Fort Mill times. (Fort Mill, S.C.) 1892-current, December 11, 1913, Image 1
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Established in 1891.
; DIE-HEWS IN BRIEF
;|, EftOM OVER THE STATE
A rear-end collision at the
north end of the Seaboard Air
Lilfe trestle in Columbia Friday
iinorning resulted in the deaths
>of 0. L. Brinkley, engineer on
engine No. 423, and William
Gibson, the negro fireman on the
same engine.
South Carolina's cotton crop
will, in the opinion of Commissioner
E. J. Watson, not by
' any chance exceed 1,400,000
bales. Mr. Watson says that
? only a small proportion remains
unpicked and unginned.
That J. T. Lyles, member of
the State legislature from
Orangeburg county, will probably
be a candidate for the
lieutenant governorship of South
Carolina was learned Saturday
morning when a Columbia Record
reporter interviewed Mr. Lyles
for the purpose of determining
what action he would take in
the matter.
Robhartf&ntered the postoffice
at Blythewood, a few miles north
of Columbia, Saturday morning-,
blew open the safe and rifled a
quantity of registered mail. The
home of the postmistress and a
nearby dry goods store were also
robbed. The extent of the loss
was not known. The robbers
escaped, it was thought, by
boarding a passing freight train.
Orphanage Needs Help.
The Episcopal Church Home
orphanage at Yorkville is in need
of financial help, according to a
letter sent out a few days ago by
the deaconess in charge. An epidemic
of scarlet fever is imminent
at the orphanage and funds
are wanted for the employment
of a nurse, as it is, of course,
very necessary that proper precautions
be taken immediately
in order to avert a spread of the
dread disease.
"We need a regular infirmary
*** ' fully equipped," writes Miss
Gadsden. "We are thankful to
use an old cottage, but the children
removed from there to
make room for the sick are overcrowding
the other building .
At least we must have supplies
to furnish and fit up this building
now in use."
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LAira nine 11 legal.
For several days Commissioner
Watson of the department of
agriculture has been receiving
communications from textile
plants in various parts of the
State, asking whether or not
under the law relating to the
hours of labor in textiles the
operatives could be worked extra
, time in order to secure certain
holidays at the Christmas season.
Commissioner Watson consulted
with the attorney general and
both are of the opinion that the
law is specific and plain in its
terms and requirements, and
that no extra work can be done,
except for the purpose of making
up time that has actually been
lost from some accident or other
unavoidable cause.
Negro's Wo ' sds Prove Fatal.
Walter Rainey, a young negro
man of Hickory Grove, this county,
died Saturday from gunshot
wounds which he received at the
hands of Pink Wright, also colored,
at a hot supper in the vii
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viiiuy ui nicKory vrrove one
night last week.
Wright entered the house in
which the supper was being held
and inquired for Rainey. When
Rainey appeared Wrihrt whipped
out his pistol and, without apparent
provocation, discharged
his weapon into Rainey's side.
Wright escaped and has not
been captured.
Five Companies Get Pay.
Companies of the National
Guard of South Carolina making
the required percentage at the
reinspections are to be paid for
attendance upon the encampments
last summer, according to
a letter received from the United
States war department at the
adjutant general's office.
Companies to receive pay are:
B and C, Columbia; K, Darlington,
Second infantry; G, Elloree;
K, Walterboro. Third infantry.
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"Formation vs. Reformation.'*
"Formation vs. Reformation"
is the subject of an interesting
, lecture delivered at several
; points in Texas recently by Rev.
; G. C. Epps, of Fort Worth, and
j for which Mr. Epps has been
given highly complimentary notice
by the pulpit and press of
the Lone Star State.
The lecture begins with the
moral inheritance of the child
and follows the young life
through the rapidly enlarging,
but concentric, spheres of infancv.
hovhond or crirlhond ini-o
the maturer years of middle life,
showing the laws of true development,
according to the sublime
ideal of the perfect Man of
Nazareth. Mr. Epps is not,
however, so idealistic as to neglect
the practical and sterner
side of his theme. With unerring
skill he points out the
chasms of physical and spiritual
ruin that yawn along the path of
the young, showing and emphasizing
the tremendous responsibility
resting upon parents and
teachers.
Mr. Epps is a son of Hon.
S. H. Epps, of Fort Mill, and
' many of his relatives and friends
here will eagerly await his next
visit home in order that they
may hear him deliver his famous
lecture.
For
Extension of Parcel Post.
Postmaster General Burleson's
proposal to increase the weight
limits of parcel post packages
in the first and second zones,
from 20 to 60 pounds; to admit
books to the parcel post, and to
reduce rates in the third, fourth
and sixth zones, was approved
Saturday by the interstate com!
mprpp pnmmiccinn
The maximum weight of parcels
to all sections beyond the
second zone was increased from
11 to 20 pounds. The* commission's
consent to the proposed
change was transmitted in three
letters from Chairman Clark to
Postmaster General Burleson.
