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ivE v73 ABOUND TOWN.
8hort Stories Picked Up by The
Times Reporter.
The Rev. Edward Mack, D. D.,
of Richmond. Va., paid a short
visit to his sister. Mrs. Elizabeth
M. Belle, a few days ago.
Mr. and Mrs. .Joe McMurray of
Blacksbnrg were guests for the
lust week-end of Mr. McMurray's
father. .J. II. McMurray, at his
home in Fort Mill.
Work was begun a few days
ago on a cottage oil Academy
street into which Mr. and Mrs.
Thos. Creighton will inove as
soon as it is completed.
Mr. and Mrs. 11. II. Boyd of
Charlotte. Mrs. A. T. Land of
Beaufort. X. t'.. and Miss Janie
Primrose of Wilmington. Del.,
wort' guests Sunday of Mr. and
Mrs. W. L. Boyd at their home
on Hall street.
Among tin* young people who
lot Fori Mill last week for the
various colleges in this section
were Miss Martha Dyches, to
Anderson college; .1. T. Harrison,
Furinan university, and Murphy
Cook and Hudson Mills. Cleiuson
college.
Carpenters several days ago
began work on a building on Hall
stieet to replace the store room
of It. M. Bradford which was destroy*
d by fire several weeks ago.
Mr. Bradford plans t?? reenter the
grocery business as soon as the
building is completed.
Mi---f.es Anna Wolfe. Kli/.obcth
Mills and Virginia Barber of
Fori Mill are first year students
a* Winlhrop college. #Miss Fltna
Bradford is also a student at
W in. hrop. having returned Tuesday
afternoon for her second
year's work at the institution.
The Rev. .1. R. Smith, pastor of
Flint Hill Baptist church, became
seriously ill several days ago and
?> . Hiivni 10 il t IIHriOIlC Hospital.
11?' wns removed to the'Raptist
hospital in Columbia Monday
morning and it is reported that
In* stood tlt?* trip well and is resting
more comfortably at this time
\Y. li. Wilson, Esq.. of Rock
IIill is of llit* opinion that there
should In- a change in the time of
lidding tin September term of
court for York county. "Tin
time of holding the court now
causes a conflict with the f 11
to in of federal court in Reck
H 11." saitl Mr. Wilson to The
Times a few days ago. "and I
th nU the York legislative delcgati?
n would rentier the people a
so -vice by providing for the
et untv court to he held a week
o? t \\ t? la It r. "
Tweleve Fort Mill men have
tl is far enlisted in the Third battalion
headquarters company.
First regiment, N. (\ N. (L. which
Arthur <'. Lytic, first lieutenant
is organizing ami which he will
command. Eight more enlitments
will complete the half of the
company to bo located in Fort
Mill, tlio other half to bo in Rook
Hill. Vest onlay Mr. Lytic said
the building out of wbioh The
Times has just moved probably
would he secured as company
headquarters.
The manufacturers of a job
press in The Times office doubtless
would be proud of their handiwork
could they see how it
withstood a 12-foot tumble downstairs
a few days ago when an
effort was bcinp made to move
the press from the first to the
second floor in the huildinp. The
rope by which the press was bcinp
drawn upstairs broke when
the press was within three feet
of the second floor landinp and
the machine tumbled back to the
first floor, turning a complete
somersault in the descent. The
press was uninjured except for
tin breaking of the "throw-off"
handle, which can be easily repaired.
Among the visitors to Fort Mill
during the week was .1. L. drier
of West Faint Beach. Fla. Mr.
drier is a former Fort Mill township
citizen who was reared in
the Flint Hill section and is a
kinsman of R. F. drier of Fort
Mill, lie moved to Florida many
ccars apo. but has since returned
for a number of visits to his
friends and relatives in York
county. Monday Mr. Grier was
i Miii" a party of his Fort Mill
friends how. as a hoy 1(5 years
old. he voted for General Hampton
for governor in 1876. "When
the hour for closing the polls ar
rived." said Mr. Greire. "one of
the negro election managers, an
old man. said that 4dis is de fair??st
Meet ion ever held in Fort
Mill.' " an opinion with which
Mr. Grior said he did not take issue
because the Democrats had
skinned the Radicals to a fareyou-well
in the voting.
