a very serious condition. The first b&le of the 1913 cotflP *ton crop in South Carolina was ||k | "Bold on the Barnwell market on i August 12th by R. H. Lutz, a f farmer who has several times fiHK tarried off first bale honors. The cotton was shipped by express ^Kvto F. W. Wagener & Co., of F / "Charleston. John M. Jones, a well known H ousinesB man, ot Chester, will lose his right eye as a result of I injuries received in the wreck on K the L. & N. railroad week before H last. Mr. Jones has been in the r Chester hospital for treatment I and but for surgical treatment | would have lost both eyes. [ The Greenville exhibit at the Knoxville Conservation Exposition will cost in round figures, approximately $1,500. The thousand square feet of space which has been taken by the Greenville Chamber of Commerce, in behalf of the various local m'anuyr r~~fa*%irers, has been signed for at a price of or^ dollar per square foot, decorating, care-taking, etc. There will be no election this year on tho proposition of creating a new county from portions of Laurens and Greenville counties, with Fountain Inn as the new county seat. This has been definitely decided by citizens who are behind the proposition, in the neighborhood of Fountain Inn, although no formal meeting of citizens to discuss the giatter has been held. That the State will be forced to borrow something like $250,000 within the next few weeks seems certain, as is indicated in a letter from State Treasurer Carter to Governor Blease, in reply to a communication. Mr. Carter states that very little money comes in before the middle of December and approximately $270,000 will be needed to pay the expenses of the State government until that time. In regard to the Zachry case " Governor Blease gives out a statement in which he says the decision of the Supreme Court of Georgia in reversing Judge Hammond confirms the opinion of Attorney General Peoples and himself that J. J. Zachry violated the laws of South Carolina. He holds that Zachry had no right to take the child out of South Carolina, and that when he crossed the border he became a kidnapper. The next session of Winthrop begins September 17, and will probably have the largest en . rollment in its history. Prof. J. Thompson Brown, of Charlottesville, Va., has been appointed to succeed I)r? J. P. Kinard, who goes to the Citadel. Miss Jennie Y. Fleming, of Raleigh, N. C.? haB been appointed as head of the physical training department, succeeding Mifis Marv P. P.lnnninor ?-o_ signed. Governor Slaton, of Georgia, has refused* very politely of course, to honor Gov. Blease's requisition for a Mr. Julian Zacahry, attorney of Augusta, who had carried away from . Columbia his little daughter. N His wife, who had been divorced from him, ran away from Augusta after the courts there had V * given the two children to the father. She stopped in Columbia and Mr. Zacahry invoked the aid of the South Carolina courts, Judge Ernest Gary, and got the . . children back. He took only one, the oldest. Mrs. Berry Brown Dead. Information was received in Fort Mill Monday afternoon of the death at her home in the Point section of York county of Mrs. Nannie Brown, wife of Mr. i Berry Brown, a well known farmer of the Point. Mrs. Brown had been ill but for a short time and her death proved a great shock to her host of relatives and friends throughout the county. Before her marriage to Mr. Brown about ten years ago. Mrs. Brown was Miss Nannie Thompson, sister of the late Dr. D. G. Thompson and with her brother and a sister, Miss Maud Thompson (now Mrs. Frank Erwin), resided on Confederate street, this city. Mrs. Brown was about 35 years of age and is survived by her husband and several children, a sister, Mrs. Frank Eri win, of Steel Creek, and a num. ber of other relatives in differ. ent sections of the county. The announcement of Mrs. Brown's death caused great sor1 row in this city, where she was so well known and beloved. The Gold Hill Picnic. The annual Gold Hill picnic 1 was held Thursday in the grove at the home of Hon. S. H. Epps, Sr., and was quite an enjoyable - occasion for the large crowd ! present. The good people of Gold Hill have been holding this picnic for many years and the ; event is looked forward to each year with great interest. The picnic of Thursday was no exf ception to the former gatherings 1 in the way of attendance, enter1; tainmont and dinner. Talks i were made by several men of the Gold Hill and nearby secI tions, and Mr. I). C. Epps, of I Turnersville, Texas, entertained 1 the crowd for an hour or more in talking of the modes of crop I cultivation, etc., in the Lone Star State. A somewhat disappointing feature of the day was ' the failure to attend of Hon. M. L. Smith and Hon. G. R. Rembert, wlio had been invited. 