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Fort Mill times. [volume] (Fort Mill, S.C.) 1892-current, 1910-12-01
COTTON CONTRACTSFOR FUTURE
DELIVERY HELD ENFORCEABLE

A case was tried in the term
of superior court which has just
closed in Greenville, N. c., that
is of especial interest to growers
and buyers of cotton, as it es-
tablishes the validity of con-
tracts to sell cotton for future
delivery. The custom prevails
more or less in the cotton belt
for farmers to make contracts in
the spring to sell their cotton in
the fall at specified price. 1t
is remembered that last year
much cotton was sold in this way,
and the price advancing several
cents between the time of making
the contract and the time of de-
livery. There were many farm
ers who refused to make delivery
of cotton as contracted. In some
instances suits were entered
against the sellers for the diff
ference in the price of cotton at
the time it should have been de-
livered. 1t was one of these
cases that was tried, entitled
H. A. Gray VS.. Werner Carson,
and the verdict of the jury was
in favor of the plaintiff, judg-
ment being rendered against the
defendant for the difference in
the price of the cotton,
Fort Mill times. [volume] (Fort Mill, S.C.) 1892-current, 1910-12-01
Bailes-Bradford.

An approaching marriage of
much interest to the friends of
the parties is announced as fol-
lows:
"Mr. and Mrs. u. T. Bales
request the honor of your presence
at the marriage of their daughter
Rosa Mae,
to
Mr. Edward Guy Bradford,
on Friday afternoon, December the
23rd at $3.50 o'clock,
Flint Hill Baptist Church,
Fort Mill, South Carolina"
Miss Bales is the only daughter
of Mr.. and Mrs. u. T. Bales and
is popular with a wide circle of
friends in York and Mecklenburg
counties. Her father is one of
Fort Mill townships well-to-do
planters who resides near Flint
Hill church. Mr.. Bradford is a
well known young Fort Mill man.
Following the marriage a recep-
ton will be given at the home
of the brides parents.
Fort Mill times. [volume] (Fort Mill, S.C.) 1892-current, 1910-12-01
MANY RURAL PHONES

Of the many attractive feat
ureS of country life in Fort Mill
township and in the Pleasant
Valley section of Lancaster coun-
ty not the least is the conven-
fence of the rural telephone lines
which connect with the central
office in Fort Mill. These lines
rob life on the farm of the feel
ing of isolation of which many
complained before the rural tele-
phone was generally introduced.
The work of installing tele-
phones in country homes in this
section has gone on rapidly
in the last few years and it is
now doubtful whether there is
in all South Carolina a like
amount of rural territory which
boasts as many telephones as
are to be found in Fort Mill
and Pleasant Valley. These ru-
raj lines are a part of the Fort
Mill exchange and they extend
not only to all parts of Fort Mill
and the panhandle of Lancaster
county, but cross the North Car
olina line and reach into the
Steel Creek section of Mecklen-
burg county, connecting with
both the local exchange and the
Pineville exchange.
The directory of the Fort Mill
telephone exchange now con-
tains the names of 325 sub
scribers and the list is constantly
growing. The service is as good
as that to be found in any small
town and the equipment is looked
after closely by the owner, Mr..
S. L. Meacham, and his assist
ants. More than one effort has
been made by the telephone trust
to absorb the local system, but
Mr.. Meacham has refused to sell
and so far there has been no
indication of the trust entering
this territory with local lines.
Fort Mill times. [volume] (Fort Mill, S.C.) 1892-current, 1910-12-01
A Freakish Tree Stump.

There may be trees that con-
tinually drip water, but Barn.
well county has a freak of nature
that is in a class entirely by
itself. About 40 years ago a
large pine tree on the farm of
Dred Owens was cut down, and
the stump today is as solid and
full of life as when the tree was
first felled. A gentleman, who
doubted the truth Of the story,
cut into the stump with an axe,
and to his surprise the sap
(turpentine) exuded as freely
and quickly as from a growing
tree. The wood of the tree is as
bright as when first cut.
Fort Mill times. [volume] (Fort Mill, S.C.) 1892-current, 1910-12-01
NO BiIP' Displeases Magistrate.

Magistrate John w. McElha-
ney was complaining Monday
morning of the failure of the
York grand jury to find a true
bill against Jacob Weathers, a
negro who was sent up by Magis-
trate McElhaney some weeks ago
for assault and battery with
intent to kill. At the preliminary
hearing of the case against
Weathers, a number of witnesses
testified that Weathers had struck
a negro boy named Reed in the
head with rock. The same
witnesses are said to have stated
before the grand jury that they
had no knowledge of the assault.
Mr.. McElhaney thinks these wit
nesses should be indicted for
perjury.
Fort Mill times. [volume] (Fort Mill, S.C.) 1892-current, 1910-12-01
Lectures on 'Titheing."