The approved changes in rates
and weights are to be effective
January 1, 1914.
Rock Hill's Protest Effective.
A delegation from Rock Hill,
accompanied by representatives
from Fort Mill, went over to
Yorkvilie last Wednesday to attend
the regular monthly meeting
of the board of county commissioners,
in order to protest
against thechaingang being used
on a spur road in Bethel section.
After listening to these men's
construction of the law the commissioners
agreed to rescind their
former action in agreeing to
work this spur road and on the
completion of the work on the
north and south road to the
North Carolina line to transfer
the gang to the Yorkvilie and
Rock Hill road, which is the east
and west road.
The News of Gold Hill.
Correspondence Fort Mill Times.
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X liv IIV(UV/11 v/i lllld ^UUlIIlUIlliy
is good, I think, excepting the
little child of J. D. Gibson. It
is 3till in a critical condition.
We are having some hog killing
weather now and sausage,
spare-ribs, cracklin' bread and
chiterlings are in order.
Price Faris, of Pittsview, Ala.,
visited his old tramping ground
here the past week and returned
home on Sunday, last, accompanied
by his grandmother, Mrs.
Tirzah Faris.
Miss Maud Windle and Mr.
Joe Smith were married last
week, and we learn that there
are several more couples "in
soak" who will jump the broom
at an early day.
Mr. Pink Wilson entertained a
number of his old chums at a
possum dinner one day last week.
The ladies had a quilting on that
occasion and while they were at
work the "Lords of Creation"
were shut up in another room
chewing, smoking and swapping
j lies. It was indeed a pleasant
day for us all and we do hope
j that 'possums may continue to
grow and multiply and that a
goodly number of them may fall
into Bro. Wilson's hands.
, Now a certain fellow has taken
us to task for not spelling the
word '"Possum" right. Well,
we never could see the use of
more than one "o" in the word,
and we need no "p" at all in
spelling the word, "'taters."
1 Splinter.
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FORT MILL, S. C., THTJRi
COUNTY FAIR A SUCCESS
IN EVERY PARTICULAR
A final meeting of the Fair
Committee was held in Rock Hill
recently at which time Chairman
Weeks submitted his report
which was adopted. The
report about finances is as follows:
RECEIPTS.
Gate Receipts $2,385.95
Concessions 398.65
Misc. collections 21.88
Total i ...$2,806.48
EXPENDITURES.
Miscellaneous (cash) .._$ 25.61
Premium and expenses .1,886.09
Cash on hand 681.89
Lumber k 212.89
Total $2,806.48
In addition Mr. Weeks made a
number of recommendations to
be submitted to the Fair Association
when organized for
future reference as to the conducting
of a fair. He recommended
that the different departments
be as evenly balanced
as possible, and that there be
plenty of clean amusements, and
that no one department should
overshadow the other. He also
recommended an organization of
the various county fairs in South
Carolina so the best attractions
possible could be secured for a
circuit thus giving better and
cleaner shows than could otherwise
be secured. It was decided
by the committee to continue
the work of securing stock for
uie rair Association, and it is
hoped to have the association
organized by the first of the
year. Already over $2,000 in
stock has been subscribed and
turned into the office. There
are doubtless many other subscriptions
in the hands of the
various men who undertook to
secure stock who have not turned
their subscription cards in.
ITEKS OF LOCAL INTEREST. ,
Miss While a Visitor.
Miss Alice White arrived several
days ago from Black Mountain,
N. C., and is visiting
relatives in Fort Mill and the
township.
County Teachers to Meet.
The York County Teachers'
! association will meet at Winthrop
j college on Saturday, December
1 13lh, and a large atlandence is
expected. Lunch will be served
by the Winthrop students to the
teachers in attendance.
Predicts Cold Weather.
The national weather bureau
Sunday night predicted real winter
weather for most of the
country the present week. Snow
was promised lor Monday from
the lake region eastward, with
high winds, but no further precipitation
during the week was
indicated for the East and South.
Winthrop's Xmas Holiday.
Announcement is made from
Winthrop college that the Christmas
holiday for the pupils of
that institution will begin on
Saturday, December 20. This
date was decided upon Thursday
as the result of a hand primary
of the students held in the college
chapel.
Victor Oil Mill Burned.
Fire, supposed to have originated
from an electric motor
while the plant was in operation
Friday night, destroyed the main
building of the Victor Cotton Oil
company at Yorkville, entailing
a loss of $30,000. Prompt action
saved the seed houses nearby.
Recital at Auditorium.
Fort Mill people will look forward
with pleasure to the elocution
and music recital to be given
in the school auditorium on the
evening of Friday, December 19,
by Miss Edna Ferguson and
pupils of her music class. The
recital will begin promptly at
7-QO ?i ~ ? ? '
,ut/ \p ci??v;i\ iiiiii a smaii aarrnssion
fee will be charged.
