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The Fort Mill Times. Established in 1891. FORT MILL, S. (L, THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 25, 1913. $1.25 Per Year. THE NEWS IN BRIEF FROM OVER THE STATE A new Presbyterian church was organized at Rock Hill Sunday morning and will be known as Oakland Avenue church. It cost about $30,000 and is close to Winthrop College. An analysis by the State department of agriculture on three samples of Anderson county seed oats, red rust proof, Bancroft and Hastings varieties shows: purity, 100, germination 98. Alligator township in Chesterfield county has voted for a bond issue of $40,000 to improve the roads. The vote was 57 to 56. This will give a road 22 miles shorter between Camden and Cheraw. " A dispatch from Matthews says it is an assured fact now that a part of Richland is in dead earnest and will soon be ? nart nf f^nlhotin iimIubc ?nmu I ill fortune befalls the promoters of the annexation plan. Paul Knight, a 14-year-old lad of Laurens, was accidentally shot and killed Sunday night by his 12-year-old brother, Samuel Knight. The younger lad was playfully snapping a weapon, which was supposed to be unloaded, at his brother. The Horry cou?ty grand jury Monday afternoon returned no bill to the court of general sessions now being held there on the indictment for attempted criminal assault brought against Solicitor L. B. Singleton by a married woman of Conway. The question of whether the governor has the power to pardon offenders convicted in municipal courts for violation of city ordinances may arise j in the pardon issued by Governor Blease in favor of D. L. Sprouse, who was convicted before Mayor Butler, of GalTney. President Wilson on Monday was offered a winter home in Columbia. A delegation from that city told him that the house in which he had spent a part of his boyhood days and which his mother had originally designed had been renovated and would be purchased by the city if he would come to Columbia. i Governor Bleuse received a tele| graphic inquiry from lawyers in New w York Friday morning asking if South Carolina has ever applied for or given extradition of escaped lunatic or of insane person charged with crime. In reply the Governor said no such case had ever arisen in this State within his knowledge and added that if the inquiry referred to the Thaw case if Thaw were in this State, no papers >1^ . would be granted for his return to New York unless locol physicians first adjudged hitn insane. | =JI i^J 1 Shoes, P~IL.. 01 obiuy ofiuub We have these in all leatl better at $2.00 to Bostonians These come in all leather? good as can be found at $3. Menz Eas This is the best work and Americ; One pair a season is the r anyone who has used them Godman Scl These are the best mediui ket, 75c up to_ Buster 7 Shoes for Boys and Blue All fUo, ?!?. ? 1 mi me auuvc nsiwua dl t' SUl the country and have a nati \ Meachar It's better at the same pri 1=1 =J! ] EE EXPRESS RATES LOWER AFTER OCTOBER 15TH Fort Mill, in common with all other points in the United States, will soon benefit by the sweeping reductions in express rates that were ordered by the inter-State commerce commission and which are due to become effective October 15. It will be seen that only about three weeks are left the express companies in which to operate under the old schedule of rates. The changes will become effective on the date specified, unless the commission allows the ; express companies more time in which I n<.l 1.. 1 1 * i iu |ii cpuic ne? sviieuuivs ur unless me latter resents the order, and the express companies have already asked for more time. Also of interest and benefit to the general public are the new rules and regulations published by the inter-State commerce commission in a recent decision on the subject of express rates and practices. It was upon the complaints of a large number of of leading commercial organizations that the commission ordered the changes in the express rates. Among the new rules and regulations simplifying the transaction of express business are the following: The adoption of the block system of stating rates. The establishment of a uniform classification of simple character. The publication of a joint directory of express stations, fixing the location of every such station by block number. The publication jointly of the pick-up and delivery limits at every station. The adoption of a new form of express receipt, the terms of which are clear, specific and reasonable. The adoption of a rule fixing secondclass rates to apply on articles of food or drink (except where otherwise specified in the classification and rules) at 75 per cent, of the first-class rate with certain additional provisions not j)ossible of extended mention. The adoption of a rule for wehrhinir weights on two or more packages forwarded by one shipper at the same time, upon one receipt of one consignee at one local address, fixing the application of the rate upon the actual weight of each such article when above 20 pounds. This is in realty a rate reduction in Weight, on which the reduced rates in the table apply, constituting a double reduction. The adoption of rules providing for valuation