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BORN IN MECKLENBURG.
^ Charlotte Paper Slips in Giving
Birthplace of President Polk.
"One of the Charlotte papers a
day or two ago printed in its news
columns the statement that .las.
K. Polk, 11th president of -the
United States, who was in office
from 1845-49, was born in western
North Carolina." yesterday
said a Fprt Mill citizen to The
Times. 44The statement was of
course incorrect, as at 11 familiar
with our country's history know;
but the surprising thing was that
a newspaper published in the
very county in which Polk was
born should allow sueli a mis
statement of fact, to creep into
. its columns. Polk was a native
of Pineville township. Mecklenburg
county. The house in which
he was born stood one mile south
of Pineville, near the road leading
to the South Carolina line, a
few miles away. The house long
since disappeared, but- the site it
occupied was marked 20-odd years
ago by the Mecklenburg county
Daughter of the American Revolution
by a monument. This
monument is in plain view from
the public roayh but 1 dare say
that many who sec it do not know
that it marks the birthplace of a
president of the United States.
The monument, built in pyramid
shape, is about 1.1 feet high and
is of granite blocks. It is of suit
Btautiul construction and is apt
to stand- for many generations.
"As a boy Polk moved with his
father from Mecklenburg county
u n I... i>i..?. >*..i ? - !
III!' I Mill" IVItl^e IIIOII II I U IIIS
into Tennesson, where lie became
u leading citizen. He was fleeted
governor of that State ami stcpvped
from that office into the pres.
idoncy. He was a el use personal
friend of Andrew Jackson, one
of his predecessors in the White
House, who also was eleeted from
Tennessee, hut who likewise was
^ horn in this sort ion. just aeross
the line in South Carolina, not
more than 2f>b miles from the
birthplace of Polk.
^ , "It is a singular tiling that of
f the three presidents Tennessee
furnishi'tl the country, not one of
them was a native of that Stale.
Andrew Johnson, the third Ten.
nessee citizen to fill the presideuPSIcy.
succeeding to the ofliee from
the viee_ presidency upon the
tlcath of Lincoln, began his mundane
existence in Raleigh, X. ('.
"Polk never distinguished himself
us president and held the
office for only one term, but Andrew
Jackson was a real president
ami Johnson was among the
strongest men who ever held the
office, in my opinion. Roth lie
and Jackson began life handicapped
by extreme poverty, and
it has been said of Johnson tlmt
tt)> to the time lie was married lie
did not even know how to read.
that after lie hail finished his
day's work at his tailor shop his
wife taught him his letters. The
Htory may or may not he true,
hut one tiling is true?his state
papers are among Hie strongest
of any of the presidents'."
Old Water Tank Torn Down.
The old water tank of tin
Southern railway whieli had heeit
in usi* many years KM) yard*
norths of the passenger ?i < | >oi i 11
Fort Mill has been torn down.
Use of the tank was diseontimied
some time ago. A railYoad man
speaking of the demolition ot
the tanlT said that during; the
third of a century it had stood
in Fort Mill, the tank had sup
plied water to passing loeonio
tives perhaps as many as .">().(MM!
times. There are now only 1hre?
tanks from which loeomotives op
erating between Charlotte and
Columbia may replenish their wn
ter supply, these being at Hoek
Hill, Chester and Winnshoro.
v Announcement was made in the
Columbia papers a few days age
of the engagement of Miss Des>
Hpratt and Dr. H. D. Durh am ot
Columbia, who are to be married
in November. Miss Spratt is
daughter of Mrs. .Jennie Spratt
and Was reared in Fort Mill. She
has been making her home in Co
Itambia for several years, but tin
aMkouncment of her engagement
i? nevertheless a matter of muel:
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GRADED SCHOOL NOTES
;
Pupils Hear Talks on Selection
and Card' of Fruit Trees.
Mr. Owens of 1 lit.* extension tie- j
part meat of Cleinson college was
at the school here Tlfursday morn- j
ing ami talked to the three liijrli- \
er grades and a few town folk
on the selection, planting ami
care of fruit trees. Miss Juanita !
