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. . START OF JOHN BROWN.
. Arrest, Trial and Execution of Mao 'J
I, Who Tried to Free SIutc*.
School boys and girls sing about
I how they "Hung John Brown or. a ^
Sour Apple Tree," but how many t
m" ?know the details of the tria', cjnvlc- \
I ktion and hanging of Jobn Brown in 1
I .Charles Town? I
I Sixty-three years ago the nutim
I .was rent witb discussion over siavI
. try. It bad become the greatest isw
. sue since the Revolutionary war.
?While Horace Oreely wrote stirring
! .editorials to tree the slaves, John
Erown took an even more violent
course. He tried to free the slaves
by lorce. It was a national issue.
George D. Moore, a former prosecuting
attorney in Charles Town, W.
?Va., writing in a local paper, says:
"During the early summer of 1859
. a party of strangers arrived near
Harper's Ferry, then a part of Virvginia.
With them was an old man of
venerable appearance twho called
rhimself Isaac timith. They represented
themselves as prospecting for
.minerals and took long and frequent
rambles over various parts of the
Blue Ridge mountains near by. After
a few - weeks they moved to what
is known as the Kennedy farm, about
five miles from Harper's Ferry, on
iur mai;iauu siuu ui tuv ruvuuiou
river,, and established headquarters- They
were amiable people and soon
-made a number of friends. In the
meantime a large quantity of arms
and. ammunition was smuggled in to
them.
"Twenty men descended upon Har
per's Perry on the night of Sunday,
October 16, 1869. They shot men in 1
the streets and took possession. of
the town. Nobody seemed to know
what it was all about. Later one of
the attackers declared they had come
to free the Virginia slaves. They
aaid they had the means to accomplish
their plan.
"News of the attack on Harper's
Ferry was flashed across the nation.
The Virginia militia came, and Qdvarnor
Wise of Virginia took personal
charge. After a three day fight the
little army was captured. Its leader
"was recognised as John Brown.
"Brown and his. followers were taken
to Charles Towh, where the grand 1
Jury was in session. Virginia and
what-is now known as West Virginia
wtrq then one State.
"The old Virginia law required
five days' lapse between the preliminary
and the submission of the case
to the .grand Jury.
"A whole nation was wrought up
to the tensest pitch during those five
^ days of suspense- It was rumored
' everywhere and particularly through 1
the South that John Brown's little
army ot 20 men was but the forerun- J
ner ot a mighty army from the North 1
to come down and9 free the slaves, '
and that a powerful secret organiza- '
tion was planning revolt by riot and 1
murder and the Brown gang was to '
he released from Jail. _
"These rumors grew; they traveled
last. It was argued that John Brown <
would not have dared attempt such a
\ hold thing as the capture of Harper's <
Ferry unless he hhdfemple backing.
"On October 26 the preliminary
hearing opened, with the court house
heavily guarded 'by militia troops. '
everywhere the town was jammed
With strangers. There was a little
army of newspaper men.
"Brown, it is believed, fully realised
what- was to come. The court !
house was across the street from the
Jail. Brown was marched out from
_ the front door of the jail, grim and 1
determined- A double file of soldiers 1
guarded. him. He presented a remarkable
picture.
h- "Whether he was legally right or
not, he believed his cause Just. He
**'. was six feet tall, stoop-shouldered,
old, bareheaded and wore a long,'*
shaggy gray heard. But his piercing
Old eyes showed no signs of fear.
, His condition Is described as feeble,
bystanders gaped in silence as
fi? M moTwl slowly alone, manacled,
v " "The'court room was Jammed with
L CM or $90 people. Bight Justices of
F> the peace conducted the preliminary
S heerlni. They constituted the.court
| Of titpt resort; upon their say would
% depend whether John Brown, avowed
3Trwmsedee. or whether they should
attorney. Qovernor Wise appointed
CMor- Hunter was a. great lawyer, a
| "Prosecutor Harding demanded to
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LEY-SPBIN6S WEDDING,
Port Mill Citliea Goes to Masttachawtts
to Claim Bridev
The Springfield (Mass.) Union of
A/'odnou/lfiv oftornnnn f'l/dnhpr i f*nn.
ained the following account of the
redding in that city of Miss Prances
Hubbard Ley of Springfield and Capt
Slliott White Springs of Fort Mill:
"The Old First church was the
icene this afternoon at 4 o'clock of
he wedding of Miss Frances Hubsard
Ley, daughter of Mr. and MrB.
