Fort Mill times. (Fort Mill, S.C.) 1892-current, December 18, 1913, Image 1
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THE NEWS IN BRIEF
FROM OVER THE STATE
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Sunday niirht the cotton house
of S. tf. Stack, of Lancaster
county, was destroyed by fire;
with about 80 bales of cotton.
Mr. Stack's custom is to save
the bulk of his crop in the seed
until after Christmas. The loss
of Sunday was total as there
was no insurance.
Three Lancaster county ne- j
groes, Bob Robinson, Ellison ;
Threatt and Ernest White, while j
returning Sunday night from a
church in Chesterfield county became
engaged in a difficulty on
the Chesterfield side of the
river near the Lancaster line,
with the result that Ernest
White was shot to death by
Ellison Threatt.
Governor Blease brought his |
pardon record within seven of the j
909.,mark when *he Tuesday
paroled Japes Brown, colored.
^ of Anderson, serving a sevenyear
sentence for manslaughter,
having been convicted in May I
of this year; and Bud Garner, a
white bov from Richland County, j
wLl iiaa been sent to the In^
y .rial Home in Florence.
mm \ pj\ % t Return,"jSfceps
are being taken to form
W V'\n j*e Arst rural credit bank in the
IJ rrtatd-on the farm system of
I r rural credits. The bank will be j
1/ loChted in Oconee County. Com'
missioner Watson is assisting
the promoters with all the information
about the systems of
rural credits in use in foreign
N countries and especially in Ireland.
That over 75 per cent of the
drugs in drug stores throughout
the State are below the standard
required by the State l|iw is
shown by those stores from
which samples were taken and
tested ^n the State Laboratory,
Was the statement made Tuesday
morning by Commissioner
E. J. Watson in discussing the
results of the enforcement of
the pure food and drug act.
Owing to a continued inability
secure enough women to i
operate the machines it hns been
decided to move the Carhartt
overall factory from Rock Hill to
Atlanta. This factory. i*? a branch
of the big one at Detroit. Mich.,
and was established in Rock Hill
two years ago for the purpose of
supplying the Southern trade. ;
It is a big concern, with a weekly
payroll of about $1,500, employ- j
ing women almost exclusively.
The John B. Hall scheme for
opening left-over and halfripe
cotton bolls was given a tryout
on the Gonzales farm near
Columbia and was pronounced to
have been a fairly satisfactory
test. The plan purports to take
the left-over cotton bolls at the
end of the season, where frost
stops them from opening, and to
open these and get out the cot
ton unimpaired and thus save
millions of dollars to cotton producers.
A resolution passed by the
Railroad Commission Thursday
evening provides for separate
compartments on Interurban
trains for whites and negroes.
This does not affect cars that are
exclusively used for one or the
other race. Six months time is
f^ven to comply with the order,
t is understood the Piedmont &
Northern Lines in the up-country
already have made this provision.
The only other Interurban system
in the State at this time is the
Aiken-North Augusta Line.
Resigns Police Job.
J. M. Gamble has resigned his
position as officer on the police
force, the resignation taking
place Thursday night. Frank
Strait, has been appointed in, Mr.
Gamble's place and entered on
his duties this morning. During
Mr. Gamble's time on the force
he made many friends who will
regret his resigning. He has
taken the Cherry place on Route
6 and moved his family there today.?Rock
Hill Herald.
WANTED?The young ladies to
watch for a very interesting announcement
to be made in The Times of January
1,1914.
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CITIZENS TO OFFER $5,000
FOR NEW COTTON MILL
Acting on the suggestion made
in The Times some weeks ago
that a new cotton mill probably
could be secured for Fort Mill if
r>ror>er pffort" was mnrlo onrl ir>_
ducements offered, a subscription
list was circulated Saturday
among the business men of the
town and approximately $2,500
was subscribed. This list is
still being circulated and it is believed
that within a week the
$5,000 mark will have been
reached. The amounts subscribed
are not to be taken as
stock should the mill be built,
but are given merely as an inducement
to. some manufacturer
to locate a mill here. It is
generally understood that the
money is contributed to buy a
site and offer this free, but
among those who gave the
money it is immaterial as to
what the fund is used for.
Following the circulation of
the subscription list Saturday a
meeting of a majority of the
contributors was held at the
office of the Savings bank Monday
afternoon for the purpose of
forming a temporary organization
to push the proposition.
