Fort Mill times. (Fort Mill, S.C.) 1892-current, December 02, 1915, Image 1
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Established in 1891.
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NEWS ARRANGES
FOR QUICK READING.
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Henry Ford has invited Gov- 1
ernor Manning to join the peace j1
tour to Europe.
J. T. Collins, who has conducted
a department store in
Chester for several years, has
filed a voluntary petition in
bankruptcy.
Governors of several Southern
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states nave aceepteu cue mvnation
of Gov. Manning to attend
the Southern Commercial Con-!
gress at Charleston December
13 to 17.
Cliff Godfrey, tried at Spartanburg
Friday for the murder of
Robert Hanna. a planter on whose
place near Enoree Godfrey was a
tenant, was acquitted. The un-;
written law was the defense.
The upper South Carolina Con-!
fsrence of the Southern Methodist
church, in session the last
week at Spartanburg, will meet
next year at the Buncombe street
church in Greenville.
Fire early Thursday morning
totally destroyed O'Donnell &
Company's store at Sumter, caus-;
ing ?a loss estimated at around
^ $75,000, with insurand of $42,
000 on stock of goods and building.
Rev. J. L. Harley of Spartanburg,
for the past eight years
k secretary of the Anti-Saloon
P league, has resigned his position.
Mr. Harley is said to feel that
his work in this State is finished
-since the Stated voted "dry"
last September.
The Republic Cotton Mill at
Great Falls, will at once build
a 40,000-spindle mill with 1.000
looms, driven by electric power.
Also 300 houses for operalives.
Capital stock has been increased
from $600,000 to $1,200,000.
Mrs. Thomas, wife of a former
street supervisor of Florence.
* shot and killed herself shortly
after noon Thursday. She left a
note under her plate on the din-;
* ner table saying that no one was i
to blame for what she was to do !
but her wretched state of health.
The secretary of State has
issued a charter for the Citizens'
Bank and Trust company of
Rock Hill with a capital of
$60,000. The officers are: J. W.
O'Neal, president; D. C. Johnston,
vice president; George A.
Beach, cashier; J. R. Shurley,
assistant cashier.
In answer to an inquiry from a
, Newberry druggist, Attorney
General Peeples has ruled that
the "gallon-a-month" law does j
not prohibit a druggist from receiving
and using alcohol in accordance
with the law existing
before the passage of the "gallon-a-month"
act.
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As the result of a meieeSaturday
morning at the Judson mill
in Greenville, in which several
men participated, using knives
as weapons, David Freez, one of
the strikers, was so severely cut
y>at he died a few hours later.
D. G. Huggings, an employe of
the mill, narrowly escaped serious
injury.
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The executive committee of
the State Cotton Manufacturers'
? association will advise all of the
South Carolina mills to stop the
operation of automatic looms
m during the noon hour, in accordance
with a decision as to the legality
of overtime for machinery
recently rendered by the attorney
general
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Wants New Dormitory.
At its meeting in Rock Hill the
last week, the board of trustees
of Winthrop college decided to
ask the legislature for an appropriation
of $100,000 to erect a
new dormitory. The new building
would accommodate from 250 I
to 300 girls. The board at its
meeting framed the annual report
for the legislature. The
general appropriation for the
maintenance of the institution
will be less than last year, ac
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board.
"We will ask the legislature,"
said the member, "for an appropriation
of $100,000, $50,000
next year and $50,000 for the
following year. A new dormitory
is necessary to accommodate
the ever increasing number of
students. Last year 600 young
women were refused admission
to the school because of alack of
dormitory space."
What County Offices Pay.
The Yerkville Enquirer on
Friday carried an article and
tabulated statements as to the
salaries and fees of York county
officials, and the following figures
are interesting:
Sheriff Brown?For 1914, $3,012.82.
which includes $785 for
dieting prisoners.
Auditor Love?$2,261,67, which
includes clerk hire of $1(H).
Treasurer Neil ? $2,398 20,
which includes clerk hire of $250.
Supervisor Boyd?Salary, $1,000;
fees. $50.
Probate Judge Williams?Salary
and fees $1,108.25.
Superintendent Carroll?Salary
$900.
Stickers on Xmas Nail.
Postmasters throughout the
country have been notified from
Washington of precautions to be
taken in the receiving of Christmas
mail.
