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NEW OHUEOH COMPLETED.
I Cornerstone of St. John's Laid
j \ With Impressive Service.
i Sunday ,was a red letter day
/ in the history of Fort Mill McthI
odisui, tjie day marking' the lay.I
ing of the cornerstone of the
I beautiful ne'w building of St.
.John's eongregution. The buildtfrt/v
ii'ou >\r<inti??o lit* nAinnlotii/l
Jllg nao 1 Ov l Ivfl 1 l^f V,UIIIJM\ IV\4
some months ago, but lacked until
Sunday morning the finishing
touches which were given when
the cornerstone was placed in po%
sition. The church is considered
one of the most modern houses of
worship in the upper sectiop of
South Carolina and is a credit to
the congregation and a source of
pride to the community. It is the
' * .v tl ird house of worship occupied
by , the congregation since the
church was organized in the decade
following the Civil war, the
first being a frame building 011
what is now known as Clebourne
street and the second building,
also a frame Structure, Occupyirg,
on Tom Hall street, the site
of the new building.- It is modern
in every respect, containing an
unusually large number of rooms
for Sunday school work, with
Kitchen ana anting room, ciouk
rooms, pastor's study and an aud;tortuni
seating about 600 people.
The building is steam heated
throughout and is splendidly
lighted and ventilated.
The congregations of both the
local Presbyterian and Baptist
churches joined the. congregation
of Bt. John's in celebrating the
laying of the cornerstone and the
auditorium was filled to capacity.
The devotional exercises
consisted principally of the* *ermon
by the Rev. O. C. Leonard,
^ presiding elder of the Rock Hill
?. ui8inci. Mr. Leonard re a a me
Scripture lesson ?rom Nehemiah
4:12 and Matthew 20:l-(i and
then took for .his text Neheuiiah
. .4 db: i' Fpr the peopl&Jiad. a mind
lo work." Hfc told of the diffi-^
culties that could be overcome by
cooperation and the use of tha
means at hand, the result being
success if the individual did his
V>i her part. Mr. Leonard stressed
the accomplishments of the
* Hebrews in their labor for the
Lord after they had repented of
their sins and had been forgiven.
* Following the sermon, the Rev.
W. R. Bouknigbt, pastor of St.
John's for the last four year's
and to whom much credit is
given for the erection of the new
house of worship, delivered a
short address in which he thanked
his conerecration and the Deo
pie of the community generally
tor the consideration they had
showu him since his ministry been
hei?. Concluding his address
Mr. Bouknight expressed regret
at the prospect of being'assigned
at the next meeting of the general
conference to another field.
Following the address of Mr.
Bouknight, the congregation repaired
from the auditorium to
the front of the church where the
-ceremony of laying the co ierstone
was concluded. In the stone
placed a list of the contributors
to the building fund, the
?iiMS of the.? officers ' of the
urch, the. Sunday school and
the building' committee.
Dance in Lancaster.
Says the I-tancaster Citizen:
The dance at the opera house last
Friday night- was an affair that
was discrediting* to any oomrau>
~~ ttity, according to. all account*.
BBS. Many of the young men and some
tfjf the young girls were intoxicated,
according to some who
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en the floor was unbecoming.
Police were called upon.to asMat
in quieting .some members of
p Mia party after the dance, and as
m result the city treasury was enriched
in the sum of $60, the
I for disKis
sort of
oient ^et
diaordely
of town
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4Tve been in my . day what
some folks might call a rounder,"
a day or two ago said a Fort Mill
man, 4 4 and every now and then, or
once in a while, as you prefer, 1
yet take a took in -on phases of
life which would not be recommended
in Sunday school. For a
yiar or two I flopped around in
France xtrying to bump off Germans
and otherwise having a good
time, including a few visits ?'to
dance halls, gambling joints for
both sexes, cabarets and cafes
where liquor was sold and the
women guests were of the free
and easy class that gives the country
none too good reputation
abroad; but in all these places 1
did not see anything quite so ad
vanced as the things one may see
at some of the swell dances in
this country.
