Fort Mill times. (Fort Mill, S.C.) 1892-current, August 28, 1913, Image 1
The Fort Mill Times.
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Established in 1891. FORT MILL, S. C., THURSDAY, AUGUUST 28, 1913. ?i o* i>~
FORT MILL PUBLIC SCHOOL
. OPENS TERM MONDAY
In a letter from Mr. J. P.
Coats, superintendent. The Times
is requested to state that the
Fort Mill graded and high school
Will begin the session of 1913-'14
Monday morning, September 1,
at I) o'clock. The public is cordially
invited and urged to be
present at the opening exercises.
The school belongs to the people
of Fort Mill, says Mr. Coats,
and whatever is made of the
institution depends largely upon
the patrons. The teachers may
Btrive carefully and earnestly to
make the school one of the best
in the country, but if they do not
nave the cooperation and sympathy
of the patrons their efforts
win De 01 no avail.
First of all, Mr. Coats wishes
to urge upon the patrons the
importance of putting their children
in school at the opening of
" the session and keeping them
there. "I know it is sometimes
necessary," he says, "for you to
keep your child at home, but let
it be an absolute necessity before
you keep him away from
Bchool. One pupil's absence is
hindrance both to himself and
the other scholars. The work of
a grade is planned at the beginning
of the session, and whenever
a pupil is absent a day he
loses one of the links of the
nhain.
"I notice that, without a dissenting
vote, you have levied a
. special tax for your district.
This money is going to be used
and you are entitled to your
share. The only way for you to
get your part is to keep your
boys and girls in school.
"Anol'lvtr .smgestion -always
hsVe^i good word lor your school.
Remember that the influence of
, t the tea table and fireside is more
potent than most people realize.
"Visit the school. Your presence
helps the teachers and
pupils. By a visit, you sometimes
find things not exactly as
you heard they were.
"I feel the great responsibility
that rests upon me, but with
your help, and the assistance of
my fellow-teachers, the year's
work will not be entirely lruitless."
J. Pierce Coats.
A Delightful Dance.
Complimentary to a number of
visiting young ladies, the young
men of the town gave a delightful
dance in the town hall Monday
night, the following couples
being present:
Miss Bessie Spratt with W. B.
Meacham, Jr., Miss Ruth Meacham
with Brice Culp, Miss Mamie
Jack Massey with Joe Ardrey,
Miss Estelle Massey with Jessie
Harris, Miss Mary Boyd with
Oscar Culp, Miss Sue Biadford
wnn ij. m. Massey, Misses Carrie
and Ruby Culp with W. F.
Lewis, Miss Merle Culp with
Richard Fulp, Miss Elizabeth
Nilns with Murray Mack, Miss
Nora Hamilton with Leroy McMurray,
Misses Isabel Massey
and Pattie Frost with Alex
Young, Miss Annie Russell with
B. F. Massey, Jr., Miss Julia
Boyd with F. E. Ardrey, Miss
Florence Steele with Herbert
Harris, Miss Eloise Steele with
Fred Nims, Jr. Stags: Erskine
Ardrey, Mr. Dillard, of Lancaster.
and Leon Massey.
Music for the dance was fur
nished by Massey's orchestra.
An Approaching Marriage.
Mr. and Mrs. S. L. Coltharp,
of Gold Hill, have issued invitations
to the approaching marriage
of their daughter, Miss
Maye Coltharp, and the Rev. j
Grover C. Epps, of Forth Worth
Texas. The marriage is to take
place on Wednesday afternoon,
"s September 10th, at Philadelphia
N Methodist church, two miles
iorth of Fort Mill, and after a
we&iin8 triP Mr. and Mrs. F.pps
will re^'de at Fort Worth.
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Candidace for Comptroller.
Announcement comes from Anderson
that James H. Craig,
formerly county auditor and now
cashier of a bank in that city,
will be in the race for the ofhce
of comptroller general in the
election next summer. Though
never having taken part in active
politics outside of his county,
Mr. Craig has strong connections
' throughout the State, being j
grand master of the Odd Fellows
and holding office in the Knights
of Pythias.
Frank Guilty of Murder.
The end of the sensational
trial in Atlanta of Leo M. Frank
lor the murder of Mary Phagan
I came Monday afternoon when
j Frank was convicted of murder
by the jury which has been hearing
the case for the last month.