Chief of these instructions is
an order which reads; "In order
to facilitate the handling and
delivery of mail during the approaching
Christmas holidays,
the requirement that domestic
matter and bearing on the addressing
side adhesive seals or
stickers, other than lawful postage
stamps shall be classed as
unmailable, is hereby suspended
from December 1, 1915, to January
1, 1916. Postmaster shall
however inform their patrons
that such seals or stickers should
not be placed on the address side
of mail."
This means that seals and
stickers such as "Do not open
until Christmas." etc., may be
placed on mail, but preferrably
on the back, and not on the address
sids of the envelope, or
the parcel of mail so addressed.
Mr. Ford's Mission.
Henry Ford, perhaps the best
advertised man in America, and
unquestionably a man of magnificent
ideals and achievements,
may find it easier to sell a million
automobiles than to stop a war
which today involves most of the
countries of the earth.
At any rate Mr. Ford seems to
I balk at nothing and just now he
i plans to charter a ship, fill it
i with celebrities and go over to
Europe and endeavor to effect
an ending of the war.
Governors of the States have
been invited to accompany him
and it is reported that such distinguished
gentlemen as Edison
will join his party.
Mr. Ford is an earnest peace
advocate. He wants to see the
bloody shambles in Europe
brought to an end and in this
ftrvent wish all of us join.?
i Charlotte News.
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FORT MILL, S. C., THl
Community Service Day.
The prospects for a successful
day Friday, December 3, which
has been designated as Community
Service Day and will be
observed by the patrons of the
school, are very bright, quite
a good deal of cinders and sand
having already been placed on
the grounds preparatory to being
used in making walks. The dinner
committee also reports splendid
success in its work.
Should the weather be so that
out-door work bo impossible, the
work will be done the followingFriday.
Were Not Boll Weevils.
Farmers in all sections of
South Carolina and especially
those near Chester will be relieved
to learn that the report,
of the occurrence of boll weevils
on a Chester county farm has
lioon invoclirr!it<if1 ond fimnd fn
be without foundation In fact.
Some days ago there was published
a dispatch from Chester
to the effect that boll weevils
had been found on the farm of
i J. W. Wilson of Chester, where
i they had done serious damage
j to cotton.
The entomology division of
j Clemson College immediately
telegraphed the county demonstration
agent, who is proficient
in entomology, to investigate
and followed this up by sending
one of the specialists from the
college.
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boll weevils, nor any sign of the
work of boll weevils. The cotton
on Mr. Wilson's place had
been damaged, but the damage
had been done by anthracnose.
There were some of the characteristic
holes of the cotton boll
boll worm also.
Local Team Defeated.
Speaking of a football game a
few days ago between the
Winnsboro and Fort Mill school
teams, the Winnsboto News and
Herald says: The Fort Mill boys
came down on Thanksgiving to
play the Winnsboro boys which
resulted in a score of 19 to (5 in
favor of Winnsboro. This is the
last game of the season and we
hope the last that will ever be
played in the town. The game
has degenerated into nothing
more than a knock down and
drag out and is a disgrace to
school and college life.
Fire at Clover Mill.
Fire Thursday night about
9:30 o'clock completely destroyed
the waste house of the Clover
cotton mill at Clover, this county.
It is presumed that the blaze
had its origin from defective
wiring, although this is not a
certaintv, since it appeared to be
well under way before discovered.
The building was
constructed from sheet iron and
the interior was a mass of flames
before the alarm was sounded.
The cotton mill fire department
was called out and kept the fire
from spreading to any adjacent
building.
Like a Reg'lar Scout.
I gits up soon and I stays up late.
But I takes good care not to state
How I moves aroun', in and out,
Lookin' for things like a reg'lar scout.
Close to de middle of ebry night
I takes a trip, 'less de moon's toe
bright?
| Chickens roost high or close to df
groun',
Makes no difference if I'se aroun*.
I've got a reach dat's de envy of all
De coons in town ?I'se somewhat tall.
To 'scape me chickens must do fast
work
When I 'gotiatca my patent jerk.
I've reach'd for 'em now tor quite n
spell,
l But all de partic'lars I'll just not tell?
It's cold in jail, I'd rather he out.