charges, C. (). L). shipments, returned shipments, prompt settlement of claims, and prompt dispensation of undelivered and refused shipments. I Material reductions in rates are con! templated on packages weighing less I than 50 pounds. This, constituting the bulk of the express traffic and under | the rule governing aggregated weights mentioned above, should afford the relief most needt d by shippers. For Women, iers, lasts and toes. None $4.00 ; for Men, [ ; and the newest lasts. As 50 to $5.00 e for Men, shoe made at $3.50, $4.00 $4.50 m Boy, epilation for this shoe. Ask and see what they say. iiool Shoes. in priced shoes on the mar $1.75 Brown Ribbon Shoes for Girls. || ri by the best merchants in onal reputation. n & Epps. ice, if it came from Epps'. iM 1 I Matters of L Price of Cotton. The best price quoted for cotton on the local market yesterday was lit J cents per pound. Seed were quoted at 33 cents. Mr. Finley III. The Lancaster News learns that Hon. D. E. Finley is ill at his home in Yorkville, and joins with his other numerous friends in the wish that he may have a speedy recovery. Will Move Family Here. Mr. Bratton Fennell, the new superintendent of the Millfort mill, will within a few days move his family from Columbia to Fort Mill and will nr..k0l.lu .. i - J,.u buiiagr wil Vlt-uuurn ; street. First Frost of the Season. From outlying districts came reports I of light frost Monday and Tuesday ; mornings. Residents with thermometers in exposed places report the | temperature each of these mornings as j being about 45 degrees. Cotton Ginned in York. In the government report of more ! than seven thousand bales of cotton ! ginned in South Carolina up to Septem- ' ] her 1 of the crop of 11)13 the number ' reported from York county is 10. This t against 1 bale from the crop of 1012. | Good Roads Delegates. Governor Blease has appointed A. Eugene Hutchison of Rock Hill; O. L. Sanders of McConnellsville; J. R. Haile of Fort Mill, and W. LI. Riddle of Clover, as delegates to the meeting at Asheville on October 22, of the Southern j Appalachian Good Roads association.? Yorkville Enquirer. More Gamblers Arrested. Constable Frank NVindle was again on the alert Saturday afternoon and as J a result four young men were before I Magistrate R. 1*. Harris to answer to I the charge of gambling. The men submitted to the charge and each was j titled $5. Farmers Are Delnyed. The bad weather of the last week caused much delay among the farmers i of this section who had just fairly begun the harvesting of cotton and the fodder and hay crops. Many farmers of the township lost considerably by reason of having fodder and hay in the field during the wet spi ll. I Methodist Meeting Next Week. As announced in The Times several weeks ago, a protracted meeting in which the Rev. T. C. O'Dell, presiding elder of the Rock Hill district, will do the preaching, will begin at the local Methodist church next Sunday, morning and continue through the j week. The public generally is invited j to attend the services. Fined for Resisting Arrest. John Caldwell, colored, suspected of | selling cocaine, was arrested Sunday J afternoon at Carhartt by Constable Frank Winnie. The negro's objections j to being arrested and searched were; such as to cause a charge of resisting j an officer to be brought against hiin. i Upon being arraigned before Magistrate 1 R. 1*. Harris he was fined $10, which w as paid. School Hack Arrives. The lag hack which is to he used daily in conveying the pupils of the Gold Hill school from Flint llill church I to the school house, arrived in town I 1... -> ' uoi.uiub; oiiniiuuii iiuiii rvocK mil, j where it was manufactured by the Rock Hill Buggy company. The hack is of extra size, with the seats running length-wise of the covered body, and has a capacity of thirty pupils. The contract for driving the hack has not been let. Lytle-Brackctt. Sunday afternoon at 5 o'clock at the Methodist parsonage, Joseph Brackett and Miss Jessie Lytle were quietly married, Rev. F. L. Glennan ofliieiating. Only a tew very intimate friends of the couple witnessed tne event. Mrs. Brackett is the daughter of Mr. J. F. Lytle, of the Millfort mill settlement, and possesses a charming personality Mr. Brackett is formerly from t.liffside, N. C., but is now employed at the Millfort mill. Wm Cotton Injured? Farmers hold different opinions on the effect of the weather of the last week. Some hold that it has very nci iuu.iij nut i. tuiuiii, especially late cotton. Others say the rain did good and that the cool weather was not sufficient to do any harm. All agree that the man who had pea vines cut down and fodder on the stalk in this weather had nothing good coming to him from the weather side. Home From Mexico. The Rev. William W. Iioyce, of Ft >ck Hid, has returned from Tancauhuitz, where he has for a year or more been stationed as a missionary of the A. R. Presbyterian church. Mr. Boyce's station was in the interioi mountains, fur from the cities and conditions there became intolerable. Miss Jennie Getty.s, also of this county, and Miss Macie Stevenson, both missionaries of the A. R. P. church in Mexico, reached home last week. ocal Interest. Mr. Moier Resign*. Mr. T. G. Moser, for