Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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m ). Z/i W-* T > : Established in 1891. THE NEWS IN BRIEF CDflM HVCD TUC CTATC I I1UII1 U V LI I I IlL OIHIL The Hermitage cotton mills company of Camden has been given the right to increase its capital stock from $225,000 to $250,000. While on his way to a circus at Anderson Thursday, John Gilbo, a negro farmhand, fell from his wagon and was crushed to death under the wheels. A number of prominent Columbia business men propose to organize the Lower Main Street bank, a new institution, which as the name indicates, will be located somewhere on South Main street, with a capital of $50,000. Final action which will permit the trustees of Chicora College to move that institution from its present location to another part of Greenville will be taken at the meeting of the Presbyterian Synod of South Carolina which meets this week at Florence. There were 110 (ires in South Carolina durirtg September, causing: a loss of $125,126, according ing to reports to the State insurance commissioner by the fire insurance companies. During the same month of 1912 there were 90 fires with a total loss of $50,067. A third candidate has entered the field for the United States > senate. Information from Pickens is to the effect that E. P. McCravey, of that county, has decided to enter the field. Congressman Lever is also spoken of as a probable candidate for the place. The Spartanburg police estimate the value of the beer and whiskey seized by them in raids on "social clubs" during the municipal fiscal year, which ended Tuesday, at approximately $4,500. This estimate is based on current prices of 15 cents a bottle lor beer and an average of 90 cents a pint for whiskey. Representative prohibitionists from several sections pf South Carolina, meeting in Columbia, decided to petition the General Assembly to pass an act providing for an election on Statewide prohibition. They will request that the election he held before the campaign of 1914. A large 100-horse power boiler at the plant operated by Lightsey Brothers, at Mi ley, sev?n miles from Hampton, exploded, completely wrecking the plant, part of the boiler being found a quarter of a mile away. A negro, hauling trash'Some distance away, was killed instantly, while several others, including whiles and negroes, were injured. Two firemen were killed, being crushed under a falling wall, one was probably fatally injured and an unknown man is believed to have lost his life and other people were injured Friday in the fire which followed an explosion in the garage of Archie Todd, at Anderson. The explosion was caused by the striking of a match near a gasoline tank. James Zeigler, a wealthy white man of Aiken county servin sentence in t lie penitent i ?. Killing uincer f.iUerson mi i. streets of Aiken, was permitted to return to his home Friday to try to arrange to save his property, valued at $">0,000. which is advertised for sale to satisfy mortgages aggregating $45,000. Zeigler must return to the penitentiary December 1st to complete his sentence. Governor Blease has accepted an invitation extended by Secretary Efird of the State fair, to review the companies of the National Guard, which are to take part in the competitive drill on the faic grounds for the $100 prize. The different military companies are taking much interest in the drill and it is believed that several frorr different sections of the State will be on hand for the occasion. I ~ ? >. ? - ~W A HE F; BIBLE CONFERENCES BY FORT MILL BAPTISTS ? j The following program of j Bihle Conferences to be held by f the congregations of Fort Mill j .,?wl VIin*- l> ?:_i. 1 1 j nuu i mil/ ijiii luii>u^l cnurcnes i November 27th to 80th, has been handed The Times with a request | that same be published: Flint Hill Conference. Thursday, Nov. 27. 10a. m?Thanksgiving service. 11 a. m. ? Missions, by Kev. W. 1 J. Nelson. 12 m.?Illustrated Address on the Baptist Position, by Rev. 0. J. Frier. 1 p. m. ? Recess. 2 p. m.? Devotional. 2:15 p. m. ?Missions, by Rev. \V. J. Nelson.. Adjourn. Friday, Nov. 28. l(l:30a. m.? Devotional. 11 a. m. ?Stewardship, by Rev. ; W. E. Thayer. 12 m.? Illustrated address on i the Baptist Position, by Rev. I I O. J. Frier. 