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;Ts'- ''rjjS it- ' "'*f The Fort Mill Times. E.tabliahed in 1891. FORT MILL, S. C., THURSDAY, OCTOBER 2 1913 ~ ? i . J1.25 Per Year. THE NEWS IN BRIEF FROM OVER THE STATE Representative J. W. Ashley, of Anderson county, who suffered a stroke of paralysis some time ago, is steadily improving. Mr. L. W. Freeman, of Jasper county, picked from one stalk 93 well-developed opened bolls of cotton, which weighed one pound and three ounces. He will replant the seed. There will be no reunion of the survivors of the Wallace House held in Barnwell this year, owing to the death of Maj. John W. Holmes of Barnwell last December. Arrangements have been made whereby the convicts now working in the penitentiary hosiery mill will be em fsi vjcu, iiiDiuc iuc wttiio hi matting chairs. The work will employ anywhere from 200 to 400, and will begin as Boon as machin. ry can be installed. Supreme court of South Carolina has been asked to review the decision oi the State board of canvassers in the Lexington and Sumter cases. The board declared in favor of the dispensary advocates in Lexington and threw out the Sumter election. An election is to be held at Anderson October 21 for the purpose ol voting on the question of issuing $76,(KX) of bonds for street paving. A petition bearing the required number of signatures of freeholders has been presented to the council, and the election ordered. Tomato clubs from 16 counties will "end exhibits to the State fair this year according to an announcement by MissEdith Parrott, State agent for the work. Each of the counties will have a booth in the large steel building in which will be displayed some ol the the products of the year's work. Wholesale reductions in rank and BKHtfirings out are expected to take " ^^^Jlace in the National Luard of South uaiuiiiiu, 11 it is 10 coniorm with the S order just issued by the Secretary ol fr War. It is even doubtful whether the | South Carolina National Guard can con^ form with the requirements at all under present conditions. Following the granting of sweeping reductions in freight rates by the railroads to North Carolina from the Ohio River and other points, a conference is being arranged by Mr. D. A. Henning, tralhc manager of the Anderson and Greenville Chambers' of Commerce, with railroad officials in an effort to have that section, at least, of South Carolina included. The meeting will be held either at Anderson or Greenville and Mr. Hcnning is now in Washington to arrange for it. |F=? I' Fall Mi ' } Opei * Thursday i' 11 ; OTITHthiSl i the pns [ j have been work: I to make this 01 , | ing. Miss Frai [ lives in the ci1 I where she has a I dous stocks of ir I so spends one w I studying the i Styles are verj I from anything ! the past, but ai 1 ; and becoming. C play a line of I Coat Suits and I M TT " - - h | auui a, a a. m I Meachar B It's better at the tame pi COUNTY BAPTISTS MEET : WITH FORT MILL CHURCH The final session of a most pleasant ! and profitable meeting of the York Baptist association was held in the Fort Mill Baptist church Thursday afternoon at 4 o'clock. The meeting of the association at the local church be1 gan Wednesday morning, the intro[ ductory sermon being preached by the 1 Rev. J. H. Machen, of Yorkville. The enrollment of delegates showed that every church belonging to the associa nun was re preset lieu, wnn Ull* ex- | ccntion of two. At the outset, the < t moderator, Mr. A. E. Willis, of Rock ^ Hill, extended a cordial welcome to the , following visitors: Rev. Dr. W. T. . Derieux, secretary of the State mission board, Rev. E. S. Reaves, of Honea * Path, Rev. J. B. Bczeman, of Green- 4 ville, and Rev. W. A. Hafner, of Fort 4 Mill. 4 Wednesday's sessions were given | i over largely to reading the reports of ^ the committees on Stale Missions, Sun- . day Schools, Religious Literature and Aged Ministers. These rejiorts showed . that considerabls progress had been 4 made during the year along the several 4 ' lines. 