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The Fort Mill Times. Established in 1891. FORT MILL, S. C., THURSDAY, DECEMBER 23, 1915 $1.25 Per Year ^NEWSY HAPPENINGS IN AND AROUND TOWN Born Friday to Mr. and Mrs. F. Murray Mack, a son. The Fort Mill public schools closed yesterday for the holidays and will resume work on Monday, January 3. The city of Rock Hill is to have a big community Christmas fViia TTh.irsrlnvi pvprinc on : the alfalfa lot just across the tracks from the railway station. While it is custom with many newspapers to suspend an. issife during the Christmas holidays, The Times will not follow this custom and will appear as usual on next Thursday. Announcement is made that W. A. Roach, assistant cashier of the First National Bank, will within a short time open a night school in the village of mill No. 1 of the Fort Mm mig. company. W. M. Carothers spent the last week in Charleston in attendance upon the annual meeting of the Masonic grand lodge, having been previously named as the representative of the local ^ lodge in the meeting. Mrs. Frank Harris died at her home ir. Pineville Friday morning at 8 o'clock, aged 78 years. Besides her husband, Mrs. Harris is survived by several daughters, one of whom is Mrs. Oscar W. Potts, of Pleasant Valley. The attention of the youngsters of the town is again called to the ordinance passed some weeks ago prohibiting the shooting of fireworks within the town limits during the holidays. Those who would avoid trouble should heed 'this warning. A colored farmer named Robinson, whose home is several miles east of Fort Mill, suffered a broken leg Friday morning when his mule became frightened and overturned the buggy. The negio was brought on to town and given medical attention. One who has watched the express trains for the last two weeks ventures the assertion that no less than 500 gallons of whiskey have come to Fort Mill during that period. Much of this, however, was for persons hving in North Carolina. F. M. Mack, of Fort Mill, was one of the winners in the Colum bia State's picture puzzle contest which closed Saturday evening. Mr. Mack ranked 10th in the list of successful contestants and received a cash * prize of $2. Christmas trade with the Fort Mill merchants has this week been good? far and away above the sales of last Christmas week. Merchants handling Christmas toys, etc., have had a splendid week and indications now are that few if any of these articles will have to be carried over. The ladies of the Home Missionary society were highly pleased at the success which attended their annual bazaar held last Thursday. A more disV agreeable day for such an event could scarcely be imagined, yet, dCspite this fact, the receipts amounted to about $51, which was considered exceptionally good in the circumstances. Announcement is made that a joint service of the Metho** dist, Presbyterian and Baptist churches of the town will be held in the Presbyterian church next Sunday. The service is to be in the nature of a farewell expression of esteem for the Rev. W. A. Hafner, who is soon to move to Gaffney. Steel Creek Planter Dead. Mr. S. M. Garrison, a welldnown citizen of lewer Steel Creek, died Saturday night at his home at the age of 70 years. ! He had been ill for several days with indigestion, but his condi- j tion did not become serious un- I til Saturday morning. ine runeuai service was held at Flint Hill Baptist church Sunday afternoon, interment being j made in the church burial ground. j Mr. Garrison is survived by j his wife and the following chil- I dren: A. O. Garrison, Edward i K. Garrison and Miss Amy Garrison, all of Steel Creek. Mrs. W. F. Boyd, of Pineville, is a surviving sister. Mr. Garrison was a Confederate veteran, having rendered effective service during the Civil war. He was a highly esteemed member of Flint Hill church. An Expensive Hunt. Last week four men from Monroe went down into the eastern part of South Carolina on a hunting expedition. They went as the guests of a land owner there who had purchased hunting license for himself. If they knew of the remodeled 1915 edition of the South Carolina game law they thought the fact that they were with they- host would protect them. Sad to relate such was not the case. The game warden down there nabbed them. They were compelled to ante up $15.25 per each license before they were let out on bond. Then the bond for their appearance at court some time in the future was fixed at $500.00. So Knoi/lno t crvQiU^o \it\Z uruai CTJV (JCJUSCS U1 such a trip which are never very | light, this trip has already cost the sportsmen $515.25 each. That is if they jump the bond. If they go back they've got to pay a lawyer to keep them away from a sentence which has a hundred dollar minimum. No, we