Harold Alexander Ley of Long Hill
street, and Elliott White Springs of
fort Mill, S. C., sou of Col. l^eroy
Springs of Lancaster, S. C. Before
Lhe ceremony the prganist, John G.
Clark, gave a recital, including the
following numbers: 'Prelude,' from
Lohengrin,' Wagner; 'Pastorale,'
Juilmant; 'Romance in D Flat,' Lemard;
'Serenade,' Mowskowski;' Spring
Bong,' Mendelssohn, and 'Cathedral
Music* from 'Lohengrin.' The 'Bridal
Chorus' from 'l^oheugrin' was used
Ccr the processional, and the Menlelssohn
'Wedding Mareh' for the recessional.
During the ceremony,
which was performed by Rev. Dr.
Neil uWcPherson, Mr. Clark played
Sanctus* from the 'Holy l ity.'
"The bride was attended by Miss
Lucia L. Vennum of Watseka, 111,, as
maid of honor, and by her- sister,
Miss Margaret K. Ley of this city
and '.Mtrs. William A. Fletcher. Jr., of
Longmeadow. Lawrence Callahan of
Chicago was best man and the ush
ars were Frederick Goodrich of Milwaukee,
Bennett Oliver of Pittsburgh,
Julian Stanley, Arthur Walser and
Winthrop Smith of New York city,
ind Stuart Walker of Rock Hill, S. C"The
bride wore a charming gown
af white net embroidered in silver
thread, combined with white charueuse.
Her court train was of white
:harmeuso and silver cloth and her
veil, of old lace and tulle, was ar anged
high on the head in the shape
)f a Spanish comb- She carried white
irehids, showered with lilies of. the
ralley. Miss Vennum's frock was of
irange crepe roma and the bridesnaids
wore similar frocks of gdlden
irown crepe roma. all three of the
Yocks being trimmed with brown
irystal boads. Bach wore a hat ot
jrown velvet lace and carried an arm
>ouquet of fall flowers. .
"Fall foliage and clusters of fall
[lowers were used to decorate the
:hurch, and torches of the flowers
narked the center aisls. Decorations
in the home of Mr. and Mrs. Ley,
where a small informal reception
:ook placo after the ceremony, were
trery simple. Only the relatives aud
Mr. and Mrs. Springs being assisteu
in receiving by their purums. Mrs.
Ley's gown was of silver und gra>
iace aud she wore a black hat. Among
the out of town guests were: Col. uuu
Mrs. Leroy Springs of i^ncaster, S.
u., Mrs- J. M. Odeil 01 Concord, N. C.,
and Mrs- Fred T. !>ey of New York
city, Mies Mary ihend of Chicago, Misb
Lorraine Goodrich of Milwaukee,
Miss Nan Albert of Canton, Ohio, Mr.
and Mrs! John Scott and Miss Calvine
Scott of Charlotte, N. C., Mr.
and -Mrs. A. S- Callahan of t hicago,
Mr. and Mrs. J. N< Lovell .and Miss
.Doris Lovell of West Newton and
Winifred Wfctyon of New Condon,
Conn"Mr.
and Mrs. Springs left for a
wedding trip, the bride wearing away
a gown of blue poirqt twill and a
blue velvet hat. They will be at
home after December 1 at the White
homestead. Fort Mill, S. C. The bride
Is a popular member of the .younger
Bet here. She is a graduate of Central
high school'and of Smith college,
and spent last year traveling abroad,
where she met Mr?. Springs. Mr.
Springs is a graduate of "Culver Military
academy. Culver, Ind-, and of
Princeton university in the . class of
1917, He served overseas with the
Royal Flying corps and in the American
aviation set vice, and ranks as the
third living American ace. He received
the D. S. C. and the D. F. C.
medals. He J* vice president of the
Fort Mill Manufacturing company.'*
interest In Cdanty Fair.
' Indications are that many Fort Mill
people will so to Hock Hill next
week to attend the York county fair,
which is to be held on October 18,
19 and 20. The (hit this year promises
to be the best the society has
yet given and as a .consequence more
thqip the usual amount of interest is
taken in it among the people
of .this community. The- npper section
of Lancaster county also is ?
pasted to be represented by a 'large
number of-citizens at the fair.