1 Mr. Smith had a previous en gagement and Mr. Rembert was '' absent from Columbia and could I not be reached by invitation. A Prosperous Fort Mill Family. ' i Mesdames C. C. Downs and A. W. Taylor visited their kinswoman, Mrs. W. II. Cranford, a ' few miles out from Fort Mill last i Tuesday and Wednesday, says a s Pineville correspondent of the ; Charlotte News. Acres of line f cotton, well fruited, fields of i corn which promise an abundant 1 harvest, garden vegetables, chickens galore and delicious watermelons attest the thrift ? and industry of Mr. and Mrs. Cranford. Not the least interesting feature of the pleasant 1 outing was a peep at the two ! !._? ? I 1 1 i - < weens oiu twin aaugncers 01 of Mr. and Mrs. Jack Cranford, : both of whom are beauties, and 1 strange to say, they were exact| ly like their father. Arrested a Crazy Nan. W. H. Mewbroom, a middle1 aged white man, was adjudged insane by the local authorities, and was taken to York jail Sun| day morning to await the arrival from Columbia of the papers necessary for his com| mitment to the State Hospital ! for the Insane. Mewbroom's home is at Peak, a small town i some twenty miles below Columbia. He arrived in Fort Mill i Friday night on train No. 32, and at once headed for the country, reaching the home of B. F. Bennett, two miles west of town, about 11 o'clock. Mewbroom assured Mr. Bennett that a posse of men were pursuing 11 him intent upon taking his life i and begged protection. He was , allowed to remain at the Bennett i home until Saturday morning i when he was brought to Fort ! Mill and held until Sunday when, ' as stated, he was taken to York I jail., HARRY K. THAW ESCAPES; ARRESTED IN CANADA? Harry Kendall Thaw, the slayer of Stanford White, the New York architect, escaped from the Hospital for the Criminal Insane at Matteawan, N. Y., Sunday morning at 7:45 o'clock. A dart for liberty through an open gate, a leap into the open door of a powerful automobile that stood quivering outside and a flight like a rocket for the Connecticut State line. 30 miles away, accomplished his escape. Sunday night Thaw was still at large and the hospital authorities felt certain that he was outfside the State. Once beyond the boundaries of New York Thaw is free. Only months, perhaps years, of litigation, can bring him back to Matteawan and then j only in one event?that he be nflinrla'Prt inwnp ir> tKu v. ciiv utaic 1 to which he has tied. i Five confederates manned the car in which Thaw escaped and , a big black limousine trailing it passed the asylum gate. The police obtained a description of Thaw's confederates and the j names under which they regisj tered at a Matteavvan hotel Friday night. The hospital authorities believe Thaw tied to the shore of | Long Island Sound and boarded ! a yacht with steam up to rush him to Europe. Write* Mother a Letter. Monday about noon Mrs. Mary i Copley Thaw, mother of Harry j Thaw, received a note from Thaw, which was postmarked ! "New York, Aug. 17, 12 p. m., station O." Inside on a long strip of paper was Thaw's communication written in pencil. It read as follows. "All well. Shall take a rest before going to Eimhurst, as I might be asked for interviews j and do not wish to refuse, yet do not care to make any statempnts Hnno 1V1 onrl 11 (M ? i'4. U1IU VJ . \ ifl I . I and Mrs. George Lauder Carnegie) arrive safe and that you will go home together. "Have sent a short note to The Journal. (Signed) "H. K. T." Arretted in Canada. Press ditpatches Tuesday afternoon Iron Coatieook, Quebec, say that Harry Thaw, or a man posing as Thaw, was arrested in that city Tuesday morning. The ; Canadian police did not appear ! to be quite clear as to their grounds lor holding the prisoner, but they thought Uiey would detain him until they could secure definite instructions from the Dominion government as to his disposition. Drop In Nitrate of Soda. The following Washington special appears 111 the Columbia T 1 i xvecora: "The department of commerce announces today that there had been a decrease of $13 