Fort Mill times. (Fort Mill, S.C.) 1892-current, July 07, 1921, Image 1
^ ~ % FOET MILL, 8. C., TKPIUIDAY, JULY 7, 1W1.
TWO FOB LOCALE.
* Fort Mill Takes Pair of Holiday
Games From Aragon.
Hustling all the way through,
Fort Mill Monday won a pair of
baseball games from Aragon mill
of Roek Hill, the first, the morning
game, on the home grounds,
7 to 2, and the afternoon game in
Bock Hill, 7 to' 3. Interest in
both contests was about as warm
? tho pavi a# ftl'J Qol '
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until the last man was down late
in the afternoon did either team
relax its eAorts to bring home the
bacon. The ' two' teams had
plfcyed four hard-fought games
during the season and the result
of the contests of the Fourth was
looked upon as establishing for
the time being at least the premiership
between them. (
In the morning contest Fort
Mill got away handily, thanks to
the pitching of Andral Ferguson,
who let the visitors down with
three scattered hits, and the time
ly stick work of his coconspirators
in piling up 11 safe swats.
,As hat* become a regular part of
their performance in all recent
games, Wilburn Ferguson and
Douglass. Nims put on a batting
exhibition that was atone worth
the price of admission, the former
connecting twice with Baker's
delivery while Douglass had the
scorer put down a trio for him.
The other members of the Fort
Mill team divided six hits between
them.
The fans were so well pleased
with the quality of the morning
game that many of them accompanied
the team to Rock Hill for
the afternoon contest on Aragon's
lot.
The Aaragon boys jumped out
in front with two runs early in
the second game and regularly
sent Fort Mill up Salt crock for
four innings with a Greenville
lad doing mound duty for them.
Then, in the fifth inning, things
took a sudden turn for Fort Mill.
With Rodgers on third and Eugene
Ferguson 011 second wiping
^ the perspiration from his face
^ with a cigarette paper. Wilburr.
Ferguson came up and got a single
that put both across.
Aragon braced up in the sixth
and again showed Fort Mill the
way by counting one more?their
last, by the way. But with the
bases crowded for Fort Mill in
the seventh, Douglass Nims came
along and hung up a two-bagger
that registered Hunter. Wilburn
Ferguson and Doc Kimbrell; and
ir the eighth, Sam Rodgers. not
to be outdone, laid up ngainst
one of the Greenville boy's best
and for his pains landed on third,
two Fort Mill men having meanwhile
got their wind after crossing
the home station. Thus ended
the afternoon contest, 7 to 3
in. favor of Fort Mill.
Notwithstanding the fact that
he already had pitched the morning
game for his club, and won it.
Andral Ferguson again took up
. the burden in Rock Hill Monday
afternoon ami for the second
lime uuring the day sent Avupo i
down to defeat. Eleven hits
were made off his delivery in
the afternoon game, but the;-'
well scattered and consequently
produced only three runs. Fort
Mill meanwhile bumping the apposing
pitcher for 13 safeties.
, \ Features of the afternoon contest
for Fort Mill were th? fielding
of Doc Kimbrell and she bat,
ting of Douglass Ni-ris and Wil1
burn Ferguson, the latter being
awarded a cash prize for his excellent
stick work o? the da\.
Pleasure on Streams.
During the recent hot weather
, many Fort Mill parties have
found the CataAvba river and the
creeks near town alluring places
for bathing, boating and fishing.
The luck of most of those bent
upon taking from the waters
members of the finny tribe is said
to have been good, but the major
part of the variouR catches
was of inferior duality, due* fishermen
say. to the inability of the j
choice fish from the low-country
streams to negotiate the dams
that have been built in recent j
years across the Catawba, stopping
the passage" of the fish up
the river to this section. Others
attribute the absence of good
scale fish in the streams of this
section to the muddy condition
of ths waters. Sgl
BOND ISSUE APPROVED.
Voters of Port Mill Authorise 1
Municipal Indebtedness.
Two proposed bond issues by
the municipality of Fort Mill
ran the gauntlet Tuesday at a1
special election, one for $4,000 for i
wntArwnrlra ?n<1 tKo
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$10,000 for paying indebtedness ,
of the town and for permanent I!
street improvement8, the vote on j
the former .proposition being 20 1
to 20 and on the latter 31 to 18. j 1
Although less than half those |,
whose names were on the list of '
qualified voters as furnished the 11
election managers by the town
clerk improved upon the oppor- j
tnnity to pass upon the questions !
involved in the election, more or
less interest was displayed in the ,
result of thb voting. Efforts
which for a time observers
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uvu^iii nuum uc oui'Vtrnniui ? ci r
made to defeat both the proposed ,
issues.
