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I ' Get Ready for the York County Fair at Winthrop College, Oct. 16-17. The Fort Mill Times. Established in 189L FORT MILL. S. C., THURSDAY. OCTOBER 9 1913 ~~~ ITTT=r=== " XI Vh Pnr Van THE NEWS IN BRIEF FROM OVER THE STATE Corporations in South Carolina discharging a laborer must make immediate payment of wages due, under a ruling of the supreme court Monday. Mr. R. I. Manning, of Sumter, has given out a stater.ent concerning his candidacy for Jovernor of South Carolina, denyi' g all rejwrts that he would not be a .andidate. Rivere .11 say the Congaree is right now .oout the lowest it has been in _?eral years During the rains of several days ago it was a tine steam' boat river, but at the present its navigation is both slow and dangerous. Inmates of the State Hosnital for i the Insane last summer consumed 15,000 watermelons, according to a statement by an official. The melons were grown on the farm of the asylum. The City of Florence has obtained an option on the property now occupied by the waterworks company, and purposes to put in a new 1,000,000 gallon reservoir for the city waterworks. Ministers and laymen representing the 80-odd Lutheran churches in ' the State will go to Columbia Tuesday, October 24, for the 80th session of the South Carolina Synod, which will meet with the Lutheran church of the Ascension in Eau Claire at that time. Thomas H. Neal, a farmer residing about three miles below Cross llill, Laurens county, shot and instantly killed Isaac Hill, a negro farm hand, Srturday night. Sunday morning Neal went to Laurens and surrendered himself to the sheriff. St. John's Methodist Episcopal church. Rock Hill, will be the host for an as' sembly, representative of Methodists ? in the State of South Carolina, on ? % November '2?>. The occasion is the conveninir of tile cnnferenee ill tiii?nifi 1 I * session, being the one hundred ami twenty-eighth in number. . Governor Bleaso has granted a parole to Josh Gadsden, who was eon-' victed in Georgetown county in HUM on the charge of burglary and sentenced to life imprisonment in the State -penitentiary. Since assuming otlice the governor has extended clemeney in 765 cases. M E A C H A ; Coat In all the best styles, new and str York city's best tailors, at $12.5(1, Cheaper ( In these we have some extra Misses and Ladies' sizes. Long A big line in all the latest weavt at $7.50 to $15. See our Lonj; Hi ark Cloaks at $-1 Rain * Ladies' M-inch)Hiiin Coats. $4. 4 Misses and Childrens' sizes, $2.7 Men's sizes, $1, $4.50 and $5. . M EACHAf ' It's better at the same pri L. ? r=if=== ii =ir==ir=i| ! 1 1,000 3 81-3 Cent at 1 (RED R for 31-2 ai Ginghams fc The Red R ill j. V ' NEW $100,000 COTTON MILL TO BE BUILT IN FORT MILL The Times learns from an authori- ; ] tative source that the Fort Mill Manufacturing company, owner of the two i local cotton mills, has had plans made i for a new $100.(XX) mill t?> be erected in 1 Fort Mill in the immediate future. The new mill will be 125 feet wide 1 and 200 feet long and will be equipped with 600 Draper looms. The new build- 1 will be located just north of the Millfort mill, and will be in the nature of an extension to the latter mill. Flee rric power win oe used ana the output of the mill will be sheeting. Homes : for the employees will, it is presumed, be erected in the big grove east of the mill site. It is the company's intention, according to The Times' informant, to remove a number of the long-used looms from mill No. 1 (old mill) and replace them with the looms at present in running in the Millfort mill. This done, carding and spinning machinery will he installed in the Millfort mill of a capacity sufficient to supply yarn for the GOO looms in the new mill. The president of the Fort Mill Manufacturing company. Col. Leroy Springs, was here from Lancaster a few days ago and was granted the right by Mayor McElhaney to condemn any of the streets in the premises of the Millfort mill for the erection of the new mill and employees' homes. Plans for the new mill were drawn by a Greenville architect and the work of building will begin as soon as other necessary arrangements have been made and material placed on the ground. Will Move Next Week. The lirtn of E. W. Kimbrell company will, it is expected, begin ontiext Monday morning the removal of its stock of general merchandise* from its present location to the handsome and commodious new building just across the street from the firm's present quarters. The big building is com plete except for a small part of the interior v.ood-work and painting and it is thought that this will he finished during the remaining days of the week. Willi the removal of the st?*k of the Kimhrell concern from its present quarters, a force of workmen will at once be^in the work of remodeling the room now used asa grocery department. A glass front will be installed and oilier improvements made The firm of Mills dt Young-company will occupy the buildings when the remodeling w01 k has been finished. M di EPFS I Suits iple colors, made bv one of New $10, $17.50, $18.50, $20 and .