per ton in the price of nitrate of soda since Senator Smith of South Carolina, had passed in the senate his resolution calling for an investigation into the increase in the price of fertilizers. There has also been a decrease in the price of other fertilizer materials since the resolution was passed. The investigation of the department is still under way. Important results are expected from the investigation." Jaekson Still Leading Cobb. Joe Jackson led Ty Cobb as the race for American league batting honors entered the home stretch the last week, and it begins to , look as if the Greenville lad would maintain his advantage i right up to the wire. Cobb, however, is straining every nerve to catch his rival, and their figures, l .393 for Jackson and 385 for Cobb, show how close the race lis. $5,000,000 AUTO PLANT FOR CITY OF ROCK HILL The Charlotte papers of Monday conveyed the information that a rumor was current in that city to the effect that a $5,000,OOO automobile manufacturing plant is soon to be established in Rock Hill. The news was not given out by persons who are directly interesting in the matter but nevertheless from good au-! thority and from parties who are close to the promoters of the plans that are said to be in the making for a big plant. ! According to the report, Mr. j J. G. Anderson of Rock Hill, the well known buggy manufacturer, it the moving spirit in the enterprise in this territory, while, according to further statement, J. P. Morgan & Co. are interested parties and will furnish some of the capital for the contemplated enterprise. It is also stated that the final details of the enterprise will not be consummated until the pending currency bill is disposed of by Congress, though it is not said just what those behind the movement are expecting from the disposition of the currency bill. Definite aunounccment in regard to the matter will be awaited ! in this vicinity with interest, since the sum, said to be involved, is so large and the enterprise will mean a great impetus to the industrial life of this section generally. The plans, it is said, will provide for the erection of a plant and the installation of equipment for the manufacture of every bolt, nut, tap and fixture of the automobile with all its accessories. Tnere is at present not an automobile factory in the South which manufactures every i part of an automobile, though ; Liimf <11 c stverai wincn construct i j motor vehicles and manufacture j the most important parts. It will be seen at once that tl^e establishment of such a plant as could be built and operated with j live million dollars would be an immense addition to the already active industrial life of Rock Hill I and to this general section of the country. With the financial backing implied in the sum named. Rock Mill might be exi pected, say those who have con- j J sidered the reported plans, to become in a short while the Detroit of the South in the way of automobile manufacture. York County Progresses. Your correspondent has just returned from a trip into York county, and was astonished as well as pleased at the evidences of improvement which were visible in every community visited, says a writer in the GafTney Ledger. The greatest improvement however, was in the citvof Rock Hill. Marion street in that i town six years ago had not a! single house on it, and it is now lined with handsome residences that would be a credit to any j city. Oakland, too, where Win-! throp college is located, has made wonderful progress; handsome residences, where a few years ago there was nothing. Next to Gatfney, I really believe that Rock Hill is the best town in the State. I was struck with the great progress which has been made by the farmers within the last few years. Every farm house shows that the owners are j keeping abreast of the times, | and the manner of cultivation j shows that scientific farming is as common now as the slip-shod i manner was in the old days. Miss Bayne Weds Mr. Klutz. Miss Li Hie Bayne, sister of our townsman J. (J. Bayne, was happily married on Wednesday, the 13th, to Mr. J. A. Klutz, of Harrisburg, N. C. The ceremony was performed by Magistrate R. P. Harris. Mr. and Mrs. Klutz will reside at Harrisburg. All the Banks Want Money. Representatives Finley and Lever a few days ago called at the Treasury Department and submitted a proposition from the national banks in their districts to participate in