4 After the reading Wednesday night 4 ' of the report on Foreign Missions a < resolution was adopted instructing the j executive board to increase the foreign . mission apportionments of the various . churches sufficient to raise $1,000. Thursday morning's session was ' opened by the reading of the report on 4 Temperance by P. D Hopper, of 4 Clover, who also made a strong talk on 4 , the evils of intemperance generally. ( . This was followed by reports on Or- ^ phanages. Home Missions and Educa- . tion. After the report on Home . Missions a resolution was adopted in- ' ' structing the executive department to ' increase the amounts raised by the 4 1 various churches sufficiently to raise 4 ' $750, an increase of 50 per cent, over 4 the amount formerly raised. Mrs. ( 1 S. P. Hair and Miss Emma Dowell then 4 read papers on Home Mission Work. , Among the visitors of note who ar- . rived Thursday morning for the meet- , I ing were: Rev. Dr. E. M. Poteat, of , Greenville, Rev. Dr. J. O Chapman, [ of Greenville, and Rev. >. E. McMana, way, of the Home Mission Board. The chair extended a cordial welcome to these visitors. An interesting feature of the Thurs. day afternoon service was the |>resence of about a dozen Indians from the ' Catawba trifce. The Indians sang a number of familiar hymns, and short ( ; talks were made by several members of the party. 1 The association adjourned Thursday ! ' afternoon at 4 o'clock, after reelecting ! all the officers for another year and 1 adopting a resolution of thanks to the 1 Fort Mill church and the people of the 1 community for their hospitality during , I the sessions. The association will hold its meeting j ' next year with the Clover church on ] Wednesday after the thin! Sunday in , September. =.,==. ^; illinery | ning , Oct. 2nd. day in view for t six weeks, we ing day and night | ir greatest open ik, our designer, 1 j{ ly of Baltimore, 1 ccess to trcmen- , lillinery. She al- f, eek in New York 1 world's fashions. ! j much different \ we have had in 1 I e very stunning 1 ' 1 We will also dis- 7 < 1 beautiful Cloaks, ; 1 I ! 1 ] >rcs8 Goods. ' i 1 . to 10 p. m. j' ?-? 11 n & Epps. ice, if it came from Epps'. ?r 11 . w 1 | A Plain Stater | Thi? "Statement of Facts" is J that it may not be overlooked p The cotton season is on an r average crop, money is some\% ' Knowing this, The Times I p dollars for postage stamps i r time in the work, mailed out a J of subscribers who are due on ! Those who are due for a peri have not received a statement expect the same within a few shown in this matter. Every rich or poor, white or blr.ck, v receive a statement, or "<iun'' inate it. If you are a thinking perse v oiaiciiicni mai 11 laiVCI II1UI C I p newspaper, though some see J matter. The office help must ? and power bills monthly, to sa p taxes and the domestic expeni J Now, these are excellent ree J demand for prompt payment p from these, there is another ai J tional postal law forbids the m J on which more than 12 montl p the publisher who violates the ? second-class postage rate, witl p his paper. ^ 1 he reason for mailing you t ? ask you to pay up at once, an p fail to do so, you will receive ji P statement is sent you. ? It is hoped that the above ii p stood by all. Matters of L ^ Price of Cotton. Best cotton, 14 cents; seed, 35 cents. Dctober Registration. Those interested are reminded that the registration books are to be opened ti Yorkville again on Monday November 6. ? Yorkvilie Enquirer. Buys ratticr's harm. A report has reached Fort Mill to the .'ITect that Carl Farla, of Pittsview, Ala., has purchased the farm of his father, Mr. B. M. Faris, in Upper Fort Mill, and will move to the farm ihout the first of next year. The Paris place is considered one of the Dest farms in Fort Mill township. Charged With Selling Cocaine. Elijah Steele, a Fort Mill negro, has Been an inmate for some days of a cell n York jail, where he is held to answer at the term of court next month to the chorge of having sold cocaine to t member of his race in this township recently. Evidence* against Steele is laid to be very strong. Coins in Rural Mail Boxes. Picking up loose money has grown to [>e such a harship for the over-worked -ural free delivery carrier that the [jostottice department issued an order tvarning reckless citizens against leaving loose coins lying around. Coins must be tied in bundles or enclosed in envelopes whenever the patron of rural routes want stampB from a carrier and leaves the necessary amount n the wayside box. 