If a purchaser is found for the
bonds, the principal part of the
amount received from those denominated
waterworks bonds will
beused.it is understood., to cancel
a debt incurred by the town
scverul years ago when money
was borrowed from time to time
to make improvements and extensions
to the waterworks plant
and for other purposes. No further
extensions or improvements
to the plamt are contemplated at
present, so far as The Times was
informed.
From the Kale of the $10,000
issue of street bonds the street
commission of Fort Mill expects
to secure about $5,000 to add to
the $30,000 street'bond issue au- ,
thorized in April, 1920, and sold
a few days ago. It is thought
the commission will then have
sufficient funds to insure about a
mile and a half of hard-surface
paving in the town. Efforts will
be made to dispose of both the
waterworks and- street improvement
bonds at ouce.
Mrs. Emma L. Alderson Dead.
Mrs. Emma Lucretia Alderson
died at the home of her son, J. H.
inties, in ^'ort Mill early last
Friday morning. Mrs. Alderson
was born on April 3, 1841, and
was therefore a little more than
80 years of age at the time of her
death. As Miss Kimbrell she was
first married to Charles Bailes,
and after his death to William
Alderson, a Confederate veteran
of the Fort Mill community who
ditd about six years ago. She
\h survived by a sister. Mrs. Ira
Patterson of the Pleasant Valley
community, a son. .J. H. Bailes.
eight grandchildren and 11 greatgrandchildren.
Mrs. Alderson joined the Bapt'st
church when she was 10 years
of age and was ever after a con
sisteut Christian and . faithful
member of the dTiurch. She was
greatly esteemed by tl*e entire
community. She lived u very active
life even till old age and
nothing gave her greater pleas
ure than to minister to those who
were suffering or in need.
The funeral was conducted at
the home of her son. J. H. Hailes
with whom she had lived for
several years, Saturday afternoon
at 2 o'clock under the direction
of the Rev. I)r. J. W. H. Dvches.
pastor of the Fort Mill Baptist
church, assisted by the Rev. W.
11. Hon knight.. Interment follow
ed in the city cemetery.
The picnic given the operatives
of the Fort, Mill Manufacturing'
company and their friends Monday
by the management of the
..ill.; :?
?? ai kipruii ? spring. near
town, proved a pleasant outing
for the hundreds who took advantage
of the opportunity to
apend the day in the beautiful
grove surrounding the apring.
Besides the picnic * dinner and
barbecue, there were various
games' and contests provided for
the day's entertainment and A
i number of cash prizes were
awarded boys and girls for their
proficiency in the athletic events.
Boosters
of fake educational
meetings gotten up to promote
the interests of private colleges
or to advertise some notoriety
seeker could save stamps by taking
the Fort Mill Times off their
luuiling list for propaganda..
Weather forecast: Partly cloudy
i Thursday and. Friday.
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NEWS or YORK COUNTY.
Current Items of Interest Found
in the Yorkville Enquirer.
June, jpst passed, was the hottest
in this section since 1888.
The highest temperature in the
shade was 98 and the lowest 62,
though during the greater part
jf the month the heat was nearer
96 than 61.
No less than live North Carolina
couples from Oaston and Mecklenburg
counties came to Probate
.1 HitfFt* .T Ti W mi ctnn in Vni*lrvi11a
for marriage licenses last Saturday,
the couples ranging in age
from 18 to* 25.
Indications are that there will
be no less than 50 girls'in attendance
upon the three-day short
course for members of the Girls'
Canning club, which is to held at
he Yorkville graded school building
July 19. according to Miss
Juanita Neely, woman's home
demonstration agent for York
county, who is in charge- of arrangements
for the holding of
the institute.
Treasurer Niel has received
from the Stato gume warden department
a check for $1,771.65,
York county's share of the earnings
of the game department over
and above the upkeep of the department
and the paytneut of law
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?. x ... ft mi uv>vuuiiu\mo i lyim iui
the police and fire departments,
the city council, the mayor's
court, the city treasurer, etc., the
city hall will soon become a local
center of very great importance
F'dl Complement of Teachers.
