Fort Mill times. (Fort Mill, S.C.) 1892-current, October 31, 1918, Image 3
I Only one package may be
rI In a standard carton furnish*
I ' The estimated number ?
I ? Chapter for the territory uo
I ' in the Division Office by Oc!
| Chapter Chairman October 7,
Cartons will be distribul
ber 1st.
NO PARCELS MAY B
ppf |p- EMBER 15, 1918.
The label issued to the n
authorities and forwarded
friend in this country will e
the local Red Cross organizat
The cartons must be packe
and delivered unwrapped an<
to be weighed, inspected,
livered to the Post Office.
No package may weigh m<
No written message may 1
Certain articles prohibite
must be omitted.'
The sender must furnish
place of mailing to Hoboken.
Each parcel must bear th<
with the name and address
spection label of the America
Inspected parcels must r
Red Cross until delivered b\
Post Office.
IN THE EVENT OF
LABEL BEING LOST, N<
ISSUED. THIS RULE CA
ANYBODY.
ITEMS OF LOCAL INTEREST.
The best price for cotton on
the local market is 29 1-2 cts.
Mrs. Ernest G. Gaither, of
Statesville, N. C., accompaenid
her little son is a guest in the
home of Dr. and Mrs. T. S.
Kirkpatrick.
Capt. T. K. Lee, who is now
stationed at Camp Sevier as
instructor in rifle shooting, was
a visitor in Fort Mill this week,
the guest of his parents Mr. and
Mrs. D. A. Lee.
Mrs. J. B. Elliott several days
ago received a letter from her
brother. Major E. A. Thornwell,
stating that he had been seriously
ill in a hospital in Anniston,
Ala., but at the time of writing
was somewhat improved.
Mr. J. M. Gamble, of the
township, on Thursday received
a cablegram stating that his son,
Oscar Gamble, had been wounded
in action. Mr. Gamble at once
despatched a cable asking for
particulars, but up to yesterday
had received no reply.
In the publication last week in
The Times of the Fort Mill subscribers
to the Fourth Liberty
loan the name of Mr. J. H. Sutton
was inadvertantly omitted
from the list. Mr. Sutton purchased
a $100 bond.
It is very likely that the annual
meeting of the Upper South
Carolina conference, which is
scheduled to meet at Bethel M.
E. church, Chester, on November
13th, will be postponed for
two weeks on account of the influenza
situation.
Mrs. J. B. Elliott of this city
Saturday afternoon received a
message from Chatham, Va., announcing
the death in that city
of her little niece, Frances Reid,
daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Edwin
S. Reid. The child's death was
due to influenza-pneumonia. She
was six years of age.
Another big money-raising campaigh
is almost upon us. The
sum of $170,500,000 is wanted
for the United War Work fund,
and it is to be raised during the
week of November 11. This
money is to be administered under
government direction to the
seven officially recognized war
work agencies.
Mr. J. N. McAteer suffered
painful and serious injuries last
Thursday morning from a fall
from the roof of R. P. Harris'
house on White street which he
was criverinc. Dr. A. Theo
Neely's examination showed a
broken arm and thigh with
possible internal injuries. He
was sent to the Fennell Infirmary
in Rock Hill on the afternoon
train and it i3 reported that his
condition is fairly satisfactory.
The general election for United
States senator for the full term
and representatives in congress
and a special election for United
States senator for the short term
and the general election for State
and county officers will be held
at the regular voting precincts
by law in each county throughout
the State next Tuesday, November
5th, being the first Tuesday
following the first Monday,
as prescribed by the constitution.
Fort Mill friends of Mr. Richard
L. Young, of Charlotte, will
be interested to know that he
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id by the Red Cross.
>f cartons needed by each
ider its jurisdiction must be
tober 20, 1918 on cards sent
ted to Chanters by NovemE
MAILED AFTER NOV,
lan overseas by the Army
by him to some relative or
nable the holder to apply to
ion for one carton.
id by the relatives or friends
i unlabeled to the Red Cross
wrapped, labeled and deare
than three pounds,
ae inclosed.
id by the postal authorities
the necessary postage from
N. J.
3 label received from abroad
of the soldier and the in,n
Red Cross.
emain in the custody of the
r Its representatives to the
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has been commissioned as second
lieutenant in the field artillery
at the officers' training camp at
Camp Zachary Taylor, Kentucky.
Lieutenant Young is the son of
Mrs. Lenora Ross, of Charlotte,
and a crrandsnn nf Mr A lav A
Young:, of Fort Mill. .