$'25. Coat Suits good values at $5.75 and $0.98, Coats is and latest three-quarter lengths, 1.50 to $12.50. Coats >4.50, $5 and $7.50. 5 to $3.50. V\ Sc EPFS ice, if it came from Epps'. jl ~ii? Zi\ DEI rards of I rin<<L m . uiiigiiaiiis the 1 ACKET ( nd 4 Cents, j >r Everybody. acket Store. |F=)F==1E I czn?Q I Matters of L Miss Massey III. Miss Isabel Massey, daughter of Mr. I and Mrs. B. F. Massey, has been seriously ill of fever for the last ten days at the home of her parents on Booth street. Miss Massey's condition yesterday was reported as somewhat improved. Cotton-Picking for Orphans. The pupils of the Flint Hill Sunday school will hold their annual cotton picking for the benefit of Connie Maxwell orphanage on next Saturday, fhe school will be divided into two squads, one at the heme of Mr. W. 11. Windle anil one at the home of Hon. S. H. Kpps. This plan has been tried out in former years and has always resulted in the raising of a substantial sum for the orphans. Mr*. At water Entertain* Book Club. The Adelphian book club met the last week with Mrs. .1. N. Atwater, at her home on Confederate street. An interest ing literary programme was enjoyed. A reading by Miss Gwineth Bratton and a vocal solo by Miss Blanche Lawrence were the features of the programme. Mr. Bennett Will Build. Mr. Robert L. Bennett, a well known resident of the town, has bought from A. R. McElhaney, broker, the J. M. Ray lot, on Forest street, and will in the near future erect a home thereon. The lot has a frontage of 50 feet on Forest street and extends through to Grace street a distunes of 210 feet. The consideration was said to be $175. Weighing the Mail*. Beginning October 1st and continuing until the 15th of the month, a check is being kept on all parcel post matter r- ceived at the Fort Mill postollice and at the postodices all over the country. The postottice department contemplates a thorough investigation of the extent to which the parcel post is being used, and with this end in view instructions were sent out to all postoflices calling for various counts of l>arcel nest matter. Fir?t Killing Frost. Follow i iji are the dates of tin- earliest killing li .st in South Carolina for the last eig:... years and this item should he cut out lor futuie reference hy all interested: October 28. 11)12; November 11)11; October iri). 1010; October 25, lt tHI; November it, lSiOfs October 14, 11 >07; October 11, lDCHi; November 11, 1. ((;"?; November t, 11)04. From these Itgures it will be seen that October 11 was the earliest killing frost and November 11 the latest. Crops Good in Alabama. In a letter to The Times r. few days ago, Mr. Claude B. Faris, a young man who about a year ago moved with his father, Mr. B. M. Faris, to I'ittsview, Ala., says that the crops in that section of his State are excellent and that the farmers are reaping a rich harvest from their year's labor. Mr. Faris is a young man who knows the art of soil-tilling in every sense of the word, having graduated from the agricultural branch of Clemson college a few years ago. Boy Scouts Self-Supporting. According ,to a news item under a New York date line, the Boy Scouts of America, an organization heretofore supported by philanphropy, will in the future be self-supporting by taxing each of the 300,000 members 25 cents a year. Troops of the first class will retain 15 cents for local work, sending the balance to the national council for the broader work of the organization. Troops of the second class will retain only 5 cents of the contribution. New Concern Begin* Business. The Patterson Dry Goods Store, a new concern which handles the line indicated by its name, opened for business last Thursday, temporarily in the big up-stairs room over the First National bank. The business is in charge of Mr. E. R. Patterson, a young man who has had years of experience in the dry goods business here and elsewhere and who is well known to the trading public of this section. Mi., ir-.t.- - - .... mion niivc ^uip is a saleslady lor the concern. The i'atterson firm will occupy the building now occupied as a dry goods store by the Mills & Young firm when this lirm vacates the room within a few weeks. Sad Death in Marvin. Mrs. Mary Bennett, wife of Mr. James Bennett, died Tuesday morning at her home in the vicinity of Marvin, ten miles east of I ort Mill, after a painful illness of several months of In art trouble. The bur.al took place Wednesday morning in the burial ground of Pit nsant Valley Baptist church. Mrs. Bennett before marriage was Miss Mary Lee, a sister of Messrs. D. A. Lee and J. F. Lee and Mrs. J. M. Epps, of Fort Mill. Besides her husband, she is survived by nine children, the youngest being a babe of but three months. The sympathy of the entire community goes out to Mr. Bennett and the children in their sad bereavement. {' .ocal Interest. Faying-up Time. The Times this week drops thirty names from its lists for non-payment of subscription. Have you paid yours | Good Trade Ahead. I The outlook is exceedingly bright ! for a good fall and the merchant, re! port an excellent trade. Cotton is bringing a good price