The corps of teachers of the
Fort Mill graded ami high school
foi the 1921-22 session was filled
Tuesday afternoon at a meeting
of the hoard of trustees when
('apt. F. M. Mack of Fort Mill
was chosen principal of the high
st hool and Misses Edna Lawrence
of Florence and Bernice Mills of
Fort Mill were chosen teachers
for the high school and grammar
department, respectively.
Friends of Cupt. Mack, who
e^terR school work for the first
time when he begins his new duties
next fall, are confident the
trustees have found a good man
in him to take charge of the high
school. He is an alumnus of Davidson
college and Cornell university,
Ithaca. N. Y. ('apt. Mack
expectR to attend the summer
school for teachers now lit session
at Winthrop college.
Zack dpratt of Washington was
in Fort Mill last week.
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eiuorcemeiH in xne various counties.
The total sum disbursed by
the ?uine department over and
above expenses was $46,257.70.
This sum goes to the school fund
of the various counties.
"By the way, did yon know
that South Curoliua once had a
divorce lawt" queried Senator
John R. Hart the other morning.
"Well, it is a fact. It lasted only
about a year, however, although
quite 9 npinbcr of divorces were
granted by the court uuder the
act. It was passed in 1868 by the
Radical Legislature and was repealed
in December of that year.
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I llttU OCCUMOU 10 lOOK up mc
matter the other day. The records
show that there were man)
divorces issued in that short
year/*
The farms of W. J. Gordon, C.
P. Bennett, H. B. Me Daniel, Lytle
Wood, Barnes and others suffered
heavy damages by hail that
swept over the Beth-Shiloh section
last Saturday afternoon. Mr.
McDaniel had about 15 acres of
corn ruined and Mr. Wood suffered
damage 011 30 acres. Mr.
Gordon and the others were very
hard lot. Cotton was also badly
hurt. The damage to the corn is,
attributed as much to the wind
as to the hail. The aggregate
loss foots up several thousand
dollars.
Work on the new city hall is
progressing nicely and as the
building develops, people who at
first seemed to think it would be
too small are agreeing that its
proportions will be ample. The
building is of quite substantial
construction and it will be complete
in its appointments throughout.
The auditorium In the second
story will accommodutc over
500 people and will answer every
requirements not only for public
meetings of whatever kind, hut
for theatrical entertainments as"
U'ol 1 With tiiinnm .?
CAMP for bot scouts.
Fort Mill Troop to Spend Some
J Time at Chimney Book.
Fort Mill troop, Boy Scouts of
America, expect to go into camp
for, their .annual outing at Chimney
Rock, N. C., near Hendersonville,
the last week in July. The
trOop committee, composed of
Mefesrs. T. B. Spratt, George
Fish and C. S. Link, are planning
to furnish transportation for the >
scouts to and from the camp site
so that the benefits of the camp |
uxe win not be lost in the long
hike.
There are about 22 scouts in
the Fort Mill troop antl all will
he eligible to take the trip who
are in good standing and have
all dues paid. Each scout will
l?e required to make a deposit of
$10 to cover cost of equipment
ami rations and will be expected
to l^ve at least one cbmplete
scout uniform, consisting of hat.
shift, breeches, stockings and
shoes. Extra clothing, bathing
suit and athletic equipment may
be taken to suit the individual,
as well as a little spending money.
Shelter tents, a haversack
ai <1 mess equipment will be provided,
but each scout will be expected
to carry his own blankets
or a comfort for bedding.
B. H. Stribling, scoutmaster,
will return to Fort Mill to condu*q
the trip and he requests
that all the scouts be prepared
to take what promises to be the
molt enjoyable trip they have
AVrtl* tnlrnn anil n'liii.l) Mftll l?ia* I
about ten days.
THOUSANDS IT REUNION.
Fourth Big Day for Ex-Service
Men in York.
Ex-service men of York county,
their relatives ami friends to the
number of several thousand at-,
tended the firRt reunion of York
county service men held in Yorkville
Monday on the occasion of
the celebration of the 145th anniversary
of American independence,
says the Yorkville Enquirer.
The staftl old county seat was
simply turned over to the ex
service men and the American
Legion for the day ami the soldiers
conducted themselves in a
manner that reflected credit upon
themselves and the county. Because
of the fact that the crowd
was widely scattered throughout
the day it was almost impossible
to estimate tlvc number of people
present with any degree of accuracy.
