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IN BRIEF !
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the advent of cool
father the bunting of deer in
the Viinterland of Charleston is
corrtihg to be in -re popular than
x it proved to be at the opening' of
tWe? season.
? Comptroller General Jones esti-?
mates that the State income tax
this year will yield about $15,tWW.
He said he had not decided
upon a recommendation with
*> reference to the enforcement of
* the law. He does not think that
* ' the law should be repealed be.
cause, of the National income
t?,\ law.
*Fire losses in South Carolina
for the month of October amounted
to $60,034.86, as compared
wjth $73,055.44 for the same
month last year, according to the I
. ; monthly report of State Insurance
Commissioner F. H. Mc-1
Master. The total number of
fires during October this year
was 121, as compared with 108'j
> for the same month last year.
It is announced that W. C.
Irby, Jr., member of the legislature
from Laurens county, will
? probably be a candidate for governor
in next summer's campaign.
He has pot decided but
it is known that be has the mat
cer uiiuer serious consiueration.
A verdict of $10,000 damages
was returned at Sumter in the
suit of Frierson, Administrator, 1
vs. the Atlantic Coast Line Railway.
Damages in the amount of
$100,000 had been asked on ac- '
count of the death of L. Y.
Brown of Lynchburg at that!
place some two years ago.
Ed. Sibley has been lodged in
jail in Chester charged with the
murder of J. Iloss Younge. it
being alleged that he chopped
Younge's head open with an axe
while Younge way lying on the
ground in a drunken stupor.
Sibley put his foot on the man's
chest and deliberately chopped
the prostrate man three times
with an axe.
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The heads of seven dogs, two
goats and one eat were sent
from different portions of the
State last week to the Pasteur
institute in Columbia to be
examined for rabies. About 300
heads have been received there
since the first of January, and
326 patients have been treated.
W. T. Jones, serving: a life
term in the penitentiary for the
murder of his wife, lias been
transferred to the Union county
chaingang upon the request of
the county board of commissioners.
War days were brought to the
attention of many Charleston
residents by an announcement
through the Charleston Clyde
Line officers that relics of the
bombardment have been dredged
up by the powerful machinery in
operation aboard the dredge
which is at work on the slip between
Piers 1 and 2 of the new
Clyde terminals. Six large cannon
balls were picked up and
slung aboard the barge.
Gold Hill School Progresses.
Prof. J. L. Ratterree, of the
ri/U/i u;n c?i?i -?
v4\/iu inn ctiiuui, was ct pieasam
caller at The News office last
Saturday. Frof. Ratterree is
one of the most promising young:
educators in the county and is
making good with his school,
which has been enlarged to ten
grades. The Gold Hill school
has made an innovation in educational
lines by establishing a
free bus which calls each morning
for the children whose homes
are distant from the school, returning
them in the afternoon, j
This is a very popular, as well
as useful feature.? York News. I
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The Mexican Situation.
Huerta ha? dec!ined*to accede
to the demands of the United
States, although he has been
greatly impressed with the
European backing that this
country has, and he endeavored
to have his new congress meet,
but as yet without complete success.
Hehas however succeeded
in expelling from his cabinet the
minister of the interior, the last
one of the original Hueria-Diaz
cabinet, for this man, Adalpe,
wished to see some concessions
made to the United States.
Huerta Sunday night told the j
American representative in Mexico
City, Mr. O'Shaunessy, that
he ihost assuredly would not resign.
President Wilson and Mr.
Br^an held a long conference
over this Sunday. in Mexico a
great deal of pressure is being
brought to bear on lfuerta.
In the meantime, the city of
Juarez, opposite ttie Texas city
of El Paso, has fallen again.
lluerta is not dismayed by the
fall of Juarez and says that he
will organize his congress Tuesday
and that his part in the
n??irnt"inHrtns ic r?vr?t* In M o-v-i.w.
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City ii is believed that if Huerta
does not resign at once a severance
with the United States at,
once is inevitable.
Escapes Trom Penitentiary.
