Fort Mill times. (Fort Mill, S.C.) 1892-current, December 04, 1913, Image 1
m
k
k
1 am
^"
9 FROM OVER THE STATE
^HHHvesti&ents this year of fire
^^^Hlife insurance companies in
^J^Hth Carolina State, county and
^^^Hiicipal bonds and first mortI
Ke real estate bonds aggre^He
approximately $11,000,000,
Rording to the fignres given
by Insurance Commissioner
H. McMaster.
(The South Carolina Methodist
^^Bnferenpe, in session at Rock
^^Hill lasti week, will meet next
|^^Rar at Sumter. The last matter
^^^Kore the conference was the
QHAe of Rev. S. A. Nettles, who
fodiid guilty of conduct unbecoming
a minister and was
suspended . from preaching for
three months.
"The largest a..d best poultry
shQw ever held inv South Carolina
came to a close at Darlintr
ton with a record-breaking- attendance.
This show was held
by the Eastern Carolina Poultry
Association, of that city, and
there were more than 1,200 birds
entered.
Among the prisoners paroled
by Governor Blease' in his
' Thanksgiving list was one who
. has been dead for 19 months.
This was Jack Scruggs who was
convicted of murder with recommendation
to mercy at Spartanbnrg
in July, 1907, and sentenced
to life.impri onnient in the State
s^^eflifenuary. He died on April
1, 1912.
\ \ \-?
The aniiuil South Carolina
State \Bapti^t Convention, representing
thirty-eight different
associations ^n this State, with a
total membership of approximately
\l40,000 people, will this
year be held in Bennettsville.
The meeting will convene in the
Baptist\bnrch of that city on
Tuesday morning, December 9th,
at 10 o'clock.
BeauforS is having a wonder
r' ful orange\crop this year. On
every hand trees can be seen
loaded down with this fruit,
which is grown so successfully
there. One of the local gardens
has produced 1,500 for the first
crop. These are being handled
by one of the fruiters of the
town and are very much in demand
on account of their sweetness.
*J
A warning has been issued to
the station agents of the Greenville,
Spartanburg & Anderson
Railway to be on the lookout for
yeggman who blew open the
safe at the Mount Holly station
4on Thursday night and escaped
With a small amount of money
and checks. It is the opinion of
Interurban officials that an organized
band of yeggmen are
operating in this section.
Mrs. 0. 0. Williams, who was
injured in the 1 .ancaster & Chester
railway's Hooper's creek
wreck on July 30, died Saturday
night at her home at Corpus
Christi, Texas. Her death runs
. the list of fatalities up to five.
Mrs. Williams was one of the
most painfully injured members
of the catastrophe and that she
survived as long as she did was a
surprise to many.
Burning of his barn with several
head of stock and all feed
stuffs, being bitten on the leg by
a vicious mule, which he sought
to aid after the animal had fallen
into a bridge, and the loss of
five bales of cotton, along with
a wagon, by fire?all these
things would serve to influence
l many a man to leave the farm.
P They happened to W. Frank
r McLees of Anderson County, and
he decided to rent out his place
" and return to town to be connected
with the Anderson Hardware
Company.
n 1 .
1- " V
HE F
Annual Conference of Methodists.
The annual conference of the
South Carolina Methodists began
it3 sessiohs in Rock Hill
last Wednesday morning at 9:30.
The conference was opened with
the administration of the Holy
communion, Bishop Wilson being
i assisted by Bishop Denny and
Kev. T. C. O'Dell, presiding
elder of the Rock Hill district.
Dr. E. O. Watson was reelected
secretary and Rev. S. L.
Watt and A. - E. Holler were
elected assistants to the secreI
tary.
I Rev. Bethea olfered resolutions
commending the bishops of the
| Methodist church for their attitude
toward Vanderbilt University
in relation to the church.
Rev. C. B. Smith, presiding
elder of the Anderson district,
made a verbal report of the
several changes of the Anderson
i district, from which it was
! learned that the district had
made a good showing during the
year.