'Clean-up Day" for Schools. Friday, November 7, will be "Cleatijp day" in the county schodls throughout South Carolina. Prizes will be /iven by the South Carolina School Improvement association to the schools making the greatest number of po.nts for cleanliness and neatness. The rontest will consist of a thorough rleaning of the building and the removal of all trash and weeds from the ichool grounds. Injured in Runaway. Mr. Richard Fulp, a young man of Port Mill, was painfully .injured in a -unaway at Belmont, N. C., last Friiay. Mr. Fuip's horse became unmanageable from fright at a motor- j !ycle, and in attempting to jump from :he buggy the young inan was thrown , n such a way us to receive a severe ip:ain of the right anxle, from which le has since been unable to walk ex- ( ;ept with the aid of a crutch. Pineville Physician Marries. Dr. Charles Rupert McAdarns, a arominent nhvaieimi onH ? ~c r.v MIIU VUUA-II U1 | I'incville, was married last Wednesday , evening to Miss Grace Gio.se Ezell, the j marriage taking place at the home of I the brute's parents, Mr. and Mrs. J. J. j Lzffl, in Charlotte. The officiating minister was tiie Kev. VV. A. Smith,, pastor of i'ritcharu Memorial Baptist I ihurch, Charlotte. Mrs. McA.ls.ma ia I a young woman of rare attractiveness and charm and numbers her friends only by her acquaintances. She tormerly taught in the public schools at I'ineville. Dr. McAdama is a native of Silver City, N. C. He graduated at the North Carolina Medical college, alter which he located at Pineville, where he is building up a tine practice. Immediately after their mani ige, Dr. and Mrs. McAdams lext for Knoxviile, Tenn., where they will attend the National Conservation Conxress, after j which they return to Pine vide to live. ; I ^ ? nent of Facts. 5 ] given prominence in order # ! by a single subscriber. J ' id, with good prices and an a j 'hat easier with most people. ^ 1 bas, after expending several J and sacrificing considerable ^ 1 tatements to a large number # < e year or more for the paper, f iod of a year or longer and i of their indebtedness, mav # days. No partiality shall be ? ; subscriber, man or woman, ^ rho owes $1.25 or more, will ^ : if they choose to so denom- J ' >n you will agree with the # han hot-air promises to run a J m to take this view of the i b- paid weekly, the paper ^ ,y nothing of the rent, lights^ J les of the publisher. a nons upon which to base the ^ , of subscriptions, but, aside f id stronger reason. The na- ^ ' tailing of weekly newspapers I | hs' subscription is due, and \ 1 law waives his right to the ^ lout which he could not run ( he statement is, therefore, to ^ j d to notify you that if you ?j, list one more paper after the \ i i plain enough to be under- ^ ( Publisher The limes. J ocal Interest. York Has Six Newspapers. York county now has six newspapers. A (iaily and two semi-weeklies in Hock Ilill. two semi-w?>i?lrli??>? i? 1 and a weekly in Fort Mill. Rock Hill Herald. Bad Weather Ahead. The national weather bureau at Washington Sunday evening predicted generally fair weather west of the Rockies, [ but rain anil unsettled weather in the West, South and Central West, with somewhat cooler weather as a rule, for i ( the present week. A Jewish Holiday. Today and tomorrow, October 2nd | and 3rd, will be observed by the Jews throughout the country as the 5(>74th j Jewish new-year holiday. There will be no such sbservance of the day in Fort Mill, however, since there is not a Jew in the town or township, so far as The Times is informed. Will Build Home. Mr. C. F. Rodgers, Sr., of Spratt- 1 ville, is having material assembled on his lot on Fast Booth street for the 1 erection this fall of a nice cottage 1 home which he and his family wdl ; , occupy when completed. Contract for the erection ol the house has been let ! to A. A. Bradford and work will begin ' \ as soon as the necessary material has been gotten together. Now Design for Postal Cards. Postmaster General Burleson has ap- j tho " ft I - c 41 * * ...v.v>< ..lie until ucai|(ii ui me m ail ot Thomas Jefferson which is to be print- i ed on postal cards. The patron saint j of the Democracy is represented in pro- , < file, garbed in the fashion of the day. ! The new cards will be printed in pale 1 | preen ink, to conform to the recommen- j