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ITEMS OF LOCAL INTEREST.
& Miss Helen Ardrey, of Pine*
ville, was a guest during the
\yeek of Miss Olive Harris.
James Grist, a member of the
Yorkville Enquirer staff, spent
Sunday with friends in Fort Mill.
Gapt. S. W. Parks came up
from Columbia Monday for a ,
short visit to his home here.
Carl Jones, of Blacksburg, was
a visitor the last week in the
home of his father, W. H. Jones,
of the township.
Joe Nims, of lower Fort Mill,
exhibited an open boll of cotton
on the streets Friday, the first
seen here this season.
Born Tuesday morning to Mr.
and Mrs. W. Slade Moss, a
daughter.
W. E. Whitesell, of Ogden,
was a guest here early this week
of his son, E. T. Whitesell.
J. R. Haile has entered the
ranks of the cotton and seed
buyers and advises farmers to
4'see me before you sell."
Mrs. Sallie Mendenhall and
little son, of McConnellsville,
spent the week-end with relatives
in Fort Mill.
Miss Louise Parks retured to
her home here yesterday from a
visit of several weeks to relatives
m Culpeper, Va.
Rev. Robert G. Lee and family
of Saluda, are visiting Mr.
Lee's parents. Mr. and Mrs. D.
A. Lee, on Forest street.
Dr. L. O. Johnson, a former
resident of Fort Mill, now of
Bethune, was a visitor here on
Tuesday.
Manager Schofield, of the Piedmont
theatre, Charlotte, was a
guest here Tuesday for a few
hours of Mr. W. B. Meacham.
Capt. Geo. W. Potts and Lieut.
R: H. Ardrev left Mondav for
Columbia to report for duty at
Camp Jackson.
Mrs. N. H. Sinclair, of Fayetteville,
N. C., was the guest
for several days last week of
her daughter, Mrs. J. E. Willi&nson,
in this city.
Announcement is made that
beginning about September 1st,
the two cotton mills in this city
will pay a bonus of 15 per cent
over the weekly salary to. each
employe who puts in a full week's
work.
Mr. and Mrs. A. C. Hudson
wish to publicly thank those of
their friends who were so kind
and thoughtful during the time
of the last illness of their little
child.
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A man who appeared to be under
the influence of whiskey
was seen on the streets Monday i
and, of course, people wondered
what it was and where he got it.
Mr. and Mrs. J. T. Young, of
this city, have received intelligence
of the landing at a French
port of their son, James Young,
Jr. Mr. Young holds the rank
of sergeant in one of the engineering
companies now in France.
Fort Mill people generally will
be interested in the announcement
of the approaching marriage
of Hiram H. White and
Miss Jennie Adams, daughter of
Mrs. Mary H. Adams, of Rock
Hill, the marriage to take place
the evening of Wednesday, September
12. Mr. White is a member
of the civil engineering firm
of Miller & White, of Rock Hill
and is well known in.this city,
having recently made a survey
of our principal streets.
Grady Gordon, the 14-year-old
son of Mr. and Mrs. Henry Gordon,
of this city, lost his life by
drowning Sunday about noon in
a pond near Catawba river a
short distance north of the site
of the new county bridge. The
boy attempted to swim across
the lake and when about midway
^ was either seized by cramp or
his strength failed him. One of
Hie several companions with:
Gordon made a heroic effort to
rescue him, but was unable to do
eo. The body was recovered
after 'it had remained in thtf
water for about two hours. The
burial was made Monday in New
Uj tor Cemetery.
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After a jury trial before May* 1
or B. E. Patterson, which lasted
for about six hours last Wednes* *
day night, T. B. Cook and James j
Cook, farmers who live in the
vicinity of Monroe, N. C., were
fined $800 each, with the alternative
of 90 days on the gang.
They were found guilty on three
counts of violating the municipal
ordinance relative to the
the whiskey traffic.
These men had been under
suspicion by the police for some [
time and when they came here
Wednesday morning they were '
arrested. An investigation fol- j
lowed, which developed the fact
that the Ford car in which they 1
had made the trip from Monroe .
had broken down near Railes'
bridge, about two miles east of
town, and the men had walked
into town for repairs, The machine
was searched and in it
was found a small quantity of
whiskey which from appearance,
had not been out of the still for
more than two days. The ownors
had made use of half gallon
fruit jars as receptacles for the
stuff. Continuing the search,
the officers found in the woods
near the car another quantity of
whiskey, also in jars. This, too,
was alleged to have been the
property of the men under arrest
and which, it was believed,
had been removed from the car
while the repairs were being
made. The Cooks denied ownership
of this whiskey. The automobile
was declared forfeited
to the town, and, in default of
payment of the fines imposed,
the men were taken to York jail
to await argument on a motion
fw o nruiol tn a ViiflrViar .mnrt
a. v* vm a w M XlgllVt VWUI V*
The town's policemen, Messrs.
