Fort Mill times. (Fort Mill, S.C.) 1892-current, December 24, 1913, Image 1
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Established in 1891.
THE NEWS IN BRIEF
FROM OVER THE STATE
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W. Aaron Fass, a merchant of
Dillon, was instantly killed Sun
day, when his automobile left
the road and plunged into a deep
ditch one-half mile from Dillon.
The Charles M. Betts Lumber
company, of Philadelphia, a big
concern, has moved its wholesale
business, which has heretofore
been conducted at Sumter,
to Florence.
South Carolina University will
open its baseball season of 1914
with three games in Columbia
with Lafayette College, of Easton,
Pa. The opening dates are
March 23, 24 and 25.
A large cigar manufacturing
concern of Florida, with which
the Anderson chamber of commerce
has been in communication
for some time, will move its
? plant to. Anderson and begin
work the first of March, 1914.
The Baptist State Mission board
completing its business, appro- i
priated for the various missions
on the basis of $45,000. The
board is composed of Rev. Z. T. ,
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C. E. Burts, D. D., of Columbia; 1
Rev. W. T. Derieux, D. D., of
Greenville.
The pound of butter made by j
Mrs. M. B. Richardson, of Pen-1
dleton, which took the prize in
the butter contest at the Greenville
Trades Day exercises and
which was forwarded to President
Wilson, was received in
good shape at the White House.
According to a statement given
out Saturday by Governor
Blease, the military companies
at Bamberg and Chesterfield are
the only two that have been mustered
out under the war departpartment's
orders, the other
companies that were reinspected
having finally come up to the required
standard.
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An automobile manufacturing
plant, turning out 2,000 machines
a year, will be one of Greenville's
manufacturing industries after
the first of February, according
to the plans of the Victor Motor
Car company, which is commis-1
sioned with a capital of $100,000
to take over and operate an autn
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w \jiam, which nas oeen operated 1
in Philadelphia for some time.
J. Lyles Glenn, Jr., of Chester,
was awarded the appointment
from this State to a Cecil Rhodes
scholarship in Oxford university,
his three-year course to begin
October 14, next. Mr. Glenn is
master of history and Greek in
the Wofford college fitting school
and is also an instructor in Wofford
college, from which he
graduated in 1912.
James L. Carbery, agent of
the United States department of
agriculture, cooperating with
Winthrop college in the matter
6f mill village improvement assisted
by the operatives of the
Arcade, Victoria and Harris mills
of Rock Hill, is rapidly perfecting
a systemized organization for
the development of general good
in the industrial communities of
the State.
A claim against the State Hospital
commission for approximately
$190,000 has been presented
by the sinking fund com- 1
mission to the State claim com- 1
mittee. The claim will be taken
into consideration at a meeting 1
called for Tuesday. The money 1
was borrowed for the development
of the property at State
Park, to which it is intended
eventually to remove the State ;
hospital for the insane.
A. K. Sanders, of Sumter, for
15 years chairman of the board 1
of directors of the State penitentiary,
discusses proposed changes
in the laws governing the State
f>enitentiary. Mr. Sanders beieves
that all prisoners under
death sentence should be electrocuted
under the direction of the
sheriffs of the counties from
which they are sent. He also
believes that the General Assembly
should make some provision
for an official executioner.
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GHANGES IN WEIGHT LIMIT
OF PARGEL^OST MATTER
Postmaster B. H. Massey of
the Fort Mill office has received,
the following order from the department
at Washington:
"On and after January 1, 1914,
the limit of weight of parcels of
fourth-class mail for delivery
within the first and second zones
shall be increased from 20 to 50
pounds and in the third, fourth,
fifth and sixth zones from 11 to
20 pounds.
"The rate of postage on parcels
exceeding 4 ounces in weight
in the third, fourth, fifth and
sixth zones shall be as follows:
"Third Zone?Six cents for the
first pound and two cents for
each additional pound or fraction
thereof.