W. B. Meacham was made chairman
and Dr. J. L. Spratt secretarv
and treasurer Thf rrvjffo*
was given thorough discussion
and a committee of three, consisting
of T. S. Kirkpatrick,
J. J. Bailes and J. L. Spratt, was
appointed to solicit further subscriptions,
and to arrange for
securing options on the several
sites in the totvn and vicinity.
W. B. Meacham and T. S. Kirkpatrick
were appointed a committee
of two to present the
town's offer to a number of the
leading manufacturers of this
section. An assessment of one
per cent was made on the
amounts subscribed for the purpose
of defraying the expense
of placing the proposition before
the public.
The members of the committees
appointed pledged themselves to
spare no efforts in furthering
the proposition, and to report at
a meeting of the organization to
be held next Monday afternoon
at 2 o'clock.
The following parties have contributed
to the mill proposition:
iM i i Is & Youi <g, $500
J. L. Spratt, _ 200
VV. B. Meacham, 200
J. J. Bailes, 200
T. S. Kirkpatrick 200
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E. W. Kimbrell, 100
S. L. Meacham, 100
A. 0. Jones, 100
A. R. IVlcElhaney, 100
Mrs. E. M. Belk,__ 100
Os. Barber, 100
W. B. Hoke 50
B. F. Massey, 50
W. F. Harris, 50
E. S. Parks. 50
L. A. Harris, 50
S. A. Epps, _ 50
W. B. Ardrey, 50
E. R. Patterson, 50
Stewart & Culp, 50
J. N. Atwater, 25
H. D. Harkey 25
' Total....' $2,550
EVERYONE SHOULD HELP.
Every property owner and
business man of Fort Mill and
vicinity should contribute, if
only a small amount, to the
amount necessary to secure a
new cotton mill in or near the
town. Cotton mills are being
built in all sections of the South,
and a large majority of the towns
in which they are being located
have nothing on Fort Mill in the
way of healthfulness, good
schools, churches, low taxes,
cheap power, and good help.
We feel almost confident that if
the proper efforts are put forth
by the business element of the
town and community a good, big
cotton mill will be in course of
construction in Fort Mill before
the year 1314 is half gone. Our
people have done handsomely in
the way of contributions for the
proposed mill; it might be worth
while to see if a good bunch of
stock cannot be disposed of
locally and. this done, the mill
will follow in short order.
ORT
FORT MILL. S. C., OTTOS
COTTON CROP ESTIMATE
IS 13,667,000 BALES
A crop of 13,667,000 bales, or
6,542,850,000 pounds of cotton,
not including linters, was produced
in the United States during
the season 1913-14, the department
of agriculture announced
Friday. This is the third in
size, that of 1911, which amounted
to 7,549,940,000 pounds, being
the record, and that of last year,
when 6,729,060,000 pounds were
grown, being second.
This year's crop probably will
vbe the most valuable ever grown
in the United States. At the J
average farm value of cotton
in November, which was 13 cents J
a pound, it is worth $850,570,500
for the lint alone. To this about
$125,000,000 probably will be
added by the value of the seed
and linters. The previous most
valuable crop was that of 1910,
which was valued at $820,320,00(1.
All the States, with the exception
of Mississippi, Louisiana,
Missouri and Oklahoma, produced
crops better than the i
average of the past five years,
while Georgia, Alabama and
South Carolina produced their
octuuu largest crops anu lexas
its third largest.
Shipping Christmas Packages.
Parties who have holiday packages
to ship will greatly facilitate
the handling and safe delivery
of the packages if they will observe
the following simple rules
pointed out by the express companies:
All packages should be properly
packed and care fully and |
plainly marked as to street and
number. This is important.
Start a shipment right and it
will go right.
A receipt is issued for every
package received and a receipt
taken from consignee.
Mon< v or valuables should not
be shipped in a freight package.
The wry to send money is to
place it in a package to itself and
ship it through the money department.
Shipments by the Southen Express
company go forward on
| through waybills, in through
cars; they have personal aiid
individual attention, and there is
a written record of them from
time of receipt until delivery is
ell'eeted. The company is responsible
for the loss of or damage
to every package entrusted i
to its care.
The value of every shipment |
should be stated.
Local Lodges Elect Officers.
