Fort Mill times. (Fort Mill, S.C.) 1892-current, November 21, 1918, Image 3
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ITEMS OF LOCAL INTERESf, ,
Mrs. James D. Fulp spent the
past week end visiting friends in
Concord, N. C.
Miss Mary Spratt came up
from Winthrop college to ?*oend
the week end at her home here.
Miss Carolyn Banks, of Columbia,
was the week end guest
of Mrs. Hattie Mack.
The Rev. James A. Wilson, of
Columbia, filled the pulpit of the
Presbyterian church at the Sun9
day morning service.
Misses Eva Parks, Cleo Sowell
and Myrtle Bowman, of Winthrop,
were week end guests of
Miss Eulu Patterson, in this city.
Lieut. S. A. Alford, of the
United States army, visited his
family at the home of the Rev.
JjV. S. Goodwin, during the past
week.
The Times is asked to state
that Lieut-Col. T. B. Spratt will
make an address'to the colored
people tomorrow (Friday) evening
at 8 o'clockL'at St. James
church.
A despatch to the Charlotte
Observer from Lancaster says
that the home of Judge Ira B.
Jones was burned Saturday evening,
very little being saved.
Judge Jones was in Chester attending
court at the time of the
fire.
Announcement is made that
the L. & C. railroad bridge over
Catawba river will be completed
within a short time and regular
freight and passenger schedules
will bo resumed between Lancas
ter and Chester. The bridge has
been down since the spring flood
of 1916.
On account of the recent slump
of several cents per pound in the
price of cotton, there has been
lew bales sold on the Fort Mill
market. The farmers of this
section are not disposed to sell
their cotton at less than cost of
production in order to enrich a
lot of scheming shysters on the
New York cotton exchange.
The War Work Campaign for
subscriptions in Fort Mill township
has been completed and reports
indicate that subscriptions
will go about 35 per cent, over
the allotment. The local committees
are especially gratified
at the liberality of the operatives
in the two cotton mills who have
contributed almost unanimously
at least one day's wages to this
lund while a number of subscriptions
far exceed this.
President Wilson in a proclamation
Sunday designated Thursday,
November 28. as Thanksgiving
day and said this year the
American people have special
and moving cause to be grateful
and rejoice. Complete victory,
he said, has brought not only
peace, but the confident promise
of a new day as well, in which
"justice shall replace force and
jealous intrigue among nations."
The members of the local
D. A. K. chapter will give an
oyster supper in the Meacham
building Saturday, November
from 4 to 9 p. m. The proceeds
are to be used to buy wool
for their allotment of sweaters
to be given the sailors of the
battleship South Carolina. All
are cordially invited to come and
help keep our sailor boys warm
while bringing our splendid
soldier boys home.
Lonnie Robertson, son of Mr.
and Mrs. J. T. Robertson, returned
to his home in this city
Sunday evening from the army
camp at Spartanburg. Private
Robertson, along with 4,000 other
soldiers, were discharged from
the service, in keeping with the
government's plan to demobolize
its camp troops in this country
during the next two weeks.
It is expected that the Rev.
J. O. Reavis, D. D., of Columbia
Theological seminary will fill the
pulpit of the Presbyterian
church next Sunday morning
and evening, A congregational
meeting will be held on that
day with the view of considering
the question of calling a
pastor. A special offering will
be asked for the benefit of Thorrwell
Orphanage. .
Mr. N. M. McManus received
word yesterday of the death in
an American field hospital in
Fi ance of his son, Corporal H.
Frank McManus, he being
wounded on October 6th and
died October 26th. Corporal
McManus was a member of the
Fort Mill Light Inflmtry, having
enlisted when the company was
called into service in the spring
of 1917. He was 23 years of age
and was married some months
ago. his wife now residing with
her parents near Matthews,
N.C.
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Mr. C. Fred Rogers has moved
with his family to Baden. N. p.,
where they will make theii
future home.
According to figures furnished
The Times Saturday by Joe M.
Taylor, census reporting agent,
there were 21.908 bales of cotton
ginned in York county prior tc
November 1, as compared with
14,781 bales ginned to the corresponding
date in 1917.
John W. Gunn on Monday began
the erection of a cottage
home in Whiteville Park, with
Jesse L. Howie as supervisor ^of
construction. Mr. Gunn and
family will occupy the house upnn
ifc nnmnlafinn
All physical examinations of
registrants liable for military
duty has been stopped, according
to a bulletin sent out Monday
by Major R. E. Carwile, officer
in charge of State headquarters
for selective regulation.
Reports from forty-six American
cities having an aggregate
population of 23,000,000 show a
total number of deaths of 82,306
from Spanish influenza during
the period from September 9 to
November 9- The total number
of deaihs in the American Expeditionary
force in France,
from wounds and disease, is not
estimated to have been more
tharw40,000 or 45,000.
York County News Matters.
? * orkville Enquirer.) *
The open season for partridge
shooting does not begin until
December 1.
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i nere nas Deen less toaaer
pulling this year than ever before.
and more shredding is
going on. This situation has
been brought about mainly by a
scarcity of labor.
