Fort Mill times. (Fort Mill, S.C.) 1892-current, August 31, 1916, Image 3
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ITEMS OF LOCAL INTEREST.
Miss Olive Harris had as her
guest the last week Miss Margaret
Kerr of Rock Hill.
Sam A. Lee is able to be about
again, after an illness of several
weeks of fever.
Mr. D. H. Plott, of Columbia,
was a week-end visitor in this
city of his brother-in-law, Mr.
W. P. Cray ton.
Miss Isabel Massey left Tuesday
morning for Dayton, Tenn.,
to spend several weeks as a
guest of her aunt, Mrs. F. W.
Farns worth.
Mrs. J. T. McGregor and
children returned to Huntsville,
Ala., Tuesday, after a visit to
relatives in this city.
Mrs. R. W. Hamilton returned ,
Saturday to her home in Jonesville,
after a visit of several
weeks in this city to her daughter,
Mrs. Osmond Barber.
Mr. Wm. H. Parks, one of the
town's oldest and best known
citizens, has been extremely ill
for several days at the home of
his son-in-law, H. J. Patterson,
on Forest street.
The Fort Mill friends of Mr.
and Mrs. V. B. Blankenship, of
Rock Hill, will regret to know
that their little son, William, is
ill of typhoid fever. The little
fellow is said, however, to be
doing nicely.
Fort Mill friends of Hon. S. E.
Bailes, who was a candidate for
reelection to the House of Representatives
from Lancaster county,
learned with regret Wednes
day morning that he had been
defeated. Mr. Bailes' home is
about three miles from Fort
Mill.
One of the hardest rains that
has fallen in this vicinity in
several weeks came Friday afternoon
just before night. In the
lower part of the township the
rain was accompanied by considerable
hail, but the pellets
were not large enough to cause
damage to the crops.
The large posters sent out by
the State board of health within
the last few days, advocating
vaccination against smallpox,
ai e attracting considerable attention
in this city. Persons passing
the posters almost invariably
Ston. insuect the nietures. and
** shudder at the condition of the
victims pictured thereon.
A business change of local
interest was that of Friday in
which John E. Jones, former
proprietor of the Majestic
Theatre, took over the drug:
business of the Parks Drug:
company, corner of Main and
Confederate streets. The store
was closed yesterday to make
inventory of stock and Mr.
Jones is to take charge tomorrow
and continue the business.
The county convention of
the Inter-denominational Sunday
School Association is to be held
with the Sharon church on
September 7th and 8th. Dr.
D. M. Ramsey, president of the
Greenville Women's college, will
make the address at the opening
meeting, and indications are
that the convention will be
largely attended and successful
in every way.
The Times received word Saturday
from Chairman B. J.
White that the county Democratic
executive committee in
meeting had decided to reenroll
all the voters of the county
whose names had been stricken
^from the rolls for failure to
state age, occupation, etc., and
it is presumed that all those reenrolled
took part in the primary
' Tuesday.
Mrs. Gary S. Thompson, of
Greensboro, N. C., who has
been visiting relatives here for
some days, was called home
on Sunday morning on account
of the illness of her little 10-yearold
daughter, Caroline. The
child was stricken ill Saturday
at the home of a relative in
Mebane, N.C. and when brought
to aGreensbro hospital was found
to be suffering with a severe
case of appendicitis. An operat
tion was performed Saturday
night.
There was considerable excite-;
ment on Main street Saturday
morning when a horse belonging
to little Wm. Mack became (
frightened near the railway!
station and ran away through
the street. There were many
people and teams on the street
at the time but the frightened
animal managed to steer clear
of the obstructions and was
stopped in the rear of the Kimbrell
building, with but little
damage to the buggy to which
it was hitched.
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price of 15 cents a pound
for cotton caused a rush Saturday
afternoon at the local platform,
something like 100 bales
being placed on the market.
From the best information obtainable
there is now little cotton
in the hands of the farmers of
the township.
John J. Bailes, of the Fort
Mill Lumber company, informs
The Times that he has been
awarded the contract for the
erection of twenty-five cottages
for the Fort Mill Manufacturing
company. These houses will be
erected in the vicinitv of each of I
the company's two plants, an
equal number at each plant.
