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Anadarko daily democrat. [volume] (Anadarko, Oklahoma) 1908-191?, 1910-10-20

before thought Of attempting to d.
rect affairs. TIP to this point | had
not seen more than an occasional
swirl. but presently the FISH turned
and went down stream into shallower
water. and | saw the beauty so prop
crly called Rainbow Glad enough
| was to get to the Quieter water
where, FIVE minutes later. | lifted a
lovely female FISH weighing 5%
pounds.
went back and wakened the sleep.
ing camp, and we had Ash for break
fast
On that and ten succeeding delight
full days our spirits rose as the river
fell Twenty fish were killed by my
friend one morning. in water that only
strong fisherman could stand In
None OF them we're under pound
The best fish we took turned the scale
at eight pounds. This capture, as
well as brace OF six pounds each
and another pair OF fve pounds each
we wtce so fortunate as TO be able TO
send ~ the manager of the Kosciusko
hotel.
a fortnight later we took the track
leading to the Thredbo, smaller
river running into the Snowy. many
miles below where we were fishing.
We had four days OF H. and took a
number OF fish. some up TO three
pounds, but a severe thunderstorm
spoiled our chances somewhat before,
and certainly after
The stocking Of the Snowy river and
its tributaries was not undertaken, II
seems. until the late eighties. when
MIR. John Gale liberated few rain.
bow yearling. The reports were so
good concerning their progress that
the government was induced TO estab.
lish hatcheries, in the first instance
at Prospect Reservoir, seven miles
from Paramatta. from where fry and
yearllng were dispatched every season
70 the various rivers. As a result
there is sport to be obtained I'm the
Monaro district the equal of which
cannot be got anywhere else I'm Au.
stralia.
Both the New South Wales fisheries
department and the government are
highly commended for their work Of
the past twenty years, and Il is to be
sincerely hoped that. having achieved
so much for the state, they will ad.
vance a step farther and protect the
fish It has cost so much 10 intro
duce. Incredible as II may seem, there
are no fishing licenses and no rangers
on any Of the rivers. Victoria, the
neighboring state, stocked many
rivers by both private enterprise and
at government expense. but they
failed to protect the FISH after put
ting them in. There is very little
trout fishing in Victoria today.
New Zealand and Tasmania each
have fishing licenses and laws. What
is more, they enforce them. In my
opinion. It is possible for New South
Wales 20 do this year or next what
~! prove a very difhcult task later
on.
The summit OF Mount Kosciusko
(7.32S feeD is the highest point in
Australia. This is the source OF the
Snowy. There is a fine motor road
TO the top OF the peak Snow is lying
on some part OF this mountain nearly
all the year round. and the number OF
visitors is increasing perceptibly
every year.
cRlTcHLEY PARKER.
Anadarko daily democrat. [volume] (Anadarko, Oklahoma) 1908-191?, 1910-10-20
cRITcHLEY PARKER.
ses, TO Keep Ones own secrets.

Best TO Keep Ones Own Secrets.
The more you acQuaint your friends
and associates with your intentions
and antlcipations the more they expect
the climax Of this. the consequence OF
that, and the sequel OF the last chap
ter. until finally they have wormed
the whole Had OF your existence out
OF you. Maybe next time you meet
these people with a paDR OF reEp@t
Anadarko daily democrat. [volume] (Anadarko, Oklahoma) 1908-191?, 1910-10-20
80.

ne clouds have a silver lining.
- Don't forget.
And though he's hidden still the sun .Es
shining.
Just bide a wee ana dinna fret.
Anadarko daily democrat. [volume] (Anadarko, Oklahoma) 1908-191?, 1910-10-20
Z@St4z&st2ss q;

" HE'S one o. them things as
~ LOOKS the brightest on "a rainy
day and loves you the best
when you're most g. need ont
George Eliot.
Anadarko daily democrat. [volume] (Anadarko, Oklahoma) 1908-191?, 1910-10-20
~. ~ zlEE58::25:sl.

ACT is the ufe Of the ave
.. senses SO is the open eye
iUc Quiyk ear thc Judging
taste. the keen smell and the lively touch
Talent q. uov,r. tact is skill. talent ih'
vclEht tact be- momentum talent knows
what t1 du. tact knows how Co. do lt. al
cut Is wealth tact is ready money.
Fort Mill times. [volume] (Fort Mill, S.C.) 1892-current, 1910-03-03
CRIME in SOUTH CAROLINA
DURING THE LAST YEAR.
Annual Report of the Attorney Gen
eral Shows Convictions and Ac-
quittals by Circuits.