Estimates ran from 0.000
to 10.000, and keeping in mind4
the fact that practically the eutire
population of the town qf
Yorkville was on the streets mitiHimr
with the crowd r?r?otiojillv I
all day, the latter estimate is perhaps
more nearly correct. It v-as
the opinion of old Inhabitants that
it was the largest crowd that
Yorkville had ever entertained.
Features of the day's celebration
.were the parade, in which
hundreds of decorated automobiles
and the Fort Mill ami Koek
Hill military companies took purt.
the former commanded by lneut.
A. ('. Lytic, and patriotic addresses
by Col. T. B. Spratt of
Fort Mill and Congressman .John
J. McSwain of Greenville. The
'celebration was concluded Monday
night with a street dance in
which hundreds took part.
Off Sunday for Encampment.
the aruiory of tliV* Fori Mill
military company has been a
scene of activity for several
nights with officers and u?en stirring
about getting everything in
-readiness for the company to
leave early Sunday im; ruing f?;r
the annual 15-day encampment
of the First regiment, N. G. S. C.,
at Mouut Pleasant. The company
has a menibershio of 100 men
and, according to a recent order
of the captain, Fred Minis dr.,
none will he excused from at
tending the encampment.
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What about some relief from
the thieving manufacturer* of
crockery T
Dr. Lawton C. Lipscomb, farmer
ami druggist of Ninety-Six.
Greenwood county, was shot to
death Monday afternoon by a
negro. Dr. Lipscomb was a former
Columbia druggist and was
well known throughout the State.
Secretary Mellon is opposing
the soldier bonus bill.
NATION S OLDEST "PLAT."
Apartment House 1,000 Years Old
Found in New Mexico.
Evidence that a race once lived
in the t'haeo canyon, in New
Mexico, possessing a degree of
civilsation comparable with thut
of the present day, has been unearthed
by archaeologists working
under the direction of the
School of American Research of
Santa Fe. The discoveries to
date?it will be fully five years
before the entire find is disclosed?consists
of an apartment
house coutaining 1,000 rooms, together
with domestic implements.
Strangely enough, there is no
trace of the people, and the scientists
say there must have been
fully 10,000 of them. It is con
of the Fort Mill postmaster and
word comes from Washington
that the place may yet go to doe
M. Bolk. who got on the eligible
list of the civil service commission
several months ago as a result
of a competitive examination
held in Rock Hill. His name was
sent to the senate for confirmation.
hut was never acted upon.
Report Good Meetings.
Mioses Elizabeth Mills and \Yil-,
lie K. Barber have returned to
Fort Mill from the Baptist Sum-.
uier assembly at Greenville, where ,
they went to represent the Young
People's union and the Sunday i
school of the Fort Mill Baptist |
church, respectively. They give
glowing accounts of the meetings.
the attendance being good,
enthusiasm running high and the I
addresses of a high order. The J
Kort Mill B. V. I*. U. was one of
the five unions in the State in
close competition for the State
hanner. losing the banner, how-;
ever, by a narrow margin. Miss,
Mills made an address at one of
the meetings on "The.: A1 Union
Two Years or More?Its Value."
C. C. Coddington, , Charlotte
business inan, hud $10,000 worth
of diamonds stolen from him
while he was in New York last
week to witness the DempseyCarpentier
prize fight.
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OAS DEATH F0& CRIMINALS.
Condemned Men in Nevada Pay
Penalty in Unuaual Way.
The thudding crash of bullets
or sickening drop from the scaffold
will no longer briug legal
death in 'Nevadu. Instead, drugged
into unconsciousness, criminals
will be placed in an airtight
chamber where death will
coiue in stealthy approaches of
j tasteless, odorless gas.
Prior to January of this year a
mau condemned to death 111 Nevada
had the choice of one of two
ways to die. He-could select the
bullet or the hangman's noose.
But the last Legislature, meeting
in Carson City this year, pass.sl
a hill providiug that death pen
auit-H Miouui oe exacted through
the use of ga\*.
A new tier of eells is rupidlv
Hearing completion at the State
penitentiary in Carson City. In
that tier of cells are three which
'to all outward appearances correspond
with the other cells in
the prison. Written over the eni
trance of each cell, unseen except
by eyes that must soon face
death, is a legend of anguish, for
the three cells are death cells.