Mary Phagan was a 14 year-old
| girl who was employed in a
pencil factory of which Frank
was the superintendent. Some
months ago her dead body was
! found in the basement of the
J factory. Frank was arrested a
j few days after the body of the
i girl was discovered and has
j since been in jail charged with
; killing the girl after mistreating
I her. The principal witness in
the trial against Frank was the
negro watchman of the factory.
Frank probably will be, or should
be, hanged in the due course of
time.
McLaurin Undecided.
In a letter to the press denying
the recent report that Leon
M. Green, formerly a Columbia
' newspaper man, would shortly
open a bureau in Columbia to
push the candidacy of John L.
m ..t f..- t? - -'
iuv.udui 111 i<ji viovernor ill UlC
Democratic primary next August,
Mr. McLaurin says that he
has not even decided to be a
candidate for Governor and "I
have not had, and so far as I
know, do not expect to have, any
connection of a business kind
with Col. Green." Mr. Green
also takes occasion to print in
the papers a statement saying
that the report is untrue; and
adds that "the situation in the
State at this time favors his
(McLaurin's) election," showing
conclusively that he does not
know what he is talking about.
Dog Meat in Germany.
The consumption of dog meat
as a food in Germany, probably
as a result of high meat prices,
increased greatly in 11)12. Every
year since 11)07 has shown a
e? ndderable gain, but the 1912
i figures are striking.
A rvoinef 14111 ???!-*?? * I* -
j iL^amoi i.n i, v\ ucn liiu number
of dogs slaughtered under
official inspection was G,553, the
total for 1912 rose by 1.579 to |
8.132. These figures are but a J
small fraction of the total c< n- i
sumption of dog flesh, for a
majority of the animals are
slaughtered at home without the
formality of an inspection.
Dabbs Doubts Beneficial Effect.
E. W. Dabbs, president of the
i South Carolina Farmers' Union,
is not assured that the action of
the Federal Treasury in dis|
tributing several millions of dollars
in the South to assist in
movincr the cotton c.rnn will
the desired effect. It is the
purpose of the Treasury Department
to place the loans in
certain designated banks in the
larger cities at 2 per cent, interest,
with the understanding that
these depositories are then to lend
the money to the smaller banks
in their territory at a reasonable
rate of interest, the smaller
banks in turn lending it to the
farmers. Mr. Dabbs gives as
his reason for fearing that the
action of the Treasury Department
will not prove of appreciable
benefit to the farmer the
thought that the rate of interest
which will be charged the farmer
will be so high as to prevent its
general use.
SEVEN MORE COUNTIES
TO HAVE DISPENSARIES
As a result of the election held
in eleven South Carolina counties
on the 19th instant to determine
whether whiskey should should
be sold through county dispensaries,
seven voted for the dispensary
system and four elected
to remain "dry." In nearly all
the others the margin of victory
was very small. On the face of
the returns, Florence and Jasper
have retained the dispensary
system while Bamberg, Barnwell,
Dorchester, Calhoun and
Orangeburg have voted to return
to the sale of liquor by
the county. Abbeville, Lexington,
Williamsburg and Sumter
voted to remain in tin1 drv mnl-c
Of the counties which went
; dry Abbeville was the only one
; giving a decided majority, the
aftiti-dispensary forces in that
l county piling up a majority of
558 against the sale of liquor. In
the other counties which went
I dry the vote was very close.
' Lexington leading in this respect
with a majority of four
; against the sale of liquor, Williamsburg
with 14 and Sumter
with 12 also seemed almost
J evenly divided.
Of the wet counties Barnwell,
| with four majority and Dor1
Chester, with 1137, were the
most decided, and Orangeburg
with a majority of three for the
1 dispensary was the most evenly
i divided. The majorities for the
dispensary in other counties
were: Bamberg 180, Calhoun
82, Florence 01 and Jasper 38.
If official returns bear out the
unofficial figures, South Carolina
will have 11 dispensary counties,
! as follows: Charleston, Richland,
Florence. Georgetown, Beaufort,
Aiken, Dorchester, Calhoun,
Jasper, Barnwell and Orangeburg.
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ine news oi uold Hill.
Fort Mill Times Correspondence.
The Gold Hill school opened its
1913-14 session on Monday, the
18th. with one of the largest enrollments
in years. John L. Ratterree
is in charge, with Miss
Inez Smith assisting, and a third
teacher will begin work probably
next Monday.
i There has been quite a change
in the school this year. All of
the schools in district 39 have
been consolidated, making Gold
Hill a country graded school,
j The tax levy has been increased
\ to four mills, and the State will
i furnish $300, therefore the school
will be greatly benefited. Ar:
rangements have been made to
convey all of the children from
i the Flint Hill neitrhhnrtwwl nniil
| the contract for that purpose is
let. About half of these children
have taken advantage of
the opportunity thus afforded of
riding to school and others will
begin within the next few days.
