Fort Mill times. [volume] (Fort Mill, S.C.) 1892-current, 1913-12-24

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ditch one-half mile from Dillon.
The Charles M. Belts Lumber
company, of Philadelphia, a big
concern, has moved it's whole
sale business. which has hereto
fore been conducted at Sumter,
to Florence.
South Carolina University will
open it's baseball season of 1914
with three games in Columbia
with Lafayette College, of East
on, Pa. The opening dates are
March %. "a and 25.
A large cigar manufacturing
concern of Florida, with which
the Anderson chamber of COM
merce has been in cor1munica-
ton for some time, will move it's
plant to Anderson and begin
work the first of March, 1914.
The Baptist State Mission board
completing its business, appro-
priated for the various missions
on the basis of $45, 900. The
board is composed of Rev. z. T.
Cody, D. D., of Greenville; Rev.
Z. E. Burts, d. D., of Columbia:
Rev. w. T.. Derieux, D. D., of
Greenville.
The pound of butter made by
Mrs. M. B. Richardson, of Pen
dleton, which took the prize in
the butter contest at the Green
Vile Trades Day exercises and
which was forwarded to Presi-
dent Wilson, was received in
good shape at the White House.
According to a statement CIV
en- out Saturday by Governor
Blease, the military companies
at Bamberg and Chesterfield are
the only two that have been mus
tered out under the war depart
partment's orders, the other
companies that were reinspected
having finally come up to the re-
QuireJ standard.
An automobile manufacturing
plant, turning out 2, 900 machines
a year, will be one of Greenville's
manufacturing industries after
the first of February, according
to the plans of the Victor Motor
Gar company, which is commits
stoned with capital Of $1OO. 600
to take over and operate an au-
to plant which has been operated
In Philadelphia for some time.
j. Lyles Glenn, Jr., of Chester
was awarded the appointment
from this State to Cecil Rhodes
scholarship in Oxford university,
ms three-year course to begin
October Ia, next. Mr.. Glenn is
master of history and Greek in
the Wofford college fitting school
and is also an instructor i'm Wof-
ford college, from which he
graduated in 1912.
James L. Carbery, agent of
the United States department of
agriculture, cooperating with
Winthrop college in the matter
OF mill village improvement as
sisted by the operatives of the
Arcade, Victoria and Harris mills
OF Rock Hill, is rapidly perfect
ing a systemized organization for
the development of general good
in the industrial communities of
the State.
"A claim against the State Hos
pital commission for approx
mately $4,000 has been pre-
sented by the sinking fund COM
mission to the State claim COM
mittee. The claim will be taken
into consideration at a meeting
called for Tuesday. The money
was borrowed for the develop
ment of the property at State
Park, to which it is intended
eventually to remove the State
hospital for the insane.
A. K. Sanders, of Sumter, for
15 years chairman of the board
of directors of the State peniten-
tiary, discusses proposed changes
In the laws governing the State
penitentiary. Mr.. Sanders be-
lieves that all prisoners under
death sentence shonld be electro
cuted under the direction of the
sherlffs of the counties from