several months overseer of weaving at the Millfort mill, this city, has resigned the j |K)sition. Buy* Overland Runabout. Dr. A. T. Neely, who recently lo-1 cited in Fort Mill, surprised his friends i here Monday by returning from Rock Hill with a new li>l4 model Overland automobile of the runabout type. Killed Big Hawk. Probably the largest chicken hawk ever killed in this section was that 1 which fell mortally wounded from gunshot Sunday morning at the home of Mr. Joe Smith of lower Steele Creek. The bird measured 48 inches from tip to tip of the wings and was in the act of carrying off a chicken when shot by Mr. Smith. Presbyterian Meeting Begin* Sunday. A protracted meeting, to last throughout the coming week, will begin Sunday morning at 11 o'clock at the Fort Mill Presbyterian church. The Rev. J. A. Blackburn, pastor of the Arsenal Hill church of Columbia, will assist the pastor, Rev. Mr. Ilafner, in the meeting. Services will be held twice each day during the week, the morning service at 10 o'clock and the evening service at 8 o'clock. The public is cordially invited to attend. Rock Hill Get* Free Advertising. The September number of The Southern Field, the magazine issued by j the Land and Industrial Department ' of the Southern Railway, has as its leading article a story of the progress of Rock Hill, Chester and Kershaw anil the surrounding country. The | article deals largely with Rock Hill and! is illustrated with pictures of streets i and country scenes, including a picture ! of the Winthrop College dairy barn and I one of J. M. Cherry's alfalfa fields. Week of Bad Weather. The weather of the last week was extremely bad throughout this section, | every day of the week having been i cloudy, and rain fell ertch day up to Saturday in amounts ranging from a ! light shower to three-quarters of an | inch. During the entire week there j were only about three hours of sunshine. The total precipitation for the ' week up to Saturday noon was 1.40 inches. Temperatures for the week were considerably below the normal, the ! lowest mark being >1 degrees on Monday morning. ? , New Feature for the Fair. The committee in charge of the York county fair lias decided to inaugurate a*junior department in which boys and girls under IS years of age can compete for prizes without having to compete against adults. The junior department will embrace- the poultry department, arts and crafts on the part of the hoys and home economics for the girls, ivlr. C. W. Blakey, community boys' secretary of the Y. M. C. A. work there, has agreed to take charge of this feature and is arousing much interest among the boys of not only Hock Hill hut in other parts of the county, and the outiook is that there will be splendid exhibits in this 1 department. The committee has the work well in hand at present and tne ' interest is increasing daily. Application blanks are rapidly coming in both from those who will have exhibits in the field crops and live stock departments and from numbers of the girls' canning clubs. One member of a caniiimr />! n l\ utol/.o " I- - ? * r" ..im^ viuu ovaao uiat one Will lltlVt* ;>U articles on exhibit. Spartanburg Negro Acquitted. In the face of the positive statement | of a respectable white matron of high intelligence, that he had assaulted her, Will Fair, a negro, was found not guilty Saturday afternoon at a special term of general sessions court of Spartanburg county called for the trial of the case. The jury was out 20 hours. | The verdict caused no surprise and j was quietly received. A few people not entirely familiar with the case were reported to be muttering Saturday evening. Fair was told it might j be inadvisable for him to remain in Spartanburg county. He thought so | himself. A position was offered him in a railroad construction camp 200 nines away auu ne leit Spartanburg at once. The acquittal of Fair is a vindication of Sheriff W. J. White, who, at the r.sk of his life, saved the negro from being lynched. He stood off a large mob who stormed the jail on the night I of Fair's arrest and went so far as 10 blow open the outer gate with dynamite. More School Funds. Another distribution of the dis| pensary fund has been made by the State superintendent of education, three-fourths of which may be spent this year by the county boards of education, York's share in this distribution is $1,471.14. John Massey, of Charlotte, spent Su, day at his home in frort Mill. WILL DEFEAT ED SMITH BY 20,000 SAYS BLEASE Discussing the recent Federal appointments in South Carolina, Governor Blease said Sunday that the appoint- 1 ment of F. H. Weston of Richland, as district attorney, was "to show indirectly that the administration would favor the reelection of Senator Smith, | who goes before the voters of South j Carolina in the primary next August. This goes to prove, beyond the shadow ! of a doubt, what 1. have been charging ' from the stump all over the State, j that nobody can get anything in South | Carolina under the present administra- 1 tion unless they are willing to help de- | feat Blease for the Senate, even if , they have to sell their political prin- ! ciple to do so, and must have the O. 1\. j of the Cuban general. "However, the