Considerable improvement has
been made to the school, the
building having been painted recently
and new seats placed in
the several rooms. When the
hack, which is being constructed
by the Rock Hill Buggy company,
is completed and in operation,
the people of this section will
have one the most modern rural
school systems in the State.
A large crowd was present
Sunday at Flint Hill to witness
Konfioin/? ^ ^ ? 1 * 1 1
t.i>v/ ua|/t!Olll^ UI ilOUUl unrty
boys and girls. It is most gratifying
to see so many young people
connecting themselves with
the church.
Misses Maggie and Azalee Wilson,
of Charlotte, are spending
a vacation at home now.
The Gold Hill hoys entertained
the Observer school boys in a
game of ball on the local ground
Saturday afternoon, the home
team getting away with the
score 7 to 5. Student.
Gold Hill, August 25.
A. A. Bradford, of Columbia,
was among the visitors to Fort
Mill Tuesday.
Courthouse Bonds Sold.
Mr. C. L. Cobb, cashier of the
People's National bank of Rock
Hill, has made good on the
proposition with reference to the
sale of the courthouse bonds.
The bank will take care of the
entire issue of $75,01)0 less actual
expenses of the sale, not to reduce
the net amount to be paid
over to the commissioners below
$74,300. The deal was closed
this morning. The purchaser is
to get all accrued interest up to
date, and the money is to be
deposited in the People's National
Bank of Rock Hill to be checked
out as needed. The question of
site of the proposed new court
i house is now alive and boiling.
-Yorkville Enquirer, Friday.
The Pasteur Treatment.
This cure for rabies or hydroI
r>tinKio mi.or. ?J I -
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French scientist and biologist,
Leu is Pasteur, in 1884, and was
first used in 1885. M. Pasteur
found that the disease was
! caused by a parasite and he believed
that the injection of this
: parasite in a mild form would
I prevent and cure it. He made
: his tests with the spinal cords of
rabbits. His first experiments
proved his theory correct. The
treatment as used now consists
in the inoculation of the patient
with virus obtained from the
spinal cords of rabbits infected
with rabies. This virus is administered
in very weak doses at
lirst but is made stronger and
stronger each day until the
pationt is thoroughly inoculated
with it. Doctors who were opposed
to and jealous of Dr. Pasteur,
claimed that hi.s serum
would kill the patient without
j regard to the dog bite. Governj
mcnt experts proved this wrong
as they found not a single case
J where the treatment caused
death. About 20 per cent of all
! mad dog victims before this;
covery died. The Pasteur inj
oeulation has reduced this more
! than half. In 1890 a Pasteur
Institute was opened in Paris
and a few years later another in
New York. Now the treatment
is provided by nearly every
State Board of Health for the
benefit of all who desire to take
it.
Own a Home.
Let your first investment be a
home.
Have your children a house to
live in or a home to love in?
Don't be content to raise your
children under another man's
roof.
Is your family just a few
people living together, or, have
you a home?
Many men haven't the money
to build only because they
haven't the courage to save.
It's a tough thing to walk a
town of homes and know that
none of them are yours.
What will be your children's
recollection of home?a house
, you owned or a house you rented?
No man is too poor to build as
long as he is spending money for
some luxury he could deny himself.
It your living in a house made
the house more valuable, if the
house were yours you would
reap the profit.
Think over all the investments
of which you have heard; how
many who have invested in a
home have lost their money?
No doubt the lot on which you
live will be worth more in a fewyears
than it is now; but it will
be worth it to the landlord, not
to you.
You can have more fun ir.
youth by spending all your
money now; but you can have
more comfort in age by building
a home in youth.
FARMERS TAKING INTEREST 1
IN APPROACHING FAIR <
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The news from headquarters t
; of the York County Fair and j t
Home Institute, to be held at |1
Rock Hill October lfi-17, is of an i
encouraging nature. Farmers I *
from every township have an- 1
nounced their intention of having 1
I exhibits, either farm products,
live stock or poultry. Applica- '
tions are coming in every day 1
for premium lists, so Assistant '
Secretary Benton informs The J
Times.