John B. Carroll, county superintendent
of education, Sheriff Fred
K. Quihn, Hon. Simmer W. Parsley
and Olst Finle^, Bsq., were out-cftewn
visitors who came to Tort Mill
hut Friday afternoon to witness* ih<
Tbctball game between the More -Mill
and jfork high school teams.
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Unusual headline: "Winthrop Qlrl
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nans vr lvva iuit.ui.
Items of General Interest Found In ,
the Yorkville Enquirer.
T here is no mare water iu me Cataw
bu tliau it needs, but it is evident
to ati oTSservers that except lor that
great dam at ttridgewater tnere would
be a great deal less than there is.
Consideiable improvements are being
maue iu the Lockmore cotton mill
village. The mill liouses are being
repainted dud otherwise Improved. It
is understood that the mill is operating
full time, both day and night.
Stories to the effect that there is
uu unusual amount of liquor in evidence
on the streets here of late are
without foundation, according to
Chief of Police E'd Steele. It is ginger
and extract that is most popular,
or rather that is most used by the
oooze-hounds, according to the chief.
J. W. .Mtirshall, councilman for
Ward 3 in Yorkville, has tendered his
resignation as u member of the council.
.Marshall, who for some time
pust has been in the employ of a local
grocery, has obtuined a job with
ihc Southern Power compauy, which
Hill necessitate his changing his residence.
Hence the resignationA
number of football fans went to
iFort Mill with the Yorkville team
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* ft luu/ oiioiuvvii auu nuu J^uiu uuu
anguish witnessed the overwhelming
Ueieat of the locals. Kuin (ell after
the game was well under way and it
was determined that Yorkville was
no match for Fort Mill and there was
a lot of fans who wished the rain had
come before the game started.
John L. Carroll, road contractor,
has been awarded a contract by the
tSUite highway commission to build a
stretch of the West road from the
Bullock's Creek bridge to the town
of Sharon, it wus announced Tuesday.
The distance is about two and on^
half miles. The amount of the bid
was not made public and it was stated
that the contract was let privately/
Some time ago a bid on the project
made by Stewart & Jones, Hock
Hill contractors, was refused on the
ground that it was too high.
Preliminary reports from a number
of Clover farmers who huve experimented
with peanuts this year
for the first time are good. It is estimated
that farmers in the immediate
vicinity have 100 acres or more
in peanuts this year as an experiment
and while all of them have not dug
the .nuts, several of them have and
are well pleased. Jeff Davis of Clover
No. 4, who had two acres in peanuts
this' year, estimates his yield at
50 'bushels to the acre. Right now
they are worth |1 a bushel and Mr.
Davis is of the opinion that his two
llftOa I** non ?? * ? ?-> ? J
?- ... (.vauuu ate wui in ronsiucrably
more to him than the aspic acreage
devoted to cotton would have
been.
No les^ than *$3.0(10 was saved to
York county by the removal of the
old Roddey's bridge from its position t
in' Catawba river and using the
bridge materials to build a bridge
over Crowder's creek at Riddle's mill
in Bethel township, which bridge has
just been completed. The bridge at
the mill is about 187 1-2 feet in length
_ and it could not be built new for less
than $5,000, while the cost to the
county for the whole Job was not
more than $2,000. It took a force
from the chaingang about eight days
of working time to hoist the steel
girders and other parts out or Catawba
river at the site of the olu li'oddey
bridge and transport it to Riddle's.
Willfam C. Furies, held in the State
penitentiary in Columbia on a charge
of slaying four members of the Taylor
family at Clover, September 0,
wants the authorities to bring him
back to the jail at Yorkvllle to be confined
here until he is tried for his alleged
crime, it is stated. Chief of
Police John A. Jackson of Clov ir said
Wednesday that Farles had stated
that he was not given the attention
he thought he deserved by the authorities
in the State penitentiary
and. that he feared he would die unless
his surroundings were changed.
His idea .was that he*would be taken
care of better in the York county jail
? wwl ka ?^-1M 1. AS-- - * -
wiu uo wuuiu nave uie aaimibcuon
of knowing that he was nearer hi>
relatives and frlned*. .
Sunday School Program.
. The following program of exercises
at the Fort AMI JBaptlst Sunday
school has been arranged for next
Sunday:
1. Opening song by school, i
2. Song by children. /
3. Prayer. ?
4. Sentence sermons by eight intermediate
boys- ' 'h
% omaakaim uiia s t.
r\ %: Reading by Miss Edith Parks. .
