Fort Mill times. [volume] (Fort Mill, S.C.) 1892-current, 1911-07-20
NEWS FROM SOUTH CAROLINA
Short Paragraphs That Have Been
Collected From Many Of the
Towns and Counties.

building Tor winch JULIUS "eiS
by this district some time ago.
Washington.-A. M. Prentlss OF
Barnwell county has been appointed
an assistant examiner in the patent
Office here at salary OF Sl,5oo per
annum.
Greenyille.-The American Machlhe
and Manufacturing company OF Char'
lotte. n. c., has completed arrange
ments to move its plant to this city
II is understood the plant Will Do
worked over and made new.
Rock Hill.-The Winthrop summer
conference Of county superin'endents
has Just closed its sessions and the
superintendents are returning nome
to hold the Clemson and university
scholarship examinations.
Columbia. Commissioned Farmers
Bank, Sivestreet; capital, s2o'ooo;
corporators, H. o. Long, B. NJ. HaVird,
John T. Coleman, W. V. Bledsoe. j. NJ.
Nichols, NJ. D. Sheppard, W. II.
Long, s. H. Paysinger, H. P. steph-
ems, D. B. Wheeler.
Charleston.-F. E. Eason, who has
been connected with the United States
Office of drainage, and who assisted
Commissioner Watson in framing the
drainage law for this state, has been
designated by the national Office OF
drainage as drainage engineer. He
is located at Charleston.
St Matthews.-The Orangeburg-
st. Matthews Telephone Comp
held its annual meeting. The report
shows an immense amount of con-
struction work during the year An
8 per cent dividend was paid out,
leaving a balance Of s3.4S, which
doubtless goes to the surplus account
for luck.
Edgefeld. Superintendent
of Education W. w. Fuller is holding
examinations for the purpose OF
awarding scholarships in Clemson
college and the South Carolina unf
versity from this county. There are
seven applicants for the agricultural
scholarship in Clemson and five ap-
plicants for the normal scholarship
in the university.
Charleston.-At an important meet
ing OF sea island cotton planters OF
this county, held at the Commercial
dnni6pd 4
open IN Charleston a branch office OF
the Mississippi Warehouse Company,
a millon-dollar corporation, which
will take care OF the sales of the
greater part of all the sea island cot
ton grown around Charleston.
Orangeburg.-City Clerk L. II. Wan
namaker is in receipt of a letter from
authorities at Pasadena, Cal, asking
for information concerning the con-
struction and operation of the Orange
burg waterworks system. The fame
of the local waterworks and power
plant system has gone far and wide,
and many letters are received along
the line of the California letter.
Florence.-An estimate made by
Postmaster Chase goes to show that
the government payroll in Florence,
the greater part of which Is spent
here, is $25,000. This money is paid
from the postofflce. in the most part,
to the railway mail service men, pos
tai clerks, r. F. d. men and others.
Mr. Chase, the new appointee. has a
number of plans for the betterment
of the service here.
Kershaw-At recent meeting OF
the board Of trustees Of the KoiShaw
graded school the following teachers
were elected to supply the vacancies
caused by the resignation OF Prof
7. C. Covington and Miss Josie Sui
ivan; Superintendent, Prof. ]. G..
Richards of Hamer, who is a graduate
of Davidson college; sixth grade teach
er, Miss Kathleen Mars of Due West,
a graduate of the Woman's College
of Due West.
ST. Matthews-An election vill be
held on August to choose a mayor
and six aldermen for the next two
years. and the matter Of who shall
/ hold these Offices is being discussed
| by the electors, Mayor J. Skottowe
Wannamaker, who has held the office
fer 10 years, declares in a written
statement that he can not stand for
reelection Despite his declination TO
run, his friends have announced him
and insist upon his making the race.
He says, however, that his decision
is final.
Washington.-lt wGs announced
here at the postofice department that
David Duncan had been appointed
postmaster at Whitmire, Ncwberry
county. He takes the place of K. B.
Iargrove. who recently resigned.
Gaffney-Mr c. r. Bridges, of this
city, has been appoil cd magistrate
1 by Governor Bleasc 10 succeed Mr..
T. NJ. Boulware, who resigned. Mr..
Boulware has gone to Rarnwell where
he will engage in the practice Of his
profession, that of lawyer. The du.
ties of the Office will rot be strange
TO Mr.. Bridges, as he was formerly
magistrate in this county.
Charleston.-The apparatus OF the
fire department is to te thoroughly
oyerhauled and repainted during the
next two or three months The en-.
gines, hose wagons, trucks and sup.
ply wagons are given fresh coat OF
paint every year.
Charleston.-As the climax to near.
ly two weeks of strenuous military
exercises on Sullivan's Island the two
companies of coast artillery reserves,
from Aiken and Lancaster were in.
spected at their Island camp by Capt.
Edward Carpenter, the officer detail.
ed by the war department for this
/ duty