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Fort Mill times. [volume] (Fort Mill, S.C.) 1892-current, 1911-01-19
81, 900 BAIL GRANTED IN CASE
OF w. E. AND HARVEY GRIFFIN

After spending four days in
the York county Jail, from Mon
day afternoon until Friday after
noon of last week, as prisoners
charged with the murder of E.
P. H. Nivens, in Fort Mill town
ship, on the evening of Decem-
Der II. last, w. E. Griffin and his
son Harvey were admitted to
bail in the sum of 1000 each to
appear for trial at the next term
of the court of general sessions,
in April. Application for bail
for the men was made before
Supreme Court Justice Eugene
B. Gary in Columbia Friday
afternoon, Solicitor J. X. Henry
appearing for the State and w.
b. Wilson, Jr.. of Rock Hill. for
the defendants. After listening
to the arguments of the opposing
counsel, Judge Gary decided to
grant the application and fixed
the amount of the bond at 81 900
each.
Anticipating the decision of
Judge Gary, j. M. Gamble, SON
in-law of w. E. Griffin, had the
necessary sureties sign the bond
for each of the accused men and
was in Yorkville ready to present
the bond to the clerk of court.
This was done upon the receipt
of n talonro,o, fro,,o ToI,,,>ol;o =.
nouncing the decision of Judge
Gary and the Griffins were at
once released by Sheriff Brown.
Both men returned to their home
in Fort Mill township Friday
night. The bondsmen of w. f..
Griffin are w. H. Windle, w. M.
Adkins, w. H. Crook and S. P.
Wilson, and the bondsmen for
Harvey Griffin are C. P. Blanken-
ship, V. B. Blankenship, A. r.
McElhaney and j. B. Mills.
Fort Mill times. [volume] (Fort Mill, S.C.) 1892-current, 1911-01-19
Death of Capt. Eli Bales.

Many of the older citizens Of
this section who remember Capt.
Eli Bales will learn with regret
of his death, which occurred in
Little Rock, Ark, a few days
ago. Capt. Bales was former
citizen of Fort Mill township and
was a brother of Mr.. Z. T. Bales.
In the latter SOS he moved to
Arkansas and although he had
several times planned to visit his
brother in this section, something
always occurred to prevent the
visit. Capt. Bales was 62 years
of age and was considered one of
the best citizens of Wynne coun-
ty, Ark. Speaking of his death
the Forest City (Ark.) Chron-
icle says: Capt. Bales was a
fine old gentleman and was
highly esteemed and respected
by many of our citizens and
readers.
Fort Mill times. [volume] (Fort Mill, S.C.) 1892-current, 1911-01-19
York's Treasurer Not Included.

York's treasurer, Harry f.
Neil, is not one of the county
treasurers of the State who may
have to pay 5 per cent. penalty
for failing to send in to the State
treasurer by December 81 all the
taxes collected during the month
of December. Twelve of the
county treasurers of the State
have been reported for failing to
comply with the law on the sub
ject and it is not unlikely that
these will have to pay the penal
ty. County treasurers are re-
quired to file a monthly state
ment as to finances with the
comptroller general.
Fort Mill times. [volume] (Fort Mill, S.C.) 1892-current, 1911-01-19
Good Work Of Corn Club.

There were Is boys in South
Carolina to produce more than
100 bushels of corn on one acre"
This statement is made in the
annual report of Ira w. Williams,
State agent of the United States
farm demonstration work, which
will be sent to the General AS
sembly through the State depart
ment of agriculture.
Referring to the boys corn
clubs Mr.. Williams says: This
boys corn club has probably been
more successful in the State, ac-
cording to reports, than else
where and the record breakers
of the large number of boys who
produced over 100 bushels are
Jerry Moore, who produced 228
bushels and 3 pecks at a cost of
43 cents per bushel; and Archie
Odom, who produced 1T bushels
and 3 pecks at a cost of % cents
per bushel These records have
been invaluable to the State and
have advertised the fertility of
our soil as nothing else could" "
Fort Mill times. [volume] (Fort Mill, S.C.) 1892-current, 1911-01-19
K. of P. Officers and Banquet.