At recent meetings of the local
Masonic and K. of P. lodges the
following officers were elected
for the ensuing year:
Masonic Lodge 0. S. Link,
W. M.; W. P. Cray ton, S. W.;
W. B. Meacham, Jr., Secy.;
W. A. Roach, Treas.; W. M.
Carothers, J. W.; F. E. Ardrey,
S. D.; Joe Collins, J. D.; J. L.
Lyles, Tyler; L. J. Massey,
Stewart; L. S. Matthews, Steward.
K. of P.-Dr. J. B. Elliott,
C. C.; O. T. Culp, V-C. ; W. A.
Rouen, Prelate; L. J. Massey,
K. of R. & S.; J. J. Bailes, M. at
A.; Dr. J. L. Spratt, M. of E.;
J. H. McMurray, M. of W.; Dr.
T. S. Kirkpatrick, I. G.; C. S.
Link, O. G.; S. A. Epps and W.
J. Stewart, Trustees.
Confederate Reunion.
April 29 and 30 and May 1 have
been selected as dates for* the
1914 reunion of the United Confederate
Veterans, to be held in
Jacksonville. Fla., according to
announcement by Gen. Bennett
H. Young, commander-in-chief
of the organization.
General Young v.as in Jacksonville
to confer with committees
in charge of arrangements
for the reunion. Present
plans, which were heartily indorsed
by the commander-inchief,
provide that all veterans
be afforded accommodations in
hotels, lodging houses and private
rssidences, and that the
customary tent camping grounds
be abolished.
Mr*. Fennell III.
Mrs. J. Bratton Fennell has
been seriously ill for some days
at her home on Clebourn street.
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ID AY, DECEMBER 18, 1913.
TO STQP~PISTOL "TOTING"
BY FEDERAL AMENDMENT
An amendment to the Federal
constitution to permit Congress
and the States to regulate the
practice of "pistol toting." Vims
been offered by Representative
Frank Park, of Georgia.
Judge Park predicted that the
amendment would receive the
overwhelming approval of congress
and the States. He said
his experience on the bench had
convinced him that the evil of
pistol toting was directly responsible
for a large percentage
ot' the grisly homicidal records
of the United States. He has
taken advantage of the first
opportunity to remedy the evil.
"The number of negroes walking
the streets and country roads
of Georgia armed with 'Colts'
automatic revolvars would surprise
you," said Judge Park.
"Imagine even a peaceful negro
with a revolver pressing against
his person in one pocket and a
flask of liquor in another, and
you can predtct what will happen
when he goes to a dance or
engage in a card game in the
woods, or is discharged from a
job."
COUNTY COMMISSIONERS.
Annual Meeting to be Held on January
8, IS 14.
Yorkville, S. C., Dec.-9, 1914.
I\ITnolT t vrn . '
pvj ivcmj i 10 law, as set lorth .1
* section 970 of the Civil Code, notice
is hereby given to whom it may
concern, that the ANNUAL MEETING
of the county Board of Commissioners
of York county, will be held in the office
of the County Supervisor at Yorkville,
on THURSDAY, JANUARY 8,
11)14, commencing at It) o'clock, a. m.
Under section 1)74 of the Civil Code,
I nil claims against the county not previously
presented, must be filed with
the Clerk of the Board 011 or before
January 1, 11)14, and holders of claims
will take notice that if the same are
not presented and tiled during the year
they are contracted, or the year following,
ouch claims will be forever barred.
Ail claims against York county must
be itemized, and they must be accompanied
by affidavits of the claimants
setting forth that the amounts claimed
I are just, true, due ail;! owing and that
no part thereof has bet*n jJJiid by discount
or otherwise.
All persons authorized by law to
minister oaths, are required to probate
claims against the county free of ?'hurge.
By order of the Board.
THOS. W. BOYD, Supervisor.
Annie C. Wallace, C'erk.
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Has again made headquarters at L. J. MASSEY'S, where
you will find the best stock of Christmas Presents we have
ever shown before, and all at New Tariff Prices, as we
we waited until the new tariff law went into effect before *
buying. jfj
You will find here something for every member of the hj
family as well as all your friends and sweethearts. f;
S Our Watch and Jewelry department is especially attract- r
H ive. Everything made by well known and reliable manu- I
K facturers, and is guaranteed to be exactly as represented. k
Call early and get first choice.
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Good, Warm Childrens' Coats. |t?
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day stock of Toys and Confection- jll
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