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After having been suspended
since October 4. on account of
the influenza epidemic, theYorkville
graded school resumed work
Monday morning. There was a
full attendance at the reopening
and the work of the various
classes is moving along nicely.
There is quite a good deal of
influenza in Sharon and the
country surrounding, eight or
ten new cases having developed
among the school children within
the past three days.
On his farm on the eastern
outskists of Yorkville, Mr. P. W.
Love has a field of cotton,
planted in two varieties, which
very forcibly demonstrates the
productive qualities of one
variety over the other. There
have been two pickings from
the field. One variety has pro
duced about all the seed cotton
that it will produce, while on the
other there is yet quite a pood
picking of open cotton and many
unopened bolls that will yet be
picked if extremely heavy frost
doesn't catch it "within a couple
of weeks.
Methodist Conference Next Week.
The fourth session of the Upper
S. C. Conference of the
M. E. church. South, will convene
in Bethel church next
week. The first delegates will
go Monday evening in order to
attend the several committee
meetings which will be held
Tuesday morning. These committee
meetings are for the
examination of the younger
preachers in their courses of
study, the examination of those
who will apply for admission
into the conference, the preliminary
work of the boards of
missions, education, church extension,
and other work preparatory
to the session of the conference.
Some of the delegates
will arrive on the Tuesday morning
trains, but the bulk of the
conference members are ex
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PCCLCU LMI i uusuiiy evening
trains. The attendance will approximate
250. Chester Reporter.
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James Grist to Go to Siberia.
Sergt. James D. Grist, of Camp
Sevier, was a visitor in Rock Hill
Saturday, according to The Herald:
Sergeant Grist is a York
man, the son of the editor of the
Yorkville Enquirer. He has beer
in the service for about a year,
and has been one of the editor?
of the camp papers at Sevier and
has had in hand most of the
publicity work done at the camp.
He was well fitted for the work,
as he had made a reputation as ?
newspaper man before entering
the military service. While ir
, Rock Hill, Sergeant Grist tolc
, friends that he expected to be
( ordered to Siberia at an earl}
! date. He did not state the kinc
of service he would be engagec
in on arrival in the far east.
1 Cc!&ael Spratt at Hue.
Lieutenant Colonel Thomas B.Spratt,
of th& One Hundred and
Eighteenth Infantry, which has
I been in France for nearly a year,
arrived at his home in Fort Mill
Sunday night and will probably
, remain here for ten days or two
, weeks. Col. Spratt embarked
, at Brest, November* G. under
, orders to proceed to the United
States and direct the movement
of a regiment of troops across
| the Atlantic. Information was
| received of the 8ign*ng of the:
armistice by wireless while he!
i was on the high seas and upon
,! his arrival at Camp Dix, November
15, his orders were revoked
and he was given the privilege
'. of visiting his home. He reached
Charlotte on a late train Sunday
I night where he was met by his
j brother. Dr. J. Lee Spratt, and
1 mntnroH trt EY>rf- Mill nrfiirincr
here about midnight.
Apparency Col. Spratt . has
suffered no ill effects from the
hard experiences he has passed
through and is in fine physical
condition. He states that Me
has not had an ache or pain
since he left the shores of the
United States.
His enthusiasm and admiration
of the fighting spirit of his
troops is unqualified and he says
that every call on them under
the most trying circumstances
has been readily and cheerfully
met. His description of the
fighting preceding and during
the breaking of the Hindenburg
line for the first time which was
participated in by the troops
under his corrmand is intensely
interesting:. The discordant note
comes with the report of the
heavy casualties which were
suffered by the One Hundred
and Eighteenth Infantry. He
is unwilling: for any details of
this to be published at this time.
The esteem and affection in
which Colonel Spratt is held by
the people of th'is community
was distinctly shown Tuesday
night when a public reception ,
was held in his honor in the
Masonic hall. His friends
gathered from many miles around
and filled the hall to overflowing.
The ladies of the local Woman's
Patriotic society had decorated
the hall beautifully with the
flags of the entente nations and
bunting while Old Glory and the
State flag belonging to Company
G, of the One Hundred and
Eighteenth Infantry were prominently
displayed. The Rev. J.
W. H. Dyches, Th. D., pastor of
the Baptist church, introduced
Colonel Spratt, who in his
prefatory remarks stated that
he found himself in an entirely
new field of action, but he had
consented to tell of some of his
experiences in France, as so
many of his hearers were so
directly interested in the boys
who had gone to the front from
Fort Mill.
He gave a sketch of the trip
across the Atlantic and the arrival
at Calais, after which they
were shortly brigaded with the
British first army in Belgium.