"Fourth Zone?Seven cents for
the first pound and four cents
for each additional pound or
fraction thereof.
"Fifth Zone?Eight cents for
the first pound and six cents for
each additional pound or fraction
thereof.
"Sixth Zone?Nine cents for
the first pound and eight cents
for each additional pound or
fraction thereof."
"On and after March 16, 1914,
the classification of articles mailable
under Section 8 of the Act
of August 24. 1912. nnthnri-7iri<r
the establishment of the parcel
post service shall be extended so
as to include books. The rate of
postage on books weighing 8
ounces or less shall be one cent
for each 2 ounces or fraction
thereof and on those weighing
in excess of 8 ounces the regular
zone rate shall apply."
Tillman Working for Smith.
Senator B. R. Tillman is intensely
interested in political
news in South Carolina and close
friends of his admit that he is
going to use herculean efforts
next summer to try to defeat
Governor Blease in his race with
Senator Smith, says a recent Columbia
dispatch. The senior senator
is writing letters to his
friends all over South Carolina
and is daily getting reports from
every county, so those who have
seen him in Washington say.
It is the general understanding
that Senator Tillman plans
to make several speeches next
summer against Governor Blease
and if he takes the stump he
will become the central figure in
the most intensely i uteres? in<r
poliiical drama ever enacted in
South Carolina. Governor Blease
rmyc that he hopes Senator Tillman
will take the stump against
him. He says that he will meet
Tillman whenever Tillman may
indicate and he proposes to tell
the people of South Carolina
what he ahinks of Senator Tillman
and his opinion of him.
Governor Blease says that the
senior senator is an "ingrate."
He says that Tillman is under
the influence of his former enemies
and is really not the Tillman
he was before he suffered the
stroke of paralysis. He says
Senator Tillman has lost his hold
with the people and is "dead"
politically.
York School Wins Prize.
Mount Holly school, in Ebenozer
township of York county,
was among the schools which
were awarded prizes for the
greatest improvements made
during the year. The list of the
schools winning prizes for improvement
was made Friday
afternoon at a meeting of the
School Improvement association
held in Columbia. The prizes
were divided into two classes, ten
first prizes of $50 each, and 20
second prizes of $25 each, the
State board of education supplying
the funds for the prizes.
The Mt. Holly school came in for
a first prize.
York's Boys' Corn Club.
The recent meeting of the York
County Boys' Corn club at York- j
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vine snuvveu inai me highest
yield in 1913 of any member of
the club was 116 bushels, as compared
with 109 bushels for last
year. The average yield of the
32 members was 55 bushels and
the average cost of production
was 4G cents.
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FORT MILL, S. C., THTTRS
CURRENCY REFORM BILL
PASSES SENATE 54 to 34
The administration currency
reform bill, proposing a revision
of the financial system of the
United States and the creation
of regional reserve banks to act
as stabilizing elements in the
banking and financial world,
passed the United States senate
Friday night by a vote of 54 to
34.
Forces that had fought together
for improvement and
amendment of the measure to
the last, divided when the final
vote came. Senator Hitchcock,
who had led the opposition to the
bill, returned to the Democratic
ranks and Senator Weeks one of
the leaders on the Republican
side, with five other Republicans
and Senator Poindexter
(Progressive) voted for the
measure.
Wide differences exist between
the form of legislation passed by
the senate Friday night and the!
bill that passed the house several!
months ago. Democratic lead-;
ers already have partly adjusted :
these differences, however, and
it was predicted that the bill
would be completed by a conference
committee and sent to
President Wilson for his signa-!
ture by Monday night. The
adoption of the Administration
bill, known as the Owen bill, :
followed the formal defeat 44 to
41 of the Hitchcock bill which!
had been endorsed by Senator
Hitchccck and the five Republi-!
can members of the evenly;
divided Senate Committee that;
passed on the legislation. The |
senate had previously rejected,
without a roll call, a ''central
bank" bili, offered as a substitute
by Senator Burton.