1 p. m ? Recess. 2 p. m. ?Devotional. 2:15 p. m.?Stewardship, by Rev. W. E.Thayer.?Adjourn. Saturday, Nov. 29. 10:30 a. m. ?Devotional. tin fair and in the crowds prosen wore bodies of students from a number of ihe schools of the county. The educational parade of Friday morning was the feature of the day. Several of i e schools had flo ts in the pas id' and these \v r i ! y creditable. The Inula llook school was awarded it st prize for its float, it was un h-rstood, while tiie float of the Fort Mill school, representing the United States, was given second prize. The crowd at the fair Friday was several times as large as that of Thursday, and those in attenddnce, the Fori Mill people especia'ly, were well pleased with the day's entertainment. Two flights of the aeroplane were made Friday, in the morn- j ing and afternoon. The awards in the poultry and live stock departments were; made Friday afternoon, and those from Fort Mill sharing in the i prizes were L. A. Harris, several prizes for his Berkshire hogs, and W. T. Hoaglatid, third prize for his driving horse. I > 11 a. m ? stewardship, by Kev. W. E. Thayer. 12 m.? Sermon on Bible Doctrine, by Rev. O. J. Frier. lp. m. ?Recess. 2 p. m.?Devotional. 2:15 p. m. ? Stewardship, by Rev. W. E. Thayer.? Adjourn. Sunday, Nov. 30. 10:30 a. m.?Sunday School. 11:30 a. m. ? Illustated Sermon on the Mission of a Church, by Rev. O. J. Frier. 1 p. m. ? Recess. 2 p. m.?Devotional. 2:15.?Sunbeam Work, by Mrs. O. J. Frier.?Adjourn. Fort Mill Confer-, nee. Thursday, Nov. 27. 7 p. m.?Devotional. 7:30 p. m.?Missions, by Rev. W. J. Nelson.?Adjourn. Friday, Nov. 28. 7 p. m.? Devotional. 7:30 p. m.? Illustrated address on the Baptist Position, by Rev. O. J. Frier.?Adjourn. Sunday, No/ember 30. 7 p. m ? Devotional. 7:30 p. ni. ? Illustrated address on tne Baptist Position, by Rev. U. J. Frier.?Adiourn. The York Fair A Success. While The Times man was too busy to attend the county fair, reports from the several hundred l'\)i t Miliums present the two days were to the ellect that the fair was a success from every viewpoint. The fair opened Thursday morning with a big industrirl par.die, whicn marched through the main streets of Rock Hill, and wound up at the fair ground at Wintnrop college, where the various lloats were left on display. In the parade practically every business enterprise of Rock Hill was represented. The crowd at the lair ground Thursday afternoon was estimated at several thousand, and the feature of the afternoon was tne llight of "T.di" Heck, in his big aeroplane. f 'rid.tV YVMs f'l itieilf ion?il d-nr ??? . ORT : FORT MILL, S. C., THURS J Matters of L Mr. Epps Appointed n Delegate. Governor Blease has appointed Hon. S. 11. Epps, Sr., of Fort Mill, a delegate to the National. Conservation Congress which is to be hold in Washington City on ; November 18. Id and 20. Hunting ocason Opens Nov. 15. Huntsmen throughout South Carolina are looking forward to! tiie loin oi Novemocr with eonsideraoie pleasure, This is tlie date upon which i he season opens l'or the huiiiing of partridges, according to the State law. Promotion for !Vir. Williamson. J. E. Williamson, formerly manager of the Worth Mfg. Co., Worthville, N. C., will probably be elected president of both the Holt-Morgan Mills and the iiolt Williamson Mills, Fayetteville, N. C., 10 succeed the late Walter | L. Holt.?Textile Bulletin. Mr. Roach Changes Position. Mr. W. A. Roach, for several years bookkeeper for the firm of MeElhaney & Co., on Monday morning' began the work of assistant to Cashier T. B. Spratt of the First National Bank. Mr. Roach is succeeded at McElhaney's by Frank Phillips, a young man of the township. Will Oppose Mr. Finley. The Cherokee News announces that State Senator W. S. llall, of Cherokee county, will be a candidate for congress next year in an effort to capture the seat now held by Mr. D. E. Finley. The News says that the Butler forces, which failed to land him, will be thrown over to Mr. Hall. The Time* Found Lost Mule. Through the medium of a small 25-cent advertisement inserted in last week's Times, the local firm of Mills & Young are again in possession of the $225 mule I which strayed from the firm's stable me night of October 4. A subscriber atPineville saw the the advertisement and at once telephoned Mills & Young that the mule had been taken up at the home of a farmer in Pineville vicinity. Mr. P. R. Collins Dead. Mr. Perry R. Collins, a well known farmer of the Bolair section of Lancaster county, died baumlay morning at 2 o'clock of an attack of acute indigestion, fohownig a slight illness of several days. The burial took place Sunday in the Pleasant Valley burial ground. Mr. Coilins was ab??ut Go years ol age and is survived oy j,is wife, who was a M.