Fort Mill times. (Fort Mill, S.C.) 1892-current, March 17, 1921, Image 1
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Established 1891.
' SHORT NEWS STORIES
FROM MANY SOURCES
Current Events Gathered Here
and There and Boiled Down
For Times Readers.
Birmingham, Ala., and the
country for .r>0 miles araund was
shaken Sunday morning by an
explosion in the Dolomite coal
mines. No one was injured.
The Chicago police will use gas
bombs hereafter in fighting fugitives
who have barricaded themselves
and offer battle to the policemen.
The bombs contain iron
nuts, formaldehyde, sulphuric
acid and permanganate of potash.
"The gas will force the criminals
into ihe open air in a hurry,"
said Police Chief Fitzmorris. in
explaining the latest method of
dislodging criminals.
The nation's divorce story for
1920 is one which far overshadows
the broken ties of any other
year, according to statistics just
published. The*palm for breaking
the divorce record goes to
Seattle, "Wash., with 2.430. Atlanta
comes into prominence as
the "Reno of the South." and
'shares the distinction with Savannah,
where the courts, when
put to it, can turn out divorces
at the rate of one a minute.
Sixty million firecrackers are
being manufactured in Hongkong
to be shipped to American boys
to celebrate next Fourth of July.
Married 14 times in three vears.
n deserter from both the'army
ami navy and now servinp a term
in a naval prison comprises the
alleged war record of Harold
Hammond. 20 years old. This
was revealed in New York eitv
in annulment proceedings brought
by the first and second women
he married.
The nation's gratitude will be
shown for the bravery and valor
of its soldiers who fonpht. in the
_ World war by brinpinp home
. from the battlefields of France
he body of an unknown soldier
. and interring it with elaborate
ceremonies in Arlinpton eemetorv.
near Wash inpt on. Lcpislation
supported by tbe American
Legion for that purpose has become
a law. While details have
not he^n worked out. it is the
plan to have the ceremony in
Arlin(rtnn Afnv OO i>. T">
idcnt Harding and nil tho officials
of tho array nn<l navy and representatives
of foreign countries
will participate.
A liquid poison so strong that
three drops will kill anyone whose
skin it touches has been discovered
bv the chemical warfare service
of the war department, it was
announced Saturday. Sprayed
from airnlanees. two tons of this
annihilating poison would cover
an area 100 feet wide and seven
miles long, destroying all life
within the district not protected
bv a special covering. The chemical
warfare service is now developing
protective clothing to make
the wearer impervious to the
poison. Tt an be easily manufactured
and the United States
could unkc several thousand tons
a <Jny if necessary plants were
built.
In line with the campaign of
the Southern Cotton association,
the manager of the Mississippi
convict farms lias announced that
Ik will reduce his acreage 1o cotton
this year by as near one-half
as possible?planting just enough
to keep the convict force of 1.200
well exercised. Heretofore the
State has cultivated 10.000 or
more acres. The land thus released
from cotton will he put
in corn, sweet potatoes, peas and
oats, and it is also proposed to
raise a sufficient number of hogs
to furnish all the meat the convicts
will need. Mississippi has
lost over $1,500,000 on her cotton
crop of the last two years, all of
which remains unsold.
McConnellsville Youth Shot.
a* Walter Harnes, son of J. T.
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names, wno operates a store at
MeOonnellsville, was shot and
dangerously wounded Saturday
night by a negro who had broken
into his father's store. Young
Barnes was taken to a hospital
in Chester and the negro was
locked up in York jail. The youth
was sleeping in the store and was
awakened as the negro entered.
Shots were exchanged, Barnes
being struck in the loft chest by
a ball ?om the negro's revolver.
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THREE AT MANASSAS.
Trio of Fort Mill Veterans Left
Who Were at Famous Battle.
Reference in a conversation on
Main street in Fort Mill Monday
to the plan to make a Southern
memorial park of the Henry farm
on which the First Battle of Manassas
was fought brought forth
the statement from a Confederate
veteran that, beside himself,
there are only two old soldiers
now living in the Fort Mill community
who were present at the
battle, the three being A. II. Merritt,
.las. P. Epps and Ira Patterson,
all members of Company II,
6th South Carolina regiment.
The First Battle of Manassas
was fought on July 31. 1861.