At Flint Hill Baptist church
Sunday morning and at Fort Mill
Baptist church Sunday evening
the congregations are promised
an interesting discussion of the
subject of ''Titheing" by Mr..
w. c. Thomson, of Lancaster.
Mr.. Thomson has not only prac-
ticed titheing in his own affairs
for the last 20 years but has
made careful study of the sub
ject. He is therefore peculiarly
qualified to speak of titheing in
way that should be of interest
to all who are interested in church
work. The Rev. Mr.. Hair, pastor
of Flint Hill and Fort Mill
churches, extends a cordial invi-
tation to all Christians to attend
the lectures.
Fort Mill times. [volume] (Fort Mill, S.C.) 1892-current, 1910-12-01
SOUTHERN POWER COMPANY
GETS IMPORTANT FRANCHISES

Announcement was made Sat-
urday night of the purchase by
the Southern Power company of
the property and franchises of
the Charlotte Consolidated Con-
strCction company, embracing
the Charlotte street car lines,
with 26 miles of trackage, gas
and electric lighting systems and
power plant. The consideration
is not given.
1t is said that the Southern
Power company has been pro-
jecting extensive interurban troll
ley lines in this section, but was
handicapped at every point on
the Charlotte inlet by the local
company, which held a blanket
franchise. The absorption of
the local company indicates that
the plans of the purchasers will
shortly be realized.
Fort Mill times. [volume] (Fort Mill, S.C.) 1892-current, 1910-12-01
Helms Boy Acquitted.

The case of the State against
Gait Helms, 14-year-old boy,
charged with murder, was called
in the general sessions court in
Yorkville at 10 o'clock Friday
morning and the boy was ac-
quilted within the hour. The
case against the boy grew out of
a fight he had on August 27 with
Aubrey Culp, another boy prac-
tically the same age, in the
public highway near Gold Hill
school in Fort Mill township.
Helms struck the Culp boy on the
head with a dinner pail and the
latter died of conclusion of the
brain two days later.
The first witness put upon the
stand was w. M. Culp, father of
the dead boy, who testified as to
his sons age, etc. Eli Bales,
IL years old, was next called as
witness for the defense. He
was present at the fight between
the boys and swore that the Culp
boy attempted to cut Gait Helms
with a pocket knife. DR.. j. B.
Elliott. who attended the wound
ed boy, testified that he died of
concussion of the brain.
No speeches were made by
either the lawyers for the de-
tense or the State and the case
was quickly given to the jury.
After 20 minutes deliberation
the jury rendered a verdict of
not guilty.
Fort Mill times. [volume] (Fort Mill, S.C.) 1892-current, 1910-12-01
Scholarship at Annapolis.

United States Senator E. d.
Smith has arranged for COM
petitive examination to be held
in Columbia on Friday, Decem-
Der 9, for the award of a scholar
ship to Annapolis. The exami-
nation is open to young men
between the ages of 16 and 20
years, but it will be a waste of
time for any young nan whose
physical condition is impaired to
compete for the scholarship. Full
information as to the examination
can be secured by addressing
Senator E. D. Smith, Florence,
S. C..
Fort Mill times. [volume] (Fort Mill, S.C.) 1892-current, 1910-12-01
The 1910 Cotton Crop.

A total of II, 445, 600 bales is
the final estimate of the New
Orleans Times-Democrat for the
cotton crop of 1910, as based
on reports from correspondents
through the cotton belt. This
forecast relates to the growth of
the year and is exclusive of lint
ers, repacks, etc.
By States the crop is given as
follows: Alabama l, 165, 600, Ar
kansas 700, 600, Georgia and Flor
ida l, 1926, 600, Louisiana 255, 900,
Mississippi 200, 900, North Car
olina 700,0 600, Oklahoma 900, 900,
South Carolina 1000, 900, Ten
nessee 300,0 900, Texas 5000, ZOO.
Fort Mill times. [volume] (Fort Mill, S.C.) 1892-current, 1910-12-01
Death of Mrs. Mary ]. Bell.