7. Special music by choir,
t 8. Glasses assemble.
> 9. Report and announcements.
I 10. Preaching at 11 o'olock.
Mr. Pbrd says our currency should
I be reformed.. He ought to know?he
| has cornered moat oC it.
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&DAY, OCTOBER 12,1922.
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FOR FREE TEXT BOOKS.
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Correspondent Favors Law (or sloth
Carolina Pablle Schools.
The following letter has been received
by W. R. Bradford of Fort
Mill, member of the General Assembly
for York county w relative to the
bin which he recently announced he
would introduce at the 1923 session
of that body providing1 free text
books for use in certain grades of the
public schools of the State. For'reasons
in which the reader would not
be" interested the name of the author
of the letter is withheld:
"A you 'know, the law requires that
children of certain ages must go to
school, and it seems to be universal
where such a law is in effect that it
is just that school books be furnished
free. . *
"Statistics show that the States
which have tree text books have a
smaller percentage of illiteracy than
where the children are forced to purchase
their own books-.Statistics also
show that where t he children are
forced to buy their books there is a
constant change in the text. As u
matter of fact, in one of our largest
citieB, Cleveland, Ohio, last year the
board 6f education made. 66 changes
in its text books during the year.
Many of these changes were only revised
editions, but it forced the additional
buying of books and kept the
children from trading their second
hand books or obtaining any value
for them. It .has been said also that
-bookB are being - sold at a higher
price than ever before, at a 70 to 100
per cent Increase over what they
were a few years ago.
"The city of Cincinnati, Ohio, offers
u yery good example of free text
books. They have been in use there
for 22 years and they find that the
initial cost of installing free text
books is 69 cents per capita of the
school enrollment; the second year
3t; cents and the third year 17 cents,
lhey figure that the average life ot
a book is five years. Of course if
the book is unnecessarily damaged or
mutilated, the pupil Is required to
pay for the. loss- We find from their
report that they also say that all
books are kept covered with a tough
paper cover. This, they say, .increases
the life of the <book about 30
per cent.
"A you know, the city of Philadelphia
was the first city in America
to furnish free text books, and that
was in 1819. The State of Pennsylvania
has been furnishing free text
books for many years, as have also
a great many of the Eastern States.
California also stands out as one ol
the free te\t book States. The -State
of Texas has been furnishing free
text books for three years, furuishing
all the books used in the public
schools. We feel certain that within
the next ten years all -the States in
the Union will be furnishing free
?ext books. No doubt you feel the
same way and for' that reason are
anxious that your State shall be
among me nrsi in we soutn to point
the way to hotter education and to a
higher plane for your coming generation."
Locals Too Strong lor YorkThe
football team of the Fort Mill
high school last Friday afternoon
on the local gridiron won a decided
victory over the York school eleven
by the score of 58 to 0. During the
first few minutes of play it looked as
if the Fort Mill boye, who had piled
up winning Bcores against thd Charlotte
University school and Winthroi
Training school, had at last mettheti
match, but the heavy York boys soon
shot their bolt against the speedy attack
of the Fort Mill backs, whe
scored nine touchdowns and kicked
four goals during the 45 minutes ol
the game.
Heath Belk, coach of the Fort Mil!
team, put in his substitute linemen
during the last quarter, which enabled
Youngblood, plucky York full
back, to advance the ball by shorl
plunges through the line to within
one yard of the Fort Mill goal, but
there the scrubs stiffened and Yorl
lost the ball on downs.
Youngblood was the star for th<
York team, while for Fort Mill Elmi
showed speed and accuracy in hit
tackling and receiving passes. Mlkt
Link caught a pass and ran 60 yardi
for a touchdown and Moser's fine de
fensive work and Luther Patterson'!
LwOd interference were features o:
[the local -boys' play, along with th<
cud runs of Tom Harris. In the line
Carotners, Paul Potts and- kuioi
I Harris did the beat work
The next game of the Fort Mil
boys will be witbrllock Hill high li
Fort Mill tomorrow afternoon at 3:Si
O'clock. Neither team has been score*
on during the season and ft close am
exciting game la expected.
When -Greek mfets Turk then come
a commit of the allies.
The terdlot of the coroner's J?r
never fralahee any consolation ti
I the subject of the lame*.