An examination of Attorney
General Lyons report for the
year 1909 is quite interesting.
There were in the whole State
last year 1874 convictions for viola
ton of the dispensary law and
80 acquittals. There were 1O3
convictions for homicide and 123
acquittals; SO convictions for car
rying concealed weapons and
four acquittals; six convictions
for arson and three acouittals
In the Twelfth circuit there was
a grand total of 11S cases tried
of which 80 were convicted and
2S acquitted. In the Eleventh
circuit "a cases were tried, 79
being convicted and Is acquit-
tails. In the Tenth circuit 219
cases were tried, of which 159
were convicted and 60 acquitted
In the Ninth circuit 1876 cases
were tried, of which 155 were
convicted and Al acquitted. In
the Eighth circuit 213 cases were
tried, of which 16O were convict
ed and So acquitted. In the Sew
enth circuit 228 cases were tried.
of which 1876 were convicted and
81 acquitted. In tie Sixth cir
cult 230 cases were tried. of
which 160 were convicted and
~ acquitted. In the Fifth cir
cult 176 cases were tried. of
which III were convicted and
SO acquitted. The report for the
Fourth circuit was not complete
In the Third circuit l25 cases
tried, "a being convicted and Al
acquitted. In the Second circuit
l56 cases were tried, 1876 being
convicted and 81 acquitted. In
the First circuit Ia cases were
tried, 81 of which were convict
ed and 27 acquitted.
1t is thus seen that the Sixth
circuit disposed Of 230 cases. and
stands first in the 6 eamount of
business, while the Seventh cir
cult disposed of 228 cases and
stands second in the amount of
business. j. X. Henry is the
solicitor of the Sixth circuit.
Fort Mill times. [volume] (Fort Mill, S.C.) 1892-current, 1910-03-03
Senator Tillman Will Not Resign.

The newspaper story going the
rounds that it is the intention of
Senator Tillman to resign his
seat in the senate has been de-
MED by one of the senator's S
closest friends in Columbia,
presumably DR.. Babcock, super
ihtendent of the Hospital for the
Insane.
This gentleman stated Sunday
morning that Senator Tillman
had no more idea of resigning
nor had his family than he had
of flying. Continuing the con-
versation he said that resigning
was entirely foreign and incom-
patible with the nature of
Senator Tillman.
Senator Tillman has three
years more of service before he
has to go into another campaign
if he is then a candidate for re-
election. If Senator Tillman
then should be in good health it
will be ample time for decision
as to what he will do, but three
years is long time in politics
and in the meanwhile it will be
just about as well not to figure
on designations.
The latest news from the bed
side of Senator Tillman is that
he is rapidly recovering the use
of his limbs and that as soon as
he is able to travel he will be
taken to a hospital in Atlanta,
where he will spend some time
before he takes the trip to
Europe, which has been recon-
mended by his physicians.
Fort Mill times. [volume] (Fort Mill, S.C.) 1892-current, 1910-03-03
ANDREW JACKSON'S SIGNATURE
CONSIDERED IMPORTANT FIND
MIR. Salley Thinks He Has More Proof
That "Old Hickory" Was South
Carolinian, Born Near Fort Mill.

While Mr.. A. S. Salley. Jr..
the secretary of the historical
commission was engaged in his
office in Columbia Saturday filing
some claims against the State of
South Carolina for services rem
dered or supplies furnished by
individual citizens of South Caro-
lima during the Revolution, he
found a very interesting ap-
praisement of horse furnished
for public use by William Craw-
foro, of Camden district. The
appraisers, who estimated the
value of the horse to have been
one hundred and fifty pounds
currency, were Robert Crawford
and Andrew Jackson. Their
appraisement was sworn to be-
fore Robert Montgomery, j. P,
and was dated December IL,
1888. At that time Andrew
Jackson was nearly seventeen
years old. The signature is in
nearly the identical handwriting
of "Old Hickory" in his mature
years. Robert Crawford, his
affiant, was his foster father and
kinsman, upon whose plantation,
in what was then Camden dis
trict, but which later became
Lancaster district, jackson was
born as repeatedly asserted by
himself and others. This is
possibly the first official paper
that Jackson put his hand to in
this State.
Fort Mill times. [volume] (Fort Mill, S.C.) 1892-current, 1910-03-03
Little Items of Local Interest.
Catawba river is rising rapidl

Catawba river is rising rapidly.
The only transfer of real estate
In town during the last week
was in the purchase by j. II.
Bales of j. E. Armstrong; home
IN the western part of town.
DIR. and Mrs. J. l.. Spratt re-
turned Tuesday evening from a
trip to Orangeburg, where, as
grand secretary of the Order of
the Eastern Star, DR.. Spratt as
sisted in the institution of a local
chapter, O. E. S.
At meeting of the CITY coun-
ell Tuesday night the care-taker
OF the city cemetery was author
lied to extend the limits of the
cemetery by including a number
of lots which were purchased
some time ago. The committee
appointed at the last meeting of
council to investigate the street
lighting contract for the current
year failed to report, as it had
been requested to do.
Fort Mill times. [volume] (Fort Mill, S.C.) 1892-current, 1910-03-03
News Notes Of Recent Events.