and plenty of it is being sold ami on all sides can be heard expressions of satisfaction at the prospects of a prosperous season. ropuiar visitor to Wed. The many Fort Mill friends of Miss ; Corrie Miller, of Kissimmee, Fla., will be interested to learn that the young 1 lady is to be married Sunday, October : 20, to Mr. S. II. Jones, a prominent j business man of Lake Ciiy, Fla. Miss ! Miller was a visitor to Miss Isabel Massey in this city recently and is well known here. After their marriage the I couple will reside in Lake City. Orphan Work Day. The board of trustees of Thornwell orphanage, located at Clinton, has asked the Presbyterians of the State to observe next Saturday, October 11. as work day for the orphans. The idea is that everyone give that day's income to the orphans and that the amounts be forwarded at once to the president of the orphanage, Rev. W. P. Jacobs, at Clinton. Will Hold Mill Fair. Preparations for the Arcade-Victoria mill fair. Rock Hill, have been completed and the people of the two mills are looking forward to the event with a great deal of interest. The men anil boys are especially interested in the i athletic contests to be pulled otf, in ) which a penant is to be awarded to the team from the mill winning the most j points in the contest. IWinthrop's Big Enrollment. Eight hundred and three young women are in attendance at Wir.throp | college now, and others are yet to i come. A much larger number has i been enrolled this year in the training 1 school, the farm school and thekinder' garten. The open air school under the I supervision of Miss Sara Withers, Drincinal of the tminiiur i; iii operation t? r the winter, ami is lull of little folks. Teachers Stand Examinations. Twenty-one young ladies of York eounty Friday underwent the teachers' examination before the county board of education in Yorltville. Besides these ' there Wi re thirty negroes who applied for examination certificates. Some of those who msw-red the tpleries have taught before and stood the examination m order to have their certificates renewed, while others who had never taught applied for certificates that tlu-y might be eligible to teneh in case a vacancy should arise in the schools of I this or other counties. To Build New Mill. The Republic cotton mills at Great | Fails, Chester county, will erect a second null at that place at an early date. It will contain 25,000 spindles and 500 looms. Electric power will be used from the power plant located at Great Falls on Catawba river. The erection ol the houses will begin in a few weeks, while the work on the mill \s ill begin on the lirst day of January. The new mill will be exactly j like the present mill and under the same management. The present mill i is one of the most modern in the South. 1 Each house in the village has electric , lights, water and sewerage. Noted Cocaine Dealer Captured. What was considered by the local authorities us the most important capture ol the year was that of Saturday night when Constable Frank Windle arrested Will Roddey on the Springs "quarter," north ot town. Kotldey is an old offender, having several times during the last f?*w years paid fines in the town court for denting m the "sniff" goods. Some months ago the negro paid a town fine for selling cocaine and a State warrant was issued for him by Magistrate R. P. Harris, but Koduey left for other parts belore the paper was served, this charge was lodged against him and upon this warrant he was arrested r>aiuruay night. liut the old charge in not all to which Koddey will have to answer. On searching the negro Saturday night a quantity of cocaine estimated to have had a retail value of ahout $50 was lound on his person. Ihe possession of cocaine is, under the law, oona tide evidence of selling the drug ai.u Kootiey will therefore have two cases against him when he faces the Court at the approaching t? rri; unless ne electa to lorieit the *4ot ca.sh uonu rather than appear. '1 he Lhariotte l hron.ele aaye, in connection with what this paper said ol the capture in that city a few days age of a notorious cocaine dealer, thai Tht Tlines would rob the Charlotte de tectives ol the honors of said capture. Wrong, brother. We were attempt ing to pi event the Charlotte officer; irom swiping an honor which belong to Officer loitharp, of Fort Mill. YORK COUNTY'S FIRST FAIR WILL OPEN KEXT THURSDAY ??? ) Arrangements are complete for the opening next Thursday morning of the first York county fair. The fair will : be held on the buck catypus of WinI throp college. Hock Hill, in connection with the Winthrop home institute, and i will contiuue through Friday. \ A special train will be operated be| tween Rock Hill and Blaeksburg the I two days of the fair, and this, with special rales granted by the railroad, insures a much larger attendance than there would have been otherwise. The committee in charge of the fair are expecting from 5.000 to 10,000 people daily, provided the weather is fair. The committee is receiving by each i mail applications for entries of exhibits. The li\e stock exhibits will be double what was at urst