Neely, county home demonsta- |
tion agent, was present ami tie- I
livered a talk on the use of fruits ,
:-a a i- i -
in mi1 diet.
A called m?k?>tin|r of the l'a-j
rent-Teacher club was held last 1
Thursday afternoon to decide j
whether Fort Mill would have a
booth ait the York County fair.
The question was decided in the
affirmative and any one in the)
community who has anything!
they would like to put on display j
in the booth should see Mrs. A. I
O. .Jones as soon as possible, as i
the dates for the fair are November
0. 10 and 11.
Chester's football team played,
the Fort Mill high school Friady j
evening at Whiteville park. Fort
Mill. The visitors outweighed
the Fort Mill hoys 00 pounds to
the man. Some of Fort Mill's best,
plovers were knocked out duriut:
the first quarter and Chester
walked off with the game. 00 to
0. It was a grand game of slug J
ging by the Chester men all tliej
way iiirou?rh. Referring to tin'
Kort Mill team a neutral spectator
said, and it lias before been
said, that lie had "never seen bet
, lei sportsmanship displayed than I
that of the Port Mill boys; they
played -ti clean, upright name."
Alfred (). dynes, dr.. Monday
tuorniiin assumed his duties as1
teacher in the high school, lie is
teaching part of the IC11 *rli>?li and
History classes.
A large crowd was at the school
auditorium Monday evening to
see "Mr. Hob." a comedy gi\en
by pupils of the Winthrop Traininn
school. Kock Hill. There were
only seven characters in the play,
but they acted their parts well.
The proceeds of the play were
divided equally between the
! tiaining school and the athletic
| association of tin* local school.
Practice by the girls >>i basketball
is now going oil. The season
opens November 1. Representatives
of the Catawba Athletic as-:
socio'ion Saturday met in Rock
1 Mill to arrange tin* selicdnle of
games.
^ Friday afternoon the Kershaw
foot hall ten in will play Fort Mill
. ii Fort Mill.
Threatens to Sue Town.
Two young wdiitc men from
, Chester who acNmipanicd the
(Chester high sehool fo??M?a!l team
to Fort Mill lor the game which
was played here Friday afternoon
with the local high sehool l?o\s
i forfeited cash bonds ot $10 each
i to the town of Fort 'Mill on the
charge of drunkenness and disorderly
conduct. They were arrested
at the football game. Saturday
one of (lie young men phoned tin
mayor of Fort Mill. F. K. Ardrey,
Iroiu Chester that upon arrival ai
his home the evening "before he
' w as examined by three physician
i who declared him absolutely so'
her. and that if the town of Fort
> Mill did not refund the $1() lie had
been reijuired to jnit up tor ap<
pearanee to be tried on an "uni
reasonable and false" charge lie
would forthwith bring an action
for $10,000 damages again is the
I j town.
Gold HilTNotes.
I Robert ('uldwell of <'hosier was
. tlie guest of I'niitt Blank*nship
for several days last week.
I lie lioiio* ileiiionst rat ion elnli
of tlie (iold llill eommunity met
at the school house Monday to
hear a discussion of the value of
fruit trees by Miss .luauita Neely.
> home demonstration agent for
? York county. A dejicious lunch
! was served by members f>f the
? club.
I S. ('. Far is has returned to his
: home from a recent visit to ,his
daughter. Mrs. Wilson, who was
> eritieally \ill at l*?r home in Or
-lando. Fla.. a few days ago.
? A number of (iold Hill people
t attended the play given by tin*
i Wiuthrop training school in the
j auditorium of the Fort Mill high
| school Monday evening.
NEWS OF YORK COUNTY.
Current Item* of Interest From
, the Yorkville Enquirer.
The condition of ?J. JS. 13 rice,
Esq., who has been ill at his home
in Yorkville many weeks, continues
to improve slowly but steadily.
