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? . "^1 The Fort Mill Times. Ut , Established in 1891. r FORT MILL. S. C., THURSDAY. SEPTEMBER 3o7l915. " ~ REV. MR. HAIR WRITES OF TRIPTO THE WEST We returned from the Yellowstone park to Salt Lake City, where the connection was close for Colorado Springs. Much of the mountain scenery for the first ten hours was very interesting. We were never out of sight of the mountains. They presented a variety in height, shape, size and color. There was uniformity in one respect, all were free from vegetation. We were glad to get off at 10 p. m., for the night at Glen wood Springs, Col., as we had been on j a crowded train in hot, dry, dusty weather riding for fifteen hours over a very rough mountain road. We found a beautiful little health resorfof about two thousand inhabitants. There is i one fine large hotel and a very J large swimming pool. where bathing in the open air is enjoyed all the year, for the pool is supplied with water from a hot springl Our journey the next morning was thru the mountains. We reached the Royal Gorge in the afternoon. j Here an observation car was attached and we could see overhead as well as to the side. The # train winds its way along the small river thru the gorge often making such short turns that one wonders how it can stay on the track. On each side of the track there are massive rock two thousand feet high. Sometimes rock project out over the track. In one place the gorge is so narrow that there is only room for the little stream. Here the river is bridged and the track is laid directly over the water. We reached Colorado Springs at 6 p. m. and took an electric car to Manitou. Manitou is six miles from Colorado Springs at the foot of the mountains. This village is of less than three thousand and entertains more than forty thousand guests every summer. Pike's Peak with its scenic attractions and its unique railway is the greatest attraction. Major Zebulon M. Pike discovered this mountain in 1806. After many efforts to scale it, Pike abandoned the project with the statement that "No human being could ascend to its pinnacle." Early in the morning we paid five dollars for our ticket to take a railroad ride above the clouds and stop on the summit of Pike's Peak 14147 feet above sea level. This road known as Cog Wheel Route surpasses all other railroads of its kind. Quaint beauties crowd the way, and the things of greatest interest are pointed out and described by the conductor. All trees are left behind two thousand feet before the journey ends and before reaching the summit all vegetation of any kind is left behind and snow and ice is al^ ways plentiful. There are several acres almost level on the summit. This is said to be the best view in America with sixty thousand square miles in the ramre of vision. In 1KK4 ahnnt eight miles was graded in an .effort to build a railroad up Pike's Peak going round and round the mountain, but was abandoned as impracticable. The present road was begun in 1886 and completed in four years. It is only nine miles long. We found it pleasant on the summit and suffered no inconvenience from the high altitude. We next visited the Cave of the Winds. The cave has been discovered less than fifty years and the two discoverers are still \ living. When first visited there (GontamMd am 4 .) Cotton Money at 6 Per Cent. The statement accredited recently to John L. McLaurin to the effect that certain South Carolina bankers, in conjunction with bankers of New York, were attempting to force the farmers to sell their cotton at ten cents per pound, does not agree with the policy of the j First National Bank of Fort Mill. In another column Cashier Spratt tells the farmers that he has plenty of money to let them have on warehouse receipts at l> per cent. Not only this, but Mr. Spratt. w^io is acquainted till Mi O i? ivu ci uti nuiiiuci ui Luc | bankers of the State, does not agree with Commissioner McLaurin in his alleged statement that; the bankers of South Carolina are trying to keep the Northern bankers from advancing money I on cotton warehouse receipts, | and knowing, as he does, that the bankers of this State are a high-toned and honorable set of men, he believes that they can be depended on now as in the! past to do everything in their power to lend aid and assist the j producers of the State's principal money crop. Mr. Spratt' does not advise the farmers to hold or sell their cotton at present prices. but is in position to , j advance money at six per cent, interest to all who wish to hold their cotton for higher prices. To Tax Shareholders Direct. Auditor Love has received from the State tax commission a list of 457 shareholders in York county banks, with instructions to add to the personalty already charged against each one 50 per cent, of the book value of his or her bank stock holdings. Heretofore