Fort Mill times. (Fort Mill, S.C.) 1892-current, August 21, 1913, Image 1
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.
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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