Material for the houses to be
erected at plant No. 2 is now
being placed on the ground and
construction work will begin
within a few days.
Merchants Offer Prizes.
Misses Minnie Lee Garrison,
home demonstration agent, and
Marie Fewell, assistant secretary
of the Rock Hill Chamber of
Commerce, were in Fort Mill a
few days ago and interviewed a
number of merchants who gladly
stated they wished to offer
prizes in connection with the
county demonstration work to
be exhibited at the York county
fair, October 17-20th. Patter
son's Dry Goods Co. has offered
an $8.00 traveling bag; L. J.
Massey, a $5.00 lavalliere; Mills
& Young, a $5.00 sewing stand
and basket; Kimbrell & Co., a
$4.00 pair of Drew Shoes;
Hutchinson-Lytle Drug Store a
$3.00 box of Norris candy;
Harris Furniture Co., a $2.00
picture; Ardrey's Drug Store a
$2.00 fountain pen; A. O. Jones
and W. B. Meacham $1.00 each.
These prizes were very liberal
and showed that the people of
the entire county are interested
in this demonstration work and
the success of the county fair.
Secretary Timmons says that
the fair will be very much
larger this year than ever before,
more premiums were being
offered and that the W. J.
Beard's greater shows will be
an improvement by 50 per cent,
over anything that has ever
appeared at the fair in the way
of a carnival company. Many
new features are being added.
Twenty-Five Cents for Cotton.
Since the storm I have heen
securing first-hand -information
as to crop damage over a wide
area and from reliable gentlemen
over a wider area, says E. W.
Dabbs in the News and Courier.
I have studied the rainfal reports
of the government and the statistical
position of cotton, together
with trade conditions generally.
Last week I published
an article urging business men
and brokers to join with the
farmers for much higher prices.
I now come out flat for 25 cent
cotton. The crop damage east
of the Mississippi river, the consumption
and supply of cotton
and the prices of other world
commodities point to 25 cent as a
fair price for cotton. Will the
newspapers and the leaders of
thought among the business men
and farmers of the country grasp
the opportunity, which the Orangeburg
Sun says is the greatest
since the Civil war, to sell
this crop at a price that will, in
a measure, make lip for the losses
of this most disastrous year in
my eAp^rieiice or memory : Will
they do it? I believe they will,
once their minds have comprehended
all that it will mean to
us as a people.
It is right that many shall
have the immediate aid of official
and private charity, but that is
not a "drop in the bucket" to
the relief that is needed and
which should come in the
business-like way of marketing
our crops in accordance with
world demands and the best
facilities possible. In my first
article I quoted Mr. D. R.
Coker's suggestions about warehousing
cotton and using the receipts
in the federal reserve
banks on every indication of a
weak market. I want to urge
that this be done, not spasmodically,
but uniformly ?that
it be adopted as the policy of
the farmers, big and little?that
business men, landlords and
creditors consistently advise it
and help the most ignorant farmer
to do so, for it is only by protecting
the weak and the ignorant
that the strong can fully
realize their strength.
In the state warehouses and
federal reserve banking system
the government has done nearly
all that it can do for the farmer,
(I cannot think of anything more
except uniforming grading.) and
it is up to the farmers to use
these agencies of the govern[ment
I would like to seethe
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THE FORT
Farmers' Union lead in this campaign,
as it has done many times
in the past, to the benefit, not
alone of the farmers, but of
every business in the state. Will
you join in the slogan?25 cents
the pound for the cotton crop of
1916?
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Hon. W. R. Bradford.
Former editor of The Times who was
reelected Tuesday to the House of Representatives
by perhaps the largest
vote ever given a candidate with opposition
in York county for the General
Assembly. Mr. Bradford received .1,532
votes out of a possible 4,120.
Look Out for Crooks.
The Yorkville Enquirer reminds
the public that tho new
rural credit law provides for the
establishment of local rural credit
banks. These banks will be
necessary to ensure any local
benefit from the law. The capital
for these banks is to be provided
by private individuals, and
their success will depend upon j
the intelligence, experience and >
business capacity that will be
brought to bear in their management.