Besides being a talented musician,
Miss Ferguson is an
elocutionist of note, having won
first honors in expression in a
contest given a short time ago in
Boiling Springs, N. C. She
probably will be assisted in her
i recital at the auditorium by local
I talent. - Advertisement.
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Nr. Haile Secures Appointments.
Representative J. R. Haile, of
this city, has information from
Attorney General Peeples of the
appointment, through his recommPllHflt-inn
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people to lucrative positions in
the State house during the coming
session of the South Carolina
Legislature. These persons are
Miss Susie White, of local rural
rotite No. 3, and Master Malcolm
Link, son of Mr. C. S. L'nk.
Miss White has been appointed
to the position of clerk in the
engrossing department, while
Master Link has been given the
position of page in the lower
House.
The recommendation for appointment
of department emplpyees
is a matter which is
usually left to the solicitors of
the judicial districts, and the
fact that the Fort Mill people
have been named for the places
through the efforts of Representative
Haile is a distinct
honor for our representative and
speaks highly of his popularity
with the administration officials.
Mail Parcels Early.
The Postoffice Department and
the transportation companies
are advising the public to ship
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vuvii vni ioiiiiiio (jcuc^is aim
packages as early as possible, to
avoid congestion during Christmas
week, a problem that always
confronts them. The
parcel post, not having been
inaugurated until after last
Christmas, is expected to kei p
the postal authorities up nights
this year, and arrangements
have been made to expedite the
handling of this class of matter
aa much as possible. Holiday
shippers are advised to mail
their parcels now and mark them
"Do Not Open Till Christmas."
Many parcels of this nature are
now being sent by mail.
Accepts Position at Clemson.
Fort Mill friends of Mr. Claude
B. Faris will be interested to
know that he will return from
his present home in Alabama to
Clemson college, January 1. to
take up the duties of State fertilizer
inspector, having been
elected to this position by the
board of fertilizer control November
19.
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That we are workin
day Goods-~getting
gag We have something u
from the tiniest boy or g
of things that people app
kind of gift that counts a
P? Serviceable
The very best Sweaters,
?5g| pers. Blankets, Kimonoj
*&+ Gloves, Shawls, Purses,
kerchiefs, Hose, Table Lir
wjM Bureau Sets, Hand Pair
?$y>? Glass, Waiters, New Ja
|i|j Silk Waists. Centerpiece
jSE* Neckties, Rugs, Boys' ai
tffii Coat Suits, Cloaks, Oven
dreej of other useful artic
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The moat natural lookini
SsB and Undressed Dolls, rany
||g you see ours.
Our Confectionery depai
(^?3 with the Choicest Candies
o* our prices will cut your S;i
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Isama uiaus Has Arrived I
AND AS IN THE LAST I
30 YEARS I
Has again made headquarters at L. J. MASSEY'S, where I
you will find the best stock of Christmas Presents we have B
ever shown before, and all at New Tariff Prices, as we
we waited until the new tariff law went into effect before I
buying. I
You will find here something for every member of the
family as well as all your friends and sweethearts.
Our Watch and Jewelry department is especially attract- B
ive. Everything made by well known and reliable manu- I
, facturers, and is guaranteed to be exactly as represented. a
Call early and get first choice. ^
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g every day now displaying our immense array of Holi- ?|j?
ready for Old Santa s Annual Visit to our store.
seful to gladden the heart of every member of the family jpj||3
irl to old, gray-haired Grandma and Grandpa. Just oceans
>reciate?things that they need every day, and that's the
ind is most thought ot SB?
Gifts. Toy land. jlf
Bed-Room Slip- Biggest and prettiest display of Toys we
?, Scarfs, Kid have ever had. Big assortment of Doll jKfr*
Mufflers, Hand- Carriages, Tables, Tea Sets, Chairs, Dishes,
len, Toilet. Sets, Trunks, Work Baskets, Building Blocks, c|i|
ited, China, Cut Merry-go-rounds, Tool Boxes, Bicycles, f^k
panese Baskets, Rocking Horses, Wheel Barrows, Books, $3?
s. Furs, Caps, Carts, Wagons, Toy Animals, Rattlers,
id Men's Suits, Tops, Harps, and oceans of the little
?hoes, and hun- things that delight and gladden the heart
les. of the little ones. W&
show windows?New things every day ig
s, : Dolls, : Dolls.
cr Dolls you ever saw?Little Dolls, Big Dolls, Dressed Dolls, ?33?
;ing in price from a penny to $2.00. Don't buy a Doll until
Jretfy X:ru s C ids, Shells r.nd B- 11*.
runeni is complete in every particular and is well stocked ?5$^
and Fruits. Make our store yo ;r X.nas Headquarters and
ntu Claus bill in half. |E5l
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"Where Quality Reigns." ^
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