the banks have been making returns for their stockholders and paying taxes for them. The tax commission sought to equalize bank returns on this basis, according to their own ideas of justice and equity. The banks went to the courts, and Judge Watts held the commission up. It seems now that it is the intention of the commission to require the hr.iik< 1r?otr tovoo r?r> w.aw vv? J/l* J bUAVO V/H realty only, and require each shareholder to pay taxes on his own stock holdings. The assessment laid by the tax commission is nearly twice the amount most of the banks have been returning heretofore. In other words, the commission is evidently seeking to get from the shareholders the same amount it originally sought to get from the banks. The auditor will have to carry out on his books the amounts charged against each shareholder and the treasurer will have to | include all these amounts in the i ' different receipts. That this new ; i move on the part of the tax com- i mission will be resisted as strenuously as was the effort to raise the assessment against the banks goes without saying. The tax commission, however, claims that it is only trying to enforce the law as it has stated all along. ? j The Enquirer. Gasoline Takes a Rise. Quotations on gasoline from half a hundred markets in South Carolina indicate that there has been an unprecedented rise in prices during the last month or six weeks, says the Columbia State. The jump"approximates from 5 cents to 7 cents a gallon. Early in the summer gasoline I was retailed in most places at 15 cents. Ruling figures now are around 20 cents, with advances to 22 cents nnd 25 cents in outlying territory where the facilities for handling the "juice" are meagre. BRIEF HISTORY OF FORT MILL. Editor The Times: While sitting on my front porch Saturday the thought occurred to me that as I was the oldest and one of the first settlers of the town of Fort Mill I would undertake to write you a brief history of the place. The first dwelling erected in Fort Mill was built by Mr. Owen Matthews at the south side of the present E. W. Kimbrell Go's : store. This building was erected in 1857 for a boarding house, and was afterward used as a hotel by the late S. Hotchkiss until his death. The first business house stood where the store; of R. F. #Grier is now located and was built by W. E. White. This building was first occupied by the firm of Bernhardt, Coltbarp & Mauney as merchants. Colt harp died about 1853, and his interest was taken over by J. M. Powell, who was then railroad agent. A brother of Mr. Powell, 13. F. Powell, came to Fort Mill from Ebenezer, and took the railroad agency. The mercantile firm name was then changed to Mauney, Powell & Co. In later years, the old store building was sold to J. T. J. Harris and rebuilt as a dwelling, the same now standing at the intersection of Booth and Rocky streets and occupied by Mr. J. F. Lytle. The next store house was built across the street from R. F. Grier's present stand and was occupied for three or four years by Morrow &. Potts. The next building to go up was the wagon shop of Gulp Bros., which occupied a site about where the Stewart building stands on the south side of Main street. Morrow & Potts having gone out of business, the building occupied by the firm was then used as a residence by B F. Powell until 1858, when it was burned, together with Gulp Bros, wagon shop. The members of j the Gulp firm were VV. J. and j T. G. Culp, and the night of the j fire W. J. Gulp became overheated and caught a deep cold and never afterwards spoke above a whisper. The third store house was built by Capt. J. D. White, who was raised one and one-half miles west of Doby's bridge, on a place now owned by J. W. Ardrey. This building was two stories high, the top story being occupied by the Sons of Temperance. This building was later sold to R. A. Young, who moved it to a point below McElhaney's stable and used it as a tanyard house. It was later sold to T. B. Withers and again moved to a lot on Confederate street, near the present home of S. A. Epps, and is now owned by Alex Barber. The first residence was built by Dr. B. M. Cobb, occupying the corner lot at the head of Main street, now owned by T. A. Mills, and was torn away some pears ago. The second dwelling was built by B. J. Patterson where the Methodist parsonage ; now stands and the third resi; dence was built by W. J. Gulp on the site on Booth street now occupied by the home of I)r. I T. S. Kirkpatrick. This house, which was moved some years ago to the east side of the street, | is very sacred to me, as it was ! here that I was married. The railroad was built through ! Fort Miil in 1851. The town got ! its name from an old Indian fort near the Spratt homestead and | the old Webb mill, two miles east of town. The population of Fort Mill at the time which I write was about 15. It is