.Mr. Brice. though still very
weak ami unable to consider
business matters of any kind, is
spending much of his time in his
front piazza.
Three eases of scarlet fever
1 1 .. i: i ?*
mm- niTii tuscovercu among pitinary
grade pupils in the Yorkville
graded serool. Children of
Dr. -I. D. Me Dowel I. Rev. T. Tracy
Walsh and .J. S. Brice. Ksq., have
Ihe disease. The school trustees
have dismissed the first, second
and third grades for the balance
of the week. The three little patients
are doing nicely.
Several hundred Winthrop students
are either sick now with
had colds and coughs or else have
been during the past two weeks,
according to reliable sources. Reports
are out that the girls are
suffering front a mild form of influenza.
hut is was learned Saturday
that such was not the ease,
hut that I lie sickness is in the
form of bad colds. Most of those
who have been siyk. it is said, are
11 eshuien.
A meeting of the York county
bgislative delegation, called n.<
Senator Hart to lie held in York\
die Saturday, failed to materialize
since no member of the delegation
showed up at the appointed
hour. '1 lie meeting was called
io consider providing for an appiopriation
to meet the deficit tit
i lit *' I r " nl " lil I II #1 IN 1 III I IK* (IjH'I Hlion
oi the court oI general sessions
ami eoimiioii pleas ami for
the jail, which has run short of
sufficient hinds to run the institution
until the meeting of the
Hexi Ccncral Asseiulily. ?
| Merrill, fixe vear^old (launch
'tor of .Mr. ami Mrs. T. C. Neelx.
\x ho live near Koek lliil. lost her
lite Cm lay as the result of severe
; hums. While an older sisier xvus
' li?rhtinjr a fire in tin open fire
place xxith kerosene, little Merritt
was standing nearby. When the
kt rosene hlu/.cd up her clothing:
xxas ignited, and before the fire
j could lie cx t-inguished her body
. X* as terribly burned. The child
| was talff'ii in the hospital at once,
hut .In burns xvero too extensive
i aid nr..king could lie done.
; Deaili followed a few hours later.
Approximately KM) Masons of
Chester. Armenia. Yorkville, Cloxer.
Sharon and other places attended
a meeting; of lloodtown
Masonic lodge. K. L. Vinso'n. wor|
shipful must? r. Monday evening;
to participate in a big; supper and
j to witness the conferring; of the
. third degree upon four cundi1
dates. <). d' rank Hart of Columbia.
grand secretary of the grand
! lodge of South Carolina, was
present for the occasion and ad,
dressed the fraternity after the
\xmrk had been conferred.
Hock Kill is in the midst of the
greatest religious revival in 1 Ik*
<i \ psy Smith mt'fi iiijjr now in
progress that it Iihk known in
years, perhaps tIn* greatest it has
' c\ or known. Kvoryhody is talking
about the powerful sermons
! 11 at are being preached hy the
noted evangelist and almost everybody
is hearing him preaeh at
> elite time op other. Services are
In Id every night and the meeting
n-?Jo continue through next Sunday.
Attendance on the services is
not confined to Uock Ilill alone.
IVople from all sections of York
! county arc present tor tin* sermon
at night. Many people come
from Lancaster. Scores come
nightly from Chester.
Much Liquor Stolen.
Liquor ami wines to the value
of assembled by Joseph
K Leitner at his country "estate
on the Virginia shore of the Potomac
river has disappeared, and
the three inch steel door built to
guard the treasure, now swings
ajar and useless upon rows of
empty bins. A gang of liquor
cracksmen, equipped with an acetylene
torch, melted their way
into the liquor store room and
soon had loaded the hundreds of
cases on automobile trucks ami
disappeared.
HUNTING SEASON HARDBY. ,
I
Many Will Soon Answer Call of
Field and Woods.
In South Carolina us in other
States of the union the hunting ,
season is close at hainl. For duys j
the greens of the woods have I
been turning retl. yellow uial ;
gold in the age old cycle of tie
passing years. It is a time >f
failing leaves and to sonic it is a
time when the old hunting call
runs strong. . All through the
spring days many a man and b ?y
has listened hungrily to t!:?> prrtridpe
drumming. in the early
summer evening to tlie clear,
sweet call of the quail?* *
white, boh white" lias floated.