The committee appointed some
j time during the year to investigate
charges preferred against
Rev. S. A. Nettles reported that
they had favored no trial necessary.
The conference asked for
a new committee and Bishop
! Wilson appointed R. E. Turnip!
seed, E. T. liodges, J. S. Beasley.
At the reading Monday of the
ministers' Mnnnintmont-o
... w wa ?? %* J-? VIII VIII I WO X \J & 1/ I 1 C
year 1914, the following were
named as pastors for the churches
i comprising the Rock Hill district:
R. L. Holyroyd, presiding elder;
Blacksburg, to be supplied;
Blackstock, VV. M. Hardin; Chester.
J. L. Daniel; Chester circuit,
, W. T. Duncan; Clover, J. N.
1 Isom; East Chester, J. V. Davis;
| supply Lancaster, VV. C. Kelly;
i Fort Mill, J. P. Patten; Hickory
, Grove, H. B. Hardy; Lancaster,
E. T. Hodges; Lancaster circuit,
, C. W. Burgess; North Rock Hill
and City mission. J. A. White,
! B. R. Ulmer; supply Richburg,
W. S. Goodwin; Rock Hill, St.
John's, P. B. Wells; Rock Hill
circuit, J. I. Spinks; Van Wyck,
J. H. Montgomery; Winnsboro,
J. B. Tray wick; Yorkville, H,
Stokes.
Clean Your Poultryhouse.
If you have not already done
so, clean your poultryhouse. The
best of stock cannot give you
that big, winter egg production
in a filthy house. Begin at the
top, brush down the ceilings
i and wa'.ls, takeout all the fittings
i possible, then clean the floor and
dust again. Cement arid board
; floors should be thoroughly
j cleaned. Dirt floors should be
1 removed to the depth of three
or four inches, and in case the
(pen or house has been overcrowded,
it may be necessary to
reniave even more. Refill with
clean loam or sand after disinfecting
the building with
whitewash, a mixture of kerosene
and carbolic acid, or some
other good disinfecting agent.
Don't Kill These Birds.
While this is the open season
for quail and some other birds in
this and other Southern States,
hunters should not forget that a
Federal law imposes a perpetual
closed season on the following
migratory insectivorous birds,
which feed entirely or chiefly on
insects: Bobolinks, catbirds, orioles,
chickadees, cuckoos, flickers
(yellow hammers), humming
i birds, fly-catchers, goosbeaks,
i martins, kinglets, meadow larks,
knight hawks or bullbats, nut|
hatches, robins, shrikes, swallows,
swifts, titmice, thrushes,
veroes, warblers, waxings, whipporwills,
wood peckers and Jenny
| wrens.
Not a Candidate.
I Editor Fort Mill Times:
I Relative to the suggestion in
last week's issue of The Times
in which my name occurred: I
am not a candidate for school
trustee and would not serve if 1
were elected.
W. R. Bradford.
Fort Mill, Dec. 1.
jfc* i,
/
ORT ;
FORT MILL, S. C., THTJRS
BLEASEISM THE MAIN ISSUE
IN NEXT YEAR'S CAMPAIGN
It is thought by many observers
of things political in this
State that there is going to be a
sharp Drawing of the line next
summer on the question of Bleasism,
says a Columbia dispatch to
the Charlotte Observer. The
term as understood in politics
means simply advocacy of the
present administration and while
many employ it to give a reproachful
tinge to a characterization
of Governor Blease and his
methods, this is not the accepted
political definition.
There are wise ones who say j
that Governor Blease himself
has helped to make an issue of
Bleaseism in the approaching
campaign in two ways: first by
his attack on the candidacy of
Richard I. Manning of Sumter,
who is running for Governor;
and second, by his statement
that as between a Blease man
and an anti-Blease man in the
second race, or as between two
men. tine verv linfiiuni-uKlo
the administration and one
neither against nor for the administration
now, he would support
the Blease or neutral can- 1
didate.