The battleship South Carolina
was placed in commission Tues
day at the Philadelphia ward
with Capt. Augustus F. Fechte-
Ter in command. The South
Carolina and her sister ship. the
Michigan, are the most powerful
vessels in the navy.
Governor Ansel has authorized
Comptroller General Jones to ex-
tend the time in which tax re-
turns may be made until March
10. After that date the county
auditor is required to add the
penalty of so per cent. for neg
lect or failure to make returns
for taxation.
w. ]. Crawford, well known
Chester broker, committed sui
eide at his home in that citv
Tuesday morning by shooting
himself in the head. Depressed
spirits from poor health is sup
posed to be the cause of the rash
act.
Fort Mill times. [volume] (Fort Mill, S.C.) 1892-current, 1910-03-03
Baseball of the '8Os Recalled.

Il see by The Times that the
baseball players and their friends
are arranging to organize the
Fort Mill team for this year"
said an old fan who was one of
star players of Fort Mill a
quarter of century ago. Let
me tell you about game Fort
Mill played with Pleasant Valley
along in the latter '90s. That
game is a memorable one and
puts on the shelf any game
played before Or since in this
section. The Pleasant Valley
team, buoyed up by several
recent victories, challenged Fort
Mill for a game, to be played on
their grounds. We readily ac-
cepted The challenge, for our
team was strong for those days,
and we were confident that if we
did not win we would at least
have no cause to be ashamed of
the kind of playing we did.
Well, the day arrived for the
game and we left bright and
early for the Pleasant Valley
grounds. There we found await
ing us the Pleasant Valley play
ers and a considerable portion of
the people of the countryside.
The P. V. boys were in high
feather, confident that they
would make us look like a
brownie with hole in it. But
things did't come their way, con-
trary to the experience of the cat
at whom some one SHE'D brick.
They did not have their regular
lineup for the game, as some of
their players were down with
chills and fever, though the
shortage of players did not seem
to be major consideration, for
the Pleasant Valley folk were
confident of winning anyway.
Well, the game started about
10 O'Clock and in the first inning
our boys hit the ball for a total
of a dozen runs. The Pleasant
Valley boys didn't do so well
when their turn came to bat.
We continued to hit the ball to
all parts 'of the lot during the
entire game and when we had
finished the score stood 85 to 10
in Fort Mills favor. That was
not the only game ever played
between Pleasant Valley and
Fort Mill, however. A few
years later in a game on the
local grounds the boys from the
country got revenge by beating
Fort Mill in splendidly played
game by the score of Ia to IL. In
those days baseball had not be-
come the scientific game it is now.
but it afforded quite as much
amusement for the public, es-
pecially as the teams used only
home players"
Fort Mill times. [volume] (Fort Mill, S.C.) 1892-current, 1910-03-03
Cit Up, DobbinI"

During the recent session of
the Legislature, Pee Dee coun-
ty senator wishing to stress a
point he had just made in de-
tending the administration of
DR.. Babcock at the State Hos
pital for the Insane, told of an
amusing incident which occurred
near Bennettsville recently. A
negro was driving poor old
mule hitched to a wagon heavily
Loaded with wood. The mule
looked as if he had been subsist-
ing on half rations the greater
part of his life and consequently
found it difficult to draw the
wagon. The negro driver ap-
piled the whip to the mule too
freely to please gentleman
who was passing along.
Have mercy on your mule.
uncle, " said the gentleman: L
think he would do better work
if you would feed him more"
OATS not what ails dis mule, ."
replied the negro. He's lazy.
| GIN him a quart of chinaber-
ries for supper last night and if
he works good terday Use gwine
GIN him anudder quart ternight.
Git up, Dobbin!'
Fort Mill times. [volume] (Fort Mill, S.C.) 1892-current, 1910-03-03
York Farmer Kills Himself.