Application has been made for '
I special rates on the railroads for
. this occasion and the Southern
and C. & N. W. have been asked '
to operate special trains to ac- (
commodate the people of the 1
western section of the county. '
A number have visited the Fair '
headquarters to learn the de- 1
tails incident to placing exhibits. .(
The premium lists, which will
i give the details, will be issued j'
and mailed out this week. Any-''
| one desiring one of these lists I,
can secure one by dropping a '
1 card to Secretary County Fair, (
Rock Hill, S. C., who will be 4
glad to send a premium list. '
The industrial interests of the J
county are taking much interest/
in the Industrial day program 5
and a large number of floats are :
being planned for the parade.
The Fort Mill business men arc
I invited and urged to have floats!
i in the parade, even though it is I j
but a decorated automobile. The <
! business men of this city can J1
materially assist in making theh
Fair a success by discussing it
with their farmer friends and j
urging them to prepare exhibits. ' i
The treasury department Thursday
began making deposits of
I an additional liftv million dollars
of government funds to aid in '
t crop movements. The first do- j:
posits are made in reserve cities 1
in the Southern States, which!'
unofficially were stated to he,1
I Baltimore, Richmond, Atlanta 1
j and Memphis. The latter three 1
are said to have received $750,j000
each.
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| Oxfords, 0x1
Our entire stock of S
tremendous sacrifice. We
| ('p'; new fall line of Shoes and
; wc offer you all our prett,
M
?ci- one ot the best Ladies' Sir
pg following big reductions:-$3.25
White Nu Buck Buttoi
$2.50 White Canvas Pumps
$2.00 White Canvas Pumps.
$3 25 Tan Button Oxfords, r
$3.00 Gun Metal Pump, a he
$3.25 Tan Pump, something
$3.00 Patent Pumps, low am
$3 00 Patent Button Oxfords
$2.50 Patent Pumps, low am
Big lot Ladies' RadclifTe SI
i |g and $2 50 per pair, now only $
And don't forget that all
jj|| Fellowcraft Oxfords for 1
Misses, Boys' and Childri
a great sacrifice too.
This is Oxford-Week at
^ us fit you up while they ar
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Released Penitentiary from Contract,
John W. Graham several days
lays ago appeared before the
iirectors of the State penientiary
and made a statement
o the effect that he would reease
the penitentiary authorities
from their contract in regard to
he penitentiary hosiery mill,
:hus avoiding any litigation in
lip mnttni*
Capt. Graham has a five year
contract, dated three years ago,
for 225 convicts more or less, for
labor, in the hosiery rr.ill. He
ilso stated that he would conluct
the hosiery mill with hired
abor.
The majority of the directors
are against sending the State
convicts out to the various
counties as it was stated that the
men are not in fit condition for
die hard work and the cost of
seeping so many men would be
to great an expense on each
county.
When Gov. Blease recommended
the abolishment of the prison
Hosiery mill and the legislature
iToted that it should be abolished,
the question arose as to whether
;>r not Capt. Graham should be
compensated for his remaining
two years contract, which called
for 225 convicts more or less.
The appearance of Capt. Graham
it the meeting was a distinct
surprise.
Charlotte Crowd Lynch Negro.
Joe McNeely, the negro who
shot Policeman L. L. Wilson at
Charlotte Friday, was taken
from the Good Samaritan hospital,
where he had been carried
for treatment of his wounds, by
i crowd at 2:30 o'clock Tuesday
morning and riddled with bullets.
Fnrt Will IHofoitc ?
i nil mil i-'vitaio 1 IUVIUCIIU'.
One of the best games of ball
played on the local grounds this
summer was that of last Wednesday
afternoon Ix'tween the Providence
(N. C.) and Fort Mill
teams, resulting in a victory for
i he locals by a score of five to
Lhree. The batteries were;
Providence, Roan and Elms; Fort
Mill. Bradford and Ferguson,
immmsmmmm
lords, 1
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dmners now o-oino- n+ a tsu*
must get ready for our gg
as a special inducement
y Irving Drew Oxfords,
)cs manufactured, at the
r> Oxfords, now only $2.48.
now only $1.08.
special price, $1.46. gg
tow only, $2.47. W
unity, now only $2.10.
pretty, only $2 47.
4 hiprh heels, $2.24.
t, all sizes, only $2.24. ?
1 high heels, only $1.60.
ippers, regular pi ice, $3.00 W
our famous Ralston and S
Men as well as all our jra
;n's Shoes are going at 08
KimbrelVs. Come let nju
e selling so cheap.
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Quality Counts." ^