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The Fort Mill Times.
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Established in 1891. ^ * FORT MILL, S. C., THURSDAY, OCTOBER 14, 1915. $1.25 Per Year. *
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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
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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.
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^ 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. ,
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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
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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
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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.
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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
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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
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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
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given Free every 1
1 00-Piece Limcgt
given Free the 27t
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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
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? Saturday of the Twenty-Sev
QP holding the corresponding o
2c play dard in our store, a bea
g One Hur
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in order to secure one of tb<
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? your coupons and bring the
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I REMEMBER
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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
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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.
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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
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lutiful
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?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
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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.
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and a complete x
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numbered Coupon. Save ?0
srnoon at 3 o'clock. *
>rresponding to or nearest a
in our store, we will preutiful
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renty-Six Weeks, and on
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