Monday evening at a regular
meeting of Electra lodge, No. 81,
x. of p, the following officers
were installed for the year: V. B.
Blankenship, c. c.; j. H. Nc
Murray, V. c.; B. M. Faris, P. j;
J. l.. Spratt, M. of E.; O. r. Culp,
M. of W.; l.. J. Massey, X. of r.
and S. and M. F.. j. p. Crowder,
|. g.; w. j. Steele, O. g.; T. B.
Spratt, trustee.
After the work Of installing
the new officers was finished, the
lodge decided to have its annual
banquet on Thursday evening,
January 26. The banquet prom
ises to be the most elaborate af-
fair of the kind Fort Mill has yet
seen. A number of distinguished
speakers doubtless will accept in
vitations to attend the banquet.
Fort Mill times. [volume] (Fort Mill, S.C.) 1892-current, 1911-01-19
Hurt by Fall From Wagon.

l.. L. Kimbrell, a we'll known
farmer of Pineville township,
was painfully hurt a few days
ago by being caught under load
of hay falling from his wagon.
He had started with the hay.
packed in bales, to the Charlotte
market and had gone only a
short distance from his home
when the load slipped from the
wagon and fell on him. Friends
removed the hay as quickly as
possible and carried Mr.. Kim
brell TO his home. At first it was
thought that he was seriously in
jured and might not recover, but
his condition has since improved
and he is now said to be out of
danger.
Fort Mill times. [volume] (Fort Mill, S.C.) 1892-current, 1911-01-19
Food Prices Going Down.

Millions of pounds of butter,
eggs, cheese and poultry held in
cold storage warehouses in Chi
cago will be thrown on the mar
ket before May l and a general
tumbling of food prices is ex-
pected at once, according to
Chicago commission merchants.
Numerous Chicago commission
men are said to be facing failure
as a result of their efforts to
maintain an artificial price on the
necessities of life. The inability
further to uphold this price is
said to be due to a combination
of circumstances, chief of which
are the open winter of 1911 and
the banner crops of 1910.
Fort Mill times. [volume] (Fort Mill, S.C.) 1892-current, 1911-01-19
Postmaster Massey Reappointed.

MIR. B. H. Massey has been re-
appointed postmaster of Fort
Mill for another four-year term,
beginning on the 22d inst. His
nomination was sent to the SEN
ate Tuesday by President Taft
and confirmed Saturday. The
announcement of the reappoint-
ment of Mr.. Massey is certain to
meet with the hearty approval of
a majority of the patrons of the
local office He is a Democrat
and has been postmaster of Fort
Mill since January l, 1894. Dur
ing the 16 years Mr.. Massey has
been postmaster he has given al
most universal satisfaction in his
conduct of the office. The reap
pointment of Mr.. Massey is due
to the good work of Congress-
man Finley, whose activity in
behalf of Mr.. Massey is duly ap-
preciated by the community.
Fort Mill times. [volume] (Fort Mill, S.C.) 1892-current, 1911-01-19
Report Disappointing to MiIitiamen

Among the members of the
Fort Mill company, State National
Guard, and perhaps in the other
commands of the State, con-
siderable disappointment has
been expressed over the failure
of the former assistant adjutant
general, Col. w. T. Brock, to in
corporate in his annual report a
detailed account of the various
company inspections which he
held during 1910. The failure
of Col. Brock to go into details
as to the showing made by the
companies on inspection leaves
the militiamen completely in the
dark as to whether they made
any progress during the year.
Fort Mill times. [volume] (Fort Mill, S.C.) 1892-current, 1911-01-19
Mr.. Wilson Reelected County Attorney.