Lynn and Broom, are receiving
congratulations for their shrewd
work in running down what is
believed to have been the source
of supply of the local tigers.
These officers are determined to
keep down the liquor traffic and
the good people should co-operate
with them in their efforts to
this end.
NOB OF WHITES AND BUCKS
MURDER NEGRO MINISTER.
A startling affair was that
which occurred in the vicinity of
Yorkville sometime during last
Wednesday night, when W. T.
Simms, a negro minister, was i
taken from the home of Bob Bur- I
hob, auuuier iiegru, wnere ne
was spending the night, shot in
the leg and beaten in such a manner
that he died shortly afterward
from his injuries. Intelligence
of the crime did not become
generally known until
Thursday morning.
Several officers went immedi- ?.
ately to the scene, about five ^
miles from Yorkville, and spent
a busy day working on the case,
the result of which was that
Fred Penninger, a white man,
and Frank Twitty, a negro, were
arrested and placed in the county
jail, charged with complicity in
the affair, and it was expected
that other arrests would follow.
Simms was about 50 years of 1
age and was pastor of a negro
church at Sharon. It is understood
that he had become involved
in a difficulty with certain
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iueiiiuer? ui nis cnurcn ana also
with white people of the community.
It is further rumored
that Simms had expressed himself
rather forcibly with regard
to the selective draft and the
part which members of his race
should take in the war.
The mob which took Simms
from the Burris house is said to
have been composed of white
men as well as negroes. The exact
cause for the crime has not
been determined, but the officers
are working upon clues which,
it is believed, will bring the
guilty parties to justice.
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To The Cotton Fanners.
Representing the Edward Fewell Co.,
Rock Hill, ana the Chester branch of1
the great Southern Cotton Oil Co.,.
I am in position to offer top notch
prices to my brother farmers for their i
Cotton and Cotton Seed. Don't sell
before seeing me. . Office at warehouse
near cotton platform.
J. R. HAILE,
Ft. Mill, S. C.
LOST?A Cameo Lavallier somewhere
about the depot, Sunday, Aug.
IS. Finder will plsass return to Mies
Daisy Staraea andl receive rewasd.
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F?rt RUT, F*an fcttkt
After a viatt to Fort Mill,
James Grist has printed an article
of considerable length of
what ho saw, together with his
opinion of the town's present
growth and its prospect for the
future. The following is from
the article in Mr. Grist's excellent
paper, the Yorkville Enquirer:
"A scant two miles over Catawba
river and dangerously
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near norxn v^uroiina lies r on
Mill, a thriving and hustling
place that is probably making
more social and industrial progress
than any other town in the
county. It is larger than Clover
and pretty nearly as large as
large as Yorkville. There are no
irones there and the town during
past year or two has caught
the progressive, hustling spirit
it's sister city of Rock Hill
ind is growing by leaps and
bounds. Citizens of the town
jay that one day in the future
ind not such a far distant future
either, it will be as large as
Rock Hill. May be so. The town
possesses educational, religious
and social advantages equal to
those of any other town in South
Carolina and the citizenship appreciates
the fact and is making
the most of its opportunities.
Surrounded by a farming section
)f country unexcelled in York
:ounty, it is most fortunately looted,
and is coming to the fore
very, very fast. There is a spirit
of unity and confidence between
the people of the town of
Port Mill and those of the Flint
Hill, Gold Hill, Pleasant Valley
and other communities that is
good to see. and therefore the
town couldn't help but grow,
rhe outlook for its future for
the next year in a business way
is most encouraging. In Fort
Mill township is the best prospect
for a bumper crop that has
peen known there in years. On
the Catawba river bottoms are
thousands of acres of corn that
promise * to produce a ereater
field to the acre than has been
tnown in several years; on the
:reek bottoms it is so; on the upands
it is so. More corn and
potatoes and peas and foodstuffs
ire growing in Fort Mill township
than in any year since the Sivil
war. Despite the fact that
die stands were poor, the prospect
for a large cotton crop is
axcellent. The outlook generally
seems unusually bright to Fort
Mill people." ^
After a close-down of 20
days on account of the revival
meeting, the Majestic
Theatre will be open daily,
beginning with next Monday,
Sept. 3.
When a Man Dies
The most worthless asset to i
be found in his estate is his
good intentions.
You INTEND to take life 1
insurance, or MORE life in- ,
surance some day.
Take a policy TODAY in the ?
Union Central Life, ;
Of Cincinnati, and create at
once a valuable estate by the |
payment of only two or three
per cent on its value.
If yon are under 30 years of
age, five cents a day will
pay for $1,000 of life insurance?the
price of a cigar or
cold drink. Think of it!
C. S. Link,
FORT MILL. S. C.
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