Fort Mill times. [volume] (Fort Mill, S.C.) 1892-current, 1911-11-16
FROM ALL OVER THE STATE
Short Paragraphs Of News That Has
Been Gotten Together With Much
Care by the Editor.

construction OF the postoffice building
1t Newberry AS soon as they are
carefully considered the name Of the
successful bidder will be announced.
Charleston. William Fraser, ..or-
ed, was arrested on TIE water front
md charged with breaking into box
and stealing some biscuits from the
Baltimore and Carolina Steamship
Company. The value Of the biscuits
stolen is placed at five cents.
umbia.-Governor Blease grant
I'd a parole during good behavior to
Will Carter, convicted before Judge
Memminger at Aiken in September,
1910, of assault and battery OF high
and aggravated nature and sentenced
to eighteen months in the Peniten-
tiary.
Columbia.-The right OF the Cover.
nor to grant clemency to convicts OF
4 City Recorders Court will be aired,
when City Attorney Christie Bennett
will file his opinion. as requested by
Mayor Gibbes, on the parole granted
recently to Bratton Pettigrew, con
victed OF drunkenness before the Co.
lumbia recorder.
Greenwood. Bert White, a ma
tive of this county and for a number
of years chief OF police of the town
Of Honea Path, has been elected chief
of police here TO succeed M. B. Chand
ler who resigned some days ago. Mr.
White has been living with his father
Tillman White, near Ninety-six fol
some time past.
Aiken.-Policema Henry Busch
who was charged with conduct unbe
coming an officer, has been complete
ly exonerated by city council, who
heard the case and passed on the
trial. Mr.. Busch was charged with
using profane language, but after
hearing the evidence the officer wa,
exonerated.
Florence.-It is learned that the
grading force of the South Carolins
Western railroad will return to thl,
section and complete the extension OF
the road from Florence to George
town. Work is progressing we'll or
the road from Andrews to Allison, ant
trains are operating to the new towr
of Hemingway. eight miles from
Allison.
Anderson.-The Woman's Mission
airy Union, auxiliary to the State Bap
tist Convention, will hold its genera
Convention in the First Baptist
church, of this city. An attractiv,
programme has been arranged, ant
the Convention this year promises tt
be the most entertaining and success
full ever held.
Charleston - To the Democratic
Voters of Charleston: have decided
that it is to the best interests Of th'
entire City Of Charleston that | shoult
not protest the primary election helt
on November Z, by asking for review
of the large number of challenged
votes that form a part Of the total de
clared vote.
Newberry.-William Reid, son O
Geo.. T. Reid Of Chappells, acciden
tally shot young negro named Ro!
Mcclellan with pistol in the formeri
room at his fathers home. Mr.. Reit
was cleaning an old pistol when tht
negro came into the room. In somt
way it exploded and the ball Of q:
calibre entered the body Of the negro
two inches above the naval.
Harvin.-Up to November 7, inclu
sive, there have been ginned in Clar
endon county 29,310 bales of cotton
There was about $4,000 bales ginned
in Clarendon last season. There has
been picked and ginned about 80 pei
cent of this crop. Fully 5000 bales
in Clarendon county will never be
harvested, on account Of rotting, fol-
lack OF work by those who pick the
Gotten crop annually.
Lancaster.-At a meeting of the
members OF the Lancaster bar. reso
lutions were unanimously adopted
strongly recommending and indorsine
Judge Ernest Moore of this place fol
the ONCE of Judge of this, the Sixth
circuit, in the event of the election OF
the incumbent, Judge Gage, to the pa
sition of associate justice of the gu
preme court.
Rock Hill-G K. Chrietzber of this
city, representing the Roanoke Bridge
company, of Roanoke, Va, has receiv
ed notice that his company had beer
awarded two contracts for iron bridges
by the commissioners of York county
one over Fishing creek and one over
Love branch.
Mallory.-Not in several years has
cotton picking been done slowly in
this section as il is this season. Ow
ing TO the heavy rains of the last two
weeks the gins have not been run
ming more than half the time Al
the cotton looks like storm cotton,
and the grades are running very low
Charleston.-In the United States
district court proceedings were filed
to have T. L. Thompson, Albert H
Thompson and Thomas r. Thompson
doing business as Thompson & Sons
at Hopkins, adjudged bankrupt. The
usual orders were taken.
Columbia.-Prof. Ira W. Williams
was in Augusta attending the Georgia
Carolina Fair. He says that the agri
cultural exhibit is especially strong
and spoke OF the interest which was
displayed in the long staple cotton ex
Hibit of South Carolina which was
sent to the Fair at the request of the
authorities.
Aiken.-Capt Charles DEF. Chand
Ter of the United States signal corps
in charge of the army aviation train
ing school, visited here and inspected