John Fisher, a notorious yegg
serving fifteen years for safeblowing,
escaped from the penitentiary
Saturday night by sawing
the bars to his cell. He
climbed over the wall near the
old hosiery mill, let himself
down by a rope and vanished. ,
Penitentiary officials sent out
descriptions in every direction
and have offered a reward of
$."><) for his capture.
When the prisoners were lined
up for the roll',call Sunday afternoon
Fisher was absent. An !
investigation disclosed the broken
bars to his cell where he had cut
his way to freedom. A search
of the grounds and buildings
was made and dangling over the
wall behind the old hosiery mill
was found a rope, showing how
he had gotten to freedom.
He had climbed over the hosiery
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walls which encloses the
penitentiary grounds and let
himself down on tne hanks of
the Congaree river and van- i
ished.
John Fisher was sent up from !
Lancaster County, in 1905, for
safecracking for 15 years.. He
is wanted by the United States
Government for postoffice robberies
and is said to have been a
member of the gang which
cracked postoffice safes in all
parts of the South until rounded
up by Postoffice Inspector Gregory.
Honor for Tort Mill Man.
All the boys from York county,
fourteen in number, met and
organized the York County Club
ol the University of South Carolina
a short time ago. The club
now has the largest membership
it has ever had. A correspondence
committee, consisting of
R. E. Castles. H. M. White and
R. E. Brown were appointed to
correspond with the papers of
York county and try to keep
their friends informed as to
their progress, and the progress
of t he clnb. So far the members
of the club have associated themselves
with almost every line of i
activity in college life.
Officers of the club are: president,
T. C. Brown; vice-president,
R. L. Kerr, Jr.; secretarv
H. M. White; treasurer, R. E.
Brown, Jr.; corresponding secretary,
Joe Leech.
"Eggs is Eggs" in New York.j
Eggs are so scarce in New
York that dealers have put the'
retail price up to 75 cents a
dozen tor best quality and prospects
are that they will go from
three to live cents a dozen higher.
The present w holesale price
is 62 cents a dozen, though certain
brands of Western eggs
may be obtain* d for 43 cents.
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FORT MILL, S. C., THURS]
| Thoughts of
The greatest least day in Am.ri
thanksgiving by all the people. '1
nation gives thanks for the i>l? sst?
day was first established in the I7<
Plymouth, New England, r placii
festival, and has been gradually
country. Congress recommended
during the Revolution and Waslii
tion of the constitution. Other
have been proclaimed and since 1."
ber lias been annually proclaimed
thanksgiving day.
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In many v.ays Thanksgiving
conies at a time when the rigors <
VVe have at our disposal all the v
the time for a season of partial r
One of its most delightful feature
eral, is the gathering together un
scattered sons and daughters on t
limes four generations thus meet
ble table ol the old homestead, ant
ened and filial piety encouraged.
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The establishment of a day of t
after the ingathering of the fruits
feast of tabernacles held by the d<
nious aft and it< ndnnlinn l\\r m.-w
the general government of this bi
diffusion of those religious sentim
tion of the settlement of this cour
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This is the harvest time for tl
trials, calamities in some places, 1
rows, but taking the country ovei
many and far outnumbered the da
spite of many evils there has been
genuine benevolence, of a cordial
fellowship, we can keep our Th;
scriptural admonition, "Be ye tha
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To the early Puritan, Christmas
when li s own festival, Thanksgiv
many of the features of the Engli:
voted to family reunion, to feastir
Such superstitious meats as baron
pudding were excluded; and turke
pie were eaten instead.
It is fortunate the world cannot
heart. There we can store our gr
lire and give to the world only th?
may impart to our souls and that 1
ot than .sgiving. While sorrow n
and confiding trust surround ev
may Heaven bless you all this Tha
ITEMS OF LOCAL INTEREST.
Second Week Jurors.
The following Fort Mill men
have been drawn as jurors to
serve the second week of the
term of York court which convenes
on next Monday, the 24th:
J. M. Thrower, W. E. Whitesell,
C. F. Rogers, J. M. Epps, J. G. j
Smith.
