Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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1^5^ Abbeville was the ^ JtnNh^tafr gf Mis* Esther McMurray. J. Lee Capps has sold his home Gamble and expects t<* move to Jacksonville. 11a., within a few ?*veeks. Senator 8. E. Bailee of Lancaa- ! ter county will deliver the alumni | % 1. \ < . t < I address ar ine commencement ex- i ercises at Clemson college in June, j He id. a graduate of the class of \ 1908. 1 The price of cottonseed meal in j Fort Mill last week was 'quoted j in The Times at $1.25 per sack as ! a result of a typographical error. The price should have been $1.75 per sack. Harry Bradford and Fravor Kimbrell have returned to their homes in Fort Mill for the vacation season from the Mfdical College of South Carolina and Bailey Military institute, respectively. Announcement is made that the officers of the Fort Mill Presbyterian church have arranged for . services at the church every Sunday afternoon during the absence \ of the pastor, the Rev. J. B. Black, ; Beginnig next Monday the following Fort Mill business houses will close at 7 p. m. for the day, except on Fridays and Saturdays, i through the months of June, July | and August: Culp Bros., I). A. i T _ mi_ . n i n. * I uee, i ne v asn store, ,j. p. wins compauy, E. W. Kimbr^ll Co., Patterson's, L. J. Massey, R. P. Grier. Last Thursday afternoon the Fort Mill troop of Boy Scouts went to Clover and engaged the troop of that town in a.game of baseball which was won by the visitors, 12 to 5. The Clover troop is expected to play a return game with the local scouts in Fort Mill one afternoon this week and an ! interesting contest is anticipated. ! ClArence E. Patterson, son of J. B. Patterson of the upper section of Lancaster county, will be a member of the graduating class at Clemson college a few days j^ince. Mr. Patterson has made excellent marks in his classes and is now the ranking cadet officer of the institution, being a major. Some weeks ago he stood the examination for u commission in the regular army. The board of trustees of the Fort Milt graded school have received numerous applications during the laat fortnight for the superintendent' of the school during the 1921-22 session. A number of those applying for the position have been invited to come to Fort Mill for a coufercnec with the board and as soon as these engagements are filled it is said ?'meeting of the board will be held at which a superintendent will be elected. The macadam section of the road between Catawba rive** and Hock Hill has been repaired by forces working under the direction of the State highway commission; but motorists and others v l.o frequently use the road say that it is not in anything like as good condition as it originally was when the county chaingang two or three years ago opened it to the u?e of the public. The complaint is that too little material was used ill repairing the road. Discontinuance by the Southern railway of trains 35 and 28, both of which were mail trains for Fort Mill, (has necessitated rearrangement of the closing hours of outgoing mails at the local postoffice. The southbound morning mail for Fort Mill is now handled by 31 and outgoing mail for this train ? Ai * >< ?<> 111 imi ur in I III- (lUNIUIIICe I1UI later than 7 :30 a. m. The northbound afternoon mail is carried on 32 and doses at 6:05 p. in. Following the arrival of the northbound mail on 32 the general delivery window is opened for a few minutes after the mail is sorted. It looks if there is to be a change in postmasters at Fort Mill on July 1. Some days ago Joe M. Btlk received a letter from Congressman W. F. Stevenson asking him if he would act as postmaster at Fort Mill from July 1 until a permanent postmuster was selected by the department, *W. B. Ardery, acting postmaster since July 1 of last year, having requested to be relieved of the duties of the office on July 1. Mr. Belk is understood to have written Mr. Stevensou that he would take charge of the office temporarily. The impression in Fort Mill is that under the recent order of the * postmaster general a civil service examination will be held to select a permanent postmaster for the office as soon as the plans of the department can be carried out, the* local grounds between the Eureka mills of Chester and the Fori Mill team were rewarded with one of the cleanest and cleverest exhibitions of the national pastime witnessed in Fort Mill -i : *1- - - ' uuriiig iut! present season, i nanus to the timely batting of the locals, the visitors were turned baek with a 4 to 1 score against them. Both pitchers did good work and time and again struck out the opposing batters or forced them to (lit easy oues to the infield. Only two bobbles were made by the locals and neither of these proved costly. The box score tells of the individual work of the teams: Chester. AB R H E SB Hopper, lb .... 