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f 4 ** ' - rv*'tTB The Fort Mill Times. ______ _____ "r Established in 1891. ^ * FORT MILL, S. C., THURSDAY, OCTOBER 14, 1915. $1.25 Per Year. * ?'< >tl^ ,ri . _ MR. HUGHES' BROTHER - " ' MET DEATH IN WRECK Mr. E. L. Hughes, of this city, received, information Friday of the fatal injnry in a railroad wreck near Arrington, Va., early in the day, of his brother, Mr. Philip O. Hughes, baggage master on the Southern's passenger train No. 38, Charlotte to Washington. Mr. Hughes, of this city, left at once for Lynchburg, the home of his brother, but the latter was dead when he reached that city. Mr. Ilughes was killed while he was in the act of uncoupling a coach on the fast train, which known as No. 38 or the New Orleans-New York Limited. While he was under the coach a local train struck the engine of the northbound train and a wheel cut off his leg. He died a short time later of shock. The i body was taken to Lynchburg shortly before noon Friday and prepared for burial. Mr. Hughes was 37 years of age and made his home with Mr. and Mrs. Owen Rush, of Lynchburg, Mrs. Rush being his sister. He is survived by his mother, Mrs. Mollie L. Hughes, and four sisters: Mrs. Rush, Mrs. ^ W. B. Ricketts, Mrs. J. N. j Norris, of Richmond, and Miss, Nannie Hughes, of Lynchburg. ' He also leaves three brothers, Messrs. E. L. Hughes of Fort Mill; J. H. Hughes of Wilming^ ton, N. C., and J. M. Hughes of Marion, Ind. Mr. Hughes had been detalied on Southern trains Nos. 41 and 42 up to several days ago. He was recently changed to trains Nos. 29 and 38 and this was the first run between Charlotte and ; Washington under the new arrangement. His death is unusually sad as he was engaged to be married to a young lady of Lynchburg within a short time. Banks are Warned. Internal Revenue Collector D. C. Heyward has issued the following statement from his pffice in Columbia, i "It has come to the attention * u ? ?i.? ? f :_i. I ui nic uuuctiui u i liiicnmi revenue for the district of South Carolina, that some of the banks in this State have failed to comply with the Emergency Revenue act, in that revenue stamps have not been placed upon notes and other papers handled by banks. The law requires that a documentary stamp of two cents for each one hundred dollars or fraction thereof, be placed upon all notes, and if banks fail to do this it will be necessary for the - colleter to institute proceedings against them." Strongest Wind Yet Recorded. The tropical storjn which severely damaged the Louisiana and Mississippi coasts recently, was attended by the greatest ? sustained wind velocity ever recorded in the United States, according to the forecaster of the New Orleans district, who has issiiPf] rpnnrfs from thp vueathur bureau station at Burwood, near the mouth of the Mississippi riv,^er. The maximum velocity at Burwood was 122 miles per hour for a period of five minutes, and during another five-minute periled a velocity of 120 miles was ( recorded. > President Wilson to Wed. L ^ President Woodrow Wilson has announced his engagement to Mrs. Norman Gait, a wealthy Washington woman. The date of the wedding has not been fixed, but it probably will take place in December at the home ! of the bride-elect. , . Frost and the CottoitCrop. Several days will probably elapse before it will be possible to determine the extent the heavy frost that visited this section of the cotton belt Sunday and Monday. That it did considerable damage to all growing crops is manifest but as to whether it actually killed the top crop of cotton remains to be seen. This same cold spell resulted from an area of high A 1 A 1 1 pressure mat passed over tne middle Mississippi valley last week and which centered over the Middle Alantic States, passing: out to sea Monday. It brought heavy and in various places killing frosts in Arkansas, the Memphis, Tenn. district, portions of Tennessee, the upper parts of Georgia, Alabama, Mississippi, all of Oklahoma and the northern part of Texas. It occasioned heavy frosts in the piedmont section of the Carolinas and Virginia embracing about one-third of the total cotton belt. This was one of the earliest heavy frosts recorded in years and doubtless did much damage throughout the South, liurl ii'iilnt'lv tl>o lni<i ?J IV HIV, UUV CWLtUIl. In view of the fact that the crop is already very small and at the same time late, the resultant injury to the yield is evident.? Charlotte Observer. Boney's Son is Athletic's Mascot. People of Fort Mill and vicinity will be interested in the following clipping from the Walterboro Press and Standard: E. T. H. Shaffer, on a recent visit to Philadelphia, was entertained in the home of Mr. and Mrs. S. E. Boney. Mrs. Boney will be remembered here as Miss Emily Bellinger, formerly stenographer for the Press and Standard, beginning in this office the romance which ended in her marriage to Mr. Boney, at that time connected with the News and Courier. They have a little boy named Wilfred, about four years of age. Mr. Boney is editor in chief of the athletics department of the Philadelphia EvenigLedger, and is thrown with the leading athletes of the country. Little Wilfred was made a mascot this year for the Philadelphia Athletics, and among the photographs brought hack by Mr. Shaffer is one with Lajoie, the celebrated first baseman. Another shows little Wilfred with Jess Willard, world's heavy weight champion, and his trainer, Tom Jones. Mr. and Mrs. Boney are delighted with their new home and Mr. Boney is making good on the paper. Mr. Boney was some years ago teacher of Gold Hill school, this township, and is well remembered in this community. Must Get Burial Permits. Registrars of vital statistics throughout the State have received the following circular letter from James A. Hayne, M. D., secretary of the State board of health: "I have had several reports of ^ ^ ?