According: to the Charlotte Observer
of Monday, the new toll
bridge over Catawba river at Mt.
Holly, 15 miles west of Charlotte,
was washed away in the
high waters of Saturday. The
river in the vicinity of Fort Mill
showed a rise Sunday of about
ten feet, overflowing the bottom
land in low places, but little damage
to the crops along the stream
has been reported.
Rev. H. J. Mills Dead.
Fort Mill people generally, and
members of the local Presbyterian
church in particular, were
deeply grieved to learn Friday
that the Rev. H. J. Mills, formerly
a residsnt of York county,
had died Thursday at his home
at Rowland, N. C. Mr. Mills
visited Fort Mill some time ago
and preached in the Presbyterian
church, and so well did the
people like him that he was
asked to become pastor of the
I church at a meeting of the con
gregauon a lew Sundays ago.
Publication of the call was, however,
withheld from The Times
at the request of the church.
Mr. Mills had not indicated to
the church officers at the time
he was stricken whether he
would accept the call.
During his residence in York
county Mr. Mills was pastor of
Clover, Beersheba and Ramah
Presbyterian churches, residing
at Clover, and had made many
friends and admirers throughout
the county. He leaves a widow
and three children.
Hester Pays Heavy Fine.
A. F. Hester, prominent
building contractor of Rock Hill,
who was arrested at Statesville,
N. C., several nights ago
by officers for having too much
whiskey in his possession, was
tried there Saturday afternoon
by Judge Ben Long in superior
court and given a fine of $100, in
addition to havinc his whicL-ow?
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10 gallons in amount?and his
Maxwell automobile forfeited to
the State, according to a despatch
to the Charlotte Observer.
Hester had been to Wilkes
county after whiskey, having
found 10 gallons for which,
according to his statement, he
paid the sum of $120, or $12 a
gallon. He passed through
Statesville about 9 o'clock at
night headed for South Carolina,
i but shortly after crossing the
{square he had a blow out which
halted him temporarily. While
attempting to fix his car a
couple of officers happened along
and offered their assistance. In
nosing around the car they
accidentally came upon the whiskey.
Hester in court claimed
that he had gotten the whiskey
for himself and friends for use
in treating influenza and had no
intention of selling or otherwise
disposing of it. As soon as he
had paid his fine and been released
by the State authorities
he was served with a federal
warrant, for violation, of the
government whiskey laws and
was bound to federal court in the
spring in the sum of $200.
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SERGEANT EU BAILES ULLED; |
|CAPT. 1 W. PARKS WOUNDED.
Fort MHO Company fa Hard Ml
1 m Bottle With the Bocbee.Lint
Cam. Spmt WritM of
ftiRght
Fort Mill and the community
{was deeply concerned Tuesday
over the welfare of our soldier
boys, when Mrs. Sue M. Spratt,
of this city, received a letter
from her son. Lieut. Col. T.
B. Spratt. in France, telling of a
battle in which the Fort Mill
company, together with other
companies comprising: the 118th
Infantry, had recently taken
part. The local company seems
to have suffered right severely,
though, so far as is known> there
were no fatalities other than
that of Sergt. Eli Bailes. The
letter of Col. Spratt follows:
"France, Oct. 12, 1918.
"Dear Mania:
"We have just come out of a
; big fight and are hoping that we
can get a few days rest. Everybody
is naturally worn out and
exhausted, mentally and physically.
We have been fighting a day
or so at a time for nearly a month
now. but for the past five days
j and nights have been at it all the
j time.
"Our regiment led off in the
; first attack against the Hinden;
burg line. We broke through
and have been pushing Boches
back ever since. We have been
in the front again for the past
five days and nights and have
been fighting him back practically
all of the time. Yesterday
he got back against the
river and stopped us temporarily
for the first time. It is just
temporarily, though, fresh troops
are in and we will have him
across today, I hope. The fighting
has been very severe, the
home company went in with two
officers. Captain Parks. Lieut.
Dozier and eleven sergeants.
Cant. Parks was wounded within
the first half hour; Dozier a
little later. Willie Nims, as first
sergeant, then took charge and
he was soon wounded also. Then
at about the same time, Tom
Hall, Herbert Harris, Joe Belk,
both Bennett boys. Carey Patterson,
and DeWitt Burrage. Sergt.
Eli Bailes was killed. All of
these were taken back to the
hospital except Burrage, whost
wound was slight. None of the
others were serious, I understand.
