Fort Mill times. (Fort Mill, S.C.) 1892-current, September 11, 1913, Image 1
The Fort Mill Times.
Established in 1891. FORT MILL, S. C., THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 11, 1913. $1.25 Per Year.
SUPKtMt COURT UPHOLDS
LEGISLATIVE REFUNDING ACT
The State supreme court Monday
morning upheld the constitutionality
of the act passed by
the Legislature of 1912 providing
for the refunding of $5,GOT),000
bonded debt of the State, said a
special to the Charlotte Observer.
The decision is a sweeping victory
for Comptroller General
Jones and former Attorney General
Lyon. All the points on
which Governor Blease has attacked
the old Sinking Fund
Commission, which has charge
of the refunding of the debt,
was overruled by the court. He
joined in the request to have the
act set aside on the ground that
it is illegal and unconstitutional.
*4It lc fV-?of
the commission be at liberty to
carry out the provisions of the
act of 1912 in accord with the
views and principles herein announced,"
is the verdict of the
court, which was written by Associate
Justice Hydrick and concurred
in by Chief Justice Gary
and Associate Justice Fraser.
The suit to test the validity of
the refunding act was brought
in the name of W. W. Ray, a taxpayer,
against Governor Blease,
former Attorney General Lyon.
Comptroller General Jones and
former Treasurer Jennings.
Governor Blease in his return
joined in the prayer to declare
the act unconstitutional and
raised most of the questions advanced
by the petitioner. The
act when passed was vetoed by
the governor, but the General
Assembly overrode the veto and
he then took to the courts in his
fight against it, losing out, however,
in every place.
Tariff Bill Passes Senate.
After four months' debate the
Democratic tarilT revision bill
passed the senate at 5:43 o'clock
Tuesday afternoon amid a burst
of applause that swept down
from crowded galleries and found
its echo on the crowded floor of
the senate.
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JOE SPARKS SEES DEFEAT
FOR BLEASE AND M'LAURIN
Writing from Columbia, Joe
Sparks, an old newspaper correspondent,
says the politicians in
South Carolina are angling for
positions. He says there "has
never been so much wire-pulling
and political trading so long before
a campaign in the history
of the State. This is an off year
in politics in this State, yet the
voice of the politician is heard
from one end to the other. There
is not a picnic that there are not
present several to talk to the
Mpnr nnnnln ' "
Sparks says "if .John L. McLaurin
imagines the people of
South Carolina have forgotten
his record, he is badly mistaken ?
yet he seems to he of that opinion.
John L. McLaurin will certainly
he in the race for the governorship.
Just now he is courting
for the favor of the governor
and all the pressure possible is
being brought to bear. The record
of John L. McLaurin in the
United States senate is too well
known to need rehearsing. It is
said that Mr. McLaurin has secured
the services of Col. Leon
M. Green.
"The next governor of South
Carolina stands a good chance of
going to the senate to take the
place of Senator B. R. Tillman.
However, Senator Tillman is by
no means down and out. John
L. McLaurin figures that if he is
elected to the governorship it
will be a fine opening wedge for
him to get back to the United
States senate. His ambition is
a Blease and McLaurin combination
in the senate." But this is
a dream that will never be realized.
Neither Blease nor McLaurin
will ever get to the senate.
Revival Service*.
Snpt'inl ...III
ivt itui pel v iv-ca will
begin at the Fort Mill Methodist
church on Sunday, September
28. Mr. Glennan has secured
the services of Rev. T. C. 0'Dell,
presiding elder of the Rock
Hill district, to do the preaching.
ess is ij
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one. We do not make it a II
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paper, but that does not g
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the opportunity it shall be ?
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E GROCER.
Matters of L
New Series to Open.
The Perpetual Building and
Loan Association of Fort Mill
announces in The Times this
week the maturing of series No.
1 and the opening of books of
subscription to shares in series
No. 4. Already quite a large
number of shares have been
subscribed for. and the new
series promises to be even more
successful than the series which
is now closing.
Yorkville's New Paper.
The News, Yorkvill^s new
newspaper, will make its appearance
on October -16 and will
appear twice a week thereafter,
according to a letter to a Fort
Mill man a few days ago from
Mr. Fair, the publisher. The
equipment for The News has
been installed, with the exception
of the lynotype and
cylinder press and these machines
are daily expected to
reach Yorkville.
Fall Stocks Arriving.
Now that the summer is about
J over the merchants of Fort Mill
! are preparing for the winter
shopper. Cotton is selling at a
good price, and the outlook at
present predicates a big fall business.
Watch the advertisements
in The Times from week
to week and thereby effect a
saving of dollars as well as the
trouble of having to hunt the
town for the articles you wish
to purchase. And, by all means,
mention to your merchant that
I you saw his goods advertised in
I The Times.
A Pleasant Family Gathering.
