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Established in 1891. |Bthe news in brief from over the state From 18 individuals in Green-1 ville county income tax has been collected aggregating $444.93. j Dr. C. T. Wyche, of Newber- i ry. speaker pro tern of the house ' II oi representatives, was stricken with paralysis while presiding in j the house Friday night. Mr. Wyche has been critically ill since that time at one of the Co, lumbia hospitals. In the house of representatives 5 . Saturday, a joint resolution ratifying the amendment of the constitution of the United States, providing for the direct election of United States senators, was passed to third peading. President Corish of the South Atlantic League has announced that, provided the sanction of the national association can be nuch obtained, the monthly club sal* ary limit for the season of 1914 j will be raised from $1,000 to 1 to $1,750. William Gunter's house on the plantation of R. C. Hamer, in Richland county, was burned early Sunday and Gunter's charred body was found in the ruins. A man in whose company he is said to have been seen about an hour l^fore the fire occurred was arrested by J. A. Duunaway, rural policeman. Gus Brown and Pink Brown," negroes, were killed in a pistol duel Sunday afternoon at Mt. Moriah church, four miles south of Anderson, just before the hour of afternoon service. Sam Brown, son of Gus Brown, has been lodged in the county jail and will be implicated in the death of Pink Brown. January 19th an ordinance was passed by city council of Aiken _ restricting the clubs of that city. A^ license of $100 was required and they were put under certain restrictions, including police supervision, provisions for glass doors, prohibition of screens and the use of the locker system. Sam J. Nioholls of the law firm of Nicholls & Nicholls, Spartanburg, announced that his firm has been retained as counsel to represent C. C. Clement, 1 the young man whom Miss! Pendleton in her confession to j Solicitor Hill has named as the I father of her child and its murderer. The attorney says that they will establish the innocence of their client and persons "higher up" will be involved before the case is ended. Catawbas on the Increase. In the "Footsteps of the Fathers," now being run in the Yorkville Enquirer, the following appears as reproduced from the issue of The Enquirer ol Friday, October 22, 1858: "Adam Ivy, agent for the Catawba Indians, makes the fo'lowing report to the court of common pleas: 'I beg leave to report that the Catawba Indians now number about seventy in all. I cannot discover any improvement in their moral condition or habits in general. They are fond of spirituous liquors, and as there are now two distilleries near them, when they earn a little money by hire, or raise a little corn, thev will snend it for whiskey and get drunk, and j sometimes do mischief. Last winter, (as I understood it), as they returned from one of those distilleries, in a high state of intoxication they pot into an affray, which resulted in the killing of two Indians and the ' wounding of one horse. Now after due reflection, I am bound to believe that such traffic and conduct as that above stated is a sad nuisance in any civil community, and I hope the proper authorities will consider the mat- 1 ter and remove that which annoys. I have had but little con- j versation with the Indians this I year about removing to the West;' but so far as I have learned, they \ are still willing to be removed.' " i Contrary to the general supposition that the Catawbas are dying out, the above shows that1 there were 55 less Indians on the reservation in 1858 than at present, the number now being placed at 125. = HP VSmf Du PONT Awarded the Fort Mill Light In iti li?13 for having qualified as men than any company in the S i AN HISTORICA1 OF THE TOW?