(?ul in lite depths of the woods
the squirrel's raeous squawkitig
, has filled the air. All this sounding
of the wood ami plpin has
; brought to many the thought that
soon the autumn would eouie n::d
that with dog and pun the "happy
hunting days" eould again he
enjoyed.
The youthful hunter usually
, gels his gun down and is off to
the woods or field for the f'rst
day of the season. Not so Lie
I experienced luiu.er. i o him the
comparatively easy killings of sue
early fall hold no lure, lie pre.
iters to wait until later in tie
season when there is more sport
in bagging the game.
In Canada the duek season is
a busy season for the Indian. All
slimmer long nature lias be .'it
raising ihe little diteklings into
strong pinioned, plump breast-U (
birds for lus delectation. The Indians
around the larger lakes ill '
i western Canada make autumn a
.special hunting time. No sport j
inp thrills, however, po quivering
up their spines; theirs is no ml
blood lust call, but a call of the
i inner man. a call of necessity.
, The Indians around many 01
j these western lakes kill ami salt
dow n barrels and barrels o! w ild
duck for winter use. As they pe.
| them late in the season when tin*
weather is sharp, virtually no
'chance is given the flesh to decompose.
Financed always with
the smallest of hank rolls, tin* J'.mI
mail demands of himself that
every shot fired must tell to the
fullest extent. Hidden among'he
reeds lie waits for his prey to
light upon some favorite spot,
j close U.v. < )r again. his eanoe
covered with grass and roods 'ill
it might be taken for a muskrat
house top or floating log. lie lets
his hark drift down upon so no
great and drowsy gathering oi
wildfowl in the center of a bayou.
Closeness means everything, for;
large must he the kill. At lust
; the proper position is reached.
11 is gun speaks out and dentil
and deaf ruction follow the report.
And on some cold night "u
the winter he will feast on a wonderful
stew of ducks' breasts, he
four quarters of a inuskrat and a
i little onion, all boiled together'
for a few hours over a slow f re.
Likes "The Times."
! I'M it or Kort Mill Times:
111 - - II . -
I lease III IO\V IMC <1 | II lit- spver
in Tlic Tunes to say a low wor.ls:
1st. I want to eoiiinii'inl ^ ou
{foi t|u? many improvements in
The Times in the last few yej rs.'
It is gratifying to note that !he
*>aper is now all home print f iat
, all the news is printed in he
home ofliee. In former years *ve
diil not espeeiallv enjoy reading
old news that was first puhlisl ed
elsewhere.
2nd. We are glad to have"l?"?u*
gits" and "Spinner" report the
news from their respective com-I
munities. We only wish others
.would eont rihute the happenirtgs J
in their neighborhoods. It wo lid
he worth while and would pr*>ve
decidedly interesting.
The Times is always a welcome
visitor to our home and we would
feel lovt u-itlwint it Sit lets licht
tIn* publisher make Tin* Times
the best weekly in the State.
W. C. Mediae.
Fort Mill, Oct. 19.
S'v v bales of cotton belonging
to Lowrv & Moore. York cotton
buyers, went up in smoke ir a
fire on the public weigher's pntfortn
in York Sunday morning at
2 o'clock. The loss was upwards
of $5,000. The origin of the fire
| has not been determined. 1
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FLOW UP COTTON STALKS, j
Clemson Urges Prompt Destruction
of Loll Weevil Resort. I
At the closing session of the!
anuuail meeting of the extension
forces at t 'unison college a few.
.? X v nuiiU X iir>WO.
Interesting Items From Progressive
Community.
Miss Kt lie I liOfljs. Irm'li.'TV in tin*
Fort Mill graded sehool. spent
. I i. -- i i
u lys ago a resolution was passed
urging ihe taring's of the State
lu lose no time in plowing under
cotton stalks to destroy the chief
hibernation place of the boll weetil.