are not going to tell who they are. ? Waxhaw Enterprise. Shall the Clerk Report ? One of the most interesting j hearings argued before the last I term of court in York took place Tuesday when J. A. Tate, clerk of court for York county, served an answer to the rule requiring him to show cause why he should not file an itemized statement of the receipts of his office. Mr. Tate appeared in his own person in court and was also represented by Thomas F. McDow. Solicitor Henry represented the State in the action and the arguments were heard by Judge H. F. Rice. Following their conclusion the court announced that the matter would be taken under advisement and an opinion rendered at a later date.?York News. Liquor Question in Politics. The liquor question is in politics until it is settled ?which means that it is there with increasing conspicuousness for the few years that remain of the drink traffic's existence. Antiliquor sentiment in this country has developed to such a degree that political parties, old and new, conservative and radical, are giving to the winds their fears regarding prohibition as a State and national issue, and the farseeing of their leaders are urging that it be included in the 1916 platforms. Republican governors of certain States are announcing that they will present prohibition planks, and men high in State and national Democratic councils are advocating a prohibition declaration by the party in power. As for the Progressives, the liquor press characterizes them as the "Prohigressive" party.?Exc. FORT MILL YOUNB MM | DIED OF SUFFOC4TION In a fire which partly destroyed a boarding house in Monroe, 3 N. C., last Thursday morning, , M. M. Coltharp, a Fort Mill ; young man, was a victim of , suffocation. The building in which Mr. Coltharp met his , ripQ f h U'OO O f a + u>.uv? nao a inirowij U' ILI\ ( structure, the lower floor being ; used by the Southern Express , company and the upper floor | as a rooming house conducted by ( a widow lady. Mr. Coltharp, who was a traveling representa- j of the Atlanta Journal, was , occupying a room on the second floor of the express building. Sometime during the early hours , of Thursday morning fire broke out in one of the rear rooms of the building and it is supposed had made considerable headway, filling the other rooms with smoke, before the fact became known t?? Mr. Coltharp. From the position and condition of the body when found, it is supposed the young man had attempted to dress before leaving the building, and had left his room and entered a hallway where the smoke was very dense. In groping about in the dark it appeared that he ran against the wall, knocking himself uncon| scious, and suffocation causing his death before assistance could reach him. The remains were brought to Pineville on the early train Friday morning and the interment was made in the cemetery at Flint Hill church, of which deceased was a member. Mr. Coltharp was about 35 years of age and unmarried. He was a son of Mrs. Sarah Col- , tharp, of the township, and was reared in the Gold Hill section. He is survived by his mother, two brothers, Messrs. Henderson Coltharp, of Charlotte; J. J. Coltharp, of Fort Mill, and several sisters. Mr. Coltharp was a young man who was widely i i i_ . . Miuwn in mis section. up to a | year ago he held a position with a mercantile firm in this place and through his courtesy and gentlemanly conduct, had gained the admiration of all. His many friends hereabouts will be grieved to learn of his untimely passing. Much Liquor Held at Clover. It is said that thousands of i gallons of liquor are held at j Clover, York county, having been | ordered by North Carolinians. ! The express company ;s undeI cided as to whether to deliver it or not, the Attorney General rulj ing that there is nothing to pre| vent the North Carolinians getI ting their liquor, and the judge and grand jury of York county ! and the Clover magistrate hav! ing been after them on the ground i that they violate the gallon-i month Act. ?The Record. A Correction. Due probably to misinforma- , 1 tion, The Times' Gold Hill correspondent was in error in i : CQt'inr* ?L.. ^ ? ' uu.T iiik icvcniij uihi nit; iiwu. | ' !S. H. Epps had been ill for ! "nearly a year." Mr. Epps has j I been confined to his home most I of the time for several weeks with chills, but is. we are pleased to report, able to be out again. Herring and. Kirby Sentenced. Lester Herring and S. J. Kirby, the two white men convicted , last Monday of robbing Jesse Jarrell in Rock Hill in Novem ber, were sentenced by Judge Rice Thursday, Kirby being sent to the penitentiary for two years and Herring to the county chaingang for a like period of ! time. ? YorK News. I REVENUE UW EXTENDED UNTIL JANUARY 1,1917 The United