Injured at Saw Mill.
i\lr. Christy Froneberger was
dangerously injured at a saw
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mil tiuuui. tnree anu one-nail
miles north of Bethany last,
Wednesday by being caught in a
belt. He has been unconscious |
since the accident and there is
little hope for his recovery.?
; Chester Lantern.
Meet Next lit Rock Hill.
Rock Hill has been selected for j
the 1914 Conference of the
Daughters of the American
Revolution and the meeting will
be held the week commencing
November 15. Bennettsville and
Greenville extended invitations,
also, but Rock Hill won out.
The invitation from that city
was presented by Mrs. T. L.
Jackson.
Temporary Quarter* for York Court.
The Court House Commission
has leased the old Rose Hotel
building to be used while the
present court house building
is being torn down. The county
officers will move their offices into
the hotel building, where they
will be located during the rnn.
struction of the new court house.
? York News.
Loaea Ginhouae by Fire.
Relatives and friends in this
section of Mr. Burton Massey 1
will regret to learn that he had 1
the misfortune last Wednesday
night to lose hisginhouse, located
on his farm about tv\o miles <
south of Rock Hill, with its i
entire contents, entailing a loss I
of $3,000. No insurance. In '
addition to the building and
machinery there w?,re two bales .
of eot ton and a carload of cotton j
seed in the building. . j
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OAY, NOVEMBER 20. 1913.
Thanksgiving )
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c;i should he one of rejoicing anil
nis is the time when the whole
lgs of the year. Thanksgiving
iitcd Stales hy the Pilgrims at
ig Christmas, the great family
adopted in other parts of 11
days of thanksgiving annualh
ngton, in 1779, after the adupdays
of national thanksgiving
?;> the last Thursday in Novenihy
the president as a national
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is a most delightful event. It
of winter are not yet at hand,
aried products of the soil, and
vst for the farmer is at hand,
s, which has become <piite gender
the old roof-tree of all the
his day. Two. three and somcaround
the festive and hospita
I thus fraternal ties are strength
hanksgiving in the late autumn,
5, was made in imitation of the
ewisii nation. It was a wise and
it of the States and at length by
road land is an evidence of the
ents which were at the foundaitry.
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hanks. True, there have been
lomes destroyed, losses and sor
our blessings have been very
irk, appalling things of life. In
i as much of true sympathy, of
spirit, of brotherly love and good
inksgiving in the spirit of the
nkful."
smelt to heaven of idolatry; so
ing. became annual, it took on
sh Christmas. It was a day deig
and to the giving of presents,
of beef, bear's head, and plum
y, Indian pudding and pumpkin
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discern the hidden things of the
ief to ponder over it in our leisi
smile a beneficent Providence
k\ iil strengthen us to sing a hymn
lay reign within, yet may peace
ery reader of this column ?ml
mksgiving day.
York's Cotton.
Mr. Joseph M. Taylor, special
an;ent of the census department,
reports tlm amount of cotton
ginned in York county up to
November 1, 1913, at 21.641
bales against 22,826 bales up to
November 1, 1912.
Conference Next Week.
Methodist ministers throughout
the State are preparing for
the annual South Carolina Conference,
which meets in Rock
Hill, November 25, with Bishop
A. W. Wilson of Baltimore, presiding.
What Waterworks Will Bring'
One good feature of the proposed
waterworks system of the
town is that it will enable the
authorities to keep the paved
portion of Main street clean
without the sweeping process!
now employed and which scatters
dust to all things in close
proximity to the street.
Thanksgiving Day.
There will he a general suspension
of business in Fort Mill
next Thursday in observance of
Thanksgiving. The local schools
will be closed, the business
houses closed, and the postoffice 1
will observe Sunday hours. It i
is presumed that the two local
cotton mills v. ill also cease
operations for the day. There
will be no mail collected or delivered
on the several mail
routes Thanksgiving Day and
patrons of the routes should arrange
their affairs accordingly.