"Not long ago I went tp one of
these dauces in a town not a'
thousand miles from here. There
was plenty of liquor to l>e had at
the dance, but 1 did not drink
any of it und was therefore in
condition to observe what was
happening. Some of the things 1
saw lacked a good deal of recommending
the town for orderliness
and gentility. The police finally
came along after midnight and
took in tow some of the young
male drunks who were getting a
little too gay with their obscene
singing, loud swearing and other
nets of debauchery; and that was
ull right, but the thing L could
1101 unuerHtanu was wny some 01
the women at the dance were not
also run in for indecent exposure
of the person; but of course these
tilings did not jar me, as 1 saw
just about what 1 expected to see.
"Ever been to one of these upto-date
dances, where the paraphernalia
of the women consists
of enough clothes to flag an oxcart
and a sufficient quantity of
-powder to blow up- a -hill - aide.,
and enough paint to cover several
barn roofs, and the principal
characteristic of the men for the
time being is their liquored-up
condition?ever beeu to one 01
these dances? No! You don't
know what you have missed.
The women ? are always full of
'pep' while the men are full of
liquor and the combination
means a gay old time. I'll take
you along with me to the next
swell" dance or semi-swell dance
we have in this section if you
nrtrp tn rrn "
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Road Work Plant Misunderstood.
. Although it is generally understood
in Fort Mill that the road
1>ond issue of $75,000 authorized
two years ago by the voters of
Fort Mill township was in excess
of the amount authorized by the
constitution of the State and that
purchasers cannot be found for
more thon $60,000 of the issue,
newspapers published in .other
towns of the "State recently have
been misled into publishing news
itims regarding the plans cf the
bond commission which the facts
do not warrant. The Times is
informed by a member of the
commission that while there is
the immediate prospect of selling
something like $60,000 worth of
the bonds, as a. matter of fact not
so much as $1 has yet come into
the hands of the commission from
the sale of bonds.
Within the last week the commission
has invited bids for the
improvement of the Steel Creek
road" from Fort Mill to the North
Carolina^ j[ine, which does not pass
through the Gold Hill section as
1'iis been erroneously stated in
litwspaper articles, and the road
from Fort Mill to Bailes' bridge,
over Sugar creek, t'he money
with which to pay for this work
is uot yet in the hands of the
commission, but the commission
,is confident a sufficient sum will
be forthcoming from the bond **
sue within a few days to. meet the
cost of the work, and it is therefore
inviting bids for it. Contract
for the construction of the
permanent highway from the
towft limits to the Catawba river
bridge, between Fort Mill and
Rock Hill+is a matter to be . attended
to by the State highway
department. When work on the
road will 'be begun 5 hot known
in Fort Milk _ * jp|
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NEWS or TORS COUNTY.
Items of Ckneral Interest round
in the Yorkville Enquirer.
Mrs. Lucia Ewart (R. E.) Quinn
of -Yorkville, who was defeated
Tuesday in the race for county
treasurer,^gave birth to ajson Friday
morning. Mother and son are
reported getting along nicely.
Jas. D. Grist" of Yorkville went
ic Columbia Monday evening to
represent the York county Democratic
executive committee at the
meeting of the State executive
committee in the capital Tuesday.
Dr. Campbell, the State executive
committeeman from York county,
r>aa uiiauir lu gu.
Chief of Police R. Ed Steele
left for Koanoke Va., Sunday evening
to bring back R. E. Montgomery,
Jr., formerly of Yorkville,
who was under arrest in
lAoanokc under a charge of taking
an automobile, the property
of T. K. Thomasson of Yorkville.
It is predicted that the November
term of the court of general
sessions is going to be the
busiest that York county has
known for several years at least.
It is said that there are an unusually
large number of defendants'out
on bond, almost twice as
many as is the usual case at the
November term, and that if all
the cases are tried the criminal
ccurt will be in session at least
two weeks.