One of the matters which came
before the recent meeting of the
board of county commissioners
for disposition was the election
of county attorney for the
years 1911 and 1912. 1t is gen
orally understood that Supervisor
Boyd was opposed to the reelec-
ton of Mr.. w. B. Wilson, Jr., of
Rock Hill, but Mr.. Wilson was
able to hold the office by the
grace of the votes of the county
commissioners. Supervisor Boyd,
according to his friends, found
sufficient reason to justify his
opposition to Mr.. Wilson S reelec-
ton on the ground that the du-
ties Of the office could be attend
ed 10 with more celerity by an
attorney living at the county
seat. But Mr.. Boyd is under
stOld ~ have had another reason
for Wishing Nr. Wils0n retired.
~ the campaign last suHmcr
Mr. wilson displayed consider
aF5s aeSVisg against him.
Fort Mill times. [volume] (Fort Mill, S.C.) 1892-current, 1911-01-19
Early Farm Work.

A considerable number of farm
ers in this section have already
begun blowing and otherwise
preparing their lands for the
years crops. The spring-like
days of the last week caused the
soil to dry rapidly from the recent
rains and with the temperature
above 60 the weather conditions
were too inviting to be disre-
garded by many who wished to
get an early start. Local dealers
say that the prospect is for a
large consumption of commercial
fertilizers in this section this
year. There is no way of telling
whether the corn acreage will be
increased materially, though it
is practically certain that there
will be no decrease. The cotton
acreage varies little from year to
year.
Fort Mill times. [volume] (Fort Mill, S.C.) 1892-current, 1911-01-19
NO 'MERCy ANTS AND FARMERS;'
NOW TIE FIRST NATIONAL BANK

~here will be no Merchants
and Farmers National Bank of
Fort Mill. This matter was de-
cided definitely Monday after
noon at a meeting of the stock
holders of the recently organized
banking institution for this place.
The old name that is, the first
name-of the new bank has been
discarded and it has been re-
christened the First National
Bank of Fort Mill. When the
bank was organized some weeks
ago the purpose of the stockhold-
ers was to make it State inSti-
tuition and the name Merchants
and Farmers was selected as
suitable therefor. Later the de-
cision was reached to make the
bank national, instead of State,
in character and along with the
change it was also decided to Sc
lect a shorter name for the insti-
tuition. Hence the First Nation
al Bank of Fort Mill instead of
the Merchants and Farmers Ma
tional Bank of Fort Mill.
At the stockholders meeting
Monday afternoon it was unani-
mously decided to open the doors
of the institution for business on
February 18th, and the officers
of the bank were authorized to
secure temporary quarters if the
bank building which is in course
of erection is not ready for occu-
pancy by that date. The build
ing committee reported, howev-
er, that gratifying progress had
been made on the building dur
ing the last week and that the
indications were that it would be
finished not later than Febru-
airy Is.
Fort Mill times. [volume] (Fort Mill, S.C.) 1892-current, 1911-01-19
Heavy Railway Traffic.

While there is no official infor-
nation available in Fort Mill as
to the freight and passenger
traffic of the Southern railway
between Charlotte and Columbia
for the year as compared with the
traffic of former years, if the
number of trains which pass
over the line is an index to the
company's business the railway
officials can scarce find fault with
the public patronage. Persons
who for years have observed the
passing of the Southern's trains
through Fort Mil say that not
within their recollection have as
many trains been seen on this
division as within the last two
months. Freight trains pass
through at almost any hour day
or night and the three passenger
trains each way daily are usually
crowded. Train No. 81, the
vestibule limited, which passes
Fort Mill, southbound, at 5:35,
not infrequently contains ten
coaches, more than half of which
are Pullmans, in order to accom-
modate the thousands of North
ern tourists who are destined for
Florida and other southern
points.
Fort Mill times. [volume] (Fort Mill, S.C.) 1892-current, 1911-01-19
BILL TO CURTAIL CHILD LABOR
TO BE PRESSED BY COMMITTEE