* [Editor's Note.?The following article is taken from an old scrap book loaned The Times by Miss Azilee Harris. The article was prepared and printed in Fort Mill by .J. S. Drake ford about the year 1889.] The brief historical sketch of some of the earliest settlers in this township and in the town of Fort Mill Riven herewith is confessedly incomplete in detail. This is owing to the fact that we have not had time at our command in which to gather up some interesting, though otherwise unimportant, facts incidentally connected with her history. We are i..uch indebted to Mr. J. M. Spratt, Rev. J. H. Tliornwell, Capt. S. E. White and Mr. T. U. Culp and others for valuable information and aid in its preparation. Indeed, without their help we would he unable to present it in as concise and correct form. The first settler in this part of York District was Thomas Sprntt, known by the Indian name of "Kanawha," who was horn on the ocean while his father was emigrating to this country from County Down, Ireland, in the year 17IU). lie settled here about 17t>5, near the "Spratt Homestead," where W. E. Spratt, of the 4th generation now resides. Indians gave him a large section of land around him extending from Catawba Itiver across Steel to Sugar Creek, lor a normal yearly rent, and in order to get neighbors, he gave to the lirst settlers large tracts of it and required them to pay the rent to the Indians, which accounts for the Indian Leases to settlers coming in after. The second settler was William Ervin, who came here from Virginia. He obtained, by the influence of Thomas Spratt, from the Indians, tlfree miles square north of Steel Creek bridge. Shortly after disease broke out among ins cattle and proved fatal to them all. He bought a second and a third time, and us niuny times they sickened and died. Thoroughly disgusted, he traded his land for an Indian pony, a silver watch, a still, and an old wagon, "shook the dust off his feet" and moved to the headwaters of Turkey Creek, near the spot where Yorkville now stands. The third settler was Isaac Garrison, to whom Thomas Spratt gave a mill site on Steel Creek, where White's, old mill is now located, for the erection of a grist mill. Then followed others, among whom may he mentioned the Elliotts, Springs, Harnetts, McKees, Whites and Harrises. l'rominent among them was William Elliott (whose wife was a daughter of Thomas Harnett, who married a sister of Thomas Spratt), who came a few years after and settled on the east side of "Spratt's Spring," and afterwards near where his great grandson, Samuel E. White, now resides. The Whites emigrated from Scotland to Count> Derry, in the north of Ireland- ahmii ?iw? iimn nf Cp^miuoiPu usurpation. From Ireland the family emigrated to Lancaster County, Pa., and thence to Waxhaw, I^ancaster County, S. about Ilie*, year 1750 or earlier. From Lancaster Joseph moved to Fort Mill, married daughter of William KUiott. mentioned above. lie died, leaving one son, Willinm K. White, father of ('apt. S. K. White and David White. The Springs family came to this country from Holland about the beginning of the 18th century. The name was originally "Springstein," hut by Legislative enactment the "Stein" was dropped, and that of Springs assumed and retained. After the Revolution, Richard Springs moved to the plantation of the late Turner Barber. His son, John, settled on the plantation still known as the "Springs place," about 3 miles above town. He left five children, the youngest of whom was the late Andrew Baxter Springs, father of Brevard Springs. The Harris family came to this coun. <v .-A f For FORT MIL tF. -jspB TROPHY fantry, Co. K, 1st S. C. N. G., marksmen a greater number of tate. I <;icTPTri4 ?i XA-i A A J OF FORT MILL try near the middle of the 18th century. The progenitor of that name was thrown into prison in Scotland on account of Ills religious convictions, ar?d was married through the prison bars. They located near here about the time of the Revolutionary War. The fifth generation of four of these families are now living within the incorporate limits of Fort Mill, viz: ? children of John M. Spratt, Capt. S. K. White, Brevard I). Springs and John R. Harris. The children of D. G. Kimbrell, son of S. J. Kimbrell, living near Fort Mill, are also of the fifth generation of that name, and were among the eurly settlers of the township, coming as they did at the beginning of this century. The C. C. & A. Railroad was projected in 1847 and was running to this point in 1852. First house built in the incorporate limits in January, 1851, by William R. Wiiite and occupied as a place of business by Bernhardt, Coltharp & Co., now occupied by K. Shannon, merchant, Drs. Massey & Kirkpatrick as an office, the postofflce and printing oillce of J. S. Drakeford. The next house was built in 1852 by Owen