The resolution declared th.it
the early fall dost ruction of cotton
stalks is the most important |
single step in Mhe fight against
the weevil. The discussion brought
out the suggestion that if the cotton
stalks cannot he plowed under
they should he burned, for
these winter hotels id' the weevil
"must lie destroyed," but that
plowing under is jnst as efficient
us burning and is iiiueh more economic
as a matter of soil build- ,
"-fa'It
is claimed that if the earlier
stalks and other hibernating places
ure destroyed, the fewer wee'.lib
will survive the winter. In
infested fields it is common to
tiiiv. weevils at he rate of 5.000
to 25.000 per acre at the time of
f.ist frost, and that the weevils
developing late# in the fall are
the ones most likely to survive
the winter, as they are,not worn
out hv long flights and the rearing
of the young as are the older
weevils. "For this reason. development
of weevils in late fall
must be prevented as the first
step in making the next crop."
Cotton Fire in Rock Hill.
Fire Monday 'morning in the
cotton warehouse of T. h. Johuson
in Koek Hill resulted in damage
estimated at from +lf?.OlR) to
T'Jn.OOO. There were about J00
n :lcs of cotton in the warehouse,
but the fire was confined to one
of the eomp..rtmeuts in the building.
.Some of the bales were idmost
wholly consumed by the
fire, while many other bales were
considerably charred. The fire
was discovered at (i:iiO o'clock
Monday morning. Damage to the
warehouse and cotton was said to
have been covered by insurance.
Methodists Give for Church.
Approximately +40.OIK) was
subscribed Sunday by the congregation
of St. John's Mcthouist
church. Koek llill. as tin* nucleus
of a building fiund to be
used in the erection of a modern
Litd commodious house of worship.
The Methodist girls at Winth
rop college^ pledged $1.(H)0 for
the new building.
HBAQAMT TT A T T oir ??* ?.
CHESTER OFF LIST.
Fort Mill School Cancels Athletic
Events With Neighbor.
In a letter which he is today
mailing to Prof. K. t\ Hip* s of
Ro. !; Mill, president of the t'attiwha
Athletic association. ???.?i
posed of high schools in the Kit h
congressional distinct. t*api. F.
M. Mack, superintendent of the
Fort Mill schools, protests strongly
against the conduct in Fori
Mill last Friday afiernooM ??l
members of tin* i'ti.i.
...? X I ? I * ~ I
school team in the foothill! l- hoc
with the IocjiI school tciini and
says "we have decided to sever
athletic relations with the t he>t?
r high school."
In his le.ter to Prof. Hurts
('apt. Mack says that "niaiix tallies
who went out expecting 10
see a clean game, such as were all
tin other games we have playeil.
were disgusted at the conduct of
certain i liestcr players, one of
whom in particular used very
vile language which a majority
ity of those present could not
help hut hear. This has gi\cii
football an ignoble name in our
town; to use a slang expression,
it has killed fooioall in l'?>rt
Mill."
After praising the strong, tigIFlVKKlVt'
4 ??t* loom * *
n - ..?? ? an* lllt'll II*"
says is out* ot the Im*si high school
(cuius lie has st't'ii lately and
that it outclassed Fori Mill
and deserved the victory over the
local eleven, ( apt. Mack adds:
"As to their being unnecessarily
rough. engaging in slugging. illegal
use ot hanus. led. c.c.. l lu.vc
nothing to say. as that v.as .1
matter for ret croc an?t umpire
who officiated at the game, and
has nothing to ih? with our dociMon
sever athletic relations
with the ( hostel' high schoo..'
READY FOE, SERVICE.
bnttalUou Headquarters Company
lo Jie blustered in.
Organ i/at ion o! hc.iiiipiuricrs
company, third battalion. First
regiment, S. ('. N. (J., is expccioii
to tic completed this week when
either K. NV. (Irant, adjuiaiit geii
end 01 South \ aroiiua. or Maj.
i*'. \V. (ilo.m visits For, Mill and
Rock ilill to'muster 11110 the serv
ice of the State -II men who have
recently enlisted in the coinp..ny.