A matter of much interest to
both the cotton mill operators
and operatives of South Carolina
is the bill introduced in the house
Saturday by Representative Os-
borne, of Spartanburg county, in
behalf of the State child labor
committee, to repeal all exemp-
tions to the child labor law. The
bill was drawn by Mr.. John Por-
ter Hollis, of Rock Hill, secretary
of the committee. 1t is certain
there will be contest over the
bill and that it will take a great
deal of time in both houses.
Under the present law, eX-
emptions are provided where the
children are those of widowed
mothers, or are compelled to
work, and in such cases the COM
missioner of labor is authorized
to issue permits. 1t is claimed
that this privilege is abused in
certain instances, and children
have been imposed upon. The
total number OF such children
working in the cotton mills is
said to be about 300.
The bill provides that children
under II shall not be allowed to
work in any cotton mill. The
bill also provides that in case of
night work the age limit shall be
l6-that is. no DerSOn under 16
shall be allowed to work at night
in cotton mills.
The child labor committee will
also present, as companion bill,
one seeking TO require marriage
registration SO that the ages of
children may be arrived at with
accuracy, as under the present
conditions parents often give in
correct ages for their children
that they might unemployed in
the cotton mills.
Fort Mill times. [volume] (Fort Mill, S.C.) 1892-current, 1911-01-19
COLE L. BLEASE is GOVERNOR
OF PROUD PALMETTO STATE

Hon. Cole l.. Blease was sworn
in as governor of South Carolin"
Tuesday at noon. e""Co Ing
Martin F. Ansel. me ceremony
took place in the hall of the house
of representatives, the senate
and house holding joint session.
The oath of office was admins
tered by Magistrate Dunbar, of
Barnwell county. At the same
time Hon. G. A. Smith was
sworn in as lieutenant governor,
succeeding Thos. G. Mcleod.
The exercises were simple but
were witnessed by large crowd
which completely filled the gal
leries. Following the administer
ing of the oath of Office Gov.
Blease delivered his inaugural
address, outlining the policies of
his administration and making
some recommendations to the
General Assembly.
Touching the matter of legis-
lative appropriations, Governor
Blease spoke in part as follows,
addressing his remarks to the
General Assembly:
Il sincerely trust that in your
deliberations you will be liberal,
but not extravagant, and that
you will reduce expenses, and
not make any extravagant ap-
preparations for any purpose, stop
the useless expenditure of money
by officials, stop the creation of
and abolish useless Offices, and
all other methods of careless, ex-
travagant and useless eXpendi-
ture of money, and that you will
not create an increase in the tax
levy, but that you will reduce
both the State and the county
levies, as all our taxes are too
high, and our people are now
burdened with taxation. They
are groaning under their load
and begging relief, and to you
and you alone must they look for
it, for you and you alone can
give it, and if you do not give it
the responsibility will rest upon
you"
Fort Mill times. [volume] (Fort Mill, S.C.) 1892-current, 1911-01-19
Extension to Arcade Mills.

Progress is being made by the
Gallivan company, of Greenville,
with its contract for the erection
of the addition to the Arcade
cotton mills in Rock Hill. The
contract calls for 50-foot exten-
sion to the Arcade's present
building, so that 6,272 spindles
and accompanying machinery can
be added to the plant. There
will be 200 automatic looms in
cluded in the new equipment.
Fort Mill times. [volume] (Fort Mill, S.C.) 1892-current, 1911-01-19
Militia Inspections.

General orders covering the
dates of the inspection of the
companies of the National Guard
of South Carolina have been is
sued by w. w. Moore, adjntant
general. The York county ON
panies. all in the First regiment,
are to be inspected on the follow
ing dates: Company K, Fort Mill,
April Z; Company III, Rock Hill,
April 10; headquarters Of First
infantry and Company l., York
vile, April 13.
Fort Mill times. [volume] (Fort Mill, S.C.) 1892-current, 1911-01-19
Mayor Roddey Reelected.

