Fort Mill times. (Fort Mill, S.C.) 1892-current, April 29, 1915, Image 1
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Established in 1891.
STATE NEWS ARRANQED
FOR QUICK REiDINQ.
Charged with failure to enforce
the laws prohibiting the
sale of whiskey, Sheriff W. W.
Huckabee, of Kershaw county,
has been removed from office by
Governor Manning.
The city council of Lancaster
has awarded the contract for
paving the whole of Main street
from the court house square to
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me .LiaucasLer iiuu v^iiesi-cr ucpot.
The contract calls for the
laying of 11,500 yards of sheet
asphalt.
Governor Manning several days
ago issued a requisition on Governor
Craig of North Carolina
for the return to this State of
B. P. Sloan, who is wanted in
Oconee county to answer to the
charge of disposing of property
under mortgage.
Rich Williams, a negro, convicted
of murder in 1903, and
given life imprisonment in the
penitentiary, and who escaped
from the Charleston chaingang
during March, has been captured
in Columbia by a member of the
city detective force.
S. F. Killingsworth of Columbia,
grand secretary, announces
by authority of the
errand master. M. L. Smith, that
the South Carolina gTand lodge,
I. O. O. F., will meet May 12 in
Rock Hill, convening at 9 o'clock
in the morning.
In compliance with a recently-passed
law requiring twice-amonth
pay days the Southern
Railway has instituted a new
system of paying off its shop
employees on the 10th and 25th
of each month. The law applies
only to the companies' shops in
North Carolina.
Acting upon the recommendation
of the board of pardons
Governor Manning has granted
a parole to Parrott Milam, of
Laurens county, who was convicted
in the spring of 1910 on
tne cnargeoi assault ana oattery
with intent to kill, and was
sentenced to eight years in the
penitentiary.
The total sales of the dispensaries
in the 15 counties of
the State legally selling intoxicating
beverages for the month
of March, this year totalled
$240,548.23. The total operating
expense amounted to $16,433.75.
Added to this was $496.30 for
the expense of the office of the
State dispensary auditor.
Two months of anxiety over
the sudden disappearance of
W. A. Miller, an operative in
the Mary Louise mills of Spartanbarg,
was followed last week
by the discovery of the man's
body in a patch of woods near
the public road. The body was
in the last stages of decomposition,
and it is believed that the
man had been dead since the
* day of his disappearance on
February 20.
Thomas H. Peeples, attorney
. ^ general, Saturday rendered an
opinion as to the power of the
governor fixing the compensation
of constables. It was given
at the request of Governor Manning.
The attorney general
holds, that as a general proposition
the governor has the right
to fix compensation for constables
and detectives, but the
salaries of chief constable and
deputy constables are fixed by
law.
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Vote to Change Name.
The town council has published
a notice calling an election to be
held on Tuesday, May 25, on the
question of changing the name
of the town of Yorkville from
Yorkville to York.'
At the same time and place,
and under the supervision of the
same set of managers, Yorkville
school district will elect two
trustees of the graded school.
The municipal registration
books are to be opened from
May 1 to May 10, inclusive, for
the benefit of voters who may
be entitled to register, but who
have not yet done so.
Carl H. Hart, secretary of the
Board of Trade, has been appointed
municipal registrar, vice
C. A. Boney, resigned.?Yorkville
Enquirer.
Some More Trial for Thaw.
The question of the sanity of
Harry K. Thaw will be determined
by a jury.
Supreme court Justice Hendrick
in his decision Saturday
granted the application for a
trial made by Thaw's lawyers
on a writ of habeas corpus.
Thaw was in the court when
Justice Hendrick announced the
decision.
His face at once lighted up
with pleasure. He was kept
busy for nearly half an hour
shaking hands and receiving congratulations
before he was taken
back to the tombs.
"It will be good news to my
mother" he told newspaper
men. "That's all I want to say
for publication."
Farmers Reduce Cotton Acreage.
The farmers of ten cotton
growing States will reduce their
acreage but 14.5 per cent., according
to an estimate issued by
Cooper & Griffin, cotton merchants
of Greenville. The reduction
in the quantity of fertilizer
to be used this season is
estimated be 35.6 per cent. In
South Carolina the acreage reduction
is given at 15 per cent,
and the fertilizer reduction 34
per cent.