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lv-'uiii.i luutcu. i mr. L/narue
i Walker of Fort Mill celebrated
i his 50th birthday Sunday, September
7. He had 21 relatives
and friends present and all enjoyed
themselves thoroughly. At
12 o'clock dinner was spread and
the table, beautifully decorated
with llowers, was tilled with all
the good things to eat that one
could wish for. All left for home
about 5 o'clock, leaving Mr. and
Mrs Walker alone and wishing
for them all the richest blessings
of life.
Wil move to Rock Hill.
Mr. J. M. Gamble, a well
known farmer of the township,
will, with his family, move to
ltock Hill about the first of
October. Mr. Gamble was elected
a member of the police force
of Rock Hill at a meeting of the
council of that city a few days
ago and will assume the duties
of the position on October 1.
He is not without experience as
an officer, having served the
town of Fort Mill as chief of
police some years ago, and during
iiis term as such proved himself
a fearless and proficient, man for
the place. He will make Rock
Hill an excellent officer.
N w Physician Coming.
Fort Mill is to have a new
physician in the person of Dr.
A. T. Neely of Old Point, this
county. Dr. Neely has paid
several visits to Fort Mill recently
looking over the field, and
while here Monday announced
that he had decided to locate
here and would return within a
short time to begin prarticing.
Dr. Neely is a son of Adolph
Neely, of Old Point, one of the
best known residents of the
county. He is a graduate of the
Medical College of South Carolina,
Charleston, and since his
graduation from that institution
has practiced in the hospitals
and city of Charleston.
Thirty Dav? for Retailing,
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a a (i/ilWl i J tUIUI CU, JUT
whom the officers of the town
have kept watch since last May,
was apprehended Thursday by
Officer Coltharp. Hughes was
wanted for illegally retailing
the fiery fluid and had been
dodging since his guilt was
suspected last spring. When
taken before Mayor McElhaney
Thursday the negro entered a
plea of guilty and was sentenced
to pay a fine of $100 or do service
for thirty days on the county
works. Frazier did not have
the hundred handy, so he took
the days.
1 i
.ocal Interest.
Rock Hill Lad Shot.
Thursday morning about 10:30
o'clock Palmer Wilson, about
fourteen years of age, shot Jesse
Green, about eleven years of
age, with a shotgun, shooting
out one eye entirely and the
other so badly that possibly he!
, will lose his sight in case his
wounds do not prove fatal.
R< signs Superintendency of Mill.
Mr. W. H. Still, who for the
last year has held the position of
superintendent of the Millfort J
mill of this city, resigned the
position on Saturday, and is sue-1
ceeded by Mr. Bratton Fennell, j
an experienced mill man of!
Columbia. Mr. Still will move
his family to Rockingham, N. C.,
where he has accepted a position
similar to the one held here.
By Boat to Charleston.
Murray Mack, Alex Young,
Herbert Harris and Fred Nims,
Fort Mill young men, embarked
on the placid waters of the
Catawba early Tuesday morning
for a river trip to Charleston.
The start was made from
the club house, west of town,
and the young men anticipated
little difficulty in making the
trip after passing the big power
dams at Great Falls and Rocky
Creek, in Chester county.
"Winston Wins Pennant.
The tirst season of the North
Carolina league closed Wednesday,
Winston-Sal^m winning the
pennant by a margin of four
points. The other clubs closed
in the following order: Durham,
Raleigh, Asheville, Charlotte,
Greensboro. The pennant was
undecided until when WinstonSalem
was scheduled to play
Greensboro and Durham a
doubleheader.
The 1-cent Parcel Stamp.
The 1-cent parcel post stamp
has been discontinued. It was
so like its brother?the 2-cent
letter stamp?that many dishonest
persons succeeded in
hoodwinking Uncle Sam in having
it carry first-class letter
' mail. Postmaster General Burleson
has sent out a warninir to
postmasters to watch for the
masquerading stamps, and any!
person caught using them with \
deliberate intent to cheat the
Government will be severely
' punished.
i Wil. Become Journalist.
| Fort Mill people generally will
be interested in the announcement
that J. K. Breedin has resigned
the position of dean of
Anderson college and will engage l
in the newspaper business at
Manning. Mr. Breedin's wife
was Miss Sophie liuggins, daughter
of Rev. J. D. Huggins,
formerly pastor of the Fort Mill
Baptist church, and is well remembered
in this city. Mr.
Breedin's new paper will be
issued weekly and will make its
I appearance within a few weeks.
Parsonage Wor.i Begins.
Work on the new Methodist
parsonage, plans for which have
been under way since the old
parsonage and contents were
destroyed by fire about a year
ago, was begun on Monday morning,
The building is to be a
two-story brick structure of
seven rooms and is to occupy a
site facing on Church street.
J. M. White, a well known
1 builder of the town, is superJ
vising the construction of the
I house. The Methdist people are
deeply thankiul to Mr. S. S.
I McNinch, whe has donated sufficient
brick from his big plant at
Grattan to build the parsonage.
No Cotton in Street.
There will be no more cotton
dumped in the street in the rear
of tne cotton platform, according
to an ed'ct of the cuy council
at a meeting held a lew nights
ago for the purpose of consider
ing the question. Heretofore i
it has been the custom of local i
cotton buyers to place cotton in j
the street when the platform j
became crowded, and complaints :
had been made to council by a J
number of citizens of the block- i
ing of the street by this practice i
of the buyers. j
Miss Lulu Conly Haiie is vi&it- 1
ing relatives in Kershaw. j!
