Fort Mill times. [volume] (Fort Mill, S.C.) 1892-current, 1912-03-07
FROM THE PALMETTO STATE
The latest General News That Has
Been Gotten Together For the
People of the State.

quarterly meetluS VI the JSoi w"
the Chaplin local union on the second
Saturday in March. This is expect
ed to be one of the most important
sessions of the county union in a long
while.
Lexington.-Pomp Mickens, ne
gro. is in Jail here with the serious
charge of assault resting against him
having been arrested near Brook
land by Sheriff Sim ]. Miller The
victim is a 14-year-old negro girl,
near relative OF the accused.
Observation-Disclosures seems still
to have evaded the closest researches
of the medical world. One of the lat
est investigations on the subject has
been carried on extensively by n. II.
Grimm, assistant surgeon of the pub
lie health and marine hospital service.
Charleston.-At a meeting OF the
board of health the recommendations
for further Improvements OF the dal'
ries and milk establishments were
considered and finally determined up
on for presentation to city council. IL
is understood that the recommenda-
tions provide finally for the removal
of all dairies out Of the city.
Greenville. county will
this summer elect six representatives
to the legislature and one senator
the new apportionment giving this
county an additional representative.
Senator Mauldn will not stand for re-
election and none of the present rep
resentatitves have yet declared for
reelection.
Aiken.-Gen. B. Hammet league,
commander of the South Carolina di
vision. U. c. v, has appointed as
sponsor for the veterans OF the state
TO attend the Macon reunion. Miss FL
berta Bland OF Aiken, whose maids
of honor will be Misses Ella Croft
and Mary Allan Laird. and the ma
tron of honor, Mrs. A. P. Easterling.
all OF Aiken.
Orangeburg Col. w. G. Smith,
chairman of the special street paw
ing committee of the Orangeburg city
council Fingal c. Black, city engi-
neer, and C. Berghaus and J. {. Fair
ey. the successful bidders for the paw
ing contract, went TO Augusta, Ga.
for the purpose OF confering with the
manufactures OF vitrified brick that
is to be used in the paving here.
Anderson to President
Clint Summers of the county farmers
Union. there is now only about l5,OOs
bales of cotton unsold in Anderson
county. 1t is estimated that the cot
ton crop in this county this year was
between $4,000 and $4,000 bales. Pres
ident Summers said that his informa
ton is that all except 20 to y per
cent of the crop has been marketed
Lancaster-A northbound heavily
loaded Southern freight train was
wrecked just outside the city limits
! The cause of the wreck is not known
hut il is thought that spreading rails
lid the damage. Three cars, Goa
car. a regular freight car and he car
suddenly jumped the track. Though
no casualties, there were several mar
row escapes.
Columbia.-Another one Of the ole
Confederates has passed over the
river. ]. W. Biggs died at the Olc
Soldiers Home, after a long illness
He entered the service OF the Confed
crate state in 1861, and served faith
fully during the entire War Betweel
the Sections. He was bugler for
Gen. ]. E. B. Stuart until he was
killed. and after that he acted as
bugler for Gen. Wade Hampton.
Iaurens.-Thaddeu Cooper aged
%. guard with one OF the county
chain gang sections. was accidentally
shot near Friendship church in
Youngs township, death ensuing three
hours later. At the time OF the accl
dent he was trying to run a rabDi'
out of a brush heap in gully wher
his pistol fell to the ground, causing
the discharge of one chamber, the
ball entering his head.
CoIumbia.-A branch OF the Boy
Scouts OF America has been estaD
lished in Columbia. Four patrols
have been organized and leaders elec
ted Robert Waring will be assistant
scout leader and the cfptains OF the
: various patrols will be as follows
Patrol one, J. O. Marshall; patro
two. Robert Walker; patrol three
/ Clark Waring; patrol four, Harry
Walker. Activity has already begun
Columbia. THE county demonstra
tion agents OF the United States farm
demonstration work will soon be call
ed TO meet at Clemson College tC
/ discuss the work in South Carolina
1t is expected that the state agen
for the work will soon be appointed
BY Bradford Knapp Of Washington
Orangeburg. rg.-The negrofarmers o
Orangeburg and Calhoun counties
met in their first annual conference
at the chapel of the state negro col
lege. They had been invited by the
president of the college, who is als'
president of the negro farmers insti
tute
Laurens s.-John Hudgens was lodg
ed in Jail charged with the murder
of another negro George Martin, II
the Chestnut Ridge section. The Kill
ing occurred at the home OF Hudg
ems and the accused claims that h'
shot Martin thinking he was a burg
lar
Aiken.-The postofiice at Cowden
this county. will be discontinued Of
March 10. and the patrons OF tia
postofice will thereafter be served
either by rural delivery or Will re
ceiye their mail at the Aiken postoi
fee. as they elect This pos;oflice !!
between Aiken ana Merritts Ridge.
EstiU Frank Peoples. a negro