Fort Mill times. [volume] (Fort Mill, S.C.) 1892-current, 1913-10-09
Matters of Local Interest.

faying-up Time.
The Times this week drops thirty
names from its lists for non-payment of
subscription. Have you paid yours
yet?
Good Trade Ahead.
The outlook is exceedingly BRIGHT
for good fall and the merchant. re-
port an excellent trade. Cotton is
bringing a good price and plenty of it
Is being sold and on all sides can be
heard expressions of satisfaction at
the prospects of prosperous season.
Popular Visitor to We'd
The many Fort Mill friends of Miss
Corrie Miller of Kissimmee, Fla, will
be interested to learn that the Young
lady is to be married Sunday, October
20, to Mr.. s. H. Jones, a prominent
business man of Lake City, Fla Miss
Miller was visitor to Miss Isabel
Massey in this city recently and is well
known here. After their marriage the
couple will reside in Lake City
Orphan Work Day.
The board of trustees of Thornwell
orphanage, located at Clinton, has
asked the Presbyterians of the State
to observe next Saturday, October II.
as work day for the orphans. The
idea is that everyone give that dav's
income to the orphans and that the
amounts be forwarded at once to the
president of the orphanage, Rev. w. ?.
Jacobs. at Clinton.
Will Hold Mill Fair.
Preparations for the Arcade-Victoria
mill fair, Rock Hill, have been COM
pleted and the people of the two mills
are looking forward to the event with
a great deal of interest. The men and
boys are especially interested i'm the
athletic contests to be pulled off. in
which penant is to be awarded to the
team from the mill winning the most
points in the contest.
Winihrop's Big Enrolment.
Eight hundred and three Young
women are III attendance at Winthrop
college now, and others are vet to
come. A much larger number has
been enrolled this year in the training
school, the farm school and the kinder
garten. The open air school under the
supervision of Miss Sara Withers
principal of the training school. is now
in operation fer the winter, and is lull
of little folks.
Teachers Stand Examinations.
Twenty-one young ladies of York
county Friday underwent the teachers
examination before the county board of
education in Yorlivile. Besides these
there were thirty negroes who applied
for examination certificates. Some OF
MI. IL
taught before and stood the examina-
ton IN order to have their certificates
renewed, while others who had never
taught applied for certificates that they
might be eligible to teach in case a
vacancy should arise in the schools OF
this or other counties.
To Build New Mill.
The Republic cotton mills at Great
Fails, Chester county, will erect a
second mill at that place at an early
date. 1t will contain 25, 900 spindles
; and 500 looms. Electric power will be
used from the power plant located at
Great Falls on Catawba river. The
erection OF the houses will begin i'm a
few weeks, while the work on the
mill Will begin on the first day of
January. The new mill will be exactly
like the present mill and under the
same management. The present mill
is one OF the most modern in the South
: Each house in the village has electric
lights, water and sewerage.
Noted Cocaine Dealer Captured.
What was considered by the local
authorities as the most important cap
ture OF the year was that of Saturday
night when Constable Frank Windle
arrested Will Roddey on the Springs
'quarter,' north OF town Koddey is
an old offender, having several times
during the last few years paid fines in
the town court Tor deaiing in the
''sntf goods. Some months ago the
negro pad town fine for selling
cocaine and a State warrant was
issued for him by Magistrate r. p.
Harris, but Roddey left for other
parts before the paper was served.
Ihis charge was lodged against him
and upon this warrant he Was arrested
saturday night. But the old charge is
not all to which Roddey will have to
answer. On searching the negro
Saturday night quantity of cocaine
estimated to have had a retail value of
about sou was found on his person.
The possession of cocaine is, under the
law, uOna tide evidence of selling the
drug aLd kodoey will therefore have
Two cases against him when he faces
the court at the Approaching term
unless ne elects to Ior1eIt the S4uU
: cash bona rather than appear.
The Charlotte [ hrOn,clp SAYS iu ron,