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ALL-COTTON RUINOUS.
Mr. Lee Again Writes of Boll
Weevil Invasion.
Editor Fort Mill Times:
If you won't get Worried with
me, 1 would like to add a little to
what 1 said last week about the
boll weevil. While 1 am not
farming now, if 1 can say a word
which will cause our farmers to
think about the distress all-cotton
has caused in this Southland
of ours. I will feel good over it*.
1 said in last week's Times that
it had caused some to commit suicide
and women and'children to
go without clothing ami food. 1
can add that it has caused our
children to go without an educa.ion,
homes to be lost, woods cut
down, land to wash into gullies,
and our mules and horses to go
half fed, because when a man
planted all cotton lie would try
to make his feed go as far as he
could. So tin* mule went hungry
plowing cotton. 1 know
whereof 1 speak--1 have been all
along there since the Civil war.
Cotton is all right to grow it in
I.
111* rignt way. but when any man
joes in for all cotton anil slights
his feci I at home, you can watch
hat man?it will get him in the
nil. So. my brother farmers, all
cotton will get you any way you
go at it. ami that is why 1 think
'tie boll weevil a blessing. If you
an't make as much you will get
(list as much for it as you would
for a full crop. The boll weevil
will force all to reduce the crop
hen nothing else would.
Twice in my life I have induced
farmers to sign a cotton reduciou
pledge, and it seemed that
hev p.mi ed more each time. I
veal I i he first time 1 went around
- i111 the pledge 1 came upon a
<ood old man. now dead, who
.vas a Methodist minister. He
aid that was the best way in the
vorhl to get the farmers to plant
urn- cotton, and he was right,
bat is why the boll weevil will
lo good. It is a wonder to me
hat (iod has not already sent .i
damitv on cotton, because when
iv people begin to worship aiivliiug
like we have worshiped
nttmi. it is a wonder that He
as not swept it off the earth.
? Hod bless the boll weevil il
will cause us to get more for
Ii it we tiiaki Mini cause us to
lake our living- at homo.
I). A. Leo.
PLEASANT VALLEY NEWS.
.detesting Items From Progres
sive Community.
A. K. Harris of Gastonia, X. (\.
.pent the week-end with his sister.
Mrs. C. 11. Blackwehler.
Miss Mary liailos left Thursday
;oi? Koek Hill to enter Winthrop
college.
The Ladies' elub of Pleasant
Valley was entertained by the La dies'
elub of the Harrison section
last Friday. The demonstration
agents from Mecklenburg and
Lancaster counties were present
and both gave interesting and instructive
talks. Refreshments
..ere served.
Mr. and Mrs. Ted Smith of
i'harlotte were guests of Mrs.
Smith's parents, Mr. and Mrs. J.
P. Harris, the past week-end, en
route to Columbia, where Mr.
Smith will attend the University
of South Carolina.
Miss Ethel Loft is. teacher in
the Fort Mill graded school, spent i
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u rriv-rini Willi IIIT NISI CI",
.Mrs. L. K. Therrell.
T. W. Culp, .Miss Anna ('nip
and W. B. Patterson attended
the meeting of the York Baptist
assoeiation in Hock llill last
Week.
Mr. and Mrs. Krnest Heath of
Monroe. N. ('., visited relatives in
this section last week.
A number of citizens of this
community attended the Made-in
Carolinas exposition in Charlotte !
last week.
O. W. Potts attended the meet- i
ing of Mecklenburg presbytery \
at Sharon ehnrch as a delegate
from Banks ehnrch last Wednes- !
day. "Spinner."