The letter sent out by Cooper
&?Griffin announcing the result
of their investigations reveals
figures which are different from
the earlier estimates, but which
are probably nearer correct than
the estimates which denote a
greater reduction in acreage.
Editor Appelt Dead.
Louis Appelt of Manning, owner
and editor of the Manning
Times for 30 years, who was
serving his fourth term as State
senator from Clarendon county,
died last Wednesday afternoon
at the Columbia Itantist hosnitnl i
Mr. Appelt, on his return from
Spartanburg last week, where
he attended with his daughters
the South Atlantic States Music
festival, stopped in Columbia for
a surgical examination. This
revealed so serious a condition,
resulting from cancer, as to in
dicate an immediate operation,
which was performed Monday,
with only the very slightest hope
of success. Mr. Appelt was
58 years of age.
Big Increase in Exports.
American exports of domestic
breadstuffs, cotton seed oil, food
animals, meat and dairy products,
cotton and mineral oils in March
were valued at $154,156,760 compared
with $75,110,776 in the
same month a year ago, according
to the department of commerce.
The total value of exports
of these products for the
nine months ending with March
was $956,623,363 against $891,497,912
for the like period of j
last year.
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PLEASANT VALLEY CLUB
TO HOLD FLOWER SHOW
(Contributed.)
The monthly meeting of the
Home Makers' club and School
Improvement society of Pleasant
Valley was held several days ago
at the home of Mrs. J. Z. Bailes,
and, as usual, much interest was
manifest. As spring has arrived,
the improvement ladies are becoming
deeply interested in their
flowers, being encouraged by the
interest taken and pleasure derived
from their flower show last
year. This year the ladies have
resolved to attempt one on a
larger scale. Many preparations
are being made for the fair to be
held the coming fall. The ladies
are striving to arouse interest
among the young people of the
community and to make homelife
more pleasant. They have
aiiau^cu a not ui CAiuuild vviinjii
promise to be interesting. Each
piece of work must be the work
of the exhibitor and must be
made in 1915. Everyone, and
especially the boys and girls, are
urged to compete. We think
that we should onconrage the
boy to do this by seeing that he
has a piece of land all his own.
Also to allow the boys and girls
to have chickens and help them
to secure pure bred stock; that
we organize a sewing club for
the girls and appoint some lady
to instruct them in sewing; that
each lady be a committe of one
to plan and help make the Pleasant
Valley fair a success.
Following is a list of exhibits
for the fair;
Floral Department.
Best chrysanthemum, geranium,
fern, dahlia and rose, from
this year's plants.
The greatest improvements tc
yards.
Domestic Art.
Best embroidered centerpiece.
Best tatted centerpiece.
Best collection of all kinds oi
fancy work.
For girls under 16 years of
age, by hand:
Child's apron.
Properly worked button-hole.
Hemmed napkin.
Hemmed towel.
Best collection of plain and
fancy work.
Household Science.
Best quart of canned fruits,
pickles, preserves, catsup.
Best collection of jellies of the
above.
Best cake, plain or layer.
Best pie and custard.
Biscuit, light bread, butter,
honey.
Best collection of all pantr.\
supplies.
The most different ways of
preparing corn meal in cooking.
Best bushel of corn, potatoes,
sweet or Irish, largest pumpkins
and tomatoes.
Best chickens, Plymouth Rock,
Wyandotte, R. I. Red.
Mrs. J. Z. Bailes,
Mrs. T. W. Culp.
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mr?. massey t^uip,
Mrs. W. P. Norman,
Mrs. D. 0. Potts,
Committee.
A Distinct Loss.
South Carolina suffered a distinct
loss in the shelving of
W. W. Lewis of Yorkville,
colonel of the First Regiment
National Guard. That Col.
Lewis is an able man is proved
in ample manner by his success
in life; that he is a pure man is
attested by his neighbors; that
he is an active man is shown by
the fact that he is chairman of
the board of visitors or trustees
of the Citadel. It was a surprise
to his friends that Col.
Lewis ever gave up so much of
his time to a service in which
appreciation is not a characteristic.?Columbia
Record.
The best price offered for cotton
on the local market today is
10 cents.
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Dedication of Courthouse.
