Fort Mill times. [volume] (Fort Mill, S.C.) 1892-current, 1912-10-03

would amount to less than $500.
Hopkins.-The gins in the section
are busy cutting the seed from the
fleecy staple. The bulk Of the cotton
will soon be picked. On account OF
the dry spell during August q rather
small crop will be raised.
Columbia. IL. E. Swearingen. state
superintendent of education, has been
notified of his appointments as chair
man for the collection OF fund from
the school teachers Of South Carolina
for the Woodrow Wilson campaign
fund.
Summerville.-Edward Howe For
bush, state ornithologist OF Massa'
chusetts and a leading authority
throughout the civilized world on
economic ornithology. has just come
TO South Carolina on visit TO James
Henry Rice, Jr., at Summerville.
Sumter.-The Court Of General Ses-
sions convenes in this city on October
7. with Judge T. H. Spain, Of Darling
ton. presiding. This is Judge Spain s
first visit to Sumter since his eleva'
ton to the Judges bench last Febru'
ary.
Columbia. Thomas Dawson, the IT,
year-old son of Station Dawson, well
known farmer of lower Richland coun'
". was drowned when he tried TO
swim a creek in the Congaree swamp,
12 miles below Columbia. He was
accompanied by John Dixon, farmer
who recovered the body.
CoIumbia.-Samuel Dibble, Orange
burg; J. r. Earle, Walhalla; James f.
Byrnes, Aiken; J. Lyles Glenn, Ches'
ter. and Walter H. Hunt, Newberry,
have been appointed by D. s. Hender'
son, president Of the South Carolina
Bar Association, as a committee 10
represent the association at the Amer
ican Road congress, to be held at AT
lantic City, n. J., September 80 to
October 5, when good roads laws Will
be discussed.
Florence.-A car loaded with 80
bales of cotton was burned In the
transfer yards OF the Coast Line near
the city. 1t is supposed that the cot
ton must have been set on fire by
some carelessness when it was packed
in the car. II came here in closely
locked car, no ventilators, even. The
car. when discovered, was too far
from the water system OF the yards
to be of use, so it was put where II
could do no damage to other property
Chester.-The arrest by the city
police Of II citizens of Chester includ'
ing two negroes. came like a thunder
bolt out Of clear sky, and revealed
the startling fact that for the past
two months q detective agency oi
Charlotte, has, at the instance OF May
or J. VI. Wise, had number OF men
working in Chester to detect such
violations Of law as liquor selling
gambling and the Sunday sale Of soft
drinks. Many have been caught in the
net
Columbia.-Judge G. w Gage heard
the returns OF Maj. H. w. Richardson
and DR.. F. p. w. Butler, chairman
and secretary. respectively, OF the
board of commissioners of the Con
federatc home, and Of A. W. Jones
comptroller general. in the rule tc
show cause issued against the comp
troller general as to why he should
not be permanently enjoined from
paying the salaries of Maj. Richardson
and DR.. Butler as white help" at the
Confederate home. After hearing the
returns. Judge Gage reserved his de
cision.
Sumter.-A new cotton platform Is
being built next TO the weighing plat
form TO facilitate the handling Of the
staple here, as the large platform in
use always becomes congested dur
ing the heaviest part OF the season
The new platform is to be 80 feet wide
and will extend more than 200 feet.
st. Matthews.-While attending a
cotton gin at Fort Motto. Ned Carroll
a young man OF high standing in the
community, had his arm caught in
the gin saws and torn off. Medical
aid was Immediately called and an
amputaton Of the lacerated arm was
made above the elbow,
bia.-That Detective f. S
Reed, formerly the right.hand man OF
W. ]. Burns, has been at work collect
ing evidence on the frauds alleged to
have been committed in the recent
primary election has become public.
Charleston.-Bids were opened al
the Office Of the United States engi'
ner at the custom house building for
the dredging of the Ashley river for
the accommodation Of the vessels
with cargoes for the fertilizers up
that river and the lying OF Ship
Yard creek in prov.-.Lg deep water
for the terminal property now being
developed on Charleston Neck"
Union.-In a third primary, held in
his county to elect a third member
81 the county board of commissioners
Joseph Sanders defeated ]. w. Nance
oy vote of 1,454 to S39.
le.-Information was re-
.eived in Branchville of the burning
If the planning mill and box factory OF
he Santee River Cypress Lumber
company at Ferguson on the Eastern
edge of Orangeburg county. The loss
8 estimated at more than $4,000. BY
,ard work the several hundreds of
employees OF the company saved the
,awmill and the lumber stored In the
;ilns and lumber yards.