Some folks are saying that the
campaign next summer is not
going to be as warm as the one
last year, but if the issue of '
Bleaseism is made this time, it is
going to be warmer. Governor
Blease has also announced that
he would take no hand in the
first primary in the gubernatorial
race unless some candidate is
attacked by reason of that can- j
didate's friendliness to Governor
i Blease. So much for the Gov!
ernor's attitude and his part in i
this cauie.
It is only fair to Governor
Blease to say that, unless his
acts made the issue, he himself ;
was not responsible for the i
making of the issue of Blease- i
ism last campaign when things I
waxed so hot in this State. The
recollection of the writer is that
a remark dropped by a correspondent
in one of the newspapers
was the first intimation
that there existed such a thing
as Bleaseism. As the Governor's
term in office advanced, the
idea was further taken up until
during the heated campaign of
1912, that term was a by-word
in the political vocabulary.
"Blease" and "Anti-Blease,"
and "Bleaseism" are terms used
thousands of times in the recent i
political history in this State.
A Toast to Missouri.
An exchange thus grows elo- ,
quent about the products of
Missouri:
If all the wheat in Missouri
were one grain, the only place
to plant it would be the Grand
Canon of Arizona, the only hole
in the earth big enough lo hold
it. If all the corn raised in
Missouri were one ear, the only
way to shell it would he by steam
stump pullers extracting one
grain at a time from tne cob.
If all the cattle in Missouri were
one cow, she would browse the
herbage of the tropics, whisk
the icycles of the north pole
with her tail and supply milk
enough to fill a canal reaching
from Kansas City to the gulf on
which to ship the boat loads of <
her butter and cheese. If all
the chickens in Missouri were (
one rooster he could stand at
Colossus and crpw until he shook j
the rings off the planet Saturn. 1
If all the hogs in Missouri were
one hog, he could place his hind
feet on the soil of Cuba, his fore
feet on the Isthmus of Panama,
and with one root of his snout
dig a sea level canal from ocean
to ocean. If all the mules raLed (
in Missouri were one mule, he ,
could plant one foot on the soil
of Texas, the other in the forests *
of Maine, and with his hind feet 1
kick the whiskers off the man in !
the moon. '
Mr. VV. L. Hall announces him- i
j self a candidate for mayor in the '
i approaching town election. i'
%
V. . . ? 1 ..
r * \
:y
Mill
DAY, DECEMBER 4. 1913.
HARRISON IS NEW HEAD
OF THE SOUTHERN RAILWAY
Fairfax Harrison, president of
the Chicago, Indianapolis & Louisville
Railway company, was on
Monday elected president of the
Southern Railway cempany to
succeed the late VV. W. Finley.
Fairfax Harrison is 43 year3
old. When 34 years old he was
appointed assistant to the president
of the Southern. Three
years later he became vice presi-1
dent of the road and tilled this ;
otlice for nearly three years, resigning
in 11)10 to assume the
presidency of the Chicago, Indianapolis
& Louisville company,
which is controlled by the Southern
and L. & N. companies.
Mr. Harrison is a native of
New York eity. He is a son of
Burton Harrison, of New York,
and a brother of Francis Burton
Harrison, governor General of
the Phillippines. His home is at
Belvoir, Fauquier county, Virginia.
Mr. Harrison was graduated
from Yale in 1890 and admitted ;
to the bar of New York two (
years later. For four years he
practiced law, and became solic
nor of the Southern Railway in
1896 and assistant to the president
in 1093. He is a director in
a number of corporations.
"Mr. Harrison was one of Mr.
Fin ley's closest and trusted advisers,"
reads a statement given
out by the Southern Railway,
"and is thoroughly in sympathy
with the policies which made Mr.
Finley's administration so successful
both lor the Southern
Railway Company and the territory
served by its lines,"
The Wade Springs Marriage.
A dispatch Saturday from
Pulaski, Tenn., says that Col.