For some months his troops were
ensraired in holdintr the trenches
and were moved consecutively
to the second and third British
armies further south. In the
heavy fighting which preceded
the signing of the armistice in
the early part of October, the
troops of the Thirtieth Division
had unusualfy severe experiences
and the casualties of the Fort
Mill company were proportionately
greater than that of any
company of the division. Their
spirit and enthusiasm received
the highest commendation from
the commanding officers, and
Colonel Spratt. was told by the
commanding general just before
his departure for the United
Slates, to inform the home folks
of their conduct without stint
saying that he "could not lay it
on too thick." The troops of
the Fort Mill and Rock Hill companies
occupied a position at the
extreme left and at a pivitol
position and when the command
to go forward was given the
contest was most bitter and the
resistance very great. Tne comi
pany suffered very heavy losses
in the first hours of the battle
and there was much hand to
hand fighting. These two companies
had been engaged almost
continuously from two o'clock
on the preceding afternoon and
throughout the night and started
[ in the big fight at 5 o'clock in
the morning without rest.
51 Colonel Soratt gave much interesting
information of the
' conditions prevailing in the
lp battle zone, of the outrages com"
mitted by the Boches, and inj
stances of personal courage
which came under his observa'
tion. An amusing incident was
[ that of the capture of about 40
. German prisoners by one officer
accompanied by a bugler and a
private after a pistol duel be
tween the former and a German
officer. Colonel SDratt believes
that he will not have to return
across the seas but will be detailed
for duty on this side until
Che end of the emergency.
At the conclusion of his address
the ladies served coffee,
tea and sandwiches and there
was a cheerful mingling of the
assemblage. Much interest was
taken in Colonel Spratt's gas
mask and- helmet and in his
description <?f the effects of the
gas attacks fn which he had
suffered on three occasions.
WANTED?To buy load of Good Hay
er New Shucks. B. W. Bradford.
A BARGAIN ?I have'oniof the biggest
bargains you ever saw in a second-hand
88-Note Piano. Nice enough
or any parlor. B. W. Bradford.
FOR SALE)- -Pedigreed Duroc-Jersey
Pigs at $15.00 each, two for $27.60
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Bailes, Prop.
_ GINN1 ]R'S NOTICET"
Notice is hereby given that, until
further notice, the gins of the Fort
Mill Ginnery will be operated only four
days each week? Wednesdays, Thursdays,
Fridays ai>d Saturdays.
The Fort Mill Ginnery.
AN ORDINANCE.
Be it Ordained by the Mayor and Aldermen,
the Town Council, of the
Town of Fort Mill, S. C., by Authority
of the Same.
Section 1. That a levy of ten (10)
mills on each and every dollar of real
and personal property, not exempt
from taxation, held, owned, or liable
for taxation, in the town of Fort Mill,
S. C., on the 1st day of Januarv, 1918,
be, and the same is hereby made for
the following purposes:
Ordinary purposes! 3 mills
Int. Waterw'ks bonds 2J "
Sinking Fund - li "
Fire Protection E'quip. 3J "
Sec. 2. That said taxes shall become
due and payable at tile office of the
City Treasurer on the 1st day of November,
1918. Taxes tnay be paid up
to and including the 15th day of November,
1918. Thereafter, and up to
the 1st day of January, 1919, a penalty
of 15 per cent, will attach to said taxes
not paid before November 15th, 1918.
Sec. 3. That after the 1st dav of
January, 1919, executions will be issued
against all delinquents for the amount
of taxes, penalties and .costs, in accordance
with the laws of the state of
South Carolina and the municipal ordinances.
Done and ratified in counc il in regular
session assembled in Fort Mill, S.
C., this 24th day of October, 1918.
B. E. PATTERSON,
Attest: Mayor.
W. A. ROACH. Treasurer.
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Oil Heaters,
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Comforts,
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yerything, but
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the Best.
Baltimore" Suits and Overcoats for
re.
and "World Beater" Suits for Boys
s of age.
id No Name Hats.
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n and Children.
s and Long Coats from Tlic Best
ers.
that is Right anywhere.
sell the best makes of Rugs. Art
indow Shades, Trunks, Suit Cases,
lags, Etc.
tit the best, we have it.
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Mill's Fastest Growing Store."
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We have never presumed to advise our farmer friends ?
when to sell cotton, neither do we d sc them when to ?
hold it. We are here to lend you money if you desire ?
to hold it, and to receive your money on deposit if you ?
sell it. Even in the panic of 1914, when banks all over ?
the country had cold feet and refused to lend on cotton ?
we advertised that we would lend to the limit on cotton ?
and by so doing hundreds of our customers cleaned up
thousands of dollars.
Farmers have made this bank what it is today and we f
always have their interests at heart. ' *
Our resources are well over a quarter of a million dol- ?
lars and still growing. %
Corne in and let's talk it over. Z * i
(You know which bank ? Uncle Sam's) j
iGood Groceries.!
For a general stock of y_. series |
$ of tested merit we believe that 2
+ our store cannot be out-classed. t
Our prices are always at the bottom |
and we are prepared to serve the |
public with the best of everything in
our line. |
Phone us your wants. We are always
"on the job." . "
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Proprietor. jj
| Fort Mill, S. C.
| Fresh Meats, Fish and Country
(Produce of All Kinds. 1
Phone us your wants. 1
Reasonable Prices Best Service. | ' j