What many citizens considered
the longest, hottest summer ,
through which this section has
passed in many years was bro- |
ken, temporarily at least, by rain ;
Tuesday night. The temperature
has been considerably lower since I
the rainfall, which was followed
by a second shower Wednesday
night, and the hope is now gen- ;
eral that the backbone of the
summer is broken and that there
will ere long be a smaller army |
of mosquitoes for the people of
this community to try to annihilate.
THI TORT MILL TIMES, I
ICEBERGS.
Coastguard cutters have beeu
scouting the North Atlautic all
summer so passengers and crews
oi snips sailing in northern seas
may sleep without fear that an
lceuerg \>iil creep up 011 them 111
he night.
"these floating tvhite castles
of the North with their fantastic
dealing portent sometimes wander
down to latitude 38 degrees,
us far south us such sunny climes
t.8 Insbon jii i'oriugul or the
shores oi Delaware buy," says a
uuut'iiii oi me National iieogruphic
society, from its Wash.ugion
headquarters.
"The icebergs winch are to'be
s? en during the early spring
mouths in me Atlantic are greai
frozen tresit water glacier-etuis
\Mueh have broken loose from
the ice fehls of Greenland and
floated with the current into
warmer seas. They 'herd' quite
Oiten oil the caost of Newfoundland.
The warm waters off the
northwestern coast of Kurope
keep them back on that side .as
it?r norm as m degrees. There
are few of them also in the North
I'aeiiic except near northeastern
Asia.
"Gorgeously tricked out in
white that gleams and sparkles
in the sunlight, these monster
palaces push out lroni the great
sheet ot ice that covers Greenlund.
No architectural feat of
tlu- ancient i'jgyptiaus or of the
liy/untitles, or 01 a Sir t liristopher
Wren, can compare with
the Karnaks and hundreds of
oilier temples which are carved
in their Sides by the agents of
ei osiolt? No Mlal'Me possesses I he
rainbow-tints of their columns,
ami no mini-made edifice lias so
tairylike, capricious ami bizarre
a character. 'I In- w hole gamut of
hluos ami greens plays hide ami
seek over their surtacc ami some*
limes in summer little cascades
tumble over the sides to hide
themselves in the waves. But
their ghostlike emptiness and the
chill of their breath make mariners
shiver with dread.
Most of tin* icebergs id' the
North Atlantic are pushed out
from the west coast of (jSreeiilaml
between Disco bay ami Smith
sotiml or lrom the east coast south
ot 4>S degrees latitude. Some of
them are as much as 44."> feet
above the surface of the water,
this being about one-sixth or one
seventh 01 their volatile.
"As they sail away they necessarily
start with some of the i
debris which was originally at the
bottom of the glacier. Much of
this immediately falls to the bottom
ot the ocean, having melted
its way out. Often they capsize
or flop over on one side when the
breaking or inciting shifts their
centers of gravity. The debris,
when it is on the top. quickly
plows its way through the iceberg,
having absorbed more of !
i... i.....? 1
???r ii< ui 111 iiit* nun i 11 <111 iiii- lur
does. When it is oil tlio sul?' it
soon slides into the oeenn. At
any rate the debris seldom stays
with the berg far on its journey.
Nothing seems to mar the purity
of the icebergs' exterior. They
support little life, a minute worm
and the simple microscopic algae,
which give a red color to snow,
being their only inhabitants.
"The icebergs id' the Antarctic
regions are larger than those of
the Arctic, but not so tall perhaps.
They are portions of the
normous ice sheet around the
South pole \\ hich breaks off in tablelike
blocks and float away as
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grim sentinels of the southern (
waters. One explorer reports
that at one time he counted as
many as 60 from the deck of his
steamer, while more than that
could be seen iroin his masthead.
