EiUbMthtd 1891, ;,. ' ./* . FOBT MILL, 8. 0,, THURSDAY, JULY 14, 1981. v imn^ ^ Ji
LEAVES TOE MT. PLEASANT.
Fort Mill Militia Ooos Into Anmud
Encampment.
Ninety-throe members of the
Totn Hall Guards of Fort Mill .<
(Company K, First regiment, N. <
G. S. C.) entrained Sunday morn- <
ing at 7 o'clock for the annual i
15 day encampment at Mount
Pleasant, near Charleston. The
company assembled at the armory
an hour before the arrival of
the special train on which it left
and there eaGh man got .the personal
equipment he had been ordered
to take with him. Only
three or four members of the
comnanv wppa 1?ft Koliin/l
_g ?^ -- ?v*? uvuiikvt nuu w*
each instance these men were
reported sick and unable to take
part in the encampment. Previous
to the arrival of the special
train the company equipment,
consisting of tents, blankets, cooking
utensils, etc., had been put
aboard a baggage car. The company
will be in camp until Saturday
yeek. July 24.
A complete roster of the officers
and men of the Tom Hall Guards
who left Sunday morning for the
encampment folloys:
Captain?Frederick Nims Jr.
First Lieut?nant?Arthur C.
!<>tle.
Seconal Lieutenant?Robert F.
Grier, Jr.
First Sergeant?Robt. M. Bennett.
N
Supply Sergeant?Y ancey O.
Potts.
Mess Sergeant ? Alfred O.
Jones, Jr. *
Sergeants?Joe M. Smith, Wiu.
n. Ardrey, Jr., Orover S. Lemonds,
John J. Adkins, James L.
Honeycutt, James O. Hammonds.
Corporals ? Douglass Nims,
Earle E. Broome, Jesse L. Blaekwelder,
James L. Pettus, Charlie
Armstrong, John L. Boatwright,
Ernest J. Weaver, Stanhope A.
Ligon, Augustus L. Ott, Jr.
CookB?Thomas A. Feruguson,
John E. Bailes.
Mechanic?Fred W. Stamper.
Buglers?Henry C. Faris, Thos.
Hucks.
^ Privates, First Class?Thomas
^C. Ashley, Charles H. Bradford.
John R. Broadnax, James L.
Collins. John M. Cook, Allie L.
Cunnup. Charlton G. Garrison,
Hope Harris, Pink S. Howie. Arthur
R. Honeycutt, Henry P.
Jones, Mariou A. Mills, Joseph
M. NivetiH, William A. Parks. |
Henry L. Patterson, Albert M.
Patterson. Malcolm H. Smith. Ira
Wilson, Robert C. Wright.
Privates?Roy O. Bass, John S.
Bayne, James R. Bennett, Thos.
B. Black, Clarence L. Boyd, Jus.
G. Bouknight, George E. Burrage,
Clarence O. Collins, Leroy
Cook, Jesse C. Cuimup, Henry H.
Craig. Win. H. Chapman, Jesse
M. Crenshaw, Bud Dulin, Fred T.
Dunlap,.Martin T. Davis, Bratton
D. Ep'ps, George R. Erwin. Robert
Qordon, John L. Gordon,
Claude Gordon, Calvin O. Hall,
Rufus E. Hammonds, Luther C.
Harris, Jesse G. Harris, Oscar B.
Hood, Roy Huddleston, Charlie
lluddleston. Win. B. Kimbrell,
Bemud S. Kitchen, George W.
McGimtis. Mannie L. McGuire.
Luskin W. McCormaek. Mason
M, Morrow. Clarence Merritt,
Luther E. Patterson. Wm. B.
Patterson, Daniel N. Pettus, Edward
P. Pettus, James D. Pettus,
Johnnie E. Phillips, Lonnie M.
Robinson, John W. Robertson.
Harold E. Rokr. Curtis T. Ross,
Adron T. Smith, John \V. Steadman,
Ernest Stroud. ErneRt Stamper,
Win. C. Whitesides, Walter
Wright.
Many Potato Patches.
The sweet potato acreage in
both the town of Fort Mill and j
township outside the town has ,
been greatly increased this year !
over that of any former year, j
Many people have patches for the )
first time this year and in the
lower section of the township a
number of farmers are growing
sweet potatoes for commercial '
purposes. If the venture proves
successful, the acreage will be
largely increased another year, it I
is said. A storage house soon is
f to be built for the potatoes, '
which will be cured according to
the formula recommended by
Cleinson college.