So 'scuse me, I 'members what I'se
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TRSDAY. DECEMBER 2, 19
BOOSTER CLUB LOST
ON CHAUTAUQUA SHOWS
The Fort Mill "booster" club
; doubtless thinks less of the
j chautauqiui as a money-making:
proposition than it did one week
ago. In fact it is believed by
many that a reorganization of
the said club with an entirely
different mpmhor?liir? will I?n o
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necessity before another such
list of attractions is contracted
for. The chautauqua advertised
t for Fort Mill for the last week
was held in the school auditorium
according; to the advertised schcd:
ule of performances, and there
i was. of course, a dill'erenee of
opinion as to the merits of the
several attractions, some saying
they were good, while others
j expressed the opinion that the
I shows were scarcely worth the
i prices charged. But the princiI
pal trouble seemed to lie in the
' fact that not a sufficient number
of Fort Mill people felt interested
to the extent of going out to setjust
how good or bad they
thought the attractions were.
Hence, the chautauqua. was a
money-losing proposition; that is
for the 15 Fort Mill men who
had guaranteed the chautauqua
people a certain amount of cash
in the way of door receipts for
the three days' attractions. The
total receipts it is understood
amounted to about $125, and as
a result of this the "boosters"
were required to go down into
their jeans and contribute $10
each in order to prevent the
chautauqua people from losing
money. However, it is conceded
by ali that Fort Mill men as a
rule are a generous lot and it
was not expected that the aforesaid
"booster" club would have
a great deal to say about this
latest act of irpnernsil-v
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Accepts Belmont Call. |
The Rock Hill papers of Montlav
carried the announcement
that the Rev. J. T. Dendy on
Sunday morning tendered his |
resignation as pastor of Ebenezer ,
I church, this county, to accept a ]
! call to the Presbyterian church
at Belmont. N. C. Mr. Dendy i
I expects to take up his new work ,
about the first of next year.
Rev. Mr. Dendy has been pasi
tor of Ebenezer church since the
pastorate became vacant upon
the death of Dr. J. H. Thornwell
about eight years ago. The
congregation of Ebenezerchurch
will hold a meeting Saturday to
act on the resignation.
The church at Belmont, to
1 which Mr. Dendy goes, has a
i membership of more than 2(X).
i The congregation last year dedicated
a $2Q, 000 church, with all
modern equipment and a comfortable
manse, with all modern
improvement.
Storebreakers Got Two Years.
Samuel Hood and Dudley
Thompson, negroes, appeared
before the court at York the last
week to answer to the charge of
: breaking into the store of Mills
Young at Fort Mill on the
I night of July 22 and stealing
| goods valued at $75. Thompson
; plead guilty, Hood was adjudged
j guilty by the jury. Judge Rice
; sentenced the two negroes to
serve two years each on the
chaingang and advised them that
it' they ever appeared before him
on a similar charge he would
double the dose.
It will be remembered that
Hood and Thompson were captured
the day following the
robbery after a long chase in
which each was wounded by
small shot from the pursuing
party.
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METHODIST MINISTERS
GIVEN APPOINTMENTS
The following appointments of
ministers for the Methodist
churches comprising the Rock
Hill district for the year 1916
were announced in the final
meeting at Spartanburg Monday
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Presiding Elder, Dr. P. B.
Wells.
St. John's?J. C. Roper.
West Main Street?W. H. Polk.
Blacksburg- H. C. Nuzon.
Blackstock -George Gary Lee.
Chester R. E. Turnipseed.
Chester Circuit? J. B. Strickland.
Clover- G. T. Hughes.
East Lancaster?J. A. Merritt.
Fort Mill ?E. Z. James.
Great Falls?J. P. Kilgo.
Hickory Grove?H. B. Hardy.
Lancaster? Henry Stokes.
Lancaster Circuit--S. P. White.
North Rock Hill Circuit- W. M.
Hardin.
Lynchburg- W. S. Goodwyn.
Manchester and Highland
Park C. W. Bowling.
Koek iiill Circuit?J. I. Spinks.
Van Wyck-J. V. Davis.
Winnsboro?J. B. Travwick.
York ?E. P. Hodges.
Rev. Mr. Wells, the new presiding
elder for this district, has
for some months been performing
the duties of presiding elder
in addition to his work as pastor
of St. John's church, Rock Hill,
and his late appointment will be
pleasing news to the number of
churches in this district.
A. E. Young, a student of the
University of North Carolina,
Chapel Hill, was among the visitors
to Fort Mill the last week.
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