A telegram was received by
Mrs. E. M. Ardrey Sunday after
noon bearing the sad intelligence
of the death of her sister, Mrs.
Mary j. Bell. Mrs. Bell died at
the home of her brother, James
l.. Delaney, in Charlotte Sunday
afternoon at a o'clock, after an
illness of many months. Some
weeks ago Mrs. Bell was taken
from her home in Providence to
Charlotte hospital for treat
ment, but was later removed to
the home of her brother for the
winter. She was &C years old
and was the widow of Ross
Bell. Since the death of her
husband Mrs. Bell had made her
home with her sister, Mrs. w. T.
Robinson, in Providence. She is
survived by two brothers, j. S.
Delaney, of Wellington, and
j. w. Delaney, of Providence,
and three sisters, Mrs. E. M.
Ardrey, of Fort Mill; Mrs. j. c..
Garrison, of Newell, and Mrs.
w. T. Robinson, of Providence.
The funeral took place Monday
afternoon at 2 o'clock at Harrison
church, of which Mrs. Bell had
long been a member. The inter
ment was in the church yard.
Fort Mill times. [volume] (Fort Mill, S.C.) 1892-current, 1910-12-01
Long Drought Broken.

Sunday afternoon for the first
time since early in October there
was sufficient rain in this section
to be of consequence. The long
drought was broken by the rain
beginning with irregular showers
in the afternoon followed by a
steady downpour Sunday night
for an hour or more. Since the
first week in October barely
enough rain had fallen in this
section to settle the dust, which
had become so sitting in the
streets and country roads as to
make travel over them exceed
ingly uncomfortable.
The long drought also had the
effect of interfering with the
work of a number of cotton mills
in this section depending upon
the Southern Power company for
electric power to operate their
machinery. For weeks there has
been less water in the Catawba
river than for years and the
power company has found it nee
essary in consequence to with
draw the current from a number
of its secondary subscribers. In
Rock Hill a number of mills have
been closed for several days, but
in Fort Mill the mills have not
been similarly affected.
Fort Mill times. [volume] (Fort Mill, S.C.) 1892-current, 1910-12-01
Mrs. Cook Tells Truth.

Dexter, KY. In signed state
ment, Mrs. Cook tells the truth
about how Cardui brought back
her health and strength. She
says, Il could not get any relief,
until l tried Cardui, the woman's S
tonic. | suffered more or less
for 10 years, and was so weak
and nervous could hardly do my
house work. Now I am in better
health than ever before, am
regular as clock work, do not
suffer at all, and gain strength
every day." Thousands of women
have been helped back to health
by Cardui. Try it.
Fort Mill times. [volume] (Fort Mill, S.C.) 1892-current, 1910-12-01
Fast Auto Time to Charlotte.

BY reason of the fact that there
is considerable automobile travel
between Fort Mill and Charlotte
there is much speed rivalry
among the autoists in negotiating
the trip in the shortest time.
This rivalry resulted Thanks
giving afternoon in w. B. Ardrey
breaking his own northbound
record for the trip, % 1-2 miles,
in his E. M. F. Flanders in 40 1-2
minutes. The first TIP miles
of the road is rough and hilly,
the remaining 16 miles being
macadam. Accompanying Mr..
Ardrey were DR.. and Mrs. j. l..
Spratt and Capt. T. B. Spratt.
Comparing Mr.. Ardrey's record
with the schedule time of the
Southern passenger trains be-
tween Fort Mill and Charlotte
and basing the calculation upon
similar mileage, it will be seen
that there is six minutes in favor
of the automobile. With the
prospect in the near future of a
shorter and better road to the
North Carolina line it is expected
that the automobile time beween
the two points will be reduced
to slightly more than 80 minutes.
Fort Mill times. [volume] (Fort Mill, S.C.) 1892-current, 1910-12-01
TWO PICTURES
Picture No. 1.

A beautiful grove for a back
ground; neatly painted, attract
i've school house, with surround
ings clean and neat. Mount the
piazza steps, pass through a hat,
cloak and fuel room, and behold
the interior: floor clean, desks
well kept, a beautiful vase of
flowers on the teachers table. a
few pretty sprays of autumn
leaves here and there in the room,
Is or 20 bright-faced pupils, and
an earnest teacher. There you
have a picture of the Latta school,
near Yorkville, as / saw it one
day last week, presided over by
Miss Eugenia Simpson.
Picture No. 2.
A school house situated in a
pretty grove; grounds neglected;
a large part of the weatherboard-
ing torn from the front of the
building, and half of the window
panes missing. Climb a rickety
set of steps leading to an interior
that seems to have been given
over to the hands of vandal:
walls covered from floor to cell
ing with chalk and pencil marks;
floor strewn with papers and
trash; stove in an unsightly con-
dition; desks soiled and deeply
carved by some rude hand. This
is a picture of school in
York county.
Ninety-five per cent. of our
boys and girls never enter any
walls of learning other than these
rural schools of our county.
Which of the two schools de-
picted above will do more to give
us the citizenship we desire?
Leila A. Russell,
County Supervisor of Elementary
Rural Schools.
Fort Mill times. [volume] (Fort Mill, S.C.) 1892-current, 1910-12-01
A Valuable Gift.

