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.
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[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.
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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.)
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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
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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."
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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.
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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
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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.
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