-'S Newell, and a number of cluidren. Mr. Manititon is President. The teachers' association of Mecklenburg county met Saturday morning in tne county court house at Charlotte and ell'ecteu a permanent organization iorthe year, electing Prof. Jackson Hamilton ot tne Pincville school president of the association and hearing talks from Miss Palmer, ol the Carnegie J.ibrary, Miss Mar> tirahani, assistant s.iperinlendenl, ana Mr. Win. McvJluskey, superintendent ut the Mecklenburg schools. l-irst Snow of Season. Press (iispaicaes of M >nday reported p.-rceptibie flurries of snow in Atlanta, Birmingham, Knoxville, Cuat tanooga and AsiM'Vlil.' U'hif'i' VA I l.it i-ii-liu.'l snowlwll in (lie memory <?t the oluo-t citizens of i .use riiies. In this section of I e intry im? snow wus reported, I the cold wi .ds ol Mono, y ii...oe toe .day one of I'.e 111')-1 disagreeable ix;>e:i i:c?-u ire in ma iy years. A consider;!i !<* In >1 was i.otlceaoie Tuesday morning. An Approaching Marriage. and Mrs. J. L. Faris, ol Gold Hill, have issued invitations to the marriage of their daughter. Miss .ha e to Faris, and .Vlr. Win. T. i? ?yd, the mar riage to take place at the home of the hride's parents the evening of October 21), at > o'clock. Tne prospective bride and groom are both popular young people and their marriage will he an interesting event to a wide circle of friends. Mr. Hnyd is a young farmer ol" Steel Creek neighborhood. Mill DAY. OCTOBER 23, 1913. ,ocal Interest. i Accepts Pastoral Call. The Rev. A. A. McLean, of dystonia, N. C.. has accepted the call extended him some days ago by the Clover and Bowling Green Presbyterian churches in this county and will begin his pastorate on November 1st. He will occupy the manse at Clover Mr. McLean's last pastorate was at Gtdeb, Oklahoma, which he resigned last spring and spent the summer traveling abroad. Monday's High Winds. According to the weather [bureaus in this section of the country the cold west wind of j Monday reached a velocity at times of 40 miles an hour, being the highest velocity reached by the wind in October since 190:*, when it blew at the rate of 40 miles an hour. As is usually the case in me wind-storms that reach this section the wind of Monday came from the southwest, and continued to blow at a lively clip until well into the night. Special Trains and Reduced Rates. Account of the annual State j fair, Columbia, October 27th to November 1st, the Southern Railway announces that it will operate special trains over its several lives in the State during the fair and will also auow a greatly reduced rate to fair visitors. On the CharlotteColumbia line the special train will leave Charlotte daily at 5:20 a. m., pass Fort Mdl at 5:58 a. m., and arrive at Columbia at 0:30 a. m. Returning the train will leave Columbia at 0:20 p. m. The round trip fare, including one admission to the fair grounds, from Fort Mill is $3.50. Cold Weather This Wsek. According to the national weather bureau's weeL-lv cast, v. in try weather is expected lor the present week in the greater part of the country east of the Rocky Mountains. "it is probable," says the bulletin, | "that general frosts will occur I the lirst half of the week in the great central valleys, the Easti ern and the interior ot the Soutli. Normal temperatures will prevail on the Pacific slope. There will be rains iVlonuay in the Eastern States, the upper Ohio j valley and the (Jreal Lakes | region, otherwise the weather I during the next several days ' will be generally fair east of the Rocky mountains." Good Woman Passes. Mrs. Dorcas Phillips died Friday afternoon at the home of ! her daughter, Mrs. Kate llaile, | in this city, alter an illness oi several months, following an ! attack of fever early last summer. Several times following i her illness of fever it w as I thought that she would recover, but the ravages of the disease proved too much for her aged form and she gradually grew weaker until the end last Friday. The interment took place at liie city cemetery Saturday morning at 10 o'clock, after services at the home by Rev. VV. A. HufI iter. Mrs. Phillips was 70 years of I age and had spent the greater ; part of her iiie in lois community. Sue was the wife of the late Ihx >n Phillips, whose death occurred about 25 years ago. She is survived by three Ichildren, .