Fire in Rock Jlill Saturday
evening about 8 o'clock destroyed
two warehouses and contents,
including more thon 100 bales of
cotton and a large quantity of
seed, hulls .and meal. Tho warehouses
were owned by "Ed FeweH
and the cotton was also the property
of Mr. FeweH. A* portion
of the other contents were also
owned by hira, while there were
IffflUhber of merchants who had
stocks of feed stored there. The
loss is estimated at several thou*,
sand dollars, covered by inipir*
ance.
Following was the official vote
in York county as. tabulated last
Thursday by the executive committee
: For governor, Cole L.
Blease 2,900, Thos. G. McLeod
2,356; sueprintendent of education,
J. H. Hope 3,602, John E.
Swearingen. 1.607; county treasurer,
Mrs. Lucia Ewart Quinn
2,474; Walter D. Thomasson
2.701; county supervisor, Thos.
W. Boyd 2,200, Hugh Q. Brown
3,026; probate judge, James L.
Houston 2,641, G. P. Smith 2,591'
Plans are being made for the
staging of a big celebration at
Boyd's bridge, over Catawba
river, connecting York and Meek
lcnburg counties, at the time the
bridge is completed about Decern*
ber 15, according to -R. S. Riddle
of Bethel, who was in'Yorkville
Thursday. It is proposed to invite
the governors of the two
Stfetes to meet with the people of
York, Oaston and Mecklenburg
counties at the time the bridge is
Completed. Reports from the
bridge site are that construction
work is no\y proceeding rapidly^
Allard H. Oasque, who was
nominated for Congress from the
6th South Carolina district- over
Congressman Phillip H. Stoll last
Tuesday, has a number of personal
friends in York county. Mr.
Gasque; who is superintendent of
education for Florence county, a
position that he has held for many
years, is also State secretary of
the Junior Order Cnited American
Mechanics. He is well known
to members of the Junior Order
in York eounty and they are
much gratified to learn of his sue.
cess in his race for congressional
he nors.
. Gov. Wilson Q. Harvey and
Mrs. Harvey spent a few minutes
in Yorkville shortly after noon
Monday. They left Columbia last
Friday morning on a visit to the
up-dountry, reached Spartanburg
Friday afternoon, spent a part of
Saturday in QreenviUe and went
baek to Qaffaey on Sunday uhtffo
the governor made en addrem to
a religious gathering. The visit
here was unheralded, .^feut withm
a short time impromptu iesep
tions were in progress, Governor
Harvey shaking hands with numbers
of fi ikuila- on the atresia# while
lisu. Haaray grossed a pum*
ber of ladies aad gatiwrn from
bar automobile.
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Welfare Board Secretary Doesn't J
. Like Ootuaty Chaingang.
Beporting to the State Board
of Public Welfare ou the condi- ;
tiohs he found on a recent visit {
to the York ..county chaingang,
jail and almshouse, H. C. Breariey;
assistant secretary of the
boiird, made the following statements
about these institutions:
"During the past year the
York county chaingang has beeu
improved by the repairing and
retcreening of the portable house
foti the prisoners and by the construction
of a screened dining
room for the guards and of a
good portable kitchen. The authorities
have also ordered an
additional sunnlv of bed ticks
to make up lor the present lack.
The geueral condition of the
camp was better than it has been
lor some time past.
VAt the time of this visit (in
July) 50 men were sleeping in
the portable house, the whites and
negroes being separated only by
a wall three feet high. Only 2i
beds were provided for the use of
the 50 men. in addition to the
overcrowding the ventilation of
tbifr shelter is far from good and
on warm nights sleeping in it
in Met be far from comfortable.
The great need of the camp is for
proper sleeping quarters and ^'or
the separation of the whites and
negroes as required by law. Until
they are provided the camp cannot
be commended in spite of the
otHer. less important improvements.
"The York.county jail maintains
its position of being one of
thro boat small jails of the State.
The equipment is fair and is kept
in good condition, the food supplied
is above the average and
the attitude of the management
h excellent. During the past
year 75 new blankets have been
purchased and > the grounds improved.
A most commendale and
unnsuul feature is the religious
services conducted every Sunday
afternoon by a group of ladies
from the town.