Naturally there are a good
many incompetent adventurers
and impecunious job hunters already
out trying to organize such
banks with a view to providing
berths for themselves. We want
to advise the public that rural
credit banks will furnish good
opportunity for investment but
investors who expect to win
must be careful with whom they
associate themselves.
Committee Visits Rock Hill.
Thursday evening a meeting
of the directors of the Chamber
of Commerce was held to afford
an opportunity to a committee
from Fort Mill to present the
matter of a location for the
bridge across the Catawba. The
Fort Mill committee was in
favor of placing the bridge at a
point to make the distance between
the two places as short as
possible. No definite site was
discussed in particular, this being
left to the county commissioners.?Hock
Hill Herald.
Will Cooperate With Col. Springs.
In a mass meeting of the citizens
of Fort Mill, held the evening
of August 18th. the following
resolution was unanimously
adopted:
"Whereas, Col. Leroy Springs
has shown a marked disposition
to prosecute the work of building
up and contributing liberally
to the success of the town of
Fort Mill, as is shown in a concrete
manner by the large additions
to the cotton mills under
his management which are under
way here, and by his expressed
intention to further the growth
and prosperity of the community,
and,
"Whereas, we realize the
practical benefits we have received
from the presence in our
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Luwii ui niese manufacturing industries
in the past, and that our
continued growth and prosperity
depends largely upon the successi
fill operation, institution, and enlargement
of such industries,
and,
"Whereas, we desire publicly
to express our appreciation of
the benefit we have received in
the past through the sources under
the control of Col. Springs,
and to evidence our confidence
in his ability and his desire to
further promote the interests of
the town and community in many
ways, therefore, be it
"Resolved, That we, the citizens,
business and professional
men of the town of Fort Mill and
surrounding community, in mass
: meeting assembled, do wish to
; express appreciation of his efI
forts in our behalf in the past;
that we anticipate with confi!
dence his ability and his intention
of furthering the best interests
of the town and community,
and to that end desire to assure
him of our hearty cooperation
and desire to aid and assist him
in any plans that he may suggest
for the betterment of the community."
Manning ran ahead of Blease
in only nine of the 40 counties of
the State. All of these, except
Orangeburg and Sumter, are
counties in which a relatively
small vote is cast, and most of
j them are south of Columbia.
MILL TIMES, FORT MILL, SC
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If so, perhaps your ole
"strong." Then let us su
We have them by the bai
rience 110 trouble in findii
will be pleased with.
Or if your supply of T<
ning low, we invite you t
consists of all the well km
We are Fort Mill headqus
rial.
Our Soda Fountain is a
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For Sale
Nice, large corner Building Lot in
Sprattville. C. W. McNealy.
ANNOUNCEMENTS.
For Sheriff.
I hereby announce myself as a candidate
for the office of Sheriff, subject
to the rules and regulations of the
York Democratic Primary.
J. CAL. STEELE.
I hereby announce myself as a
candidate for SherifT of York County
subject to the rules of the Democratic
party. F. E. QU1NN.
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Now is the Time
to do your repairing. You will
need
LUMBER
for your fences, road bridges,
repairs on your house, barn and
outbuildings. We are in position
to offer special inducements to
early comers, giving you the best
possible material, at prices that
defy competition.
Fort Mill Lumber Company
Phone No. 72.
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Substantial Savings.
Three factors determine the
cost of a life insurance policy,
the Mortality Experience, the Ini
a a it* : 1 *? - ?
lcicsl coamings, ana ine expense
of Management.
The mortality experience by
the Union Central during 1914
was but 55.2 per cent of the expected,
a little more than half.
The interest earned after deducting
all investment expenses was
more than 188 per cent of the
amount required to maintain a
policy reserve. Furthermore,
true economy ?securing the maximum
of results for the amount
expended?has always been a
Union Central tenet.
The substantial savings realized
from these three sources
and paid to the Company's policyholders
as dividends during
1915 exceeded three and one-half
millions of dollars, a sum equal
to more than 27 per cent of the
preuiums received.
Prudent buyers of life insurance
demand SAFETY first, then
SERVICE, lastly SAVINGS.
With a Union Central policy all
three are abundantly realized.