;iii(l whs ii ilne.idpil Confederate
success. It was there that Gen. T.
J Jackson received the soubriquet
bestowed upon him by Gen.
Bee. South Carolina brigade commander.
who shortly afterward
fell mortally wounded leading bis
troops against the Union forces.
Confederate veterans as a rubdo
not seem to recall the First
Battle of Manassas with the degree
of gratification that one
would naturally expect. 'There
was where we lost our best opportunity
to win the war." remarked
recently a Confederate
veteran. "With the Union forces
disastrously routed and running
helter-skelter, we stopped to celebrate
olir victory instead of pursuing
the enemy straight into the
city of Washington, which we
eouhl have captured with little
difficulty and then and there ended
on our terms the war. If we *
had gone on to Washington we
would have been saved the four
years of bloodshed that followed,
am^ think of the suffering and
humiliation the South would have
escaped, to say nothing of what
d would have meant to those of
us then alive and to future generations
for the Southern Confederacy
to have taken its place
among tho world's permanent
governments. Did you ever
stop to think," continued the
veteran, "that if we had won the
war the Southern people would4
have today been the richest people
per capita on the face of the
jjlohe? Why? Because we could
have fixed our own price for our
cotton crop and then refused to
allow a bale to go out of the
country for less than the minimum
price. T shall never cense
to regret that our armies were at
last overwhelmed."
Baptist Women to Meet.
The Rock Hill division of the
Women's Missionary Union of
the York Association, Baptist
church, will meet with the White
Street church. Rock Hill, on the.
third Sunday in March, at J}:30
p. m. The division consists of
nine churches, Catawba, Rock
Hill First church, Park, Northside,
West-End. White Street.
Flint Hill, Fort. Mill, Pleasant
Valley. Mrs. J. T. Garrison, superintendent,
expresses the hope
that each church in the union will
he largely represented at the
meeting, the program for which
follows: Devotional, reports of
societies by departments, reports
of associate superintendents; discussion.
"Making and Sending
Quarterly Reports." "Mission
Study Certificates." "Loyalty in
Paying Campaign Pledges," talk '
on stewardship, Closing message
on soul-winning.
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Negroes in High Favor. <
Northern and Western negroes
are in high clover and high favor
in Washington just now. says
"Buck" Bryant, writing to the
rki.mi -??
1 Hill IUI ir uunri v n . i m*tV vt#nirand
po at the "White House as
other folks do. The other day as >,
a party of newspaper men passed <
the "front porth" they saw two 1
lnrpe, swollen np nepro men
wearinp jimswinpers. diamonds \
and walkinp sticks,'and accompa- i
nied by their families, some of I
which \yere hiphly perfumed, <
cominp ont of the front door of <
the executive mansion. s
"Who are the hip colored <
puysT" asked a man from the <
West. 1
"Oh, tl\ey are not seekinp of- <
flee, but payinp their respects." ]
answered a correspondent who l
had heen at Marion durinp the ?
campaign. "Some Ohio friends 1
of the president. " <
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NEWS OF YORK COUNTY
TOLD IN PARAGRAPHS
Items Concerning People and
Things Briefly Related by
the Yorkville Enquirer.
Farmers were offered 20 cents
a dozen for eggs on the Yorkville
market Monday.
The upper road between Yorkville
and ltock Hill is now in
much beter condition than for
many months past- The average
Ford time between the two towns
is now about 40 minutes.
Citizens of Clover school district
on Wednesday, by a vote of 84 to
21, decided to issue school bonds
in the sum of $40,000 to bo spent
in the construction of a new high
school building.
Moonshiners operating in York
county are careful to get heir liquor
away from the place of distillation
as soon as it runs out of
the worm, lest the officers come.
Horace L. Johnson, special State
constable, said Monday that although
a number of distilleries
had been*taken this year, he had
not captured and whiskey since
before Christmas.
Only a part of the Clover Cotten
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mill is in operation. about 100
employees liavinp been laid off
last Saturday. Employees laid
off. it is said, were pi veil no intimation
when work would be re
sumed. The Hawthorne mill continues
to run.
Inquiry anionp a number of peo
pie in position to know somethinp
about it develops that there is so
far little buildinp in prospect for
Rock Hill this year. There will
be a few residences erected perhaps
and a new theater buildinp.
but that is about all. it is said.