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It is unlawful to kill rabbits in
South Carolina between March 1
and September 1 of eaoh year. I:
DOCTORS IN SESSION.
York County Medical 8ociety I
Meets in Fort Mill.
The York County Medical so-1
ciety held its July meeting in the '
auditorium of the Fort Mill grad- j
ed school Tuesday, beginning the
session at 11 o'clock in the morning.
with the president, Dr. W.
It. Ward of Rock Hill, in the
chair. There was a considerable
amount of important routine business
transacted and an excellent
address was delivered by?the
Rev. F.W. Gregg, D. 1).. pastor of
the First Presbyterian church of
rn?lr ti;ii -1?
..uva moil, nnu in UINU pri'SIUflll
of the York County Anti-Tuberculosis
Rooiety. In connection
with the facts presented by Dr.
Gregg it was decided to hold a
joint session of the two societies
in Rock Hill on the date selected
for the August meeting of the
medical society.
In attendance at the meeting
were the following members: Dr.
J. R. Miller. Dr. W. W. Fennell
and Dr. W. H. Twitty of Rock
Hill, Dr. Dulin of Bethel. Dr. S.
E. Whitesides of McConnellsville
and Dr. .T. R. Elliott, Dr. R. S.
DesPortes and Dr. T. S. Kirkpatriok
of Fort Mill.
Guests of 'the society at the
meeting were A. L. Ott. D. D. R.,
W. II. Martin. Ph. G., and John
M. Hutchinson, Ph. G., of Fort
Mill.
Dinner was served the visitors
t>y the local physicians in the dining
room of the home economics
department of the graded school.
PRESIDENTS* SAVED MONEY.
All in Recent Years Laid Aside
Part of Salary.
Most of the presidents Rince
Hayes have had money enough
or means of earning: enough to
permit them to live comfortably
after leaving the White House.
All of them were of a more or
less frugal nature, and Mr. Harding
is following in their tracks,
indicating that he too will save
something out of his monthly
check for $6,250.
Hayes is said to have saved
$44,000 a year during his term
as president. At that rate he had
at the end of his term some $176,000,
which invested at 5 per cent
would give him an annual income
of $8 800. Garfield was in office
only five months before he died,
but his successor, Arthur, is said
to have saved $50,000 during his
three unit one-half years in office.
Cleveland was a poor man when
he went into the White House,
but he retired to priveate life
with a comfortable fortune.
McKinley went to the White
House in debt, but during his
five and one-half years in the
presidency he paid his debts and
saved enough money to provide
udeqpately for Mrs. McKinley af-'
ter his death. Roosevelt saved
money while he was president.
Tuft went to thu White House in
debt, as di<l McKinley, but in four
yuars he was out of debt and hud
saved money.
Woodrow Wilson hud virtually
nothing before 1912, but in 1921
he bought a home in Washington
for $150.000.paying for it in cash
and is plunning to spend a similar
amount for a country home.
Associates of Mr. Wilson estimate
that he saved $50,000 a year
for eight years.
Rain for Flint Hill Section.
The drought which had continued
in the Flint Hill section of
Fort Mill township for more than
two months- -in fact, since cotton
was planted there the latter part
of April?was broken Monday afternoon
by a heavy rain which
fell just before dark. Cotton in
the neighborhood grew remarks
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HDiy wen <t\irm?r the many weeks
it passed through without rain,
hut the eofll did not make equal
headway against tlie drought.
County Road Tax.
The total collection of commutation
road tax in York county
for the year beginning duly 1. :
19*21. was $10,878, against $13,- j
275 for the year beginning July
1, 1920. The total number of
people to pay the tax this year
was 3,626. against 4,425 last year,
a decrease of 799. In Fort Mill j
township the tax thiR year was
paid by 250 persons, as against
259 last year.
NEWS or YORK COUNTY.
Current Items of Interest Found
in the Yorkville Enquirer.
The county board assessment
on mules and horses for purposes
of taxation has been increased
about 20 per ceut on instructions
from the State tax commission.
4 4 Yes, we are going to have a
good old time picnic at Filbert
on 'ihursday, July 2S," Monday
said W. L. Pursley, chairman of
the committee. Congressman W.
k1 on.l 1J /VI. 1
A . MIC* UIIOVII ouu null, vuic JU.