"Like mighty derelicts, dwarfing
our largest battleships into J
utter insignificance, their sides (
sometimes measuring from 30 to
40 miles in length when they first j
break off from the lioss barrier. I
i ihey float out into the depths. \
where the warmer winds ami seas !
eat out their "very cores, under-!
mine them, make them turn tnr- I
, l!?*. ami finally break them tip |
into smaller bergs and hard small \
chips called 'growlers.' The ^
'growlers* are as dangerous as
the mother iceberg." ^
COLD KILITNOTES. t
News Items From the Upper Sec-" J
tion of Fort Mill Township.
Miss doh 11 Crook, who has been ^
I visiting in the lower part of the 1
State during the summer, has re- t
I t lii'iit il to her home. I (
Shirley Parlor id' Chester spent
1 h st \ eekend with his sister. Miss j
1 <la l.ee Parlor. at the home of j
\V. 11. Crook.
.\ii>;^ Winnie Crook left last 1
Wedn >sday for Winthrop college, i
Mi" . Sar.-li Harrison has re- I,
Jturiu I toller home in York, after t
I spending several weeks with her I
i sister. Mrs. .1. 11. Nivens.
j Miss Mary Wilson is visiting y
Iter si .er. Sirs. Arthur (Jardiier. j
near ('harlotte. '
| The C. h\ t'. Literary society <
of (Sold Hill school had its first ,
public program last Friday af- (
teriioon. Several visitors were !
present and the progr; in was well
rendered.
j I lie iiolil llillseliool will close
; its summer session Friday. S.'p
teinher lilt, ami tin' teachers. Miss
j Kutli Shwlri* ami Miss lila Fee 1
i Parlor. will li-avi* tin* following
| Saturday for their homo at Fd!
lovee. "Bongus."
'riio Uev. F. \V. (Jrcjfjj. 1). 1).. '
of llork I lill Sumlay afternoon
l>r -.iclied for the eon?;rejration <
of the Fort Mill Presbyterian ,
church. which is now without a '
past or.
Serious ineonvenienee resulted
to numerous Fort Mill families '
last ui?r!it hy the euttin?r off of <
!lie ei;y water. It was stated i
ih.it in the upper seetioii of the ,
town the water supply was uiuli i
ininislied.
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NOTICE. I <
Having ' made my return as <
\ j^ua i'i I ilia n for Harvey SpinUs. i
this is to no iiy any one eoneerneil
that 1 will make applieatioti to ^
the l'i'ohate .lud^e for a dischar?r.?
Ion October 1st. ji
A. li. SPKATT. |<
Wanted The neonlo of Fort
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Mill t?> try Cook's Cream Peanut ^
Cjilidv. manufactured hv K. B.
Cook & Son in Uock llill and
supplied fresh every week to the ^
stores here. I *
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Don't be satisfied with an or- <
dinary phonopraph >hi I * you can ?
pet a Brunswick at same price
that is superior in quality and tone
at Massey's.
Wanted?The people to know
you do not have to eat stale candy.
Call for Cook's Peanut
Cream Candy. Your proccr linn
dies it.
. Wanted?Milch ('ow ; must pive 11
more than three pillions and have
voinip I'aIf. L. A. Harris. Port
Mill. S. C.
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1 properly housed?
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your buildings in g?
* means a saving. J
they are you can't
your implements or
We carry every
prices are always fi
us to give you au t
have to do. Stop ii
or phone and tell us
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For tin' I'nrin nvi' offer (Yin
Veteli. Al?ru/.y.i Kye. ('urolinn
jrliuin (>.its. Appier <>;its, Tin
Hurley, ! >. K. Kape, Pasture
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Twenty-live inns ut' Ajrrieul
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your orders lor ?rood eeil
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of money to you. Are they J I
Is your hay anil grain per- J '
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mighty good plan to have ; '
>od condition. It generally J *
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very well afford to abuse x
waste a lot of grain. | x
thing in lumber and our
nirly priced. Why not ask
estimate on the work you'll $
i next time you are iu town
what you want.
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Oats. Beardless Winter
Grasses for lowlands and
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