4 0 2 0 0 Hingstaff, rf .., 4 0 0 0 0 Dennis, 2b .... 4 1 12 0 Murr. 3b 3 0 2 1 0 Saxon, c 3 0 1 1 1 Fleming, ss .. .. 3 0 0 1 I Evans, If 3 0 0 Q 0 Barrett, cf .. .. 3 0 0 0 0 Simpsou, p 3 0 0 0 0 Totals 30 1 6 5 2 Fort Mill. < AB K H E SB Ferguson, \V.,c. . 5 12 0 1 Kinihrell, as.... 4 0 0 1 0 Nims, If 4 0 1 0.0 Ferguson. A., p.. 4 0 2 0 0 Jones, 2b 4 12 0 0 Hunter, rf 4 1 2 0 0 Rogers, 3b .... 4 1 0 0 1 Smith, lb 4 0 1 1 2 Stevens, cf .. .. 4 0 2 0 0 Totals ....... 37 4 12 2 4 Fort Mill 001 (110 009-^ Chester .."!!!!! 000 000 010?1 Struck out. by Simpson 8; by Ferguson 4. SAME OLD "PEG-LEG." Charlotte Paper Quotes Former Fort Mill Citizen. lie used to be a familiar figure in York county in the day* of '76 and for many years afterward? did Peg-leg Graham, says the j Yorkville Enquirer. lie lived iu ' Fort Mill township and attended ]all the big gatherings at the coun, ty seat. He is a Confederate vetj elan and always in a good hu1 inor ami in for whatever his assoi ciutes desired. But he has been J out of the county for a long time I and is not heard from as frequenti ly as of old. This mention from j ii?e Charlotte Observer of Sunday will be of interest to many of his , friends and acquaintances: "Robert G. Graham, known to j to Confederate veterans as 4 Pegleg' Graham for more than half a century, has had the wanderlust on him in his old age, 'for I'm 72 now,' he says with a grin that hides a smile. " 4I'd been ailin' for quite a bit j and so early in the spring 1 start. (Hi Oil f t A KitM III V rulutivaa an.l (friends.' Peg-leg mentioned both, i for his heart is ho bi^.that he I thinks that everybody is a big brother or a big sister to him. "Yesterday he dropped in on Charlie Moore, clerk of the court, at.d getting into an unused corner he received in great style, while , a hundred men and more filed in and out." They {ill knew Peg-leg and welcomed him cordially. "When he could get a word in P? gdeg asked about a friend way up Davidson-way and another one down at Pineville and reports seemed to encourage him, for he kept up his perennial stnile in front and hid the sad parti if there was any. "'Now just stay right there.' said Mr. Moore, 'you are not in anybody's way and you are going to stay here until we shut up.' " 'Well, if it suits you it suits me, for this chair feels good and I like to see the boys come in i * ? l? ..vw me vut uhu lann, uon mess 'era all.' " BUYINO ERA NEEDED. Ool. Leroy Springs Discusses Business Depression. While in Washington for a few hours one day last week Col. Leroy Springs of "Lancaster, owner of the Fort Mill cotton mills, have a newspaper reporter his views of the business depression and suggested that as soon as the spenders of the world loosen up their purse strings the hard times will he a thing of the past. Col. Springs said: "Just as soon as Europe is able to buy American goods, this country will witness ajfr^t business boom," he said. "Naturallythere is some pessimism among some business men. But the fog will soon lift itself. We cannot expect boom lime business when pendent are inactive. About 50 & 5f tfceii* money?^ v? >'in a way, we are confronted by a buyers' strike. This is due partly to unemployment and parti ly because of high prices dcmand| ed for certain goods by retail 11 merchants who have not reduced 1011 the same scale that the manu* fiicturej-s and jobbers reduced | when it was observed that profits had to be sacrificed. The wholeI solera and jobbers have taken their losses gracefully, but some retailers still* hold out. t'ousequently there is a cylinder missing in that part of the engine. Th?. retailer must suffer loss along with the wholesaler and the jobber. "All things, howevet\ will right themselves. The South American markets "have been redeeming features in a bad period. When Europe starts 'to buying, things will go back where they belong. No one knows just when that will nnppen. But the day when business will blossom under brighter skies is not far off.'* Stove Wood?Cut fine, ready for the stove. Reasonable price.. Also some oak and hickory wood. S. E. Bailes. 