Leroy Springs, of Lancaster,
S. C., one of the best-known
cotton mill men and capitalists of
the South, was married today at
noon to Mrs. Lena Jones Wade,
daughter of Mr. Thomas M. Jones ,
of this place. The bride is a :
descendant of the Jones and1
C :i;_- f it
uuiviu 1 tnii11leu oi Virginia and
one of the most beautiful ami
attractive young women of the
South.
The wedding was solemized by 1
Rev. Marion S. Kennedy, I). D.,
of the Presbyterian church of i
Pulaski and pastor of the bride.
The maid of honor was Miss
Lucy Buford, aunt of the bride.
The best man was Mr. R. Austin
Springs, of New York City,
brother of the groom. The
ushers were Elliot VV. SpringH,
son of the groom, and Lawrence
Jones, brother of the bride.
Last night Mrs. Edward E.
Eslick entertained at dinner to
the bridal party and relatives
and most intimate friends,
covers being laid for d2.
Colonel Springs came here for
the wedding in the private car
of Vice-President Culp, of the
Southern Railway, accompanied
by Mr. and Mrs. John M. Scott,
and Alva C. Springs, of Charlotte;
T. Y. Williams, J. H.
Witherspoon, R. E. Wylie and
Elliott W. Springs, of Lancaster,
S. C.; C. J. Shannon, Jr.,
[)t Camden; John T. Stevens, of
Kershaw, and R Austin Springs,
of New York City.
The bride and groom leave
tonight for New York and from !
thence for a week's stay in the
Bermudas, after which they will
be at home in Lancaster.
Endorses Mr. Nims' Suggestion. ' (
The adoption of the suggestion
:>f Mr. Fred Nims to require the
wearing of uniforms by school (
children, would in our opinion, j
go a long way toward increasing (
school attendance. Of course, I'
we can see many possible ob-i!
jections that may be raised; but !
nevertheless we are inclined to J
think the idea is a good one.? i
Yorkville Euquirer. j
my *? -m
' '
\
4
Timi
November Weather.
November weather has been
rather unusual in a number of
novo TU? G?- " *
iiajoi i tie lirsi nun 01 trie
month brought practically all of
the cold and disagreeable weather
and the latter half nothing but
mild weather and moderate
temperatures. The lowest temperature
in ten years was recorded
and the number of days
with the full amount of sunshine
has seldom been equalled
or exceeded.
'The average temperature, exclusive
of the 30th, was about
52 degress, this being an excess
of about a degree and a half per)
day. The month opened quite
cool and at the close of the 12th
a deficiency in ten perature
amounting to 70 degrees, had
been accumulated. Not a day
thereafter was below the normal,
and on the warmest day of
the month, the 23rd, the temperature
was 10 degrees above
the normal lor that date. On
this date, the highest temperature
was 77 degrees, which is
only three degrees short of the
absolute highest November tern
perature in 3;> years.
The lowest temperature for the
month 24 degrees, was an unusually
low one for this month,
being the coldest November day
in ten years and the lowest temperature
at such an early date in
the month in a period of 35 years.
The total precipitation for the
month to date is exactly three
inches, 2.7i) inches of which fell
on the 8th. Only on two other
dates has an amount of a hundredth
of an inch or more been
recorded. There were two light
flurries of snow on the 8th and
10th. ? Charlotte News.
Out for Governor.
Those in the race for governor*
at this time are: Chasles A.
Smith, of Timmonsville; John G.
Richards, of Kershaw; John G.
Clinksealos, of Spartanburg; M.
L. Smith, of Camdenf R. A.
Cooper, of Laurens; C. C. Siinms,
of Barnwell; John T. Duncan, of I
Columbia, and Lowndes Browning,
of Union.
w
A 1 -1 ? at ~1
/\ireauy Mere; .New Slnpmeat
of the new, popular
| Balkan Blou:
Wo have just opened up ft 1
gu iranteed to give entire stn
jis| cheap as the inferior kind.
