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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
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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>
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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
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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.
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