Death cells in literal truth, for
tin' cell in which the condemned
prisoner passes his last days on
%earth is (lie cell where death will
steal upon him or her some .time
during the fateful week which
has been set apart as the week of
death.
Close by the death cells lies the
executioner's room. There are
no switches to'swing into contact,
no buttons to push which will release
the drop beneath the. prisoner's
feet. Instead, great tanks
of death-dealing gas stand waiting
the day for carrying out the
sentence of the law. Pipes lead
from the tanks to each of the
death eells. Their outlets cannot
he seen by the-Vyes of the condemned,
yet through the openings
leading into the cells death
wiH rush when the signal has
been given.
Under Nevada's law, when the
condemned man's last week arrives
a strong opiate is put in his
I food 011 the fatal day. As the
| prisoner finishes eating drowsiness
will olose his eyes in sleep,
the window to his cell will lie
closed air-tight, the close fitting
glass door will swing 011 him for
i the last time, witnesses will take
I their places and as the lethal tras
| is forced into the death cell the
I condemned man will die without
ever having known that final
I payment for his crime is being
made.
Lancaster Mills to Start Up.
The Lancaster cotton mills will
j resume operations at an an early
date, ncordinjr to a Lancaster
'dispatch of Wednesday. During
the three weeks the mills have
been closed good order lots been
maintained in and around tlje
plant. Kmployces who wee discharged
some time ago have
abandoned the efforts they were
I making to retain the houses they
occupied and the management of
the mills now advises all those
seeking employment to make application
in person to the overices
of the departments in which
they wish to work. The mills
were closed as ;i result of differ
dices with tin* textile union
members and as the shutdown
was for an indefinite period, it
will fake several days to pet the
n,ills running full in each dep.MjIment.
the dispatch stated.
Marriages in Fort Mill.
I. Whitman Neal of Charlotte,
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.\. t ., aim miss imih .N alters of
Clinton wort* married -at the Baptist
pustoriuin, Fort Mill, Sunday
afternoon at 5 o'clock by the
Rev. Dr. J. W. 11. Dychcs in the
presence of a few friends of the
young couple.
John \j. King of Rock 11 ill and
Miss Margaret Hefner of I'ineville,
N. ('., were married Sunduy
afternoon by Magistrate .J. K.
Ilaile at his liome on Hall street.
A. Y. Williamson. traveling
shoe salesman, yesterday returned
t.? his home in Fort Mill for the
summer vacation.
Saturday night shortly after
darnkesK set in one of the hardest
rains seen in this section for several
months fell in Fort Mill. The
rein came from the southeast
ai.d lasted about two hours.
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jvvnurii iiioi- uir 111II il U11 il III ft It'll
the valley in leisurely fashion, as
there are no evidences of flight,
when at the very zenith of their
development. This exodus is estimated
to have taken place fully
1.000 years ago. and as far as the
investigators have been able to
learn the people stepped out of
history when- the janitor turned
the key in the gigantic apartment
house they vucated.
The shifting of sands which
hid the structure for centuries
gave scientists their first clew to
the existence of a hitherto unknown
race. Kxcavations disclosed
a building equaling in extent
-about two ordinary city
blocks and so well constructed as
to defv the ravages of time. Its
curved front swings in an arc
of 700 feet and the f>0 million
pieces of stone which form tts
walls bear everv evidence of having
been quarried and carefully
out out.
The floors and ceilings were
const nK'terl 1>V fil?c( lairinn
,v iiioi leaving ?irn*t*
supporting timbers across from
wall to wall. Upon these were
laid smaller Iocs, placed oloselv
side by side; over these came thin
cedar slabs, next a layer of cedar
bark and finally a aolidlv
packed laver of earth. . Some of
the rooms show a remarkable
Rtnte of preservation of both masonry
and timber.
No Change at Postofflce.
Thus far nothing tangible has
come of the talk heard in Fort
Mill a few days ago to the effect
that a change was to be made in
the local post mastership on July
1 with J. C. MeKlhaney suceeeding
B. W. Ardrey as temporary
head of the office. Mr. MeKlhaney
is indorsed for the appointment
by Joe W. Tolbert of Ninety-Six
and Maj. John F. Jones of j
Blackshurg. well known Republican
politicians who are said to I
have the ear of the administration
at Washington in the distribution
of federal patronage in
South Carolina, and he is confident
he will secure the appointment
within thro next few days.
Meanwhile, however. Congressman
Stevenson is said to have interested
himself in the selection