anticipated and additional cattle sheds have been ! erected. The number of exhibits in ! the field crops and horticultural department aiso is highly encouraging. I 'mat there will be a creditable display I in every department is now a certain| ty, and the interest is intense, ronsirU ering the fact that this is the county's first fair and that there :s to perinaI nent fair organization. Scores of peo! pie from Lancaster, Chester, Cherokee ane adjoining counties have announced their intention of attending, while a number from these counties have sent in notice that they will have exhibits chiefly in the live stock department. The fact that flights will be made , daily by a noted aviator adds considerI able interest and the flying machine i alone will attract thousands to the fair grounds. j The educational parade on Thursday i will be a sight worth seeing. (juite a number of schools have announced their ' intention of attending in a body, and it ' is expected that ;>,t"JO school children | will be in the line ol march. Some ot i the schools will have floats. m October Meeting of D. A. R. 1! Th< October meeting of the local chapter of the Daughters of the American Revolution held its October meeting the last week with Mrs. W. E. Cunningham, east of town, and a very interesting programme on the Columbian period in Ameiican history was carried out. Miss Susie \\ lute i read a paper on the "Red Men of America," alter which Mrs. ,1. I.. Spoilt read a selection from "Hiawatha" by Lohgfcilow. Selections from the 1). A. K. magazine were read by the historian of the chapter. | The topics of conversation were: i "DeSoto-1.a Salle, the Discoverer <n' tlu- C ire at West." '1 he hostess, assisted l>y Mrs. James Bell, of Char ! lotto, served a course lut.cheoh. 1 r*w\ y"T sC'-' ?SS62f ?2 *' iwi? J2Lx? aL?L | Is our last week in our o i Ek will move to our big, lie ?g across the street. Watcl ?oj paper next week. 1 SOME INTERE5 1r\i:o111r j-rupment or tr Silks, splendid value, only $ Just received another shif Nainsook at 12 l-2c. Twelv Bijr lot of pretty Muslin U and Corset Covers, stamped 50?-; Corset Covers, 25e. Several new pieces of Pr t and 25c. * WON DERLAND SUITIN oi ly 10c, 12 l-2c and 15c. Another l?i^ shipment of I IL* and patterns, only 10c. GOOD APRON CHI LARGE SPOOL RAJ E. W. Kii "Where Q,uj A VA A Call LONG TALKED TARIFF BILL IS NOW LAW OF THE LAND Surrounded by leaders of a united Democracy, President Wilson at 9:09 o'clock Friday night signed the Underwood-Simmons tariff bill at the White House. Simultaneously telegrams were sent to custom collectors throughout the country by the treasury depart* tnent, putting into actual operation the first Democratic tariff revision since 1894. The new tariff law, passed four years after President Taft signed the existing Aldrich-Pavne law, is the result of more than nine months of work in Congress. Hearings were I stared January 0. by the house ways j and means committee. Chairman Un; derwood introduced the tariff bill April 7, immediately alter President \\ ilson had convened the new Congress. It passed the house May S and the senate September 9. During 1912 the amount of "free imports" was more than $880,000,000 and when the tariff is entirely re moved from wool, sugar, iroti ore and cheap iron, and other important items, the total is expected to increase notably. Under the old law more than 53 per cent, of all goods brought to the United States troni all parts of the world paid no tariff, and that proportion will increase by the new law. In the opinion of its makers, the Democratic leaders of Congress, the most important features ot the new tantf are: A redection of nearly one-half in the average taritf on foodstuffs and farm products. The placing of raw wool on the free list, and a reduction of nearly ?-3 in the tantf on woolen clothing especially of the cheaper grades. A reduction of one-thud (average) on cotton clothing. Reduction of the sugar taritf and its ultimate abolishment in lblti. A reduction of one-third (average) * in the taritf on earthenware and glass* w are. I Abolishment of all taritf on meats, fish, dairy products. Hour, potatoes, coal, iron ore, lumber and many classes of tarni and otlice machinery. General taiilf reduction on all important articles in general use. The free wool provision of the new : law takes etlect December 1, liild; the i free sugar provision May 1, lblti. ; Cotton Ginned in York. The number of bales of cotton ginned in York county from the Ibid crop up I hi September 25 was 2,372, as comt IJI )*? ( i YY* itH V> MW *1 | I? ? - ! | ?iniit?K date in according to the | figures of .Joseph M. Taylor, special Iagent in the county for the census j department. i wammsm Id store. Next week we \,v, up-to-date building just |g ti for our big ad. in this 3 ;tihg specials 3 ie Beautiful New Bulgarian >rr.ent of that, popular Family e yards for $1.50. nderwoar, also dainty Gowns ready to embroider. Gowns, j B ity Tan Suitings at 15c, 20c, ? 'GS?AF colors and stripes, Jretty Flannelettes, all colors jl| ECK, only 3 l-2c yard. 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