* nui idift in umureiiL puns or tne State without permits, and I am writing to all the Registrars, asking that they notify me of such offenses against the law. "Please let ii he widely known in your district that persons who fail to get permits will be prosecuted. "Please make an earnest effort to get all death returns. The registration throughout the State has been wonderfully good for the first six months, try to keep it up to the standard you have established, and oblige." Dr. J. T. Hamilton, a prominent physician of Philadelphia, was found dead in his berth in a Pullman car when train no 80, the morning train from Charleston, reached Lake City Saturday morning. * . WEALTHY ANDERSON MAN KILLED BY HIS NEPHEW { Dr. Lawrence O. McCalla, one ' of the most prominent citizens i of his section of the State, was ! shot and instantly killed at 8:30 < o'clock Saturday morning by his i nephew by marriage, Mr.-Feaster i I. Jones, another prominent cit- < izen of Anderson county. The ' MORE LOCAL HISTORY BY OUR OLDEST CITIZEN Editor Times: I will attempt to tell a little more about the origin of Fort Mill, its first residents, etc. In the year 1853 J. H. Faulkner and W. D. Russell bought the stock of goods of J no. D. White, which was in the old two-story building, and employed William Faulkner, a brother of mine who had been living in Lancaster, to clerk for them. Faulkner rented the Matthews hotel and moved his family there. Well, J. L. Moore, who had a farm on the east side of Catawba river, told Faulkner & Russell if they would buy his cotton crop he would get his supply of groceries from the firm that year. At marketing time they allowed him the top price for his cotton and took it, his grocery bill during the year having been 50 cents worth of coffee and 25 cents worth of brown sugar. The firm of Faulkner & Russell made its fortune in one year and quit business. The next occupants of this old building was a class of fiddlers who came along in 1857 and gave an exhibition in old Unity church. They claimed to learn one to play a tune in one day, and of course got a class after the people had heard their music. About eight or ten, from 15 to 45 years of age, joined, some left-handed, some right-handed, and some ladies joined to learn the organ. The notes were figures, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, and 7, instead of letters. Our teacher was a young lady, and we learned the figures in one day. The next day she gave us a piece of music out of an old note book, and then came the show. Some spread their music on tne noor ana got down beside it on their knees, and of all the flats and sharps you ever heard, we had them. I don't think any natural notes were made except those bv the teacher. Well, next day all came in on time and Colonel White, Martin Kee, Tom Withers, Harris Saville, John Faulkner and others paid up and left as they had graduated. Mike Culp, myself and two or three others, continued to the end and none of the others ever played a tune. This class, you will understand, was in the same old store building. Then came a couple of Jews, who placed a stock of goods in it, and after one year, having made a fortune, left. Then a man by the name of Sylvester Caton got the appointment of * l J _ I puaLiiiusicr unu upeneu up in me same, old building and kept there until March, 1862. I had been running as conductor on the A. T. & 0. railroad and accidentally lost one foot. The war was going on and Col. Springs and others got me appointed postmaster, and. B. F. Powell, ' who was then railroad agent, ; resigned in my favor and I put | the postoftice in the depot. This ! made the old sfore house vacant again, until rented by Dinker as a place in which to store cotton. S. P. Sutton was given the job of buying cotton and during the war filled the old house full, paying for it in Confederate money. When the war was over he sold his cotton for gold, thereby turning his otherwise wurtrness c,onieaerate money into a "barrel of ffold." T. D. Faulkner. John Massey, of the Southern Power company's office force, spent Sunday at his home in this city. snooting occurred in Dr. McCal- ! la's private garage at his home at Starr. 10 miles below the city 1 of Anderson. 