*yg Just arrived, a large nsserti
?5 dren?all styles and colors -a
Among t'no new arrivals in <
jm Notion department you will fi
of Dainty Handkerchiefs, I
Hair Pius, Pretty Collars, Co
Pins, the very best Talcum P<
m men-e assortment of Ribbons
gj? Pretty Beits, Scarfs, Glovt
ga Combs, and Hat Pins. These
?g day. Ask to see them.
Se our fine selection of Holi
gg We have just gotten in a beau
?|f Cups and Saucers, Cake Plat
9#5 Sugar Jinr] Cream Sets, Celery
& BARGAIN.
' pi T;ike a look at our window <
unlay. Everybody is wonderi
ga our Millinery so cheap.
Ss Don't forgot vie always ha\
jg* eat. New shipment of Grape:
anjres, Banannas, Dates, Bri
30 Currants, Almonds and Fitfs.
^ that Rood, all-pork Sausage, I
;jit con, and many other delicioi
jgx mention here. Just ring up N
|| Watch lor our Big Xi
| E.W. Kim
V "Where Qu ii
* ?'
- * " ,
V
is:
$1.25 Per Year.
M'LAURIN IN THE RACE,
SAYS COLUMBIA RECORD
Senator John L. McLaurin, of
Bennettsville, will run either for
the United States senate or for
governor, the chances favoring
his being in the senatorial race.
It was learned last evening that
this is the case, although Senator
McLaurin, who spent yesterday
in the city, said that he had
no statement to make at this
time. He has intimated to some
of his close friends that he is seriously
considering entering the
senatorial race against Governor
Blease and E. D. Smith, the
present junior senator who is
seeking reelection.
After the Blease forces' con
ference here fair week Senator
McLaurin announced his retirement
from politics, but subsequent
events, it is known, have
led him to reconsider to the extent
of a possibility of again
going after gubernatorial honors,
or, more probably, seeking the
senatorial toga. Senator Tillman
called upon Mr. McLaurin, in a
public statement recently, to
make the race against Governor
Blease for the United Senate,
but Senator McLaurin did not
take up the suggestion at the
time. Following his visit to this
city yesterday, close friends of
the senator admitted that Mr.
McLaurin may get into the senatorial
race.?Columbia Sunday
Record.
_ . ^ ^ $
Fort Mill Negroes Before Court.
In the general sessions court
at Yorkville the last week,
Elizah Steele and John Davis,
two Fort Mill negroes who several
months ago were committed
to jail on charges of cocaine sell
ing, were tried and acquitted.
Will Roddey, a Charlotte negro
who was captured In thin township
with a quantity of the drug
on his person and who had been
awaiting trial under a cash bond
of $400, plead guilty to the
charge and was sentenced to pay
a line of $200 and serve one year
on the ehaingang, the latter
sentence being suspended during
good behavior.
se Sweaters g
Only $2.25 in white,
garnet, navy and grey.
You'll want one of these. wH
>ig lot of Ladies' Raincoats, S|
tisfaction and they are as SB
nefif of Wool Caps for Chil- ^
n excellent value. 0:
>nr "Everything-You-Need"
jnd a handsome assortment yuji
land bags, Crochet Cotton, ^
mbs and Brushes. Reanr.v ?K
nvders, Longerie Tapes, im- jjj?j
;, Chamois, Tooth Brushes, {jg|
'S, Veils, Barrettes, Side- fttiS
are things you need every ^
day China and Cut Glass. ??,
itilul lot of lion Bon Dishes, jS
es. Salad Bowls, Pitchers, iw
Dishes, Etc., every piece a {3$
)f Beautiful Millinery Sat- jfti
rig how we manage to sell ig?
re the verv best thine tn w?
s, Apples, Grape Fruit, Or- jig
ines, Cranberries, Raisins, E?
Also another shipment of 3P
foiled Ham, Breakfast Ba- Sjg
us things too numerous to m
nas Ad next week. j|
ibrell Co., | J
ity Reigns." 7$)
...