The municipal election passed
off quietly in Rock Hill Thursday.
Mayor John T. Roddey was re-
elected without opposition. as
we're Alderman J. n. Miller in
tie Fourth ward and Alderman
=. w. Hall IN the First. There
waz 0iIly one contest, that for
3seernSap a. large. The incrm-
fs$ts{ J y, Pasker, MAS unused
~ W w, Moore, y neil kriDwa
t ,;paes Parker 6SfezGk1l
szfR ilg = y94S 0f ~ ~ az
Fort Mill times. [volume] (Fort Mill, S.C.) 1892-current, 1911-01-19
COMMITTEE RECOMMENDS AID
FOR YORK COUNTY'S INDIANS

Monday Gov. Ansel sent to both
houses of the General Assembly
a special message submitting the
repo, of the commission to look
into the condition of the Catawba
Indians. The members of this
commission are w. w. Lewis.
c. w. F. Spencer and F. C.
Whitner. They report that the
Indians have $50 acres of very
poor land. There are 1I3 Indians
and 81 families. The govern
ment is vested in chief, as
sistant chief and secretary and
two other members of the COM
mittee. Their school runs seven
months in the year and 10 of the
children have attended Carlisle
school and one of them is
trained nurse in Philadelphia.
Two-thirds of the Indians can
read and the commission recon-
mends an increase of 500 a year
in the appropriation for the
school.
The Indians are now receiving
d pension of $3, 500 a year. In
lieu thereof this commission sug-
gests one permanent improve
ment through the following in
VeStmentS:
l 800 acres of land ------ $34, coo
40 mules ---------- 5000
40 sets of wagons and utensils 1,40O
New houses, etc c 10000
Provisions, one year - 5000
Stock feed for one year ~ 5000
Total ------ $50, 900
This would provide for each of
the Indians about 20 acres of
land. The commission also rec
ommends that a competent man
be employed as superintendent at
salary of 81, 600 and a house.
Fort Mill times. [volume] (Fort Mill, S.C.) 1892-current, 1911-01-19
Fairfield Soil Survey.

Through the influence of Con-
gresham d. E. Finley, of the
Fifth district, w. f. Carr, of
New York, and F. S. Welsh, of
Pennsylvania, are in Fairfield
county for the purpose of making
a survey of the soil, a report of
which is to be published by the
Federal government.
Fort Mill times. [volume] (Fort Mill, S.C.) 1892-current, 1911-01-19
HOW IS YOUR WARDROBE?

is it sufficiently filled with garments
necessary to make you comfortable dur
ing the next three months of winter
weather? If not, we can supply YOU
with just what you need.
1t may be Suit, an Overcoat or an
extra pair of Trousers. We have
large stock to select from and we have
cast aside all thought of profit---what
we want now is to make clean sweep
of everything and get ready for spring
goods.
If you think very much of your hard
earned cash, you should not part com
pany with it till you get our prices on
Clothing, Shoes, Dry Goods and No
tions. When you spend dollar with
us you have made good investment.
Make our store headquarters; YOU are
always welcome.
Mills & Young Co.
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1911-07-29
MORE EXCELLENT
REPORTS FROM
WESTERN CANADA
Grains Are Heading Out
Rapidly and Harvest Is
Now Approaching With
a Great Demand for
Harvest Help.