*J(l ot whom are residents ol Fori
Mill and 'Jl ot liock 11 ill. I he
headquarters of 1 lie coinpaiiy will
he in Fort Mill, with Arthur
Lytic, first iieutcuar.'.. in comlio.lid.
Following the report to the militia
bureau of the federal gov
1111- ? itn-rmi wiiii iter sis(!>'. .Mrs.
Ij. K. TherrHI.
Mrs. K?l lt.iilcs mil livr * li?I - ^
i.'I'll of tin* <iol<l l!il! community
\isitod .Mrs. Ilnili-s' parents Mr.
una Mrs. K. I'. Ttiorrel- d.rinji
the lust work.
. Iiss K<iIhIitii llitll of the l!?*r-1
naon sort ion of Morkiriihot n
rniihty visited relatives in Uusi
njitfhborhood lust week.
I'llilo Cuuniiipdiam of Wil'.i?*?nston,
N. <Mrs. Ki'ini t'unumuhrin
2iin! Miss limit' Harris of
Piurvillc. .\*. visited Mr. ami
Mrs. (). \V. I'oiis last Tuesday.
Mr. ami Mrs. Potts accompanied
them home on tlirir rot urn trip.
Mrs. |)orc..s Davidson of t'liurloite,
N. visittsl Mrs. laivinia
Davidson tin* past weak.
"Spinner."
To Address Ex Service Men.
John I). Frost of Spartanburg,
former adjutant general <d' South
Carolina, has accepted an*invilation
to addrt'ss tin Worhl vete
rnns of tliis section on Armistice
day at tin* York County fair, j
The American IiC^ion posts of I
Rock 1 iill. York, Kort Mill ami
Hickory drove have agreed to
huve"" their uicmlx ra present to
participate in the exercises of the
occasion, according to the Hock
Hill Record, which adds that if
the tentative program for the
day is earned out it will he the
lowest celehr fion and demonst
rat ion ?hat the people of York
county have taken part in since
the World war.
> t
ern ment by tin* iiispt ,Mii<r (iffici'r
who musters the company into
tin State service, t'ol. I*'. U. Ihi.v.
militia inspector for the federal
Government in South Carolina. is
expected to visit Fort Mill ami
Koek Hill to muster the eompuuy
into the federal serviee.
Yesterday Mr. Lytic said the
eoinpauy headquarters proliahly
would he in the huildin<; recently
o? eupied l?V The Times on t olllederate
street.
Many Fruit Tree Orders.
'I he truit tree campaign that
was put oil several days ;:?ro hy
.Miss duaiiiia Neeiv. home demon
stration a^ent for N ork count\.
has resulted in a larjjre iiuinher oi
orders hem*! lakeu lol* trees
at the various lucctincs held in
different seetinns of the eoiinty.
At the iue<'t ilins, .Miss Necly, a>
sisted hy represen.at ives Irom the
hortieiiltur..i depart ineiit oft leui
son college, gave valiialne infirmat
ion ahoui the varieties of
fruit tulapied to this section, as
well as the pluming and eare 01
trees m General. Among the orders
taken for trees hy .Miss NeeIv
were a iiuinher from Fort Mill
low nship.
Request in Fiankiin's Will.
In Hiving Ins <lanj?hl?-r a pnMuiv
of t|i?* km" of Kroner. s? t willi
H)h (liaiuoinis. Itfiijaniin Kraiiklii.
requested * * f hiit she would
not form any of those iliamoinls
inio ornanu'iils. either for herself
or daughters, ami thereby iirro
1 iic-?* or counteiianee exp<nsi\e
jewels in litis eoinnry." i'r,ni..Mil
CDiii'iiulnl his will with l his
clause: "i \vouhl have oiy body
lo tit i-<l with as lit f l?- expense or
ceremony as may In*."
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