Mr. T. A. Bean, venerable shoemaker
of Clover, celebrated his
71st birthday last Friday with a
birthday dinner to which were in
vited a number of his friends, in eludinpv
several of the ministers
of Clover. A variety of pood
thinps to eat. were served and the
occasion proved an enjoyable one
to all present.
Since last October the State
hiphway commission has expended
on reconstruct ill p the roads he
tween Rock Hill and Yorkville
and between Filbert and Clover
the sum of $13,545.26. TheYorkville-Rock
Hill work has cost $8,679.31
and the amount so far expended
on the Filbert-Clover
work is $4 815.15.
The congregation of the First
Presbyterian church of Clover estimates
that it has saved $20,000
or more by not proceeding with
the construction of the new
church edifice early in 1920. The
estimated cost of the building at
that time was from $60,000 to
$75,000. W. T. Beamguard. contractor.
Monday estimated the
cost of the building now in process
of construction to be from
$35,000 to $40,000.
What is believed to be one of
the oldest clocks in the United
States from a standpoint of continuous
service is a clock of the
" grandfather" type in possession
of J. 1). Owin, a citizen- of Sharon.
The clock has been running
continuously for 130 years and
it is believed that it is good for
that many more years.
Because of the decline in the
cost of living, it is said, the town
council has reduced the salary of ,
the chief of police from $150 to
$125 a month. The unlnrv nf the
night policeman has been-reduced
from $125 to $90 a month.
Road Aid Promised.
Meeting with the hoard of commissioners
for York county in
York last Wednesday. Messrs. T.
B. Spratt and L. A. Harris were
assured that it was the purpose
raf the board to assist Fort Mill
township at the earliest practicable
date in the improvement of
the public road between Fort Mill
and the Catawba river. The
board, it is understood, will rec- I
unamend to the State highway '
commission an appropriation of
i?10.000 federal aid to be used in
conjunction with a like amount
uf county funds, either in cash or
work of the chaingang. to be '
expended on the road. If the .
plan to secure the federal aid
miscarries, it was stated that the
county will make other arrangements
to put the rond in good J
condition.
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5DAY, MARCH 17. 1921.
FOET MILL BOY SCOUTS
CELEBRATE BIRTHDAY
Troop Receives Promise of United
States Flag and Individual
Banner From Mr. Fish.
Saturday morning Fort Mill
troOp, No. 1, lloy Scouts of America,
celebrated iis tirst birthday
by having a field inspection on the
grounds of the graded school near
its quarters on tlie second Hoor of
the school buildingy under the direction
of thuascout master, li. 11.
Stribling. Each scout's equipment
lor the inspection consisted of half
a shelter tent, rope, pole and pegs,
blanket, haversack, mess kit with
knife, fork and spoon and a cup.
From close order formation, the
scouts deployed, pitched tents and
displayed their equipment, which
was inspected by Messrs. George
Fish and ('. S. Link, members of
the local troop committee. Foblowing
the inspection, "strike
tents" was executed and after assembling
a few movements in close
order drill were executed and the
troop dismissed.
The inspection committee apparently
was pleased with the exhibition
and Mr. Fish expressed
a desire to assist the troop and
will present it witl| a handsome.
United States flag and a troop
rlag with necessary trappings.
Last snmm >r the troop enjoyed
a ten-day camping trip at King's
Mountain battleground and has
taken numerous hikes to the Gaawha
river and other points of
interest. The members of the
troop have earned all the money
with which to buy the equipment
they posses.1:. They are again
planning for a camping trip in
the mountains this summer as well
as shorter trips and excursions.
The troop has 14 members at
present, but a number of recruits
soon will be admitted to bring the
strength to about double'what it
now is. At present the membership
consists of Second (Mass
Scouts Patrick Brown and Lee
Carothers, patrol leaders; Mike
Link, scout scribe, Enrle Steele
and I). G. Patterson; Tenderfoot
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OCOUI.S iMiuicy i. took, fjames Ferguson.
B. O. Ferguson, Elliott
Harris, Thomas Harris, Ilcnry
Link, Eugene MeKibben, J. B.
Mills. Jr.. John MeKec Spratt.
with B. II. Stribling- as scoutmaster.
GAIN FOR CHURCHES.
Census for 1920 Shows Big Increase
Over Preceding Year.