Matthews as a residence, now owned by Mr. Setli Hotchkiss. Next place of business was built in 1852, where P. K. Mull now is, and operated by Capt. John 1). White, who moved to Texas and was murdered by highwaymen some time before the late war. Dr. 11. M. Cobb next built a residence on the corner of Trade and Booth streets, known as the Young house. The next house was a store where Stewart & Co. now are, operated by Morrow & Potts, afterward Patterson, Morrow & Co. It was burned in 1854. The next residence was built by B. J. Patterson which lias since been renovated into the Methodist parsonage. T. G. Culp and his brother William also carried on a wagon and carriage business near Patterson, Morrow & Co., and were burned out in 1858. They built houses Tor themselves. About 1855 the store house on the west side of the railroad, occupied by W. It. Leonard, was built by Hugh M. White. The first school house was built in 1854, near where 11. I). Springs now lives. A Mr. Watts was the teacher. The second school house, an Academy, was built in 1857, where J. A. Withers now resides and then the present brick Academy was built in 1875, of which Prof. J. A. Boyd is principal. The first Masonic hall was built over the first Academy in 1858, the first meeting being held in November of that year. Only one of the members of that meeting now lives?T. (J. Culp. The second hall was erected over the brick Academy in 1875, and is still owned by the Masons. In 1888 the present one was built over L. J. Massey's store. The old "fort" from which a part of the town's name is derived, is near the Spratt Homestead. It was built by the first settlers of the country to protect themselves against the hostile Indians. Part of the lines of the fort cau be distinctly seen yet. The other I part of the name was derived from i the Webb's (formerly Garrison's, now S. E. White's) old mill on Steel Creek, 1V4 miles above Fort Mill, the first one in this section. It was originally "Fort Hill" but when Webb was made postmaster, he wanted the name changed to "Webb's Mill." The postmaster general wrote that he did not like to disarrange the alphabetical list, but ihat lie would make it "Fort Mill," substituting "Mill" for "Hill." The following is a list of those who have held the postotlice since its creation? Squire Hugh White, Squire Joe White. William E. White, T. I). Spratt, Thomas Webb, W. E. White again, H. H. Coltbarp, Monroe l'owell, T. B. Withers, B. P. Powell. T. D. Faulkner. T. S. Da van t, Pnrks Hunter, Seth Hotchkiss. Mrs. L. H. Dnikeford. Among the ugents for the railroad at this place may be mentioned?T. (Continued on P.tge 2.) r Mi L, S. C? THURSDAY, FEBRU i ANOTHER BIG POW'R PLANT | FOR SOU. POWER COMPANY Announcement was made a few days ajro that the Southern Power Company had awarded two contracts, one for buiU'insr a dam ?nd power house at Lookout Shoals on the Catawba river, and the other for building five miles of railroad, the total amount involv. d in the two rontraets approximating $1,000,000. The ; contract for the dam and power j house was awarded to the Hardware Construct ioa C ompany of Columbus, (la., and the one for the railroad to the Paiker-Brooks Construction Company of Macon, Ga. The dam will be 75 feet hiyh and a quarter of a mile in length, and will develop 26,400 of electrical horsepower, the machinery installation consisting of four 6.600 horsepower units and two exciter units. A fall of 74 feet will be secured by reason of the location of the dam at a point just above the Island Ford road. This, as stated, is just five miles up the river from the point where [ the Southern crosses the Ca tawba. When the work at Lookout Shoals is completed, the company will have available an aggregate of 154,400 horsepower. Kills the Mill Sewerage Bill. The lower house of the General Assembly has rejected the bill introduced by Representative Creech, of Barnwell, requiring the cotton mills of York county to install sewerage systems. The bill had been referred to a special committee consisting of the York delegation and the delegation promptly entered an unfavorable report. In asking the House to sustain the unfavorable report. Mr. Hutchinson of York said that he and Messrs. Riddle, Sanders and Haile, the members of the York delegation, were able to take care of local legislation for their