white people of South Carolina have never yet been driven by j <> nauuiini itu 111 in ISITUI Hill, llor hSIVO < they ever sold out for public pup. So, j instead of this helping Senator Smith, you will see that it will be very much { "to his detriment. I will beat him easier ; now than 1 would have beaten him be- j fore. 1 had him beaten already 120,000 votes, and this will make my friends that much stronger for me, and will add thousands ot votes to me." Dominick to Oppose Aiken. Assistant Attorney General Fred H. Dominick has stated positively that he will make the race for Congress from the Third congressional district for the place now held by Congressman Wyatt Aiken, and that he will be in the race to the finish. "Reports have reached me," said Mr. Dominick, "that it has been rumored up in my district that 1 would not be in the race lor Congress -that if 1 should be in the campaign next summer, it would be for some other otlice. In order to set at rest any such rumors, I now make the positive statement that I am in the race and will be in to the finish, and the encouragement which 1 have received gives me confidence in the outcome. My platform is that of the Democratic party, and at the proper time I shall make such further announcement as 1 deem necessary and advisable." For the Orphans. For several years the Orphanages of our State have been asking,the people to join together and give the result of one day's work or the profits of one I day's business to the orphan children. ; Some of the institutions have set j Uct. 4 as the date this year, though any day will do. Many Sunday schools now count it a part of their program to observe this day, and their gifts reach several thousand dollars annually. It is a worthy cause, and everybody should "lend a hand" ami ! help along. n j?| | ;::w autumn s S Women Genie, ??3 How can they resist, w r8; so stylish, and so reasons to wait for the left-overs 88 NOW IS THE TIME TO i 11 We have just opened | Autumn Cos Jk and every lady that com* jijjj and either buys a Suit or gg within a few days. If yc this Fall you'll want 01 gg Suits or Coats, because latest shades and pattern! very latest styles. COME, SELECT YOUR! j EW.Kk! ^ "The Place When ib&i'mmmmmm 2 THIS SECTION MAN LABORED AND SAVED HIS DOLLARS "It was up at Montreat that some gentlemen were talking about useful citizenship. The story was told of the introduction of cotton into South Carolina by a 16-year-old girl named Elizabeth Lucas. Of course the story of Jerry Moore was told, and Mr. Mclver Williamson of Darlington, and Mr. David Coker of Hartsville, S. C., each came in for his share of praise because of the work he had done, one in the development of corn and the other in the development of cotton, and each were spoken of in the highest terms. Then a Rock Mill man said: "There is a man who lives between Rock Hill and Chester, located there some JO-odd years ago as a section boss on the railroad, and he stdl has control of that section. He keeps his part on the railroad as smooth as the floor and the company rarely has an accident on this section. Mis name is L. M. Wooten and his postotlice is Lewis' Turnout. The railroad company has often otfered him better jobs at better places, but he has always declined. "The reason why he likes this place is because he has bought land and has i 1 I... I?* c ~ 5 - UI'IIMIII' unv ?>1 nil- ucsi tanners ;il ine State. Lands that he bought for $2.50 or $5 an acre are now wortti about ?100 an acre. He bas become rich fanning, and is now worth over $200,000." "He is probably the only section bosa in the United Slates worth over $100,000 still holding his job with no idea of giving it up. "Mr. Wooten has educated his two sons at Uletnson college and has himself become a reader of books, although he was not originally an educated man. lie lives in a good house, well furnished and has a tine library, lie has a wind mill to supply his house and barn with water, and raises quantities of live stock. He furnishes fresh lamb and mutton to Kock lliil the year round and to W'inthrop college in season. It's a remarkable case of a man making a fortune in a very simple way by simply attending to his business. "One of hissona is a sort of assistant superintendent of the farm and looks after the lurni work together with the operation of a ginnery which he has built. Mr. Wooten raises ou bushels of corn to tiie acre and a bale or a bale and a hall of cotton on every acre that lie cultivates, in the new ginnery he has built, he bas provided for the handling of long-staple cotton with a special gin made for the purpose." ? Credit lost. Miss Catherine Frank, for several years milliner lor the iirm of Meacham and Lppa, returned to Fort Mill some hays ago and is again in charge of the mihiucry department of this arm. cs yisnnui ^ S -HURRYli SI UITS AND COATS | , Look and Blfy | hen everything is so new, gjg bly priced] Who wants jjS and the odds and ends'? hjy. our beautiful lino of &? I" /*k 8"% rl d p. A ?55 15 SHU CUIIS | S3 in "raves" over them, Coat or promises to buy ??j >u want to be well dressed Eg ue of our "Perfect Fit" they come in the very 3, and are made up in tho ?o? 5 TODAY. nbrell Co., 1 e Quality Iteigns."