BI ease, former governor, will be
the speakers.
The contractors who are to
build the west road from Smyrna
through Hickory Grove toward
Sharon commenced putting dowu
their plant on last Saturday
with the understanding that they
were to begin work Monday auu
complete their contract as rapidly
us possible.
Paul Dunlap of the Delphos
neighborhood. 25, and a World
war veteran, lost his life while
swimming in Guy's mill pond,
between Lowryville and Chester,
lust Sunday afternoon. The body
of the unfortunate young man
was not recovered until 18 minutes
later, and although two physieiuns
worked furiously in an ef
fort at resuseitation, they were
unable to bring back any sign of
nit;.
"Funny thing been occurring
up our way," said Magistrate R.
L. A. Smith to the reporter Monday
. Negroes got in a big fight
at Smyrna Suiulav a week ago.
There were nine of them in it and
we got five of them arrested.
Several of them were beat up and
cut up. but when it came to trial
nobody could tell who did it and
we could not convict anybody.
But we got a good pistol off of
one of the negroes and fined him
$45. The fine was paid, but we
held ou to the pistol."
Information was received Tuesday
morning that the body of
Corp. Glark Graham, Company
G, 118th infantry, 30th division,
who lost hik life while fighting
with the American army in
France October 6, 1918. will arrive
in Hobokeu, N. J., about July
15, and will b- brought to Yorkville
for burin! in American Legion
lot in dlose Ilill crmetevy,
the exact date of the funeral to
be announced later. Young GraItain,
the sou of Burton S. Graham,
now of Belmont, N. 0., enlisted
with the Fort Mill National
Gurad company at the outbreak
of the World war and was a faithful
soldier until his death. He
will be buried with military honors
under the auspices of Meech
Stewart post of the American
L< gion.
Charged with crimiual assault
upon the 18 year old daughter of
a well known farmer residing in
Bullock's Creek township, Jackson
Darby, negro, 45, was arrested
Saturday afternoon by Cons'able
Moffat t McKnight, Broad
River township, and is now in the
county jail awaiting triul. The
woman in the ease appeared before
the York county grand jury
Monday morning and the grand
jury returned a true bill. The
alleged crime was committed several
days ago, but did not become
known to the officers until
Thursday, when Sheriff Fred E.
t^uinn received a letter from a
sister of the victim, Rtating the
facts, ller own father, it is said,
knew nothing of the matter until
Saturday.
Preliminary organization of the
York County Health association
was effected at a meeting of a
few persons interested in the
American Legion club Monday
afternoon. The object 4f the association.
it was stated, was to
worn ior I lie employment of a
public health nurse in York county
and to provide for public medical
assistance. l)r. J. R. Miller
iff Rock Hill was elected temporary
presideut of the association
and it was announced that another
meeting would be held a
week later when the matter would
be further discussed. Mrs. W. D.
Glenn of Yorkville, who was
elected vice president, was instructed
to write heads of various
civic and fraternal organizations
asking their cooperation
iu promoting the project.
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GETS LOCAL OFFICE.
J. C. McElh&ney Succeeds W. B.
Ardrey m Fort Mill Postmaster.
I J. C. McElhaney Saturday received
ft tel?orj?m fmm
I Work, first assistant postmaster
I general, Washington, stating that
i he had been appointed acting
I postmaster of Fort Mill and authorizing
him to take charge of
the office at once. The telegram
was followed by a confirmatory
letter which was received by Mr.
McElhaney Sunday.
Saturday afternoon W. B. Ardrey,
acting postmaster, also received
a letter from the first assistant
postmaster general, notifying
him of Mr. McElhaney's
appointment. Monday a joint
telegram was sent by Mr. Ardrey
and Mr. ftfeElhaney to the division
superintendent of mails in
| Atlanta requestin that an inspector
be sent to Fort Mill to check
| up the. records of the office so
[ (hut the transfer could be made
on a basis satisfactory to all concerned.
The inspector is expectj
ed to reach Fort Mill within the
week and as soon as his work is
' completed Mr. McElhaney will
assume the duties of postmaster.
Several weeks ago the statement
was made in The Times
( hat Mr. McElhaney was an applicant
for the local postmastership
and that he hud secured the
indorsement of .Joe W. Tolbert,
Ill-publican national committeeman
for South Carolina. There
was therefore 110 surprise occasioned
by the announcement a
few days ago that he had been
appointed acting postmaster. The
presumption in Fort Mill is that
the appointment will stand until
a permanent head for the office
is recommended to the president
by the civil service commission."
following a competitive examination.