Save the Birds.
The bird season is now open in
most States and the hunter is
out with his gun and dog. Every
farmer should post signs,
not allowing hunting on his land.
It is estimated that every quail
on the farm is worth $50 a year,
to kill insects and eat noxious
i?rass seed. Think what that
means! Every time a quail is
killed you lose $50. It is pretty
expensive sport. If we will keep
i good supply of birds on the
farm it will cut the cost of poison
for insects. ? Exchange.
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Cocaine Dealer Jumps Bond.
Of interest in this city will he
the statement made in Stturday's
issue of the Charlotte News that
Dr. J. W. Perry. colored vctciinarian.
convicted of selling cocaine
and sentenced to 12 months
hy Recorder .Jones on tf ptember
2'.), and wh.o was granted an ai peal
upon in; iiunishing a ?100
bond, has laned this week to appear
before the present term o!
criminal court and the local police
say that Perry has left for
parts unknown.
It will be recalled by readers
of The Times that the capture
and conviction ol Perry was effected
through a well planned
scheme of Oliieer Colt harp of
Fort Mill. A local dealer in the
drug was convicted before Mayor
McKilianey and was given a
light line on condition that he
divulge the name of the party
lrom whom he obtained the cocaine
and also that he act as decoy
for the otheers in an ctfort
to capture the wholesaler. This
the negro did with the result
that Perry was arrested and convicted,
but was later given his
freedom under a ?-100 bond Tb?
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bond is, of course, forfeited to i
the city of Charlotte.
Just Pay the Postmaster.
Christmas gift givers this year
will not be forced to lick their
own stamps when they afHx the
proper postage to their parcels
for mailing unless they wish to,
for the postoffite department,
has announced that its post-1
masters and their assistants
would stand to that duty if requested.
The innovation is put in force
in the interest of better mail
service during the holiday rush.
Orders have been issued to
postmasters to allix postage,
when requested, on mail matter i
of the second, third and fourth
class, the latter being parcel
post matter. The stamps will ,
he pro-canceled and the plan is
expected to prevent the great
waste of time experienced by
postoflice patrons while waiting
inline to buy post ige and mail
their nackaires
Price of Cotton.
The best price paid for cotton oji the
local market yesterday was l.'tj conts.
Seed sold for lit cents.
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PETITION IS CIRCULATED
FUR 'CITY WATER SYSTEM
Following: a survey of Fort
Mil! recently and an estimate by *
an engineering firm as to the
c* oi a waterw >rks system for
the town, a petition asking the
mayor to call an election upon
the question oi a bond issue for
>r>.000 for the purpose specitied
iias been in circulation among
the property owners during the
last week.
It is the purpose of those behind
the movement, if plans
carry successfully, to have a
large reservoir or tank erected,
probably on Ardrey hill overlooking
the busines section of
the town, and troin tins tank an
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^ij;111-11iv11 |M,iv line win do earned
through Main street and out
two blocks either way on liailroad,
(Jonfederate, ljooth, Clebourn
and W lute -streets, with
hydrants at the corners of cross
streets. It is estimated that the
cost of the tank and pipe line to ~
cover the area described will
hardly reach the $15,000 mark,
and the pipe, at its extremities,
will be reduced to the 0-inch size
and extended still another block
along the streets named. As
previously stated in these columns.
the Fort Mill Mfg. company
has offered to furnish the
water for the system free of
charge.
V ??rv lift In I-? ?
. v.j i.wiv u|'|.v>oinuii iias uet'll
met at the hands of the property
owners to whom the petition has
been presented, and it is expected
by the end of the present
week the requisite number of
names will have been secured
and the mayor will then order
the election. Col. Leroy Springs,
the largest property owner of
the town, was first to place his
name on the petition.
Pel lap ra caused more deaths
in Spartanburg the past, year
than any other disease, according
to statistics made public by
the board of health. Tuberculosis
formerly was the most
deadly malady. The virulence
of pellapra is decreasing with
the approach of cold weather.
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