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p home on Burt Booth street.
M:f Sr. ana Mrs. jj F. Coats, -of
( 8eneea, S. C., are guests of Mr.
ff* and Mrs. A. O. Jones for the
I Miss Mary Spratt is at home
I for the holidays, after attending
' daring the past term in Winthrop
college.
Miss Esther McMurray has returned
from a visit to her sister,
Miss Louise McMurray, in Washington,
D. G.
Bom Sunday morning to Mr,
' and Mrs. Joe W. Nims, a
daughter. Margaret Alice. ,
Work is- progressing nicely on
the handsome residence being
erected by S. L. Meacham on
Booth street..
VH^Among the recent transfers
M^^Kort Mill real estate was that
acres from B. M. Lee
^^^^^^HWhite, the consideration
aWP^aMAp Barber, who has
been!9HPnir in the public school
at ScnMorl, S. C., is at the home
for the summer holidays.
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Misses Thelma and Kathleen
Ott are at home from Limestone
college for the holidays, accompanied
by Miss Maude Pridgen,
or Wilmington, N. C., wh?? is
their guest.
Kersone oil on Monday advanced
one cent per gallon and,
as a consequence, local dealers
advanced prices from 85 cents to
90 cents for five gallon lots.
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Invitations have* been issued
by Mr. and Mrs. Geo. Fish, of
this city, to the marriage of
their daughter. Jane Alice Fish,
to Winfield Scott Hanson, of
Boston. Mass., the ceremony to
take place Thursday afternoon,
I June 5th, at 4:30 o'clock.
Rev. Dr. J. W. H. Dyches, of
Fort Mill, filled the pulpit of the
First Baptist church yesterday
morning, exchanging pulpits
with Rev. J. P. Tucker, who
preached at the auditorium in
Fort Mill yesterday.?Rock Hill
Herald, Monday.
The department of agriculture
has sent-notices to county distributors
of nitrate of soda that
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no oraers win oe taken after
^v.June 1st, as the department will
ceAse making deliveries on that
date. v All persons making application
fcr nitrate are asked to
communicate with the county
distributor at once and arrange
for getting their nitrate before
June 1st.
His many friends throughout
this section will learn with regret
that Dr. E. W. Pressly, one
of the leading physicians of the
county, has decided to leave
Clover, where he has practiced
his profession for many years,
and will locate in Greenville.
Dr. Pressly recently secured his
discharge from the army, having
served throughout the war in
the medical corps, rising from
the rank of lieutenant to that of
colonel.
Revenue collectors throughout
the. country have been notified
by the internal revenue department
that, since June 15th falls
on Sunday, the second installment
of the income taxes due on.
that date will be accepted on
Monday, June 16th. Attention
was called to the fact that no
10-day period of grace for payment
of taxes on that date is all/\ui?i/)
fhia tiooi* no moo
vvrvu miiq j w?? | no nno ^iniitru
last year under the old revenue
act v ' s c;
Sigiatares or Bombs.
Late dispatches from Paris are
to the effect that the question of
homing the larger and most important
German cities, including
Berlin, as a part of the military
program which will be followed
in the event the German delegates
refuse to accept the terms
of the peace treaty is being considered,
according to information
given out from a seemingly
reliable source.
It is understood that the question
has been discussed in detail
by General Robertson of the
British army and General Liggett
of the American army.
Germans in the occupied areas
are growing more insolent, according
to the reports, and dispatches
say that at Coblenz the
American soldiers knocked off
the hats of several Germans who
refused to salute the colors of
the American infantry regiment
which formed an escort for General
Robertson, of the British
Army. Most of the Germans, re
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Oftg ScM Emit Siring Ten.
The spring term of the . Fort
Mill graded school came to a
close Tuesday flight, with commencement
exercises held in the
auditorium before an audience
nuich almost filled the large
room. The programme which
; was interspersed with vocal and
| instrumental music supplied by
the young ladies of the high
school comprised a salutation by
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miaa r air iiw, Luc literary audress
by the Rev. J. B. Black,
pastor of the Fort Mill Presbyterian
church, the -presentation
of diplomas by Prof. W. H.