To the first SO subscribers, new
or old, who pay their subscrip-
tions a year in advance, The
Times will give free of charge
a years subscription to the
Southern Agriculturist, Nash
vile, Tenn, worth SO cents.
The Times has only SO sub
scriptiOns to this fine semi-month-
ly farm paper to dispose of in
this way, and the first calls will
get them. Do you want one?
Sample copies of the Southern
Agriculturist may be had free of
charge at this office.
Fort Mill times. [volume] (Fort Mill, S.C.) 1892-current, 1910-12-01
ADDRESS BY PROF. W. H. HAND
in SCHOOL AUDITORIUM FRIDAY

Considerable interest is felt in
school circles over the address
which is to be delivered in the
auditorium of the graded school
buildidg Friday evening by Prof.
w. HI. Hand, State high school
inspector. For some time the
superintendent and trustees of
the school have been trying to
arrange for Prof. Hand to deliver
an address in the interest of the
school work and now that he has
agreed to come and the date of
his visit is definitely fixed, it is
hoped that as many friends of
the school as can be present will
take advantage of the oppor-
tunity to hear what Prof. Hand
will have to say. Prof. Hand has
not announced the subject of his
address, but it is certain that he
will have a message to deliver
which will prove not only in
teresting but helpful to the
school. He has rendered valuable
service in the interest of high
school improvement since he be-
came connected with the Uni
versity of South Carolina few
years ago and is thoroughly ac-
quainted with the various phases
of the work.
In addition to the address of
Prof. Hand, brief but interesting
exercises are promised by a num-
Der Of pupils of the school.
Fort Mill times. [volume] (Fort Mill, S.C.) 1892-current, 1910-12-01
Practical Talk on Soil Enrichment.

Farmers from all sections of
York county assembled in Rock
Hill Wednesday to hear addresses
by Prof. j. l.. Goodrich and j. c..
Beavers, sent there by the United
States department of agriculture
at the request of the Rock Hill
chamber of commerce. These
gentlemen are connected with the
government bureau of soil indus
try.
Prof. Goodrich is a practical
farmer. He used a large number
of illustrative charts and dia-
grams, all gotten up from actual
farming operations at places he
was familiar with. His address
was on ''Soil Fertility" and he
showed in graphic manner how
farmers are losing thousands of
dollars a year not only by using
the wrong combinations of fer
tilizers but in using fertilizers at
all when a crop of legumes would
enrich certain soils better than
any artificial fertilizers.
He laid special stress on crop
rotation, and the best way to
handle the various lands-black-
jack, sandy, clay and loan soils.
He showed how the actual cash
returns per acre had been in
many cases doubled and the land
itself enriched to a great extent
by raising legumes and rotating
the crop, whereas with the same
crop every year the land becomes
impoverished.
The whole trend of his address
was that farmers rely too much
on artificial fertilizers and pay
too little attention to the i'm
mense value of the legumes
which nature tells the farmers
to plant in other words, nature
furnishes humus-makers and nj
trogen-gatherers.
Fort Mill times. [volume] (Fort Mill, S.C.) 1892-current, 1910-12-01
For Particular People.

Our Vanilla and Lemon Ex-
tracts are from one to two years
old. We know it, because we
age them right here in our own
house especially for our own con-
sumption in making ice cream.
Like some other good things, age
improves the flavor and strength
ems it. Buying in large bulk
quantities we can sell a superior
article at the price you usually
get the ordinary and much of it
considerably under the ordinary.
You will probably find it to your
advantage to come to us for
other fiavors, also Chocolate,
Cocoa, Gelatine, etc.
n
Fort Mill times. [volume] (Fort Mill, S.C.) 1892-current, 1910-12-01
Infringe ment Costs County $500.