county. Mr. Creech was not in the House at the time the bill was killed. Later on during the session Mr. Creech, speaking to a point of personal privilege, said that though he was elected from Barnwell county he felt that he had a right to represent the entire State. He believed that his bill would help the people of Vr?rLr (innntv Ko coi/1 * va i% vvruili.J , lit OCA 1U. Drowned Baby in Mill Pond. Charged with murder, the alleged parents of the girl baby found in a mill pond about ten days ago, are being held in the Spartanburg jail for trial at the approaching term of court. The woman, Miss Fleta Pendleton, was arrested at Spartanburg as she was about to take a train for Charleston; the man, C. C. Clement, who was preparing to go West, was arrested at Chesnee. Clement until recently was a student at Woflford college, while Miss Pendleton attended a business college in the city. She gave her age as 19. In her confession, said to have been made shortly after her arrest. Miss Pendleton stated that Clement dropped the baby girl frohr a bridge into the mill pond against her will, but that Clement told her he did not love "the d?d brat" and he would not marry her unless she would consent to his doing away with it. Miss rendleton said she gave birth to the baby, named Virginia, at the Presbyterian hospital in Charlotte, December 6. Governor Sends First Veto. Gov. Blease Friday sent his first veto to the State Senate. The act vetoed was a local measure entitled "An Act to Permit the City of Columbia to Buy a Tract or Tracts of Land Situated Near the City for the Purpose of Establishing a Public Park." In giving his reasons for vetoing the measure. Governor Blease said among other things: "1 think it should be, more properly speaking, entitled, "An Act to Enrich the Columbia Electric Railway Company's Owners and to Increase the Value of Certain Property Through Which This Railway Will Extend Its Lines in Going to This Proposed Park and Passing Around Through and Going Back Over Other Lands Owned by Certain Parties." gpf - #4* ** LL 1 AEY 12, 1914. HOMES OF I ^ -1 i ' cm - 1 \ h' ^ " ^ Resilience of Dr. .1. L. I PUBLIC SCHOOL HONOR ROLL By Prof. .1. P. Pout h. A pupil must make an average of 95 per cent on his studies. 95 per cent, on deportment, and 95 per cent, on attendance for his name to he on the honor roll of the Fort Mill graded school. The following have the honor for January: First Grade- Marion Jones, Kate McLaughlin, Ftlie Hitch, Naomi St. f!lnir ltlwlnc I inlr Larenee Wright, Annie Mae F]stridge, Edith Parks, Louise Patterson, James Ferguson, Lewis Howard, Crawford Wilson. Second Grade?Elizabeth Ardrey, William Hafner, Mary Kimbrell, Katherine Massey, Margaret McElhaney, Mary Moore. Third Grade -Frank Jones, Willie Bennett, Ella Mae McElhaney, Anna Wolfe Mae Thompson. Fourth Grade? Elma Bradford, Harriet Crawford, Marion Parks. Ruby Plyler. Fifth Grade Atmar Adcoek. Sixth Grade Beatrice Parks, Grace Erwin. Seventh Grade?Ruth McLaughlin. Eighth Grade Marjorie Mills. Ninth Grade?Kathleen Arm-, strong, Clarence Patterson. Tenth Grade?Esther Meacham, Zenas Grier. The Rev. A. A. McLean, recently received into Bethel Presbytery from the Oklahoma Pros- , bytery; has been installed as pastor of Clover and Bowling' Green churches, York county, j At Clover the Rev. Robt. Adams, ' D. I)., preached the sermon and propounded the constitutional questions; the Rev. Mr. McLean chartred the pastor and M. S. j Lewis charged the people. |al5H5H5HSgSa5HSgSH5H5^5HS5L! i _ IFOI I H Something new all ' K day in the week you nj Send us your mail < re Dry Goods orders an K Dig new shipment < ffl Dig new shipment < 3 See our extra valiu re 10c and 1 2 1 -2c. jjj Pretty Gingham Di Snow only OSc. Handsome Fleece-] Only a few Border for $4-.00, now yar 4 yards for $6.00, n< 3 Phone ns your ord< ffi They are Koing fast : I Just arrived, a bii? I5ii? reductions on 1 dren's Croats, Sweati E. W. "\ gasasEsrszsasasHSHsasass j -*i win* flMES POR T MILL. """""" -,.