Churches iij the United States
made a net gain of 6GT.000 new
members in 1920, according to a
census compiled by The Christian
Herald. This was said to be a
marked increase over 1919, when
the aggregate number of members
gained was less than 44-,000.
In 1919 decreases were shown
in most of the churches. Dr. II.
K. Carrol of Plaincld, N. J.? who
compiled the census, compared
figures of some of the larger
groups, showing that in 1919 the
Methodist group lost 75,951. Presbyterian
group lost 46,459 and
the Baptist group lost 11,108. In
1920 these groups gained, respectively,
227,127, 43,031 and 129.283.
The three large Baptist bodies,
he said, have not completed
their report. When the figures
arc all in. he said that it would
show a gain of 129.000 members.
The Roman Catholic church
showed a somewhat smaller increase
in 1920 of 125.579.
Dr. Carroll pointed out'that
while the number of communicants
whs increasing, the number
of churches and ministers was decreasing.
'The Methodist church
lost 200 churches in 1920 and 228
in 1919. The loss of churches for
hll other denominations in 1920
was 556.
Pageant at V/inthrop.
Preparations are under way at
Win1 hrop college for a great educational
pageant which will depict
South Carolina hist pry. The pageant
will be staged on May 6. on
the athletic stadium on the rear
campus, where seats will be provided
for the thousands of visitors
expected for the event. More than
1.000 people, mostly students of
the college: will have part in the
pageant and special costumes will
lie ordered. 1
Much farm work is now being
done in Fort Mill township and
throughout the county generally.
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VISIT CATAWBA INDIANS.
School Children SpeiM Afternoon
on Reservation.
Tuesday afternoon the pupils
and teachers of the fourth and
fifth grades of the Fort Mill graded
school visited the Catawba
Indian reservation, nine miles
southeast ' of town. Two large
motor trucks conveyed the 70
children- and teachers to the reservation,
where two hours were
spent.
Some of the children were surprised
to see real Indians living
in houses instead of tepees and
not wearing.leathers in their hair
but they did see a number of interesting
things. Fa eh pupil
took a box ot' lunch and this was
spread in picnic stylo.
Among the noteworthy obscrva?
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tions tor the children at the reservation
were that Ihe Indians
there dress, talk, act and follow
practically the same pursuits as
their white neighbors. A visit
to the Indian graveyard revealed
the fact that they have even
adopted the names of the white
folk, only one real Indian name
being noticed among fnany on the
tombstones.
One of Ihe older Indians recounted
frequent trips he had
made to Fort Mill in days' gone
by. That he is a good citizen was
displayed by the fact that he
was busy preparing his land for
a crop and that he asked about
the march of the allied troops
'into (i or many.
ASKS HUNDRF.n TwnTTSAwn
McNinch Suit Against American
Trust Company Being Heard.
Considerable interest attaches
locally to the outcome of the trial
in superior court in Charlotte this
week of the ease of S. S. McNinch
against the American Trust company,
in which the plaintiff is
seeking $1-00.000 damages he alleges
the- defendant company is
due him for selling the Charlotte
brick works, located at Grattan, ,
two miles south of Fort Mill, for
a sum much less than the actual
value of the plant and in violation
of an agreement entered into
between himself and the company.
The trust company held the
brickyard in trust and some lime
ago disposed of it. The site of the
former brick plant is now the
property of Hamilton Carhartt.
The, jury in the ease was selected
Tuesday and that afternoon <.
Mr. McNinch went on the stand.
Much of his testimony was Tlocumentarv.
The trust company insists that
when the general depression prevalent
in the country at the time
01 me saio is considered. it was
in reality acting in the best interests
of Mr. McNinch.
The Pharlotte hriek works was
once a thriving: industry. ship- i
ping its products to various sections
of the country and giving1
employment to a considerable
number of men. At one time the (
company operating tbe plant was ,
owned by a number of stockholders,
but eventually control of the
business was secured by Mr. McNinch.
Two or three years ago
the plant was dismantled and
the machinery sold.
LOAN BANK FUNCTIONING. !
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Fort Mill Association Again Re- ,
ceiving Applications.