About 5 o'clock Saturday
morning George Stewart, a
farmer living near Clover, took
his own life by cutting his throat
with razor. Leaving his wife
and baby in the house, Stewart
went into the yard and sent for
a colored woman, stating that
his wife was sick. Failing to
return to the house, his wife sent
a little negro to search for him.
The negro found his bvdy lying
in the barn, his throat cut and a
bloody razor lying near. No
cause for the suicide has been
found. Stewart was in COM
Portable circumstances and was
apparently happy and contented.
It is supposed that he committed
the deed while temporarily in
sane.
Fort Mill times. [volume] (Fort Mill, S.C.) 1892-current, 1910-03-03
Death of Henry H. KimbrelI.

Henry H. Kimbrell, a former
resident of Fort Mill township,
who moved across the State line
into Mecklenburg county about
30 years ago, died at his home
in Charlotte Monday morning.
He was 55 years old and was a
native of this county. He is sur
vived by his wife, one son, E. H.
Kimbrell; one brother, J. B.
Kimbrell, and a sister, Mrs.
M. j. Merritt, who lives near
Fort Mill.
The funeral was conducted
from Mr.. Kimbrell's residence
Tuesday morning by the Rev.
Mr.. Coburn, pastor of a Char
lotte Methodist church of which
Mr.. Kimbrell was a member,
and the interment was at Flint
Hill Baptist church, in this town
ship, Tuesday afternoon.
Fort Mill times. [volume] (Fort Mill, S.C.) 1892-current, 1910-03-03
What's Doing in PineviIIe.

All the pupils of the Pine
vile high school were subjected
to vaccination Tuesday, much
against the wishes OF the chill
dren and a number of their
parents.
Mayor L. A. harris, of Fort
Mill, has sold tract of 40 acres.
a few hundred yards beyond the
corporate limits, to T. R. Garri-
son. 1t is said that Mr.. Harris
received for the land Just twice
the amount he paid for it a year
ago.
The services of the Baptist
congregation were held in the
Presbyterian church Sunday, the
handsome new church which
they are building not yet being,
completed. A visiting minister,
the Rev. Mr.. Vipperman, of
McAdensville, preached the SER
mon.
The cotton mill in PineviIle
will work only four days in the
week until further notice. This
mill is one of the string of
Observation-Disclosures mills, all of
which are curtailing their out
put.
Miss Annie Gilkerson, of Col
umbla, returned home Friday,
after an extended visit to her
cousin, Miss Rebecca Nichols.
Victor Fuller, cashier of the
Plnevllle Loan and Savings
bank, has purchased the home
of t. R. Garrison, which will be
occupied in the future by DR..
and Mrs. John Hood.
Fort Mill times. [volume] (Fort Mill, S.C.) 1892-current, 1910-03-03
The Years Cotton Acreage.

Will the cotton acreage be
reduced in this section this
year?"
This question was put to one
OF the largest farmers in the
county day or two ago and he
replied that in his opinion it
would be. Then he proceeded
to give number of reasons why
the cotton acreage should be re-
duced and more attention paid
to the production of food crops,
both for man and beast.
If the cotton acreage is re-
duced Systematically all over the
South, said he, and the proper
amount of attention devoted to
food stuffs, next winter will see
the South in condition of pros
perlty heretofore unknown, for
with the smokehouses and barns
bulging with home-raised sup
plies this section will be indie
pendent. An argument some
times advanced against the
Southern farmer making his own
supplies and a surplus for market
is that he could get nothing for
his products-that the price
would be so low it would not paw
him to sell them. This is a
fallacy. If corn should drop to
so cents bushel and bacon and
lard to z cents a pound, or less,
it would pay the farmer to make
his own supply and surplus.
His remuneration would come
in high priced cotton, cheap
living for everybody and cheaper
labor: Cotton could be grown
at half of its present cost and
and would never sell for less
than Is cents. The farmer would
get the profit instead of the
speculator.
The farmer who raises his
own supplies and makes cotton
as a surplus crop is always in
better shape than the farmer
who buys his supplies.
Fort Mill times. [volume] (Fort Mill, S.C.) 1892-current, 1910-03-03
Death of Mrs. H. N. Patterson.

Mrs. Florence Patterson, wife
of H. N. Patterson, a well
known farmer and merchant of
the Pleasant Valley neighborhood
of Lancaster county, died at her
home Sunday morning after an
illness of several weeks. Mrs.
Patterson is survived by her
husband and four children. Be-
fore her marriage Mrs. Patter-
son was Miss Florence Patterson.
She was member of Harrison
Methodist church and was active
in all church work. She was a
good woman and in her death
the community in which she
lived sustains a great loss. The
funeral services were conducted
by the Rev. Mr.. Hales and the
interment was in Harrison
churchyard Monday afternoon.
Fort Mill times. [volume] (Fort Mill, S.C.) 1892-current, 1910-03-03
Know Anything About This Factory?