dation of the Universal Postal Union. I They will soon replace the McKinley j cards. j Church Addition Dodicated. Thursday night the handsome and ' commodious addition to the Fort Mill j Baptist church was dedicated with j appropriate services. The Kev. E. S. ' Reaves, of Honea Path, formerly pastor j af the church, made the dedicatory 1 prayer. Dr. E. M. Poteat, of Green ville, delivered a very interesting ad- j dress on "The Bible, the Greatest i Thing in the World." Saturday Wat Busy Day. ! The weather of the last week having j been ideal for cotton picking, every- 1 one on the farm was busy until Satur- ] day noon, when the farmers loaded { their wagons with the staple and came ' i to town. The crowd on Fort Mill's main : street was by far the largest of the 5 mc Dt-own. c^verytKMiy seemed to have I money to spend, and spent it. It was the busiest day of the present season | with the cotton buyers, weighers, rner- J chants and bankers. The receipts Y.t j the cotton platform were the he ivieSt j of any day this fall, moU of the cotton j soki was of the first picking and sold ; at the very top of the market. Tillman Opposing Weston. j Senator B. Ii. Tillman went to the j White House in Washington Saturday I and entered a protest against the j nomination of Frank H. Weston, of j Columbia, recommended by Attorney ] General Me Reynolds as United Slates ! j district attorney for South Carolin:>. j Senator Tillman had endorsed J. W. Thurmond. He arranged to see the j President later to discuss the matter fully. I Double Killing in Chescerfield. John M. Kinj?. a constable, was shot md instantly killed, and Sheriff D. P. Douglass and Deputy Abbott were wounded Sunday by James Davis, a legro desperado who subsequently perished in the burning ruins of his tome near Middenorf, Chesterfield :ounty. A posse has since been searching for Davis* wife who assisted him in lis fight against the officer but who 1 iscaped before the house was fired. Davis was wanted for shooting at Leslie Burr, a white man, near Midienorf Saturday. The sheriff and his Jeputy attempted to arrest the negro. Davis whipped out his pistol and fired, wounding both. The negro, with his wife, then took refuge in their house. The sheriff and his posse returned to I lind the house apparently deserted. 1 Suddenly a shot was tired and King fell dead. The posse besieged the house and finally, after exchanging shots, set it on tire. The negro rushed out but was greeted by a storm of bullets. Apparently badly wounded I he turned baek and crept under the burning house, where he remained. Orphan Work Day. As Sabbath, the 5th of October, has been set apart as the time for collections for foreign missions and Sabbath School extension work in the Presbyterian Churches, the Board of Trustees of the Thornwell Orphanage, which is the Presbyterian Orphanage of the States of South Carolina, Oeorgia anil Plorida, have asked that the Presbyterian folk observe instead, Saturday, October 11, as Orphan Work Day. l'he idea is that everybody should give that day's income to the orphans, and to forward the same promptly to the President, Rev. W. P. Jacobs, Clinton, j S. C. The Sunday schools wilt take up collections on the second Sabbath, unless already attended to on the lirst, unci at the same time pastors are urged to present the needs of the work to their people and to forward the contributions of their people. There are now over 300 inmates in I this institution and new buildings are arranged for a still larger increase. About J00 applications are on tile waiting for admission. The Institution is denominational but does not refuse children from any locality or whose ( parents were of other or no denomination. Manning in the Race. Outlining his platform as one of j uuiicai. ^luuuiii aim uusiness minimis- i tration, Richard I. Manning, of Sum-1 ter, Thursday definitely announced' that he would be it candidate for gov- | ernor in the Democratic primary next summer. Mr. Manning accompanied his announcement with a statement of his views, prominent in which was i his advocacy of primary reform. Mr. Manning declared he was not the candidate of any faction and that unless he was forced to draw the line he would not recognize the existence of two factions. 1 YOUR API | Your Health.' 