Ward, and the valedictory written
by Miss Blanche Moser and
delivered by Miss Grace Bennett.
The young ladies who received
their diplomas are Misses Fair
Lee, Blanche Moser, Hattie Belk,
Nell May Ferguson, Grace Bennett.
Honor certificates for
excellence in attendance, deportment
and averages were
awarded to Mary Garrison from
the third grade, Owen Patterson
from the fourth grade, and
John McLaughlin from the fifth
grade. In his address with
reference to the prospects of the
school, Prof. Ward stated that
the enrollment had increased
since the 1916 report by 87
pupils, the total enrollment for
the term just concluded being
422. With reference to the
necessities occasioned by the
compulsory attendance law, he
stated that he anticipated an enrollment
of not less than 550.
The Dresent school buildihflr is
entirely inadequate and the
board of trustees will begin at
once the erection of additional
rooms which it is hoped wilL be
in readiness for the fall term.
Preceding the final exercises
the primary grades presented |
the operetta "Little Red Riding
Hood" on Tbesday night, Hattie ,
Parks playing the title role,
Mary Baker the mother, Inez
Wolfe the fairy queen, Owen
Patterson the wolf, and James
Fulp the woodsman. The performance
was well attended and
the piece generously applauded.
On Sunday morning the baccalaureate
sermon was preached
by the Rev. J. P. Tucker, pastor
of the First Baptist church of
Rock Hill, to an audience which
completely filled the auditorium,
the churches of the town having
called off their services for the
morning. A chorus choir composed
of the young ladies of the
high school furnished the music.
On Friday night the literary
societies entertained a large
audience with recitations and
declamations in the annual contest
for prizes. The contestants
were Misses Fair Lee, Anna
Wolf, Nell May Ferguson, Hattie
Belk, Annie Parks, Anna Belle
McManus, Charltori Garrison and
Willie Bennett. A committee of
judges composed of the Rev.
J. B. Black, Rev. W. R, Bouknight,
and I. B. Covington
awarded the first prizes to Miss
Anna Belle McManus and Charlton
Garrison.%
The class play was presented
Monday night and was well received.
The cast of characters
in the Dlav which whs h nntrinHc
play entitled "Standing By" include
the names of Misses Martha
Dyches, Hattie Belk, Marian
Parks, Elizabeth Mills, Fair Lee,
Nell May Ferguson, and Murphy
Cook, Ladson Mills, Arthur
Young, William Crook, Fravor
Kimhrell. The presentation
displayed excellent training and
was altogether a very creditable
performance from which was
realized a handsome sum which
will be used toward the purchase
of a rpoving picture machine
for use invthe school.
Searching for Negro Murderer.
During Saturday, Sunday and
Monday several posses of men
from the vicinity of Lancaster
were in Fort Mill township
searching for Moore Witherspoon,
a negro who on Friday
shot and killed Luther Horton, a
popular young farmer a few miles
east of Lancaster. One posse,
headed by Sheriff Hunter, passed
thrrtnarVi M5II O..?1? 1
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I up to Tuesday was still on the
trail of the negro, though the
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overseas, is here visiting relatives
and viewing his old tramping
grounds.
The Rev. G. C. Epps and
family, of Darlington, are visiting
relatives here.
The health ef this se ction is
good, I think, excepting the
mumps, which are pursuing thecubs
around. We had some
sickness in our shack some time
back, which our pill-toter called
"flu" but if it was "flu" ft flew
right over us, under us, amongst
us, betwixt and between us, and
never tackled this old sinner.
We feel thankful for that. Well,
Josh said we always had something
to be thankful for, but if
we didn't have, why. just be
thankful anyway. The grip and
flu seem to have been sidetracked
for the present.
The wheat crop is' said to be
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quiitr promising. r ne nuwius ui
both corn and cotton are good.
Much has been said about reducing
the acreage to be planted
in cotton. The only crop we
notice tnat has been reduced is
oats. We notice one field that
was sown in oats last fall and
we thought were looking fairly
well, has been laid off and planted
in cotton and the fellow has
a fine stand of cotton with oats
between. Well. I suppose this
fartner did as he pleased. Well.