--W.T~-i Spratt, in Sprattville. Virginia Will Vote on Prohibition. The State Senate of Virginia, by a vote of '28 to 11, Thursday afternoon passed the bill called the enabling act, which was supported by the Anti-Saloon league. This act is ricsiirncrl to onahlo the voters, upon petition of onefourth of the 66,518 who participated in the last gubernatorial election, to vote for or against recommending the general assembly the passage of a measure making the entire State "dry;" the special election to be held Sept. 22, 1914. The bill as amended permits manufacturers of intoxicants to continue their business if the entire product is shipped outside the State. The bill does not restrict the sale of Virginin-made cider. The amended bill goes back to the House which had already passed it for conference. Cheaper Clothing in Sight. That the effect of the new tariff law as regards free wool is already being felt, was explained to The Times man a few days ago by one of the clothing merchants of the town. The reductions will be sweeping in some instances, according to this merchant, who said a decided cut had already been made in wool serge goods and stated that s iits which sold last spring for $16 and $18 could now be bought for $12 and $14. The Fort Mill clothier looks for a downward trend throughout the season. STANDING of PIANO CONTESTANTS Tuesday, February 10. Miss Frances Smith . 156,800 " Leasye Epps, R-l, 405,000 " Miss PImma Epps 89,2(H) Mrs. G. W. Wilkerson 111.2(H) Miss Edna Ferguson 409,1;">0 Ocie Hood 174,000 " Jessie Baker 400,900 rsA most every day. If you will always find so met hi orders. We pay all par lounting to as much as 2 of Fancy Dress Gingham of Fancy Dress Gingham js in Curtain Scrim. Heai resses, neatly trimmed. lined Kimonos, $1/25 val ed Silk patterns left. H ds for $1.50. Better qui >\\ Y yards for $2.50. ji* for one of these Heau it these reduced prices, assortment of Yard-widi vvintei goods, Long Coat :rs, Caps, Blankets, Undi Kimbre Vhere Quality Reign sasaisasasasBSBSBsasBSBSBS P1"' 3 >1.26 Per Tear. .' ^ J JST THREE MORE WEEKS * OF THE BIG PRIZE CONTEST Every contestant in The Times* great prize contest who expccte to be the winner of the handsome piano should "make hay while the sun shines." This contest will come to a close on Saturday, March 7lh, and y< u are going to want to have enough votes to your credit, to make you the winner of the piano. Little more than three weeks remain of this contest, and everyone in this seslion is beginning to speculate as to who will win. Several contestants are active and are running neck and neck. In fact the race is so close at present that the contest manager cannot tell who the winner will be. Think over your list of acquaintances and see if you have neglected to secure a subscription from any of them. There are still plenty of subscriptions for the mere asking, and the* first contestant that asks for the subscription usually gets it. Every contestant should organize her friends and relatives to assist her to be the winner in this great race. Get your friends to not only give you their subscriptions, but to get out and secure subscriptions from their friends. Don't sit back and allow others to get all the good things in life. Grasp the opportunities that come your way. This is one of the rare opportunities of a life-time, and you will forever be sorry, if you do not take advantage of every opportunity and win the piano. It is going to be given absolutely free to the contestant receiving the largest number of votes by the close of the contest. Today is the time to decide whether or not you are going to be the winner of the piano. The contest will soon close, and now is the time to make up your mind that you are going to have the piano. Then start out and secure a subscription from ev ^ person you see. Get them^lo M give you a subscription for five or ten years. Look at the number of votes that you receive for a subscription for five or ten years. There are plenty of your friends who would subscribe for live years for the mere asking. iNever again will you have an opportunity to secure such a handsome prize without one cent cost to you. You have always wanted a piano, and now you have the opportunity. Make every minute count for votes. !5BS5L5H5rH5H5H5HSE5B5BSE5BlH| LE! 3 ' n ' 3 visit our store every j{ ng new and fresh. eel post charges oi> >3 Sc. |jj s only 10c. ffi s only (i l-2c. S Litifu 1 patterns at 5c, jjj regular price $1.50, 8 lues, now only 08c. g cgular price, 4- yards IC ality, regular price, j u tiful Dress Patterns, g i n * u Percales. C :s, Coat Suits, Chil- g ? :rvvear and Shoes. k ill Co., | * n 1 ' asBsasasHSHSHsasBSBsasasalBl J i