Fort Mill times. [volume] (Fort Mill, S.C.) 1892-current, 1911-08-24
FORT MILL, S. c., THURSDAY, AUGUST "a, 1911.
FROM ALL OVER THE STATE
A Column of Some of the Latest News
That Has Been Gotten Together
by the Editor.

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and Burnett Schawrts, both natives OF
Hungary.
Laurens-Judge o. G. Thompson
was elected colonel Of the Laurens
county regiment, United Confederate
veterans, to succeed the late Col.
Robert n. Cunningham. Judge Thomp.-
son received the unanimous vote OF
the three camps in the county.
Brookland. - After waiting about
three years, work was begun on
Brookland's new school building this
week, and is being rushed with all
possible speed The lot finally select
ed is one Of the prettiest in town, and
was given by John G. Guignard.
Camden.-A party consisting OF
Bradford Knapp of the department OF
agriculture, Ira B. Williams, Gov.
Blease and E. ]. Watson will come to
Camden for the purpose OF lecturing
to the farmers Of Kershaw county. Mr..
Eve and E. A. Brown, local farm do
rionstration agent, have arranged to
hold the meeting at the curt house.
Elloree. - Cotton is opening very
rapidly on account Of the excessive
hot and dry weather, and the indica-
tions are that there will be a lot OF
II put on the market very soon. While
the indications are that there will be
a full crop made in this section, the
crop is rapidly deteriorating, and many
Of the farmers say the weed Is ZOOS
ing a great deal Of its fruit.
Lancaster.-A contract was let
here for a bridge over Lynches creek,
near Kershaw. There were a number
of bidders, each bidding on a different
type of bridge. The c. w. Requsth
Company was the successful bidder,
the price being in neighborhood OF
$4,000 for al all-over concrete struc-
ture, arch type with 70-foot pan and
| 1S-foot roadway.
Columbia.-The secretary OF state
has issued a commission to the Pal
metto Construction company OF Co
lumbia, with capital stock OF $685.
600. The petitioners seeking a char
ter are: John ]. Seibels, B. F. Taylor,
and Hugh T. Seibels. The company
proposes to do general real estate
business and will buy, hold, sell and
manage real estate. The company
will also negotiate loans.
Charleston.-Secretary McKeand, OF
the Chamber of Commerce, is asking
the several commercial bodies to ap'
point delegates who shall form gen.
eral committee, which will have
charge OF the matter Of taking the
Charleston views which will form part
OF the moving pictures with which il
is planned to advertise South Carolina
and her progressive cities in the state
advertising campaign soon to be
launched.
Greenville-Greenvill is facing IN
ice famine, the most serious in ths
history OF the city. The piston rod OF
the big engine snapped in twain, ne
cessitating the shutting down OF the
plant for an indefinite period. Chicago
is the nearest point from which new
piston rod can be secured and 1t Is
by no means certain that one can be
had within the next week or ten days
The management of the ice mill fears
that the desired rod will have to be
first manufactured.
Columbia. Moffatt B
DuPre Company, Columbia. To do a
wholesale fruit and produce business,
and handle goods and provisions on
a commission basis. Capital stock,
$4,000. Officers are: Maffatt B. Du'
Pre-, president; George T. McGregor
secretary and treasurer. Commis-
stoned: The Epperson Motion Com
pany, Sumter To buy and sell auto
mobiles, supplies, etc. Capital stock
$1,000. Petitioners are: George F
Epperson and T. b. jenkins.
Elloree.-Edward w Holman, coun
" commissioner of Calhoun county, a
thrifty farmer residing about i've
miles north of here. holds the cham
pionship of that county, as far as can
be learned in having produced more
on one acre OF land than any other
farmer. Mr.. Holman planted early in
the year one acre Of sugar peas, which
netted him S153.75. He sowed pea vine
hay on this same acre, which netted
him $40, and has since gathered the
hay planted the land in cotton and
now states that he will easily get 500
pounds of lint cotton from the same
Florence-For the first time in the
history of the Seaboard Air Line, a
regular passenger train was run over
the new road, bringing number oi
passengers to Florence. The train
was met by hacks. and it looked as
though the running Of passenger
trains over the road was an old thing
olumbia.-Insuranc Commissioner
McMaster will leave for Minneapolis
Mimi. TO attend the annual convention
OF the national Association of Insur
ance Commissioners. All state Off,
cials are out of the city with the ex.
ception of Commissioner Watson and
State Treasurer Jennings.
Spartanburg-Bef adjourning the
South Carolina Association of the
Deaf, in Convention at Cedar Springs
adopted resolutions condemning Gov,
ernor Aldrich, of Nebraska. because i;
was said he had directed that only the
oral system Of communication among
the deaf be taught in the state schools
Statesburg The annual meeting OF
the Sumter Agricultural society on the
grounds of the General Sumter Me
mortal academy was very we'll though
not very largely attended and tho
usual play that goes with this work
was finely attended. This year it was
the basball and picnic
Camp Perry, Ohio.-Members of the
South Carolina team are we'll and in
fine shape for shooting. Practice
shooting at rapid-fre constituted the
work of the team. On the whole the