2t.I3 > 666 cures Chills and Fever. ' ' v f > t Bankers, of a that money to 1 be carefully s< | soil. A service, cou experience of century of exp< to you consult cers and Dire in years of lonj ice. ; / We would be you make fre ;; n Bank and its 0 SAVINr.S RA1 | MILL." 4 > 4 4 4 4 SF==3I lt= J - ' - jw ror it is m&< UK Nv fibrous felt thoi 'ted with aspht waterproof and KylV surfaced with wMfl either in a elate lj| r?d color?mal g-fr&j tive and fire-res Don't buy a will not give y A roofing qualities See ' tills shingle at ' ' Fort I I I FORT MI] I? JOB PR I AT THE TIMES OF] VELOUR r VTN1.CH I IYTLE DRUG CO., Fori $ V . < > * V < < 11 men, know >ear fruit mutt >wn in tested~ <? pled with an < nAarlu > UBI( A nan J erience, offers | ation of Offi- I ctors schooled- | active serv- | glad to have | e use of this 5 ifficeis. THE J NK OF FORT <*>?* ? | . i.l 1 1 ' jj able f service under tions, lifelong ^^DHKhk ion, life-long at-r vHBB d life-long fireb is the service Mji s Hexagon Slab % 17 I de from tough oughly satura- fl Ut?making it / durable. It is i crushed slate, ]\ green or deep . ring it attrao- jfe/T , i roofing that 1 j .umber Co. | LL, S. C. -1 [ =de11 INTING FICE - - PHONE 112 M Rooms that can bt "laundered"! 'AN you honestly My wheayoa i i ' have finished hone*H.le*nhir it your rooms are >m% cUmmf m cod Devor ?oy it ualtM your < iUb ore mctkaiU. , Bvoe Volour Finish ? pat oa ht over wall paper, burlap or later?live* any room o surface it coa be umM with soap ami iter, making it as dean as a drees >sh from the laundry. i bvos Velour Finish comes la j It, artistic colors-that add cheer d homines* to the room. svosPaoDUCTSere time-tatted end roveiy-bacbed by 166 yeen' experi. iceoftheoldevt paint ratnufectarieg MMM in ika I I * U I-J frt. - k Sold by thz Devoe Agent jg yffjjf COWMHimlj^ 1 I NOTICE OF ELECTION l.? Fort Mill Township, in the Question of Issuing Bonds to the Amount of Seventy-five Thousand Dollars, for the Improvement of Roads in "Said. Township. State of South Carolina. County of York. WHEREAS, under the provisions of an Aet of the General Assembly of this State, entitled "An Aet to Enable Townships in York County to Issue Bonds for Roads," approved March 11th, 1919, petitions purporting to he signed by one-third of the resident freehold electors of Fort Mill Township were presented to the County Board of Commissioners of York County, praying that an election b.' ordered in said Township for the purpose of voting on the question of issuing Seventy-five Thousand Dollars in Serial Coupon Bonds, for the purpoes of improving the roads of said Township, and alleging that said sum of Seventy-five Thousand Dollars did not exceed eight per centum of the assessed taxable property of said Fort Mill Township: and. Whereas, upon thorough examination into the facts the County Board of Commissioners of-York County, South Carolina, at their regular session on the lib day of May. 1921. passed the following order ami resolution, to wit: "Office of County Commissioners, York Count v. South Carolina. ; May 4th, 19:21. Petitions having this day been j presented to the Hoard of ('anntv (Vmniixsiout rx of . York County, purporting to l?e signed by onethird of the qualified. resident, freehold electors of Fore Mill Township, in said County and State, and the petition containing the affidavit of the Supervisor of Registration of York County to the effect that, if the oiigntf- ; tores were genuine, the petition j contained more than one-third of the qualified resident electors of said Fort Mill Township, and the petition containing the affidavits of responsible citizens to the effect that the said signatures were genuine, and the County Auditor 01 Y6rk County, South Carolina, having certified that said petitioners were resident freeholders of said Township, and that Seventv-five Thousand DqJIars does not exceed eight per centum of the assessed taxable property in the said township, the County Board of Commissioners of York County, | 8< uth Carolina, find that the said 1 petition does contain one-third of the qualified resident freeholders of said Fort Mill Township, and said petition praying for an election *on issuing serial coupon bonds for the construction of pub- j lie highways in said Township, under the provisions of an Act ' entitled "An Act to Enable Townships in York County to Issue Bends for Roads," approved , March 11th. 1919, to the amount of Seventy-five Thousand Do'lnrs, which said stun does not exceed eight per centum of the assessed