Last week it was pointed out in
these columns that there would be a
yield OF about 20O, 600, 900 bushels OF
wheat throughout Western Canada, an
increase of about 100, OO0, 900 over the
previous year, and that the demand
for firm help was very great. Con-
frmation of this news is TO hand and
the cry still is for more help. The
Canadian authorities are hopeful that
the friends of the 400, 900 or 500, 900
Americans who have gone to Canada
during the last few years will come te
the help Of these people and induce
as many able-bodied men as they pos
sibly can to take advantage of the
low rate which is being offered from
all points on the Canadian Boundary,
and particulars Of which can be had
from any of the following Agents OF
the Canadian Government: NJ. V. Nc
Innes, 176 Jefferson Avenue, Detroit,
Mich; c. A Laurier, Marquette.
Mich; J. S. Crawford, Syracuse, n.
Y; Thos- Hetherington, Room 202, 70
fremont Street, Boston, Mass; H. NJ.
Williams, Alb Gardner Bldg, Toledo,
Ohio; Geo. Aird, PIG Traction-Termin-
al Bldg, indianapolis, Indiana; c. J.
Broughton, Room 412, NJ. L. & T. Bldg.
Chicago, Ill; Geo. A Hall, End Floor.
125 Second Street, Milwaukee, Wis;
z. T. Holmes, 315 Jackson Street, St.
Paul, Mimi; Chas. Pilling, Clifford
Block, Grand Forks, n. D.; J. B. Car.
bonneau, Jr., 217 Main Street, Bidde-
ford, Me-; J. NJ. MacLachlan, Box
1877, Watertown, S. D.; W. V. Bennett,
Room 4, Bee Bldg, Omaha, Neb.;
W. H. Rogers, 125 West 9Th Street,
Kansas City, No; Benz Davies, Room
6, Dunn Block, Great Falls, Montana;
J. n. Grieve, Auditorium Building.
Spokane, Wash
Every facility will be afforded men
of the right stamp to secure advantage
of these low rates. To those who pro-
pose to go, it may be said that they
will have this splendid opportunity OF
securing first hand information as to
the excellent producing character Of
the lands in Manitoba, Saskatchewan
and Alberta. They will have the op-
portunity Of seeing some Of the great
est wheat fields in the world and prob
ably the largest yield of wheat, oats
and barley that has ever been grown
on the Continent. And all this on
land some Of which cost the settler
only the $1,000 necessary to enter for
his homestead, or, If he purchased,
in some cases, costing him from 500
TO $1,000 per acre, but which is now
worth from $500 to $1,000 per acre.
Even at these prices the land is re-
markedly cheap as will be realized
when the statement is made that from
20 TO 25 bushels per acre and over
of wheat are grown, netting the farm
er from $500 to $1,000 per acre; and
this on land that he got for nothing
or paid merely a nominal price In
fact the production shows that $500
/ to $1,000 per acre would be a nominal
price for land that would produce as
/ these lands produce.
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1911-07-29
MAKING BUTTER FROM ONE COW
NOT PROFITABLE

Unless it is for your own family
use, it does not pay to make butter
from one COW, If you can sell the
milk. Milk at city prices sells for
much more than butter will bring.
The average Kansas COW makes 12O
pounds Of butter a year. Where all
its feed must be bought, the COW
should produce 300 pounds in year
to pay for its keep at the average
price of butte-291z cents for the
year just past
It requires, on an average, two and
one-half gallons Of milk to make q
pound of butter At city prices this
milk would be worth so cents as com
pared to 29K cents for the butter.
OF course, if you have no market for
your milk. it may pay to make butter.
O. E. Reed, of the dairy department
in the Kansas State Agricultural Col
Iege, says that F9r several reasons il
is almost impossible to make good
butter from one COW. In the one
COW dairy, conditions are seldom Tighi
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1911-07-29

Gidened footing and supporting the
bin walls. These extend Is inches
above ground and the floor joists
rest directly upon them. There are
no end walls, thus leaving the space
beneath the bins entirely open. This,
with the use of concrete walls will
not allow rats to harbor here as they
will not work in daylight. 1t also
allows chickens, dogs and cats free
access tc all but inside the bins, so
that mice or vermin may be caught
by them.
The floors of the bins of one inch
shiplap flooring nailed to 2x1O jOists.
The drive floor IS Of 5-inch concrete
raised to 4-inch below the top Of the
foundation walls. This floor should
be constructed with a proper surface
to prevent slipping.
The outside walls are Of drop sid
ing, supported on 2x6 studding. The
studding are nailed direct to the floor
joists at the bottom, and end at q
2xe plate at the top. The inside par
tition walls may be constructed to