Fort Mill times. [volume] (Fort Mill, S.C.) 1892-current, 1911-06-29
NEWS FROM OVER THE STATE
Small Paragraphs That Are Gotten
Together For the Benefit OF
Busy People.

picnic OF the Red Men of the county
on that day. DR.. Carlisle, OF Green
tille, great sachem OF the Red Men
will also be on hand and will make
an address.
Columbia.-The governor has been
In office since January II and during
that period he has extended clemency
In 1856 cases.
Charleston.-Charge with stealing
about s65 from James Truesdale, on
Sullivan's Island, George Dillgard, col
pred, was arrested here by Officer
Levy in Charleston, and is now being
held at the City Jail, subject to war
rant sworn out before Magistrate
Buckley, OF Sullivan's Island. The de-
tails of the theft are not known.
Atlanta Ga. - Gen. Clement A.
Evans, former commander-inc chief OF
the United Confederate Veterans and
the announced appointee of Governor
elect Hoke Smith to the position OF
Adjutant General, is critically i'll with
muscular rheumatism at his homo.
this city.
Greenwood.-Capt. F. S. Evans, who
was recently offered decided promo
ton from his old position as manager
Of the local branch of the Southern
Cotton oil company, the place offered
being in Little Rock, Ark, has decid'
ed to remain here and devote his en-
tire time to the Pamela Cotton mills.
yof which he is president and which
he has Just completed.
olumbia-Questions Of vital i'm.
portance to the farmers Of South Caro-
lima will be discussed at the annual
convention OF the State Farmers
union to be held in Columbia. An
nouncement was made here by J.
Whitner Reid, the secretary OF the
state union that the executive COM
mlttee of the union will meet in Co
umbia, when plans for the state con-
vention will be discussed. This will
be the quarterly meeting of the COM
mittee. and the books OF the secre-
.ary and treasurer will be audited.
Anderson.-The South Carolina Fun
eral Directors and Embalmers' asso-
citation, which has been in session
here, adjourned after deciding to meet
next at Columbia. r. Y. Leayell OF
! Newberry was elected president; Geo.
n. Hearst of Sumter, first vice pres
ident; +. B. Sloan of Clifton, second
vice president; Jas. F. Mackey OF
Ireenville, secretary and treasurer;
Geo. NJ. Tolly of Anderson and r. Y.
Leavell, delegates to the national con-
vention at Atlantic City. Several new
members were received. Adjt. Gen.
Moore, one of the original organizers,
attended one OF the session. DR.. j.
8. Townsend Of Anderson delivered
ihe principal address before the body.
Cheraw.-There was a flutter in in
urance circles here. The Godfrey In
,urance Company, just incorporated
With q capital OF $4,000, has bought
,ut its most prominent rival, the firm
If Lindsay & Mulloy, and now prac-
.ically controls the field in fire in
:urance. Mr. Lindsay, who is also
Cheraw's young clerk and treasurer,
will now devote his spare time to life
insurance. This town is branching out
n journalism Mr. Stricklin, OF the
Cheraw Chronicle, a weekly, has
launched upon the treacherous sea OF
journalism" neat and readable daily,
called the Cheraw Daily Herald. 1t
Is meeting with hearty welcome
among those who wish to see Cheraw
grow.
ST. Matthews - Considerable i'm.
proyements are being made upon the
properties Of the Southern railway
here. A safe and suitable place for
unloading freights is being made and
The passenger yard is being extended.
Additional sidetrack will be put in
and the passing of trains will here
after be made without congesting the
Yards. Heretofore unloading freight
las been done under the most dis
advantageous arrangements. Drains
and sewers will be put in to carry
sfi the heavy accumulations of water,
and the general appearance of the
grounds will be greatly improved
n LNftir, or
ZEN years superintendent of the coun-
~ poor house and farm, died after
severe illgess of ten days.
Columbia.t Governor Blease has re-
ceived a letter stating that Frank
Murray, who was convicted of murder
and sentenced to life Imprisonment,
being paroled recently by Governor
Blease, is dead. The letter Governor
/ Blease received in this matter is from
Frank Read of large general mer-
cfrandise firm. The letter states that
the paroled man was certainly in a
serious condition when he arrived at
Monck's Corner.
Sumter-Sumter is to have a new
hotel. The secretary of State has is
sued a commission to the Hotel COM
pany of the city of Sumter with a
capital stock of $4,000. The petit
ioners are L. d. Jennings, Neill
3'Donnell, T. l. Manning and II. D.
Barnett.
Greenwood r. f. Mason, who
vas severely injured by being gored
by Jersey bull, has improved suf-
iciently to be out He had quite a
narrow escape. The animal had him
lown, but was prevented from doing
him further injury by a negro hand
who ran up and beat the bull eff.
olumbia-Magstrat Addy, OF Lex
lngton, about whom the recent inyes-
tigation was held in Lexington, re-
sulting in his exoneration and the ar
raet of tUo mon has received his COM