For a concrete example of
these claims apply to
Bailes & Link,
District Agents, Fort Milt & C.
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a Pipe?
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relful and you will expeig
here just the pipe you
>bacco or Cigars is runo
inspect our stock. It
own brands and is fresh.
irters for smoking matepopular
resort.
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NOTICE OF APPOINTMENT
OF MANAGERS FOR
PRIMARY ELECTION.
Notice is hereby given that the following
managers have been appointed
to serve at the Fort Mill precinct in the
Democratic Primary election to be held
on Tuesday, August 29th, 1916.
D. A. Lee, W. M. White and W. M.
Wilson.
R. .1. WHITE.
County Chairman.
KINC"'S NEW LIFE PILLS
The Pills That Do Cure.
Saturda
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Again on Saturday
nity to buy all kinds <
carefully the followini
let this opportunity p<
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100 pounds best Patent !
100 pounds second pat. 1
Best Fatback Meat, per
10 pounds of Snowdrift
3 pounds of Good Coffee f<
Oth
100 Men's 50c Work Shirts f(
100 men's $1.25 quality Over
1,000 yards of Lace 5cqualit;
1,000 10c "
4 dozen ladies' 50c Sailors at
2 " " 25c "
1 " Sun Hats at prices 5
1,000 yards Embroidery, 10c
1,000 " " 5c
2,000 " Crepe de Chene
and Voiles, 50 cent quali
300 yards Lawns, Voiles, Bj
REAL CHEAP now.
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We have hundreds
tion and if you fail t
miss the greatest opp<
able merchandise at i
It will p
3 Bars Octagon Rfl ill
Soap, 10c.
3 Bars to a Customer. 11 I
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styles. It means ?
to you, and you 1
months to wear t
We also have se
1?Info t i 1 frj.
iciLO vvm ui up L
close out at 98c.
]\/l/=kV? c Palm Rc.'
i iv^li O A Uli 1JL UV^<
| $4.95. Imitation
; Boys' Suits, $2.4
t Choice of Straw
? Patterson's Dry <
TELEPHONE NO. 85.
Make Your Plans No
I The York Coi
Rock Hill, Octob
+ Carnival attractions in abundan
^ other free attractions. Many art
^ hist. Write for copy immediate!;.
York County Fair Association, M
y's Big Si
r we will give you anoth*
:>f goods at unheard of r
y offerings and we are s
*ss.
)CERY SPECIAL*
Flour, $3.75 100 pounds Cotto
Flour, $3.50 100 pounds of Col
pound, 14c 1 Sack Best Ship]
Lard, $1.25 Good Pink Salraoi
:>r only 50c 10 pounds of Gra
ler Big Soecialf
>r 40cents. 2 dozen Ladies' J
alls for $.100 quality, for onl
y at 3c per yd. 2 dozen Ladies' $1
"7c " " 200 pairs Ladies',
only 35 cents. Slippers (Specii
"18 " urday).
>c to 18c each. One piece of 36 in
quality, at 8c. Special for Sati
3 l-2c A few pieces Messa
; Marquisette Special for Sat
ty for 35 cts. A Bitf Reduction on
itiste, etc., all Ladies' $1.00 Voile
Ladies' $1.00 Silk V
; of other bargains, too n
o attend this Special Si
Drtunity of your life to bi
noney-saving prices.
ay you big to buy
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unty Fair,
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ce. Lady balloonist and ^
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fm. R. Tiromons. Secy.
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fecials.
er great opportueductions.
Read
ure you will not
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n Seed Meal, $1.50
tton Seed Hulls, 75c
ped Stuff, only $1.35
a, the can, only 10c
nulated Sugar, 75c.
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jummer Gowns. $1.00
y 75 cents.
Middies for only 75c.
Men's and Children's
al Bij? Bargain for Batch
Black Taffeta Silk
urday. only 98c the yd.
line and Taffeta Silks,
urday, only 89c yard.
Men's and Boys' Hats.
Waists, only 75 cents.
Vaists only 82 cents.
umerous to menaturday
Sale you
uy good dependnow,
0 1 lb.Arbuckle's
Coffee, 20c.
" 1 lb t# a Custoner.
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