Capt. Parks was shoi
through the heel and Willie Nim>
through, or rather in, the leg.
This company, particularly, got
into very close quarters with
the Boches and several of the
boys, Joe Belk particularly, was
knocked out in a hand to hand
fight. I haven't heard yet oi
others but think this covers all
the boys from home that you
know. The percentage of men
killed or wounded was not, of
course, so much as the officers,
though many of them were. The
record of the officers above
simply shows how the officers
and non-commissioned officers
led their men, when both officers
and nine out of eleven serire?nts
were killed or wounded. Willie
Nims had already been recommended
for honorable mention
for exceptional bravery during
the previous fight, together with
Herbert Baker and others. I am
going to see that his part in the
last fight is also written up and
hope we can get him commissioned
as a lieutenant for all he
has done. Joe Belk has been
named to go to the army candidate
school tomorrow, but cannot
go now as he will probably
be in the hospital for several
weeks. I do not see how the
whole company or regiment
either could have done Dettei
than they did or could havt
stood more hardship of an>
kind.
"I am enclosing a letter from
the Brigadier General to both
of the regiments. Ours, however,
has had the hardest end of
the fight. We have had nine
officers killed and over thirty
wounded.
"Don't know what I would
give for a soft bed and electric
lights now. Have had about
ten hour's sleep in over a week
and nothing to read or write b>
except a candle for over fiv?
months. Food is plentiful and 1
keep in splendid health and
haven't had an ache or pain
since I left home. If I can continue
to dodge shells successfully,
hope to spend Christmas at home
with you.
"We have been moving so fast
recently that our mail has not
caught up with us. Hope I have
lots of it waiting for me somewhere.
Love to all of you. Tell
ihp t'fULra nf
uic wya menuoneu
that I say that none of the
wounds are fatal. Congratulate
Mrs. Belk especially for me anc
also Fred Nims. Tender my
especial sympathy to the Baile.^
family. Sorry that I can't write
to each one of them.
"T. B. Spratt."
Mr. Bailes spoken of above as
having been killed, is a son of
Mr. and Mrs. J. H. Bailes, of
thib city. The young man was
about 22 years of age and un1
married. In his death Fort Mill
furnishes its first victim to
the great war. j
"
NOTICE
Of AdnfaktraW* Sale of Pareonal
Property.
Under order of Judge of Pro bete,
' ee Administratrix of tfce estate of W.
T. Hoagland, deceased. I will sell at
Public Auction. on Main Street of Fort
Mill. S. G, an 3 iter day, tb?2ad day ef |
wnwiBwr, 1*18, personal property belonging
to Mid estate, consisting of a
lot of Howw, Moles, Wagom, Harness,
Fanwai Tools and Implements
Terms of sale, Cash.
Mrs. L1LLIE HOAGLAND,
Administratrix.
Just For Fun.
Try D. A. Lee's Cash Grocery,
where we'll sell you
$1 worth of 6oods for 95c,
provided you carry your bundles.
Everything that is nice to eat,
and everything guaranteed to
please you.
Phone No. 61.
0. A. Lee's Gash Grocery.
COLLEGE OF CHARLESTON,
Founded 1785.
A college of highest Bt&ndard, open
to men and women. An intentionally
limited enrollment insures individual
instruction. Four year courses lead to
the Bachelor's Degree. The Pre-Medical
course a special feature Military
Training, established in 1917 under
War Department regulations, is in
charge of U. S. army officer. Address,
HARRISON RANDOLPH,
President, Charleston, S. C.
The Times is $1.25 per year, strictly
in advance.
DR. A. l_. OTT ,
DENTIST
Office hours, 8 a. m, to 5 p. m.
(Dr. Spratt's office)
Belk Building', Fort Mill, S. C.
Electric
Bitters
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"I was suffering from pain in in ;
stomach, head and back," write? i s
T. Alston, Raleigh, N. C., "and r
liver and kldnoys did not worfc vir ?'
but four bottle's of Electric BiUe..
made me feel like a new trmn.'
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advanced since we placed our orcan
save you money 011 Footwear.
>f Knit Goods?Sweaters, Caps, I 11r
any member of the family.
Extra Special.
ds of Fine Sea Island Sheeting, 40 f'
10c value, for 25c the yard, or 22 l-2c
i of 20 to 50 yards. $
v "No Name" Hats are here.
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Mill's Fastest Growing Store."
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