Fort Mill's New Pastor.
Beginning with next Sunday
the Port Mill, Pleasant Hill and
Philadelphia Methodist churches
will be supplied bv Mr. I) H
Attaway, a theological student
of Wotford college, Spartanburg.
Mr. Attaway is expected to arrive
in Fort Mill Friday and on
Sunday will till the pulpits of the
three churches at their respective
hours for service.
The appointment of Mr. Atta-;
way to the Fort Mill churches I
was found necessary on account
of a shoitage of ministers to
supply the churches of the Rock
Hill district. If will be recalled !
that Rev. Mr. Patton, of Blacksburg,
was assigned to the local
churches by the recent conference
in Rock Hill, but it was
later found that to remove Mr.
Patton would leave the Blacksburg
church without a pastor,
hence the bishop decided to allow
him to remain there and
selected Mr. Attaway to fill the j
appointments at the Fort Mill
churches.
Marriage in Gold Hill.
An event which was of great
interest to their many friends1
was the marriage in Gold Hill
Wednesday afternoon, December
17, of Miss Azilee Wilson, daughter
of the late S. L. Wilson, and
Mr. Thomas P. Caldwell, of
Mecklenburg county. The marriage
took place at 3 o'clock at
the home of the bride's uncle,
Mr. S. P. Wilson, the ceremony
being pronounced by Rev. S. P.
Hair of Fori Mill, and Rev. Mr.
West of Charlotte.
To thestrainsof Mendelssohn's
wedding march, rendered by
Miss Hester Kimbrell, the groom
entered the room on the arm of
his best man. Mr. Kenneth Whit
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oett, xonoweu oy tne oride with
her sister, Miss Margaret Wilson,
as maid of honor. The vows
were taken under an arch
beautifully decorated with ivy
and mistletoe, the room being
decorated in green and white. :
During the ceremony "Hearts
and Flowers" was played.
The bride was dressed in a
traveling suit of old blue silk
poplin with hat and gloves to
match and carried white carnations
with maiden hair lerns.
The maid of honor was gowned
in blue crepe dechene and carried
a bouquet of white carnations
and asparagus ferns.
WANTED?The young ladies to
watch for a very interesting announcement
to be mide in The Times of January
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DAY, DECEMBER 24,1913.
REDUCE COTTON ACREAGE
SAYS ROCK HILL MAN
"Don't you think something
ought to be done another year to
keep the farmers from planting
too much cotton?" asked John
I G. Anderson, father of the "Rock
Hill plan," for reducing cotton
acreage in South Carolina, in a
letter to E. J. Watson, head of
the State department of agriculture
and president of the
Southern Cotton congress. The
commissioner will later issue a
reply to Mr. Anderson and a
movement will likely be launched
to reduce the acreage the coming
year. i
In his letter Mr. Anderson
says?
"Don't you think something
ought to be done another year to
keep the farmers from planting
too much cotton? On account of
the good price, business this fall
nas been fine, and I am afraid
the farmers next year will plant
too much, which will bring about
a reaction and hard times again.
"Of course, conditions are not
right for another 'Rock Hill
Plan,' but could you not put the
Southern Cotton congress on a
good business basis, with organi-1
zations in every State and
through its influence keep the J
cotton producers from cutting
their own throats? 1 am satis-!
fied that with a proper organization
the business men of the
South would be glad to join, and
pay something like $1 each per
annum as dues. You ought to
get 100,000 members, and that
would mean that you could control
the situation.
"Perhaps you are not in position
to do this yourself. If not,
why can't you get somebody to
take hold of the matter and put
it through?
"I hope you will think over
this because it certainly is an
important proposition."
J. R. Kenley is A. C. L. Head.
J. R. Kenley, third vice president
of the Atlantic Coast Line
Railroad Company, was on Tbies- (
day elected president of the'
company, succeeding the late;
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i. iyi. ndnerson. Mr. Kenley's
headquarters will remain at Wil-1
mington, N. C.
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