Time;
COUNTY FAIR NEXT WEEK.
Preparations Practically Complete J
(or Annual Event.
What Is expected to be the biggest
and best county (air ever heid in i
York county Is being planned (or Wednesday,
Thursday and Friday of next
week, October 18, 19 and 20. The
farmers and housewives generally of
the county are taking unusual inteiest
in the event, which augurs well
for its success.
Never before have the grounds and
buildings presented a more pleatdug
appearance and by the end of the
week, when the big exhibit t.mt has
been erected, everything will be in
readiness for receiving the various
. exhibits on Monday and Tuesday.
I Everything in the main exhibit build
win De judged luesuay evening, s
and when the gates are opened to the I
public Wednesday morning blue, red I
and yellow ribbons will be in evii
dcnce everywhere.
i This year the officials have andeavi
ored to secure the best midway at.
tractions possible, it is stated, and
there will be amusement for old and
young alike.
i ; Wednesday, opening day, has been
designated "Farmers' day,'* and 0:1
this occasion the motor cycle **aces
will be a special feature. Thursday
"Everybody's day," will be one of the
> big days of the fair, as the football
game between Presbyterian college
> and Davidson will be one of the big
1; drawing cards. On Friday, "Educational
day," thousands of school chllv
dren from every section of the couuty
will be in attendance. Schools that
cannot attend in a body have been
notified that special tickets for the
h number of pupils enrolled v/lll be
i> sent on application. Much interest
1. also centers in the high school lootball
game to be played Friday mornit
ing.
As usual the facing program will
be a special feature each afternoon
at 2. o'clock. Superintendent Ncely
has given this department extra nt1
tontion .and horses from Indians,
Tennessee, Georgia, Ohio, Nona Carolina
and South Carolina have been
entered for the races.
The "Better Baby" contest Thursday
will be held in the hootn of the
Metropolitan Life Insurance company
and this will afford an opportunity
for the mothers of the couuty to
bring their 'children and have the
oflloial tests made. The scoring wi.l
begin promptly at 10 o'clock and with
capable doctors and nurses in charge
will be handled.with dispatch.
OCUDUU tiwAcis LUI viiu inir ua?c |
! been placed on sale at all the Hock ;
i Mill drug stores and In addition to i
i the actual saving in money to pur- <
; chasers of these tickets, an advantage j
: they offer is that the' holders have ]
i the privilege of leaving the grounds j
i on pas6*out tickets. <
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i J. O.i (J. A. M. District Meeting. I
1 The district council of the Junior ;
> Order United American Mechanics, <
; composed of councils in Spartanburg, i
' Union, Cherokee and York counties,
* met in St. John's Methodist church, i
Fort Mill last .Thursday evening, I
with Deputy State Councilor W. H. <
Shurhurtt of Clifton presiding. i
1 At the last State council, held some <
t weeks ago, the areas of the districts ]
I were changed, which caused some <
i confusion as to the place of meeting- i
> The new territory of this district had 1
> two district meetings scheduled, one I
I at Fort Miil and the other at Chesnee, i
to be held the latter part of tho
> month. Owing to the eonfusion as
* to the place ..of meeting, only ten
i councils were represented at tho Fort <
Mill meeting and it was decided to i
> hold the Chesnoe * meeting on the :
I date originally set for it, October 28. i
t Permanent officers will be elected at !
the Chesnee meeting, but meanwhile j
I S. F. Parrott of Spartanburg was j
i elected temporary secretary. <
Reports from "the councils repre- ]
- sorted indicated substantial growth i
t in membership and showed that* re- 1
i cently many Bibles and United States i
t flags have been presented to public i
t schools in the district. The Rock <
Hill council reportedy that every <
?. school house within a radius of 15 ]
? miles of that city has a flag waving I
? over 11 ana nas a didio iu mr uuua3
ing.
5 The council unanimously adopted
- a resolution Introduced by S. F- Par?>
rott indorsing the bill W. R. Brad
t iOTd of Fort Mill will introduce at <
3 the 1923 session of the General As- 1
t fcnmbly providing for free text books 1
t in the public schools of the State and
pledged the cooperation of the council
to bk.ng about the adoption of
1 such a law.