taxable property of said Township. The said County Board of Commissioners do hereby order an election to be held in said Township ! a* the precincts provided by law, | and under the laws governing the | holding of general ejections in the State, under the provisions of saill Act, above referred to, on Thurs by, He ted day of Juno, A. IX 921, the Mud election to bo conluoted by managers appointed by. he State and County Cofoin inuon >rs of Election of York County#* Jouth Carolina. " HUGH G. ftHOWN, Supervisor; L.J.LUMPKIN, 0 Coiumiaiuoner, JOHN C. K1RKPATIUOK, W /v. v uuiuiimuuvri 'onatitnting County Board of (Vittmissi oners of York County, S. C. Now. therefore. Not ire is herein given that a special election will lie held at the voting Preunctft prescribed l?y law in Port VIill Township, in the County and Ntate aforesaid, on Thursday, June 2nd. 1921. for the purpose af determining whether said Port Mill Township will issue Seventytlve Thousand Dollars worth of " rial coupon bonds for the purpose of road improvement iu said x Township. Only qualified resident electors tf said Township can vote on said election, and the Managers of elee. :ion shall require of every Kleetor offering to vote in said election, before allowing him to vote, the production of his Registration Certificate and proof of the payimmt of all taxes assessed against him and collectible during the rear 1920. The production* of Certificate or the receipt of the . Officer authorized to collect such tuxes shall be?conolusive proof of the payment thereof. The ballot used by Electors on this occasion shall be of plain white paper, clear and even cut, white paper, clear ami een cut, without ornament, designation, mutilation, symbol or mark of any k:nd whatsoever, except the words hereinafter prescribed, and shall be so folded as to conceal the eontents thereof, and so folded shall he deposited in the ballot box fur. nished the Managers of Election fot this purpose. On the^ne ballot shall he printed : "For Permanent Road Bonds?Yes." On the other: "For Permanent Road Bonds?No." Electors in favor of said bond issue will vote the first described ' ballot. Electors opposed to said bend issue will vote the second described ballot. Before the hour fixed for openir.y the Polls, Managers and Clerks must take and subscribe the Con stitutional oath. ' The Chairman ^ o> the Board of Managers eau administer the oath to the other numbers and to the Clerk. A Not.? ry Public must administer the oath to the "Chairman. The Managers at each precinct elect their t own. Chairman and Clerk. Before permitting any elector to deposit his ballot in the ballot * box, in addition to requiring such* elector to produce his Registration Certificate ami to furnish proof that he has paid all tuxes assessed against hint the previous year, the Managers will administer an oath v to auch eleetor to the effect that In* is qualified to vote in this election according to the Constitution ami laws of this State, and has not voted before in this election, ami they shall further require the sr.id Elector, to satisfy them that he is a resident of Fort Mill Township. in said County and State. Polls at each voting place must be opened at seven o'clock A. M., and closed at four o'clock P. M. The managers have the power to fill a vacancy, and if none of the managers attend, the citizens can appoint front among the qualified resident electors the managers. who. after being sworn, can conduct the election. At the close of the election, the Managers and Clerk must proeeed publicly to open ballot boxes liml (11)111)1 tli)> linllnta iKupuin o?i/l continue without adjournment until the Manic is completed, and make h written statement of the result, and sign same. Within three days thereafter, the Chairman of the Hoard of Managers, or some one designated by the Board, must deliver to the undersigned Commissioners of Kleeetion the poll list, the box containing the ballots, and a written statement of be result of the election The following Managers of Election have been appointed to conduct this special election at the various precincts in Fort Mill Township, to wit: Fort Mill: Hubb Harris. J. M. Belk, W. M. Wilson. Mr. .lohn E. Carroll is Clerk of ^ the Board, ami the Managers will get their boxes, tickets and blanks from him at his office in the Court House on or before Noon Tueadav, Mav 31st, 1921. W. B. WILSON. Chairman; W. P. BOYD. J. D. SMITH. Commissioners of State and County Election* for York County, , 8. C. , V-Jj