the deposits to be distributed by the treasury department in the cotton growing States to aid in mo'ving and marketing the cotton crop. The plan proposed was to permit all the national banks?including the State banks, if prac ticable, in the congressional district, or so many as may wish so to do?to apply jointly to the treasury department for a deposit and execute a joint note, individually and severally guaranteeing the payment thereof, and placing such collateral as will be required of banks in designated cities under the plan of distribution contemplated by the Secretary of the Treasury; and to pro rate the deposit with each of the banks in interest according to their capital stock. No promise was made, but assurance was given to the two South Carolina Representatives that the proposition is favored by the Secretary of the Treasury. "S. B. X." The beginning of the RockHill Buggy company was a oneroom shanty that was used as a repair shop. The proprietor painted on one side of the shop "S. B. X." He prospered and put up a large building; and on it he wrote "S. B. X." He prospered more and more, and erected a much larger building and the "strange device" appeared on that also. No doubt on me immense plant of the Mock Hill Buggy company today one may find "S. B. X." What does it mean? Started business on ten dollars. This great plant worth' something like a hundred thousand dollars began that way not so many years ago. It has been a great success.? Newberry Observer. p KimbrelF | Are Wor !25c Figured Dress Goods f< 15c and 12 1-2c Figured Dr 10c Dress Goods for 7 l-2c 40 inch White Voile for 1(K 40 inch White Fnv.in urnrt 30 inch Batiste, worth ISc, New Stickerie, large scallo j!|g for 25 cents. Good Towels, six for 25 ce 12 l-2c Turkish Towels, 10 jjlj 15 cent Turkish Towels, fo 25-cent Turkish Towels, fo o A Good Talcum Powder foi 10c and 15c Children's Socl u Another lot of the 7 l-2c ai ? sell for 5 cents. Ir Our 5-cent Counter is full August shoppers. D A big reduction on all Sum A new lot of Lace Collars 1 ? Pongee Bags to use with tl A few pieces of Muslin Un duced price. ? We still have a few of the D ing at 40c. I E. W. Kin SB "The Place When WILL DOUBLE CAPACITY OF CHARLOTTE BRICK CO Of particular and pleasing in* terest to the people of Fort Mill and surrounding country is the announcement given out a few few days ago by Mr. Sam S. McNinch, president, that the already big plant of the Char* lotte Brick company, located at Grattan, two miles south of thia city, will within a year double its capacity for the manufacture of bricks. The main otlices of the Charlotte Brick company are at Charlotte. At the present time the output of the plant is 100,01X1 bricks per day. This amounts to ten carloads every twelve hours. It ia expected that the output will be increased to 200,000. The installation of additional machinery will be undertaken at once. The management is certain that business conditions will remain on the up-grade and there will be continuously a demand for j the increase in the output of the ! plant which the present con1 ditions justify. Four Mill Levy for Gold Hillv They are holding an election Jin school district No. 39 today on the question of increasing the (special tax levy from three to four mills, and the understand^ ing is that.if the eleCtidri carries, Flint Hill and Cold Hill schools are to be consolidated at Gold Hill, and arrangements are to be made to haul the Flint Hill children to and from Gold Hill in a hack. There are twenty-two children to be hauled, and The Enquirer has been informed that an order for the necessary hack has already been placed. The Gold Hill school begins the work of its next term next Monday. Yorkville Enquirer, 15th. [The above election resulted in a victory for the increase of uie levy uy a vote ol Zi to G. ? Editor Times. J Miss Maggie Mauney, of Shelby, N. C., is visiting relatives in tjiis city. s Specials | th While. | >r 18c* the yard. ...... r1 -ie 1 a. .? ' 8B co.-> uuuys lur xwc me yard. g?| the yard. ra : the yard. 2 I h 25c, for 15c the yard. *i ? for 10c the yard. j? j p, 6-yard pieces all color?, cents each. In r 12c 1-2 each. r 17c each. M ks, all sizes, for 7 l-2c. & id 10c Vests that we can ,% of grood bargains ror the Jg mer Waists. 'or 10c and 25c. jig le Summer dresses,. 50c. h? derwear at a greatly re100 Shirts that we are sell- SB abrell Co., I b Quality Counts." ?&j