How many residents of the
Fort Mill of today know that
there was in this town years ago
a tobacco factory? Probably not
one in ten; but the factory was
here, nevertheless, and while it
lasted only one season, the enter
prise was not discontinued be-
cause it proved improbable.
In 1888 DR.. j. E. Massey rented
tract of land near the residence
of I. B. Spratt and put it to
tobacco. The tobacco plants
grew luXuriantly and when sun
cured were manufactured into a
tirst-class quality Of smoking
tobacco, which was put up in
scent packages and placed on
the market under the brand of
"Waxhaw Belle" Ready sale
was found for the tobacco. but
the business was not continued
after the first crop was disposed
OF for the reason that DR.. Mas
sey did not have the time to de-
vote to the undertaking. The
factory in which the tobacco
was manufactured was in the
rear of drug store which DIR.
Massey was conducting at the
time. The building, a frame
structure, stood on the site of
the large store-room now oc-
cupied by Kimbrell & Co.
Fort Mill times. [volume] (Fort Mill, S.C.) 1892-current, 1910-03-03
Charlotte Mills Curtail Output.

The five plants of the Chad
wick-Hoskins Mfg. company, the
largest cotton mill corporation in
Charlotte, will be operated only
four days of each week until
further notice, according to in
structions just issued to the
superintendents of the various
plants.
The Chadwick Hoskins COM
pany operates very nearly
1000, 900 spindles and looms to
match.
Fort Mill times. [volume] (Fort Mill, S.C.) 1892-current, 1910-03-03
Unlawful to Shoot or Trap Fox.

An act affecting York county
was passed at the recent session
OF the General Assembly making
1t unlawful to shoot or trap any
fox at any time, or to Kill or
take in any other manner any
fox between the 18th day of
February and the 1st of Septem-
Der, under a penalty of not more
than $25 or 80 days imprison-
ment.
Fort Mill times. [volume] (Fort Mill, S.C.) 1892-current, 1910-03-03
JUPITER PLUVIUS' ACTIVITY
MORE THAN DISPLEASING
When Great Neurological God Runs
for Office He is Certain to Be
Scratched Too Much Wetness.

Rain, rain, rain!
Old Jupiter Pluvius has about
put everybody and everything
out of commission-on the blink,
if you prefer-in this very i'm
portant part of the world. And
he has lost friends by it. No
use to suggest-twouldn't help
ny-that his nibs does not mind
such a little thing as losing
friends, that he has them to
spare, since there're steen billion
people in the world, all of whom
he can wet up and make feel
like a dish rag looks any old
time he cares to, and that they
have no way of getting back at
him since he is too far away to
be hit in the face with a brick.
Frue, old Jupe's friends can,
and do, cuss at him for what
they say is his disregard of their
wishes and comfort, but the old
fellow jist frowns, winks the 9TH
er eye, continues to drive the
water wagon in all directions ali
the time and knocks out the
bung whenever it suits him, re-
gardless of what anybody thinks
about it. He doesn't care
any more for the opinion of
mere man than the Charlotte
News does about misspelhng
words. Jupe is absolutely indie
pendent, and therein he and
The News favor each other, only
he outfavors The News which
is to say, Jupe is the real article
and the Charlotte News, by
comparison, is counterfeit junk
heap. But pardon the digres-
sion, as the smart city, fellows
sometimes say in their editorial
mo reference to the Charlotte
. News-the purpose was to let
the folks of the outside world
know that. it has been rain
ing, and then some, in old
York for the last day or two.
And to tell them, also, that they
would be better off in Jail than
they would be wading through
six inches of mud-if they hap
pened to be in Fort Mill, where
there is more or less (mostly less)
Intellectual effort made to work
the streets in the minor end of
the summer, when the dustlets
fly the thickest and the skeeters
probe the deepest.
/. Yes, it has been raining some
here tor the last day or two; but
things are never so bad that they
could not be worse, and the
prospect pleases when one con-
templates that spring is almost
upon us-the season of the year
when the birds sing and the
girls don their peek-a-boo hosiery
and lot of other gauzy things
that are conspicuous for the
cloth that was omitted in the
making-the season when the
beautiful dogfennel energies from
Its winter quarters shot full of
the delicious aroma that is
second only in fragrance to the
precious boyhood memories of
the sweet-scented billy-goat. In
a few short weeks we will have
forgot all of the rains and mud
and bad colds in the JOY of visiting
the swampS where the cat-tails
and dead dogs grow.