COTTON GINNED TO SEPT. 1 |l
BREAKS FORMER RECORDS
The greatest quantity of cotton
ev'er ginned in the period t
prior to September 1 was re- <
ported by the census bureau j
Monday when it was announced .
that 794,006 bales of the growth i'
of 1913 had been put out from !1
the ginneries throughout the Is
South since the beginning of |<
the ginning season. i
The heavy ginnings for this;;
period of the season are the re-1;
suit of an early maturing of the | (
crop and of an effort of the!
farmers to beat the boll weevil,
in the opinion of census bureau ,
officials.
All States reported an in- i1
prPU 1 * *
~>,11111111^ lor tntj periou |'
over last year's totals for that 1
time with the exception of 1
Texas and North Carolina. Last! t
year to September 1 there had i i
been ginned 5.4 per cent of the (
entire crop; in 1911 the quantity |
was 5 per cent.
Cotton from the growth of |
1913 ginned prior to September 1 ,
amounted to 794,006 bales, count- ,
ing round as half-bales, the r
census bureau announced Mon- |
day in its first ginning report of ,
the season. ,
This compared with 730,935 '
last year to September 1, 771,- ]
297 bales in 1911 and 353,011 ;
bales in 1910. |
Round bales included in this ;
report numbered 7,584, compared
with 7,434 for last year. j
A Surprise Marriage. ,
Fort Mill friends of Miss Sallie I
McElhaney and Mr. Paul Hall I
will read with interest the news 1
of their marriage on September
8th at seven o'clock by Rev. 1
E. K. McLarty, Charlotte. Miss *
McElhaney was just returning <
from a visit to her brother in
Greenville, and being met in i
Charlotte by Mr. Hall, they de- *
cided to surprise their friends by j i
getting married. Miss Carrie I <
Merritt, Mr. Willis Howie an.lil
Mr. Paget were witnesses of the '
happy occasion.
Tiie groom is a promising *
young man of lower Fort Mill, )
and the bride is well known in '
and around Fort Mill, having s
made her home here for some 1
time.
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|jp Serge and Persian Silks ju
t latest patterns and Stripe
Beautifully Striped Messa
and garnets?a handsome puu
I Our Serge Silks are the \
and the price is only $1.00.
and they come in the very lat
PERSIAN SILKS-Our a
complete and we can show y<
pretty patterns as you can fim
to see this assortment. We \
you to make a selection.
We still have a few childr
are selling CHEAP.
And we have just opened
derland Suitings?a 15c valu<
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You'll want some of our Is
yard?regular 8 l-3c quality.
CIIAMBRAYS?in tana, b
cents the yard.
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OTHROP'S NEXT TERM
BEGINS WEDNESDAY, 17th.
The 1913-14 term of Winthrop
ollege will begin Wednesday,
September 17, with exercises at
LO o'clock a. m. in the college
luditorium. From the outlook
tow it appears the coming session
will prove the most suc essful
in the history of the
nstitution. The students who
ire to stand examinations for
my purpose are to report at the
:ollege on September 12.
During the summer many
changes and improvements have
teen made at the college. The
lew auditorium and addition to
die infirmary have been completed.
and n11flit? ?* ?*? ?;M
. uuulvVUUIil Will
low seat 1,600 people. A moJon
picture machine has been
nstalled in the auditorium to be
jsed during the coming session
for educational purposes.
The new infirmary, the pracice
home, the domestic science
rooms and ail departments retiring
it have been screened,
l'he old dormitory building at
the training school has been remodeled
and furnished for 50
students. It has been supplied
with waterworks and electric
lights and will be very comfortible.
All of the old dormitories
have been thoroughly overhaul d
ind made sanitary in every way
? the plastering repaired, painting
done where necessary, the
>ld furniture revarnished and
repaired and all plumbing overhauled.
All gutters and roofs
liave been repaired and painted
where necessary. ,
The $11,000 organ purchased
for the college is now being installed
and will be ready for use
>n the first day of the session.
In the main building a rest
room for teachers boarding outside
the college has been arranged
for and a new room for
lay students to sit and study in
iias been provided. It is larire.
well lighted and well ventilated.
The grounds ol' the training
school have been beautifully
traded and a fine iron fence has
Deen placed around the training
school grounds, and an iron
fence has been built on the north
<ide of the campus.
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ssortment of Messaline, gg
st received, in the very ^
effects. ??
line in blues, browns, grays nst
lity at 00c and $1 00. o
>rettiest we have ever seen, *8?
These are splendid values jgx
est shades and patterns.
ssortmentof Persian Silk is vfa
:>u as good values and as
d in the larger cities. Ask
vill take pleasure in helping ??
en's School Dresses that we
up a beautiful lot of Won- js
i that we are offering at 15
lew Gingham at only 6c the gg
>lues and tfrays at only 10
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