Josh said everybody should do
that and anyone so contrary as
not to do that should be made do
it. But don't say anything
about this because we can't run.
We learn that Carl Faris ha*,
crawled into a new joy wagon
and we hear also that he has
been elected president of the
Gold Hill cooter-soup club. That
promotion will stick another
feather in his cap. Any of the
cubs around now wishing to join
this club can do so by appearing
before the president with a good
fat ten-pound cooter, as an
initiation fee, and he will be
instructed in all the traits of
cooters and cootersoupism.
Splinter.
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Were Harried Thursday.
M iss Nannie Erwin and Ernest
T. Whitesell were married at
5 o'clock Thursday afternoon at
the home of the bride's mother,
Mrs. Dovie J. Erwin, on Booth
street, the ceremony beinp: performed
by the Rev. J. B. Black,
pastor of the Fort Mill Presbyterian
church, assisted by the
Rev. W. R. Boukniffht, pastor of
St. John's Methodist church, in
the presence of only a few relatives
and friends. At the conclusion
of the ceremony the
couple motored to Rock Hill
where they took the northbound
train for Washington, Baltimore
and New York, where they will
spend about two weeks and then
return to Fort Mill to make Cheir
home. The bride is a deserved
ly popular young woman throughout
the community. The bridegroom
has for a number of years
acceptably served the public as
station agent of the Southern
Railway company in this city.
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whereabouts of the posse at that
time was not knowft Feeling
against the negro is sap# to be
high atnonfe the friend* of Hojrton
and it is fesred that If he is
captured by'others than the sheriffs
posse he will not be permitted
to face trial.
The cause of the killing of
young Horton is said, to have resulted
from a quarrel between
the father of the young man and
the negro, who was o tenant on
the dorton plantation. The (fay
following the quarrel the young
man started to the negro's house
to try to pacify him and induce,
him to return to work, but when j
he had reached the yard of the
negro house. Witherspoon fired
with a shotgun, killing Horton
instantly.
It is understood that Sheriff
Hunter has offered a reward of
$200 for the capture of the negro
and it is believed this amount
will be supplemented by the governor.
News of Gold Hill.
Correspondence The Times:
PcBsitB Tilt ExteiM.
D. L. McLaurin, State pension
commissioner, has extended until
June 15. the time in which
application may bemade by Confederate
veterans for a share in
the distribution of the ex'tra
$100,000 appropriated by the last
general assembly. TJJiis money
is to be apportioned among those
who have notheretofore received
State help, as the names" of
all Confederate veterans were
placed on the pension roll this
year by State statute. Veterans
who have heretofore received
aid. have already received the
customary pensions, this amount
having been paid out by the
comptroller general in April.
To the Public.
We offer the service of our registered
Jersey Bull. Fee $2.00.
L. A. HARRIS.
WINTHROP COLLEGE
SCHOLARSHIP AND ENTRANCE
EXAMINATION.
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x iic <rji.aiiiiiini.iuii iur mu uwurn 01
vacant scholarships in Winthrop College
and for the admission of new students
will be held at the County Court
House on Friday, July 4th, at 9 a. m.,
and also on Saturday, July 5th, at 9 a.
m., for those who wish to make up by
examinations additional units required
for full admission to the Freshmen
Class of this institution. The examination
on Saturday, July 5thf will be
used only for making admission units.
The scholarships will be awarded upon
the examination held on Friday. July
4th. Applicants must not be less than
sixteen years of age. When scholar^
shins are vacant after July 4th. they
will be awarded to those making the
highest average . at this examination,
provided they meet the conditions governing
the award. Applicants for
scholarships should write to President
Johnson for scholarship examination
blanks. These blanks, properly filled
out by the applicant, should be filed
with President Johnson by July 1st.
Scholarships are worth $100 and free
tuition. The next session will open on
September 17, 1919. For further information
and catalogue, address President
D. B. Johnson, Rock Hill, S. C.
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