now above 1800. I am now nearing my 81st birthday. T. D. Faulkner. Fort Mill, Sept. 20,1016. FIFTEEN CENT COTTON, SAYS SENATOR SMITH "Cotion will certainly go beyond 15 cents. Just how much I won't say, nor will I repeat what I said to a Columbia banker this morning. But cotton is going above 15 cents." The above was Senator E. D. Smith's optimistic summary to the Columbia State of the cotton situation when in Columbia Saturday. His conclusion, he explained, was based on two factors: One that the 1915 crop will not be more than 10,500,000 bales; the other the exhorbitant demand lor cotton for the manufacture of war munitions, which is becoming more urgent each day to meet heavy orders from Europe, plus the impending criris in Mexico and the appeal for increased armament in the United States, incident to threatened complications with European countries. Senator Smith also made a striking analogy between the present crop and that of 1914. "Last year we produced more than 16,000,000 bales. Despite the demoralization of European spinners, and the fact that the cotton exchanges were closed a large portion of the season, we have consumed practically all of last year's crop. This year we'll uiciitveL uniy aoouu lU,OUU,UUU bales. You can draw your own conclusions." C. R. Blanton. a young York man, was killed in a collision Sunday between the motorcycle which he was riding and an automobile. The accident occurred near Hickory, N. C. H. Q. Blanton, a brother of the dead man, sustained painful injuries in the accident. !"f A IScientifi Women Every Pa and Ever 1 F | Why wea ? and uncor g can buy ?? knit to hit 1 price? Se I Mills & NOTED FAIRFIELD CASE TO BE TRIED AT YORK In the court at Winnsboro the last week, Judge Rice announced that the case of the State against Jesse Morrison, James Rawl and Ernest Isenhower, charged with the shooting of Sheriff Hood, Rural Policeman Boulware and the negro prisoner. Jules Smith, on the court house steps at W innsboro last June, would be transferred to York for trial. Solicitor J. K. Henry requested the grand jury while in session to make a report in the matter and acquaint him with the views of the people. The report was not made public, but was made a part of the record. If" IPQO etoto/1 * l-? ? ? * 4 ^ m.\j ??uo otutvu, iiUWCVCl i tllclL lilt* grand jury unqualifiedly reported that the case should be moved to ; this county for trial. The next term of the court of general sessions for York county convenes November 23, but it is not known at this time whether the cases will be called for trial at this term. Death in Gold Hill. Ti nius Correspondence. The death angel passed over this section on the 23rd instant and took from our midst Mary Lee, the infant daughter of Mr. and Mrs. David Gibson. This child of 14 months had been a great sufferer for nine months of its life, and all that loving hands and medical aid could do was done for its relief but to no avail. The Master had called for Mary Lee. and while another flower has faded from earth, our our hope is thaL another one has bloomed in heaven. Rest in peace! Grandpa. ?? ?? ?Q???? DEI ic Stockings i , Girls and ir Reinforced w y Pair Fully G' 'er Pair, 25< ir Stockings with nfortable seams, Cadet" Fashione without seams?c je display in wes : Young < n the New Store 8SOS08OO S0886 RAILWAY WILL IMPROVE ITS PASSENGER SERVICE Of interest to the general public is the announcement that effective Sunday, October 24th, the Southern Railway will inaugurate a solid steel vestibule train to be operated between New York and Florida points with convenient schedules in both directions. This new train will run solid to New York and will be composed of mail and baggage cars, steel coaches, dining and Pullman cars. It is started with a view to making it a permanent all year service. 4 Special cars will be added to take care of winter tourists. The fast train will leave A 1- I A. 1 i r- - rvuf^uotc* ^acii uuy ill i;io p. m., Columbia at 4:25 p. m., and will arrive in Washington at 7 o'clock the next morning and in New York at 12:57 o'clock. Southbound the train will leave New York at 1:08 p. m., and Washidgton at 7 p. m., arriving in Columbia at 10:05 a. m., and Augusta at 1:15 p. m. In South Carolina the train will stop at Rock Hill, Chester, Winnsboro, Columbia, Lexington, Batesburg and Trenton, making flag stops at Fort Mill and Ridgeway and conditional flag stops at Leesville, Ridge Spring and Johnson for or from stations north of Columbia at which the train is scheduled to stop. Local train schedules between Charlotte, Columbia, Augusta and Savannah are now being readjusted to afford improved local service in view of the new service. Detailed announcements will be made in the near future. ^11 I W Mon I . VJl * AVJLt^ X Boys. - - I rith Linen ? uaranteed. $ the ugly i! when you @ d Hose--- ? it the same g it window. 3 "omp'y I