1 Depends on It will pay you to buy a good Co Etion in wearing a good Corset. Warner's Rus They give you that perfect figuit very latest styles nnd the most gra m I New Arrivals Another beautiful line of the ne mings. Ask no see them sure. Pretty assortment of Laces of a) allovers and hands to match, also a Buttons for trimmings in all the la handsome things, such as Purses, I all at bargain prices. Corduroys, all shades, from 50c t Wonderland Suitings for Boys' S 10c; )2}e-nqd 15c per yard. Protty Cotton ( ropes, only 25r tl ; Buster Bri We've just received another hi# Stt ANTKKL) Hunter Krown Hosiery Every pair of these ho-.e is ma<ie )<*>1 dyed by a secret process which si titt 'veakenin;* it, and We absolutely ku LONG MONTHS without a hole or | E. W. Kin jjp "Where Q,ual w8mr?gaBasB8& s ? HIGH PRICES FOR COTTON DUE TO SHORTAGE OF CROP It is upon deterioration of the cotton crop, reduction of the prospective yield, realization that the world's consump* tive requirements are now at the rate of close to 15,000,000 bales per annum, and belief that mill supplies both In the United States and abroad are low, that the rise of nearly 2J cents a pound or $12.50 a bale in the price of cotton ie based, says the Wall Street Journal. The advance in the staple, futures on two or three occasions jumping 1-2 cent a pound or $2.50 a bale a day, have been the most sensational witnessed since the famous "Sully year." One of the largest cotton merchants in New England, and in fact in the country, who has studied conditions carefully through his correspondents in the South, predicts that the crop will be around 14,000,000 bales, but that it may reach 14.500,000 bales. He says: "It looks like a cotton cron of nhnnt 14,000,000 halt's. In the record crop of 1911 the States of the eastern belt produced 9,SOO.tMK) hales of cotton. 1 hey may duplicate that this year, hut probabilities are that they will fall about 500,000 hales short of that figure. I don't think that Texas will make over 3,500,000 hales this year. Oklahoma not over 500,000 and Arkansas about 750,000. This would bring the total up to about 14.000,000. "Consumption last year was 14,900,000 hales and the commercial crop of the United States about 15,500,00 bales. If consumption this year is as large as last year, the price of cotton will go sti 1 higher, to perhaps 15 cents a l>ound. If, however, it should go as high as 10 cents, consumption would be materially checked and ,t price reaction would necessarily follow. "Although we frequently get an advance of about 2 cents a pound in cotton during the fall, it has been many years since such sharp and rupid advances have been seen." invents Cotton Picker. (York News.) Mr. .1. Brown Neil, of Filbert, has invented a cotton picker which bids fair to revolutionize the cotton industry by placing a mechanical picker within the reach of the averuge farmer. Mr. Neil's invention has been examined thoroughly by Mr. Price's expert machinists und they say Mr. Neil has produced the simplest, cheapest and most practicable machine to pick cotton that they have yet seen. This picker of Mr. Neil's has been tried out and will pick about 85 per cent, of the cotton. He is perfecting it and it will be given a thorough test in the cotton patches around Filbert this fall. A number of gentlemen in Yorkville have stock in Mr. Neil's company, which is a close corporation. There is no more stock for sale. Mr. Price intimates that he would buy the Neil picker after the final tryout in the field if it comes up to expectations. TTWvi-kv,TkWKOTSJ?Softvis!irs.tfS w ? >EARANCEI if our Comfort, j| i the Corset j j rset, and there is a real fascinn- SB| tproof Corsets | We now have on display the gB ceful shapes. Let us fit you today. ; This Week | w and |>opular Bulgarian TrimI kinds in the daintiest desippis, jJa larjre assortment of the Newest Jjfi test shades, and oceans of other Sfi '.arrettes, Auto Veils and Belts, .o $1.00. gg uits and Children's Dresses, only tie yard. rij jwn Hose I shipment of the famous, GUAR- ?js for men, women and children. SB of lon^-staple Egyptian cotton, [ r<.nirt hnnu t h<> f* _? K ? i / I nof ^.o/l 3? arantee four pairs to wear FOUR |S w?- will rr-place it with new hose. sbrell Co., 1 iity Reigns." jj? *TR CTSJffJ uBt 0 / . ?