Plans for the dedication of the
new courthouse are under more
or "less general consideration in
Yorkville, and the understanding
: is that the event will take place
during the first week of July.
It was suggested in the town
council some time ago that that
body take the initiative in the
matter; but the idea was not
unanimous, and although no
definite action was taken, there
was a suggestion that it would
probably be better to leave the
matter of arrangements with
the secretary of the "Board of
Trade." It is quite probable
that there will be a composite
programme that will include a
Fourth of July celebration, a
home-coming and a courthouse
dedication. The York county
bar will probably arrange the
i programme for the dedicatory
: exercises, and while The Enj
quirer has not been nresented
with any specific facts in regard
1 to the matter, it understands
that present plans contemplate
t a gathering of the bench and
bar of the State on the occasion.
1 As yet, however, there appears
: to be no definite representative
administrative authority in
s charge of any part of the proi
posed celebration. ? Yorkville En.
quirer.
Wilhelm Will Intern.
; The German commerce de!
stroyer Kronprinz Wilhelm, now
' at Newport News, Va., will be
interned for the war in Ameri;
can waters at the request of her
commander, Lieut. Capt. Thierfelder.
Notice of his intention
was given officially to Customs
1 Collector Hamilton late Monday.
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AT ENON CHURCH MAY 4-5
Following is the program of the
York Baptist Sunday School convention
to be held at Enon
church, in Western York, Tuesday
and Wednesday. May 4-5:
Tuesday, May 4.
10:30?Devotional and organization.
Pres. A. E. Willis.
11:15?Report on delivery of
rewards. Teacher training secretary.
Address and conference. T. J.
Watts.
12:30?Recess.
1:15?Devotional. F. T. Cox.
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i.ow-ucner reauing, wun live
minute verbal reports. Quiz. T.
J. Watts.
3:00?Report on grading and
address. R. C. Burts. Conference.
T. J. Watts.
3:45?Doctrinal teaching. D.
W. Thomasson, J. H. Machen, T.
J. Watts.
4:30?adjournment.
Wednesday, May 5.
9:00?Devotional. W. W. Lipscomb.
9:30 -Organized class superintendent's
report. Address. W.
W. Lipscomb. Conference. T.
J Wstts.
10:15?Recruits. A. M. Grist,
W. B. Timmons, F. T. Cox.
11:00?Home Department superintendent's
report. Conference.
T. J. Watts.
11:45?Graded lessons. A. E.
Willis, H. J. Wood, S. P. Hair.
12:30?Recess.
1:15 ?Devotional. J. H. Machen.
1:30?Cradle Roll superintendent's'
report. Acdress. G. E.
Smith. Conference. T. J. Watts.
2:00?Teachers' Helps: (a) Preparing;
(b) Teaching. J. B. Talbert,
J. H. Machen.
2:30?Regularity and punctuality.
J. A. Berry, G. E. Smith,
T. J. Watts.
3:15? Miscellaneous and adjourn.
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Will Veto York CouAty Act.
Announcement has been made
from the office of the governor
in Columbia, says the York News,
to the effect that the chief executive
will veto the act of the last
General Assembly to prohibit the
operation of motor truck cars
owned by non-residents, in York,
Clarendon and Aiken counties,
without a license of $100 per
year for each car. Road officials
of York county say that these ^
vehicles do incalculable harm to
the roads of the county because
they pet stuck in the mud and
by their efforts to free the
wheels of the machines they dip
deep holes in the road, thereby
puttinp the roads in .bad shape,
as a result of which the county
has to spend considerable money.
Oar Gold Hill Letter.
We are exceedinply sorry to
learn that Mrs. Frank Windle is
danperously ill at this writinp.
Mr. Tate Marks, of Steele
Creek, spent Monday in Gold
Hill with relatives.
Mr. G. C. Blankenship, of
Rock Hill, spent Sunday in Gold
Hill with his parents, We hope
Mr. Blaekenship will find it convenient
to visit this community
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chased himself a beautiful
15-horse power Indian motorcycle
of the 1915 model.
An interesting feature of our
commencement will be the Fort
Mill Orchestra. It is thought,
by those most concerned, that
they will be with us Wednesday
and Thursday night, as well as
Friday. Hyperion.
Gold Hill, April 26.
J. E. Bruce, of Winnsboro, was
a visitor to Fort Mill yesterday.
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