\lrs. Kate Halle and K. M. I'iui'.ips. of this city, and \V. ?!. l>iitin|is, oi ( 'uncord, N. C. iv suit's I hc&e, .'dr. 15. F. Powell, of hurt Mill, is a brother. Mrs. Phillips was a lite-long member j of the Presbyterian church and i strong adherent to chnrcii principles. She was beloved by ell who knew her and her passing has caused much regret. tort Mill Hud tSig Crowd at York i air. Some idea as to t lie crowd of Fori Mill people at t le fair Fii; day may be had irom the stalemerit of the local railroad ticket agent that he sold upwards of three hundred tickets to fair visitors. Besides these there; were perhaps a hundred v\ h > went to Rock Hill by auto and buggy. I / % Col. Leroy Springs to Wed. Announcement has been m-i.b* that Col. Leroy Springs. presi, dent of the Lancaster, Springstein, Eureka. Kershaw and Kort Mill mills is to he married on Nov. 2i)th to Mrs. Lena Wade oi L'ulaski, Tenn. Speaking el" the approaching marriage, the Charlotte News has this to say: Mrs. Wade and Col. Springs met at the home of Mr. and Mrs. .John M. Scott, the winter of 1U11. She was a member of the faculty at the ihvshyteeian College for two winters 1P11-1P12. Miss Julia Baxter Scott was one of her pupils. While the guest of Miss Scott at her home on South Try on street, Mrs. Wade met Col. Springs. Mrs. Wade is a beautiful ! woman, intellectual, charming in manner, graceful and of attractive personality. She won friends and admirers very quickly in this ! city, beloved by the student body ; at the college. Her return to i the Carolinas to live has been 1 predicted for a year. As the J wife of Col. Springs she will be i received with royal welcome in : Charlotte and Lancaster. Col. Springs is one of I he fore: most citizens of South Carolina, ! his home being in Lancaster. York county was his birth' place, the Springs home being at ; Fort Mill. llis life has been ; crowned with success, he being the leading factor in the business , world of his section. He occuI pies positions of trust ahd prominence in State and national ! organizations as a manufacturer, i and is equally as prominent in society as in business. He has the gift of popularity. denial, clever, lavish in generosity and cordiality, his home in Laneashas become lamed for its hospiI tality, the host being never | happier than when welcoming ! friends, or stranger, within his gates. Col. Springs is rated as the I wealthiest citizen of upper South j Carolina. He is a son of the late , Col. Baxter Springs, of Fort I Mill and Charlotte, a brother of Messrs. Fli and Austin Springs, of New York, and Messrs. Alva C. Springs and Brevard 1). Springs and Mrs. Jo.in V. Scott, of Charlotte. Mrs. Wade is now in New York city her friend, Mrs. George Jordan, being wit n her. i i .i iinmeuiuiciy alter the marriage and the bridal trip, Col. Springs and bride will come to Charlotte to !>e quests of Mr. and Mrs. JScott lor a lew d ays before going to Lancaster, their j future home. '? dian Su.-nni2r. The heauMful Inilian summer we have been et-j tying for several weeks reeal s the old uiseufsiuti as to wi) ( is, and wneiu e derived, the term. According to the best authorities the e.\|t!r v-i ?n, Indian summer, d ?".s not O'Viir anywnere in J print or manu-ci hit prior to tm year 17al, but that at thai time it was in use throughout tieAtlantic State* of Americ i. Tieprevalent belief that it had its origin am nig t .e Indians oi America does n >t se-.-.n to be verified by .u > iavesi ie items along i fiat iiie . Nether this term nor any i igcorrt sp uling to it h is be -n :o mil in my Indian 1 -uvguage. Tne term, it is said, w is [ i:rod iced i-ito L i:; 1 iti< 1 IhO'ti A'n .( . Tne s I >.' of w atie-r is found in (h-iiui w lie re it is called "Old \\ . nan's S item <wi?i o i it i< : \t s > ;i?irM 1". and in i! jrl-ind i is know i . s "Saint :.l i. s Summer," or "Ail !i.111 -w -eiifi:nt'!'