"For the further improvement
of thia jail it is reeommended
that the prisoners' quarters be
screened, that the buildins be all
of a type that can be easily washed
and the soealled * debtors'
room' be properly fitted up for
the use of prisoners by the installation
of sewerage and heating
systems.
4'The York county almshouse
is easily one of the best institutions
of its kind-, in the State.
The bnildingsr and equipment are
very good and the management
of Superintendent Boyd is quite
Commendable. At the time of this
visit its condition was even better
than usual because of the
pressure >of several inmates physically
ahke tqjfro some work. The
food-supplied is varied, wholesome
and well prepared.
"The'quarters of all the inmates
should be screened to protect
them against flies and mosquitoes.
In several places the concrete
walls are giving way and
shontd he repaired before greater
damage-is done to-the permanent
plant."
Didn't Like Texas.
A- Gaffney dispatch says that
Mr. and Mrs. Joe Lee, who left
Gaffney one mouth ago to make
their hone in Clarksville, Tex.,
heve returned to Gaffney and
declare they would not live in
Terns if the eotire State should
be offered to them.
Mr. Lee said that his brother
own?~89 acres of fine black loam
soil in-Texas and will not be able
| to gather half a hale of cotton
from the entire farm this year,
[owing to the drought and the
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WVII III UV??UOC ?1K IUC |WWlures
live dried up for lack of
rain, it ja declared that the cattle
there are suffering and are |U in
try lean condition. The temperature,
according to Mr. Lee, Vf
"out of sifhtV in Texas and the
water obtainable in name sections
there is hardly fit for human
consumption. . v
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Tom Wdia njn he dees not
belong to the Ku JPnx lua?. Is
flint a* knock orabOost for the
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QBUT LAKES STORMS.
Writing in the Dearborn Independent
of storms on the Great
Lakes, a correspondent asks and
then answers the question hbw
ships and men disappea? without
leaving a trace. Superior is the
largest body of fresh water in the
world and its greatest depth is
700 feet. If a ship goes down in
that depth nothing is ever seen
of it again and if the crew^goes
down with it the men stayx there,
because the wat^r is so cold at all
seasons their bodies do not come
to the surface.
Lakes Michigan and Huron
also are very deep in spots, but
not many ships have disappeared
utterly in those bodies of water.
Both lakes have claimed their
share of lives and ships, but usually
there is some trace?bits of
wreckage, an empty lifeboat bearing
a vessel's name or something
that tells a ship has been lost.
The same applies* to Lakes'Erie
and Ontario.
An element with which vessels
on the lakes must contend is a
short choppy sea. The lakes do
not compare with the oceans in
depth. On the oceans, during
storms, the waves run high 'but
they are longer and easier for a
ship to ride. The short sharp
waves, on the lakes pound the
beats severely, run high, too, in
a heavy gale; the difference in
length causes the hazard.
In the late autumn the lake
freighters have ice to contend
with and must fight their way
out of jams. The boats are not
built for ice crushing and such
battles invariably damage them.
Winter navigation probably will
never llM>nmo a nruntinul fuot nn
he lakes. A few steamers try to
run on Lake Michigan the year
round, but a Cold winter plays
bob with their schedules.
Winter navigation xjn this lake
has not been without misfortune,
for several boa is and a number of
lives have been lost in the business.
The most notable of the
iec disasters happened a number
of years ago when the steamer
Chicora left Chicago for a Michigan
port across the lake, some 85
miles distant. The Chicora vanished
with all on board?some 50
persons. It was supposed that
she was crushed between the floes
and went down.
Insurance compauies will not
take a risk on yessels leaving
port after December 1, and many
of them manage to get out with a
cargo just before midnight on
that date. If the boat is out four
or five days and is lost, the insurance
company pays. The attitude
of the insurance companies
illustrates what they think of
winter navigation on the inland
seas. In late years quite a number
of vessels have left ports with
cargoes after December 1. Of
course they were not insured, and
if they .met with misfortune the
owners stood to lose big stuns.
Mrs. Jennie Belk Spratt Dead.
Many Fort Mill people w%re
grieved to learn of the death at
her home in Columbia Sunday of
Mrs. Jennie Belk Spratt, widow
of Walter E. Spratt, a former
well known Fort Mill citizen who
died about 18 years ago. Mrs.