9 | Much ant* usiasm was shown at 1
1 the meeting and all delegates went
1 . home reeolyed to put on a member'
ship campaign and help make this
year thei beet the order has had in
* this eedlon.
t m a m
r One reesen why government is of
''!*? ?nrtklMtgry to Itot too many
up-hotte am oleetod to f?Mlo offlco. I
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COCNCIL RETRACES FOOTSTEPS.
Raises, Then Lowers, Taxes Levy for
Current Year.
Within the last ten days the town
ouncil of Fort Mill has marched up
he hill and down again. The tax
evy to meet the needs of the town
government for the year 1922 is not
.0 be - 20 mills, as was agreed upon
n an ordinance passed at a meeting
)f council on October 3, but is now
!ixed -at 17 mills, accordiug to the
provisions of a supplementary ordilance
adopted at a special session of
council Monday evening.
For the yeas 1921 a tax of 15 mills
was levied by council to keep the
.unu goverumeni going. l ilt? amount
>f money brought into the treasury
from the 15 mills seems to have been
u.filcient to meet current expenses,
sut left a surplus of only about $1,000
-o be applied to outstanding indebtedness
incurred by a former council
'or street improvements- It was to
materially reduce this old debt and at
he same time save the taxpayers the
interest on it that brought about the
ordinance increasing the levy from 15
mills to 20 mills, according to the
statement of Arthur C. Lytle, mayor,
who ulso called ^attention to the fact
Lhat this yeur for the first time the
iunitary department of the town is
oeiug supported by direct taxation
instead of by quarterly collections
from property owners as heretofore.
"We have not gone in a hole in
-unning the town's affairs this year,"
iaid Mr. Lytic, "but we thought it
Sood business judgment to add a few
mills to the levy to wipe out, or as
nearly wipe out as we could, the in- ^
lobtedness put on the town by the
:ouncil of 1917 for cement sidewalks.
The bank which loaned the town the
money with which to have the work
lone wants the loan canceled, und
that does not seem unreasonable.
This year for the first time the^town
will have to vollect $1,000 with which
to create a sinking fund on account
jf the $30,000 street bond issue approved
by the voters in 1920, and in
iddition to that we shall have to pay
he interest on the entire bond issue,
resides creating other sinking funds,
>ne of $240 for waterworks bonds isrned
a few months ago. the other of
1200 for Main street paving bonds.
Df course it gave us no pleasure to
increase the levy this year, but we
were forced to meet conditions over
which we had no control."
Numerous taxpayers or Fort Mill
io not concede, however, that it is
accessary for the town to increase
the levy this year over that of last
year and it is understood tiiat the
meeting of council Monday evening,
when the levy was fixed at 17 mills
instead of 20 mills, was due to the
piotest made by these taxpayers to
individual members of council. These
citizens did not mince words in expressing
the opinion that thp town
has spent too much money this year
and that, at best, its affairs are not
conducted along apporved lines. "1 ^
am convinced," said one of the number,
"that council is boring with an
augur several sizes too big. If tho
town is not burdened with too many
employees, for one thing, it at least
is paying salaries larger than its income
and the amount of work to be
performed justify. What good does it
da the property owners of Fort Mill
for the Legislature to cut 5 mills off
the State levy if it is to be put right
back on us by town council? Times
are too hard to increase our taxes"
Police Officer Relieved.
At a spes'al meeting Monday night
pf the town council of Fort Mill a
resolution was adopted requesting N.
M McManus to tender his resignation
as chief of police, which office
he had held for several months.
Shortly after the meeting Mr. McManus
was informed of^he action of
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Hammonds, who was given a temporary
appointment as the successor ot
Mr. MoMianus. It is understood th.*.
? chief of police will be elected at tire
regular semi-monthly meeting of
council to be held Tuesday evening,
October 17, and that a number of applications
already have been received
For the place.
Sehoel te Open Monday.,
The fall session of the Pleasant
Valley public school will open next
Monday morning with Law ton D.
Qolson of St. Matthews, a graduate of
the University of South Carolina, as
principal, who will be assisted by J.
P. Bailee, Clemson graduate, in
charge of the intermediate deportment,
and Misd Owens of Barnwell,
graduate of Columbia college, teacher
of the primary grades. About 125
pupils are expected ta be present
(or enrollment at the first 4ay"s session
of the schooL
The Fort Mill Times will soon put
on a contest for a pine hark medal
to' go to the delinquent subscriber
who. will tell the biggest lie about'
paying his subscription to the .paper.
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