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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===
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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.
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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.
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ice, if it came from Epps'.
jl ~ii? Zi\ DEI
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acket Store.
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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.
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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.
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.ocal Interest.
Faying-up Time.
The Times this week drops thirty
names from its lists for non-payment of
subscription. Have you paid yours
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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
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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
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) 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.
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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.
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| 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
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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
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! | ?iniit?K date in according to the
| figures of .Joseph M. Taylor, special
Iagent in the county for the census
j department.
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Id store. Next week we
\,v, up-to-date building just |g
ti for our big ad. in this
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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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