A special meeting of the board
of directors of the Fort Mill Na- <
tional Farm Loan association was :
held Saturday and ('. S. Link. <
secretary and treasurer, was an- |
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foi loans under the federal farm 1
loan act. this action following ad- 1
vices from the National Land
hank at Columbia to the effect
that the supreme court of the 1
United States having rendered a t
favorable decision as to the con- 1
stitutionality of thet farm loan 1
act, the bank was prepared to y
function again after a suspension <
of more than a year. Owing to '
the stringency of the money mar- i
ket at this time, and to the fact 1
that a great number of uncomple- y
ted applications are on hand, ad- 1
vanees on new applications may i
be delayed somewhat, but it is \
expected that within a few r
months the system will be operat- (
ing more satisfactorily than be- !
fore the suspension.
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APPEALS TO COUNTRY
TO HELP OUT FARMER
New Secretary of Agriculture
Says Prices of Farm Products
Must Rise, Other Prices Fall.
An appeal to "every g<fod eili7.0r"
to do what he can to helo
the farmers of Ameriea through
the priod of depression, not for
tJ... ~e 1. >
nciivi- ui neipnig tlic farmer
alone, but "for tin* sitko of holpitihimself."
was made Saturday
by Secretary of Agriculture Wal'aee
in his first forma' statement..
Prices of farm products must
rise ami prices of other products
come down before the normal relations
between them has been re-.
Mr. Wallace said. Talk of bringing
prices back to a pre-war I \ l.
he declared, "is morally wrong
and economically impossililr." adding
thai "everybody would he
better off" if an effort were made
to bring about a price level, say
Tt) per cent above the pre-war normal.
Mr. "Wallace said he .doubted
whether the people in the Past
"realize just what has happened
to the farmers in the producing *r
sect ions."
Citing conditions in the (Vulval
West as an example, lie said that
there, notwithstanding that "we
have ihe finest rural civilization,
taken as a whole, the world has
ever seen." the farmers are now
in "a most trying period and are
suffering severe financial losses."
Farmers throughout the nation,
especially those in the South and
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in- milieu, "sire cxiicrit'tM'in?
exactly the same trouble."
This widespread agricult ip'jil
depression results from the high
eost of production and heeaus
farm products have dropped "out
of all proportion" to the prices <T
other things." Mr. Wall; said. *
The department, the seeretarv
said, would do everything possible
to find an outlet for the great
food surplus. Ways of producing
more cheaply, new uses for surplus
crops and hotter marketing
systems, he said, would help tic
situation.
GIVING AWAY BUFFALO.
Responsible Citizens May Secure
Bison From Government.
The forest service of the United
Slates department of agriculture
has more than 20 male buffalo of
varying size and age which it desires
to give away or loan to park 1
or zoological associations or responsible
individuals who will take
good care of them for breeding or
exhibition purposes.
The buffalo herd. est ahlisliei I rm
the Wichita national forest ami
game preserve. Oklahoma, some 15
years ago with a nucleus o! 15 animals,
has prospered mhrhtilv. It
now numhers nearly 150 head, including
the 2S year old 4<grav
gander" of the herd as well as the .
smallest and friskiest hull calf
horn last spring. As the herd has
grown the number of hulls has increased
more rapidly than the
rows until now there are too many
of the former.
Under the regulations the forest
service can give or lend only
one buffalo to an individual or
institution. Although Uncle Sam
is willing to make a present of
these animals, the recipient must
nav all exnenses incident to the
gift, including the cosl of crating,
hauling and freight charges from
faclie. Okla.. to the point of delivery.
An opportunity is thus present,
d to get a real, life buffalo not
is gentle perhaps as a kitten hut
h viti iii-ii'ss a nice pel 11 you have
plentv of room to keep him. sur
rounded by :i 12 foot double plv.
ivovon wire fence and the price of
two tons of hay a year.
.Tas. II. Hades. father ofSergt.
Kli Bailcs. who was killed in tlm
ittack of the flOth division 011 tlm
Hindenburg line on Oclolxr S.
1918. has received notice from the
vnr department of the shipment
>f his son's body from France.
The message to Sir. Bailes said
lie body would arrive in New
k'ork about March IS. A request
ivas sent to forward the body
o Fort Mill for burial and ar angement
will be made here to
?ive the people of the com ir.uiitv
in opportunity to honor the nieni>rv
of Mm gallant young soldier.
>crpt. Bailes was a member of
he Fort Mill company.