Spratt's remains were brought to
Fort Mill Sunday afternoon and
Monday morning were interred
in the family plot in the city cemetery,
following funeral services
conducted by the Rev. R. H.
Viser, pastor of the Port Mill
Presbyterian ehurch.
Mrs. Spratt moved from Fort
Mill to CoIumbiW with her d<*u liters
about two years ago and hid
since lived in that city. She had
been in declining health for several
months and her family had
realised for some time that her
|life w4H nearing .a clo*?. M**t.
Spratt was about 60 old
and was a lifelong member r.X the
Presbvterian church. She is surihred
by four daughters, Mrs. R.
IB. Durham and Misses Roberta,
Margaret and Mary Spratt, ail
of Columbia; one brother, B. C.
Belk of Mt. Holly, N. C., :ind two
sisters, -Mrs. Elisabeth Withers
and Mrs, W. B. Meaeham of f ort
Mill,
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York Legislator to Intreduos Bill
for Public Schools.
The Reck Hill Evening Herald
Monday printed the following
news item:
"Representative W. R. Bradfor
of Fort Mill, who was again
chosen as a York legislator in the
recent primaries, stated today to
a Herald representative that it
was his intention to press for legislation
at the next session of the
General Assembly providing for
free text books for all the public
schools, up to and including the
fifth (seventh) grade. *
"Mr. Bradford is an advocate
of free text books in the schools,
but is of the opinion that this is a
matter in which thfr public must
first be educated. He feels that
by trimming the expenses of the
State government here aud there,
a sufficient amount can be cut
from the approapriatiou bill to
meet the cost of free text books
for the lesser grades. Naturally
he would like to see fill grades in
the public schools covered and believes
that it is only a question of
time until legislation will be provided
whereby patrons of' the
public schools will not have to
buy books.
4 4 Naturally there are many de*
tals to be considered in drafting
the free text book bill and Mr.
Bradford is now gathcriug information
that will enable him to
prepare the measure. There is
entirely too much changing of
text books. Mr. Bradford believes,
and with the State furnishing the
books there will be less tendency
to change. This year the change
in books has necessitated the discarding
of thousands of books
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ar.a an expenunure 01 tnousanas
of dollars by patrons of the
schools. In Rock Hill alone,
where the books are to be had at '
State-fixed prices, the total expenditure
for new books reached
an enormous sum, some families
having to pay from $6 to $30 for
the books used by their children.
"During the past year there 1
has been more or less agitation
for free text books in the public
schools and the announcement by
Mr. Brudford that he intends to
press such legislation will, no
doubt, cause those sponsoring
free text books for all the grades * ,
to redouble their efforts and present
the matter before the Legislature
in such light that the necessary
legislation will easily go
fhrough. Superintendent Swearingen
has estimated that it would
take about a half mill levy to purchase
the books for all the public
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nuiiuuio, allien amuuiil in itti lean
than the average school patron
has to pay out for books each
year.
"At the general election the
people of the State will vote on
an amendment to. the constitution
enabling the State Legislature to
exercise its discretion in letting
the public printing. At present ,
the Legislature is required to let
this work by contract. In the
event the uiuendment is approved
by the people and ratified by
the Legislature, it would be possible
for the State to also arrange
for "the printing of the text books
used in the primary grades, but
Mr. Bradford states this is one of
the details* to be deckled later.
Planning for County Fair.
The board of directors of the
York County Fair association
held an enthusiastic meeting Saturday.
General Manager Poag
announced that the fair grounds
are in excellent condition for the
fair. New cattle stalls recently
have been built and the cattle
exhibit this year is expected to be
larger than that at previous
fairs*. Practically everything is in
readiness for * the .'fair, which is
less than a month off, the dates
being October 18, 19 and 20. Instead
of having only one big
day at the fair as many fairs do
is this section, it is planed to
have all three days of the York
county fair big days; but as has '
been pointed out, this cannot bo
done without the support and cooperation
of the people of the
county*
f* is tbew degenerate days some
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