. Similar w< h. r s dd to i>_ found in CViu a and In li.m mi. urn r is a snort season i i ()fi.?D. j* N r/emher in the A l.nM ic Slat''S eh .racterized l>y an aim ?m cli>n.i!ess a <y. calm and litfhfc m-s, a ii zv atmo pnero, fiiild i? ui;??-rature in day tiiiv.1 art 1 a little cool at ni^iil. Toe barometer . t tnds above j normal Le ives ind most ;>l t'.ts dry awa \ and turn to a reddish brown tin*. j|.-'u h flowers as bloom are o: the golden hue. All nature seems to be j?;veanog for the wimer's sh op. The Indian s in ner is p *r'n ips the most g 0. ious of ail the I year. SI.25 Per Year. 51 ILL HUPthUH STATE, DECLARES SEN, TiLlMAN ? During the last few days several papers of the State have serried a letter written by Senator R. R. Tillman to Rev. Dr. K C. lliekson, of Gaffney, in which the Senator is quoted as having the following, among other things, to say: "I note your tone of unhappiness about the moral condition of our people and you lament , what 1 said about South Carolina is not true. They are becoming more demoralized every day in a political way. it seems to mo ami Governor Blease appears to be aggravating conditions in every way possible. the 'blind users' and gamblers appear to be running tne State, in a way, and now they are trying to buy votes in the primary. But we eannot afford to despair of the old State, and all of us who are old enough to remember the better ideals of the past, ought to hold fast to these ideals and try to teach the younger generation to rise to them, rather than drag down the State from the customs of their forefathers." The senator goes on to say that he is taking tiie very best possible care of himself and believes. he adds: "The improvement is gradual, very, very gradual, and I realize fully that my time to go to the Great Beyond is not larotf." Chester Boys Were Acquitted. In a short opinion, just 51 words, Magistrate Frank Mann Thursday afternoon ended what was ?i ... I>i iiwuuiy inu iiidsl noiamo ana interesting preliminary hearings ever heard in Fairlield county. Alter a day ol" action, the scene of the hearing heing shit ted to a new base ten miles Irorn the starting point, at 5:3U o'clock the magistrate dismissed two warrants charging John crazier, Jr., and Bisscil Bigham, Chester lads, with highway robbery and assault and battery in connection with the robbery at Parr Shoals September 5 when thieves made away with $10,008.11, the property of the J. C. \\ idle Construction Company. The deciding opinion was rendered at Ash ford's Cross Roads after theneuiing at that point had occupied two and onehalf hours. Convening at 11 o'clock in the Fairfield county courl house at VV innshoro Magistrate Mann sustained a point raised by the Slate that he had no jurisdiction to sit outside his own judicial district and the hearing reopened at 3 o'clock within a stone's throw of the magistrate's house and a lew hundred yards beyond the tenmho post from Wioiial.'oi'o. Sdlzer to k; enter Politics. Dispatches from Alhany, N. Y. say mat William Saizer, the impeached exccui ve of that State, was Monday night nominated for assemblyman by the Progressive convention, and throughout the evening he was in communication with leading t IV.,.-- V .1 - T( a ill i 1 W 1 III I'. V JI I y, i ncrc never wn? any doubt, says the dispatch, but tb.it. t,e oou.d have toe nmii nation n be tried it, lie (fecial *?.l. Nur does he doubt that, I to: first of .) ih.i try \vi see bitn I>??.ck wiure . i career Lib y i i ' a n ins lrich;is i> 11art <1 t bat he will uo trout tir to the Sp' akers: 11> ai.'i in i ce o.icK to tno <i iveTiior e i.iir. Ao i is expected to at once la v. . a cuoip.CKn ' ?r toe Asseuiol., ami .(I'll d v atui ni^nt u,> to elect ion lane. A i ter that lie 'sib accept :o:ne ' ct'.ire enKav.otnenus up to trie first of' January. 1! x i.lioi -ary jor mud Id return to Albany, me will arrive ther'? ??n < t? opening ?luy of the Logislalur ? to start tut- light whic.i he supposes will put loin back in the ii.\ crutive chair. His pr<ir:iis?* is to make t ie *i li; .My' ii Ijo is roaJe an Assembly man. Price of Cotton. The .M-.-t price P'?kI f' r r->to n on the lo -i. iTcirket yesterday ws.s ;J,> cents, od sold for 35 ctnis.