Mr. McElhaney will be the fifth
postmaster Fort Mill has had in
the last half century. The late
Seth Ilotchkiss held the office
from the close of the Civil war
until he was succeeded by Mrs.
L. II. Drakeford during the first
administration of President Cleveland.
Mrs. Drakeford was postmaster
for several years and was
in turn succeeded by B. H. Massey,
who resigned July 1, 1920.
W. B. Ardrey then became acting
postmaster and has since held
the office. The appointment of
Mr. McElhaney appears to be the
first instance in which Republican
leaders of the State have interested
themselves in the selection
of u postmaster for Fort
Mill.
Barbecue for Ministers.
-- QV. .u6oIIICI lurcilllg Ul I IIP
ministers of the Hock Hill district,
Southern Methodist church,
W8H held Tuesday on the banks
of the Catawba, uear the county
bridge, at which a splendid barbecue
dinner, prepared under the
direction of the Rev. W. R. Bouknight
of Fort Mill, was served
The following ministers, as well
as a number of prominent laymen
of the church, were present at
the meeting:.
The Hev. G. C. Leonard, the
Rev. J. W. Speake, the Rev. J.
B. Kilgore, the Rev. W. S. Martin,
the Rev. H. E. Griffin and
the Rev. R. L. Holroyd of Rock
Hill, the Rev. J. D. Brown of
Great Falls, the Rev. E. R. Mason
of Lancaster, the Rev. J. W.
Bledsoe of Lancaster, the Rev. F.
V. Robinson of I^ancaster, the
Rev. J. E. Johnson of Van Wyck,
the Rev. H. Q. Rice of Richburg,
?lw. D... *f- 1 * - *
i.?- ?r?. hii. \ uminuerson oi me
North Carolina conference, the
Rev. J. J. Stephenson of Beaufort,
the Rev. ,J. R. T. Major of
Columbia and the Rev. W. R.
Bouknight of Fort Mill.
NaT More Hog Pens.
Under an ordinance passed by
the town council of F'ort Mill
Tuesday night, hog pens will not
be allowed within the municipality
after March 1, 1922. Members
of council favoring the passage
of the ordinance said that
Fort Mill was perhaps the largest
town in the State which tolerated
hog pens and that both
the health and comfort of the
community demanded that thsy
be outlawed.
WANT TRUANT OFFICERS.
York School Trustees Object to
Change in Law;
Expressing dissatisfaction over
the change in the compulsory
school attendance law at the last
session of the General Assembly
whereby the two school attendance
officers for York county
were relieved of their duties and
their work devolved on the school
trustees, and unanimously passing
resolutions that the office be revived,
a largely attended meeting
of York county school trustees
was held in the court house at
tr *
t orn Saturday morning.
The trustees, 87 of whom attended
the meeting, also registered
their opposition to the present
law under which it is obligatory
that school buildings be insured
with the State sinking fund
commission und asked that York
county be freed from this obligation
und that trustees be allowed
to place insurance on
school property wherever they
considered most advantageous.
The trusteea went on record as
favoring a school day of six hours
of actual work, or from 9 o'clock
in the morning to 4 o'clock in the
afternoon, which would allow for'
the time lost at recess.
Following the passage of the
resolution concering the school
attendance officers. a committee
was appointed to confer with the
York legislative delegation for
the purpose of securing their consent
to the movement that the office
be revived, which is a matter
coming within the authority,
according to the compulsory attendance
law as amended at the
last session of the General Assembly.
No trouble was apprehended
by the trustees in securing
the support of the legislators
to this measure.
HEAVY CUT "iN ACREAGE.
Cotton Crop Promises to Be
Smallest in 25 Years.
In forecasting the year's cotton
crop at 8,433,000 bales, the
department of agriculture placed
this year's acreage at 20,519,t)00,
a reduction of 28.4 per cent, or
10,524.000 acres, from that in
cultivation a year ago, ami the
smallest, since 1900. Production
on this estimate will be less than
in any year for more than a
quarter of a century, the last
smaller crop having been that of
1895, when the output was 7,101,.
000 bales,
The condition of the crop was
poorer June 25 than on that date
in any year during the last 20.
