Fort Mill times. [volume] (Fort Mill, S.C.) 1892-current, 1912-09-19
FROM THE PALMETTO STATE
Short Paragraphs Of State News That
Have Been Gotten Together With
Care by the Editor.

Maj. G. P. Howell at Charleston.
Spartanburg.-Spa is going
to vote on the question of adopt
ing the commission form Of govern
ment. Petitions asking the mayor to
call an election have been in circu-
lation and are largely signed.
Spartanburg- j. Nichols, who
was appointed member Of the board
OF regents CT the State Hospital for
the Insane by Gov Blease, has declin-
ed to accept the appointment. Mr..
Nichols was appointed to succeed j.
Wright Nash of this city, who resign
ed. Mr.. Nichols says his duties here
will not allo whim to give the time
necessary to the work required Of
members Of the board.
Hampton.-Incessan rains for the
past several days have damaged the
cotton crop Of this county to very
great extent, just how much cannot
be estimated. The crop was from 10 to
25 per cent. short of last years crop
any way, and now farmers are very
respondent over the outlook. 1t Is es-
timated, by some who ought to know,
that not more than 65 per cent. can
be hoped for, II no further damage is
done by rain.
Sumter. Ulcy Croots, a young
brick mason from Lexington, N. c.,
was seriously injured here when he
fell from a shed adjoining the room
in which he was staying, on partly
open gate below. The body was torn
open for several inches near the groin,
and great many stitches were need
ed to sew up the wound. The young
man was reported late as getting on
nicely, with the probability Of recov-
cry in several weeks.
Columbia-Young men in business
in Columbia will take advantage OF
the law course in the University of
South Carolina the coming session.
These young men while continuing in
their offices, stores and banks, have
arranged to take two law lectures in
a day at the university. In this way
they can complete the coure in about
two years, the university's graduates
in law are admitted to the state bar
without examination.
Heath Springs-The fifth annual
meeting of the Womans Missionary
Union, Auxiliary to the Moriah asso-
citation, was held with the Woman's
Missionary union of the Heath
Spring Baptist church. A number of
the societies composing the union
were represented by delegates. The
union succeeded in raising more than
its spportionment of s466. Mrs. r. E.
Small was reelected superintendent
and Mrs. Eugene Funderburk secre-
tary.
Spartanburg-J. H. Stone, a mer.
chant at the Spartanburg Junction,
was arrested recently on the charge OF
assault and battery with intent to kill.
The charge against Stone follows the
shooting of Wallace Whitlock, mer.
chant and beer agent at that place re.
Gently. Whitlock was shot from am.
bush and returned the fire. Stone ap.
peared with an eye bandaged and is
said TO have claimed he was shot by
an unknown person.
Sumter.-The official figures of the
race between II. L. Scarborough and
l.. !. Parrott, the present CLERK OF
court, for that position, gives Scarbor.
ough 1,033, Parrott 96S, giving Mr..
Scarborough majority of Go votes
Nine and half years ago at a bi-
election caused by the death Of the
clerk Of court, Shepherd Nash the
same gentlemen contested and Mr..
Parrott won then by majority of Al
votes.
Sumter.-The new city council has
taken notice OF the increasing traffic
on the streets and the necessity fol
more far reaching laws and regula.
tions to govern il. 1t has just passed
an ordinance that is very thorough and
covers nearly every traffic condition
The ordnance not only regulates the
movement of the automobiles but OF
all animal drawn vehicles and any
man propelled or motor propelled We.
hicle. In the man the ordnance de.
fines on which sides of the streets
vehicles must move and conditions
to be observed by persons leaving
vehicles on the street.
Bamberg rg-lnvestigation of the cor
oner here, of the killing of w. Paul
Riley, cashier Of the Peoples Bank OF
Bamberg, was featured by the testi-
mony OF G. Moy Dickinson, manager
Of the local Southern Cotton Com.
pany, who has admitted the shooting
IF the bank officer.
Johnson.-One of the new enter.
2rises recently opened up here is the
cotton gin installed by John P. Hoyt
and Alonzo Horn 1t is run by elec-
.ricity and will be a great innovation
TO the farmers. in as much as the
number of bales ginned per day will
be greater than the steam gin.
Winnsboro.-The county fair asso-
citation will hold a fair here on Octo.
Der l and 2 Arrangements are being
made for fair with many attractions.
Horse races and good music will
imuse the crowds. which are expected
rom the town and county
mbia-Governor Blease ap-
pointed c. r. Bramlett county COM
missioner for the lower section of
Ireenville county vice John NJ Aus
in resigned The Governor has COM
nissioned Halcott P. Green OF Co.
umbia as special judge for the next
erm of the court OF general sessions
or Darlington county.
Winsboro.-Cotton is now being
brought into market every day. Mr..