The county board of commits
sioners has secured a compromise
of the claims of Mr.. S. T. Stowe,
of Charlotte, for alleged infringe
ment of his patent rights in con-
nection with the county's portable
convict camp on a promise to pay
$500, says the Yorkville Envuirer.
The county is to have the future
right to use the patent rights
Fort Mill times. [volume] (Fort Mill, S.C.) 1892-current, 1910-12-01
NEW FORT MILL BANK ASSURED
SAY THE PRINCIPAL PROMOTERS

The statement was made yes
terday morning by one of the
promoters of the new Fort Mill
pank of which mention was made
in The Times last week that all
doubt as to the organization of
the bank was dispelled a few
days ago when favorable re-
sponses to the efforts of himself
and others to dispose of stock in
the institution were received
from number of the COM
munity's substantial citizens up
on whose financial interest in the
proposition depended the success
or failure of the undertaking.
3VAHe have been a number of
a.. ~ workers for the new bank
al. S.Sne statement that the insti-
tuition is assured will be accepted
as final. During the last week
considerable time has been de-
voted to interesting the farmers
of the community particularly in
the bank and the solicitors are
pleased with the substantial way
in which a number of them have
subscribed for stock.
Indeed the bank is now so far
assured that a meeting of those
to whom stock has been sold will
be held Thursday afternoon,
when it is purposed to complete
the organization by electing Of
ficers and applying to the secre-
tary of state for a charter. AS
yet 1t is not definitely known
what the capital stock of the
bank will be, but this phase of
the organization will likewise be
settled at the meeting Thursday
afternoon. Another matter which
likely will be considered at the
meeting is the offer of owners
of Main street lots to put up a
building for the bank. The loca-
tion of the bank building is con-
sidered an important matter by
the stockholders and it seems
to be the general desire to accept
one of two sites which have been
rendered for the purpose.
So far there has been little if
anything said about the probable
personnel of the officers of the
bank and no one seems to care to
guess who will compose the board
of directors or who will be elected
president or cashier, though the
supposition is that the directorate
/ will In the main be composed of
the largest stockholders.
Another matter of interest in
connection with the bank is the
date on which its doors will open
for business. This will be de-
termined largely, it is said, by
the progress made in erecting the
bank building. Work on the
building probably will begin be-
fore the Christmas holidays, but
there is little hope that the build
ing will be completed before
February /.
The Vinita daily chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1902-1913, 1910-01-22
Christian Church.

The following calendar for services
will be observed through the week,
beginning Sunday, January 23
Bible school, Sunday, 9:45 a. m.
Worship and sermon, Sunday. 11:OO
a. m. Subject Mountain Tox Ex-
periences."
+, Brotherhood meeting, Tuesday. 500
p. m.
Mid-week meeting, Wednesday. 1880
p. m.
Choir rehearsal, Friday, 1880 p. m.
There will be no service tomorrow
night All invited to attend the public
services. S. w. BROWN.
The Vinita daily chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1902-1913, 1910-01-22

The concert at the First Christian
church last evening by the Village
Singers was highly entertaining and
gave satisfaction in every number
Messrs. Baxter, Blackman, Foote and
Odbert individually and collectively
are Guartette of artists and Miss
Sandal as a reader pleased all. In
all the qualities that go to make good
entertainers the Village Singers rank
with the best
The Vinita daily chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1902-1913, 1910-01-22
CONGREGATIONAL Church.

What Must I Do to Be Saved" in
the morning at IL o'clock
"A First Glass Gentleman" at 7:3O
Christian Endeavor, at 6:30.
The CASTOR Adult Bible class meets
at 9:45, in lecture room.
Good music and a cordial welcome.
J. E. PEBiSHING, Pastor.
The Vinita daily chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1902-1913, 1910-01-22

TO THE LADIES' am nran.r.,
W clean and presg zkirts in the beat
possible psrner Mrs. Scott, lao
South wilson street.
Arizona republican., 1910-10-18

For Sale-No. 1 wheat Tor chickens. $1,75 per cwt Phoenix Flour Mills. If
Arizona republican., 1910-10-18
IMPORTANT LETTER
 10 CITRUS GROWERS
1t Announces Demonstration of Or
 chard Heaters

The following letter from the hOrti- cultural commission is fully eXplana- tory and should interest every grower of citrus fruits in this valley. It is sell dom that artificial heating has to be resorted to in this locality but it is wise to be prepared always for an emergency, for one cold night some times works a disaster that would more than offset the expense of pre- ventive measures for years:
 october 15, 1910. To All Citrus Growers of the Salt River Valley:
 The horticultural commission has been corresponding with the various manufacturers of orchard heaters, se- curing samples of the principal types and obtaining information concerning fuels, in order to place full information on this subject before the citrus grow CTS. In both California and Floida more citrus groves are being provided with heaters than ever before, and Arizona growers should decide at once whether or not they cal afford to be without
Arizona republican., 1910-10-18

Manufacturers, Name of Heater, Fuel Number Heaters in Car, Prices Quoted at Factory Car Lots, Loca- ton of Factory and Freight Rates on Car Lots, No. Recommended Per Acre by Manufacturers.