This is attributed to an adversely
late wet spring, the presence of
the boll weevil and use of onethird
less fertiliser than the average
for the last four or five
years.
The acreage this year is the
smallest since 1900. and never
before, according to the department
of agriculture, has there
been so great a change from one
y? ar to another in acreage as
there has been from last year to
this.
New Merchant for Fort Mill.
M. A. Cohen of Charlotte has
purchased theqUock of goods ami
irood will of tile business conducted
for the last quarter of a
century by R. F. Grier in the
White building on Main street.
Mr. Cohen is an experienced
merchant and will carry a full
line of general merchandise. He
and his family will occupy the
Culp residence on Confederate (
HIreei.
Legislative Delegation to Meet.
Senator John R. Hart has called
a meeting of the York county
legislative delegation to be held
in York Saturday morning to act
upon a resolution and petition
adopted at a meeting of schoot
trustees held in the court house
at York Saturday requesting the .
delegation to authorize the county,
superintendent of education to
employ school attendance officers.
Fravor Kimbrell, 18 year old
son of Mr. and Mrs. K. W. Kimbrell,
has been seriously ill at the
Kimbrell home 011 Hall street for
several days. Yesterday his condition
was reported slightly improved.
The young man has suffered
intensely for several days
from malarial pains in his head.
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TROUBLE TOR HARDING. j
President Confronted With Herd I
Financial Problems.
Troubles are piling up rapidly
for the Harding administration,
says "Buck" Bryant, writing to
the Charlotte Observer frobi ?}
Washington Monday. With a
record of many things started and
nothing accomplished, the Republican
leaders fear the lash of
public opinion. ?
President Harding bus no policy
; he drifts from day to day,
hoping something will turn up.
C3 " * * * "
ooiue oi his friends are tired of
such drifting and talk about him
in private.
In the senate Mouduy Senator
Harrison of Mississippi criticised
hiiu for interfering with the plain
of Congress on the soldiers' bonus.
lu the house he and his
party were roasted for offering
a tariff that would pay off caiii-^
paign debts and press down on
the poor man. The railroads are
clamoring for money and business
interests are begging for a definite
foreign policy. Senator Simmons
is preparing to demand a
square deal for the livestock men
and the cotton producer, lie
will not stund calmly by and let
the president provide ">00 million
for the railroads without pressing
the claims of the tillers of the
soil.
The "farmer" group in the
ac-uaic is ueiuuuuiug money 10
save the livestock industry and
to move the cotton crop.
TRUCK LAW FOR COUNTY.
Act of Legislature Limits Load
on Public Highways.
At tlie 1921 session of the Legislature
an act was passed to regulate
the use of trucks upon the
highways of York county which
provides that hereafter no truck
used upon the public roads of the
county shall be louded to a capacity
of more than 7,000 pounds,
nor shall any truck, loaded, be
driven at a grouter speed than 15
miles per hour, nor shall any such
truck be driven upon the highways
of the county with any
chains other than regular truck
chains, the links of which shall
not be larger than one and onehalf
inches in circumference.
Under the law all trucks from
without the State oneratin? iinoii
the public; highways of York
county continuously for a period
of more than 30 days and used
entirely within the county shall
be required to pay the satae license
as is now required in the
ease of citizens of the State ope
rating such trucks.
The penalty for violation of
the law is not less than $f>0 nor
more thun $100. or imprisonment
for not more than 30 days.
Employment of Children.
The compulsory school attendance
law passed at the "1921 session
of the General Assembly contains
the following section relative
to the employment of children
of school age during school
hours:
"No child under 14 years of
age shall be employed in any factory,
workshop or mercantile establishment,
or in any place or
manner, during the usual Kchool
hours in said district, unless the ,
person employing such child shall
first produce a certificate from
the superintendent or teacher of
the school said child last attended
stating that the child attended
school for such current year
for the period provided by law,
or has been excused from attendance
as provided by the third
section hereof, and it shall be the
.I..*.. .
ui ni* hi HuperiiuenueuT or
teacher to furnish such certificate
upon application of the parent,
guardian or other person
having control of such child entitled
to same."
Section 3 of the act provides
"that any child whose physical,
mental or moral condition unfits
it for attendance at school is exempt
from the requirements of
section 1; that such child must
be designated as unfit by a person
competent to judge and appointed
to do so by the county
board of education."
A South Carolina law provides
against the sale of firecrackers
more than three inches in length
or one-half inch in diameter.
a