1 Immediately after the shooting i Mr. Jones went over to his home ' about 200 yards away and tele- < phoned the sheriff's office of what:! he had done. < On leaving the McCalla yard. ' Jones met Mrs. McCalla and ' told her of the shooting, but J made no statement of the cause, and what brought about the trag- edy is unknown. ' Have Important Places. South Carolina will take a more commanding position in the \ coming session of Congress than \ any other time since the War be- ! j o 4.: I .1 nf?ccn me oi't'nuns, unless tne i ^ present plans for committee as- t signments go wrong. Congress- j man Whaley is slated for a place L on the powerful judiciary com- t mittee and Mr. Byrnes may be \ given a place on the appropria- t tions committee to succeed Form- j er Congressman Joe Johnson. ( Congressman Aiken, it is said, t is being groomed for an important chairmanship and Congress- c man Nicholls, the new member ( from the State, will be well 1 cared for. Mr. Lever is already s chairman of the agricultural com- 1 mittee and Mr. Finley ranks sec- ( ond on the postoffiee and post- i roads committees. t Something 1 ? !A handsome Lii given Free every 1 1 00-Piece Limcgt given Free the 27t T\ With each 25-cent purche them all. They are valuab One Set of I ableware wil To the person holding th< the number which is under sent Absolutelv Frpe af *Kp i Forty-T ? We will continue giving c ? Saturday of the Twenty-Sev QP holding the corresponding o 2c play dard in our store, a bea g One Hur !2: It will be necessary for yc in order to secure one of tb< Q If you are not fortunate ei ? your coupons and bring the ? ing the entire twenty-seven I REMEMBER I Mills & i in Boosters Visit Fort Mill. The special train carrying the 1 hundred or more members of the J Charlotte Booster club arrived; in Fort Mill shortly after 8 o'clock ; last Thursday morning, and! Jespite the steady downpour of rain were met at the station by :i number of the representative citizens of the town. The party tarried in Fort Mill for about 20 minutes during which Clarence Kuester, who had charge of the party, introduced T. L. Kirkpatrick, mayor of Charlotte, who made a pleasing speech. In response, L. A. Harris, ex-mayor jf Fort Mill and Dr. J. Lee Spratt, mayor pro tern, welcomed the visitors. The train \J11 HO >Vll> Willi the addition of I)r. J. Lee Sprat'. L. A. Harris, J. H. McMurray, W. B. Meacham and W. B. Ardrey as the guests of the booster special. Lancaster's Big Mill. The Lancaster Cotton Mill was ncorporated in 181)5 and is now he largest, most up-to-date mill n the United States, or perhaps ,ve should say the world, although he largest in the United States s "enough said" to the average American. At the present time here are one thousand three lundred and twelve names on he pay roll, and that pay roll "or a year amounts to three hunIred and sixty-five thousand lollars. The floor space alone rovers fifteen acres and throughVlif f KlO ?^?11 ' 1 1 - mv inio cnui iiiuus mill, uiny ine atest textile machinery is used, ;o to come ri^ht down to plain an^ua^e it is one of the wonders )f the South and to see this mill s well worth a trip to Lancas,er. ? Mill Life. ?@ @? ?????0 fs Happene RE IT Tioges China Dinner , 1_ i wcck. iur z.u weens, >s China Dinner Se h week. ie Condition ise at our store we will issue a le. 1 be awarded each Saturday aft< 5 coupon bearing the number cc the Seal on I^arge Display Card hour specified, one of these bea wo Piece Dinne >ne these sets each week for Tv PnfK U/PpL" \A//? TAr?ll ? A ??v. TTiu pi r\ua r nearest number to the one un lutiful idred Piece Din ?u to be in our store each Saturc sse beautiful Dinner Sets, lough to secure one of these s rn each Saturday at the time sta weeks. One Coupon With Each 25c Young C i the New Store )0OOQQ00S0000i STATE HEWS ARRANGED FOR QUICK READING. The Carolina, Atlantic & Western railway station at Eulonia was burned Sunday morning: at 1 o'clock and the entire contents destroyed, including a car of cotton on the sidetrack. It was not possible to estimate the exact damage, but there were about 100 bales of cotton and a good amount of undelivered freight. 1 Announcement was made Saturday night by S. T. Carter, the State treasurer, that $100,000 had been borrowed to meet the State government expenses. The loan was made by the Palmetto National bank, of Columbia, the rate of interest being placed at 2.44 per cent. 4 Patterson VVardlaw, dean of the department of pedagogy at the University of South Carolina, has been selected as exchange professor at the University of Virginia for this year. Dr. Wardlaw will in consequence go to Virginia to deliver a course of lectures. The sum of $221.38 is due the estate of the late Col. J. T. Counts, who died a short time ago at Bamberg, on a contract for carrying the U. S. mail at the time the Civil war was declared, according to a letter received by the family from an attorney in Washington. At the annual meeting of the Attorneys General of the United States, held in San Francisco. Thos. H. Peeples, of this State, was elected vice-president of the organization. Q9<&Q9Q9Q9Q9Q?Q9<&?0? d d! ^|j ? I Set, worth $ 1 2.00 ? and a complete x t, worth $30.00, ? s. ? numbered Coupon. Save ?0 srnoon at 3 o'clock. * >rresponding to or nearest a in our store, we will preutiful ra r Sets. ? renty-Six Weeks, and on olutely I ree to the person ? der the Gold Seal on dis- v ner Set. g lay at the hour mentioned 5? ets the first week, hold Q ted, as they are good dur- ? Purchase. g Domo V I " .