States Congress adjourned Saturday night for the Christmas holidays after the Senate had adopted the joint resolution which passed the House Thursday extending the emergency revenue law one year Dr until December 31, 191G. The ^pnnlo n rl nnf /1/i 1 - *: IIIC I C3UIUIIIMI after a lively partisan debate, by a vote of 45 to 20, Democrats supporting it solidly and Republicans unanimously opposing it. President Wilson signed the measure Friday night. Both house will re-convene at noon luesday, January 4, when the Administration legislative program, including plans for National defense, will be undertaken in earnest. It is the understanding that the revenue law will be taken up for amendment in order to increase the revenues as soon after the holidays as possible. Nasons Elect Officers. The local Masonic lodge held its 56th annual communication for the election of officers Thursday night with the following result: W. M. Carothers, master: I Mills & F. E. Ardrey, senior warden; F. M. Mack, junior warden; W. B. Meacham, Jr., treasurer; S. W. Parks, secretary. The following: officers were appointed: L. M. Massey, senior deacon; J. W. Collins, junior deacon; J. L. Lyles, tiler; E. L. Hughes and T. L. Culp, stewards. There will be a public installation of these officers on the night of December 27, when a banquet will be served to the members and their wives. |The 1 Chris s? i Iwur sales o the last few da former year, assortment oi you want a si more substanl we have it. 1 dies. Fruits, C Georgia Gets Military Camp. A military training camp for students, business and professional men of the South, patterened after the one conducted , at Plattsburg. N. Y., last sum- | mer, is to be established at Ft. Oglethorpe, Ga.. near Chattanooga. next April. Maj. Gen. Wood, commander of the De- i partment of the East, will have , direct supervision over the camp, j The selection of Ft. Oglethorpe i was made after various points throughout the South had been insneetpd hv ntfiriMls r?f Wa? i Department, who considered the ' j Georgia fort best on account of i | its central location and favorable i ! climate for out-of-door work. '> I It is planned to keep the camp 1 in operation four weeks. The President Married. President Wood row Wilson and Mrs. Norman Gait were married Saturday evening at 8:30 o'clock at the latter's home in Wash: ing city. Members of the two families and a few intimate friends witnessed the ceremony. a? i i* imr. una lvirs. wnson are spend-1 I ing their honeymoon at Hot i Springs, Va., expecting to return to Washington about January 4. Banks Lose Point. Holding that there is an adequate remedy in the statutes for the recovery of a tax unlawfully paid, the State supreme court in a decision handed down Saturday, reversed the restraining injunction and mandamus proceedings instituted against the South Carolina tax commission by certain banks of the State. The decision does not touch the constitutionality of the act creating the I commission. ? ?? ?@ ?? Bic $ Is Headquarters For itmas v_?< MHHMHHHBUBBI f Christmas Gooc lys far exceeded tf However, we sti ? holiday goods, mall tnv for the lil :ial present for tl Call on us for a onfections and G : Young C n the New Store r 0???? ?? ? ????? STATE NEWS ARRANGED FOR QUICK READING. Compiled statistics of the number of births in South Carolina for the first nine months of 1 Q1 m,.n o OC K17 ? t ci tuirti ui ( The city of Charleston had its first snow of two seasons Monday afternoon when a fall of about one inch was recorded j there. The South Carolina statute makinp railway carriers liable to one another and all liable to a shipper for damages to a shipment was upheld Monday by the supreme court of the United States as constitutional. Henry Breelan, a farmer, about 23 years of at?e, living near Cummings. was shot and instantly killed by his cousin and brother-in-law. Hurley Harvey, Sunday afternoon about 3 o'clock on r.ne puuuc roaa near Hickory Hi!! in Hampton oonntv. An appropriation of $50,000 to $60,000 will be urged by W. W. Moore, adjutant general, in his annual report to the general assembly. The fund will he used for the maintenance of the National Guard, making up the deficiency in the federal funds and allowing of general improvement of the State camp in Lexington county. The Times was informed that three Charlotte automobiles Saturday afternoon carried away from the local express office 19 era I Ions of whiskev If w?c also stated that two other autos from Charlotte visited the local express office later in the day but the amounts carried across the line by these machines was not known. Store j oods. | Is have during g le sales of any g 11 have a big g and whether g ttle one or a 0 ~ie grown-up, g iristmas Can- ? rocenes. : : : jg I!omp'y 1 ??00??00??80?