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Fort Mill times. [volume] (Fort Mill, S.C.) 1892-current, 1921-10-20
Gold Hill Notes.

Robert Caldwell of Chester was
the guest of Pruitt Blankunship
for several days last week.
The home demonstration club
of the Gold Hill community met
at the school house Monday TO
hear discussion of the value of
fruit trees by Miss Juanita Nicely,
home demonstration agent for
York county. a delicious lunch
was served by members of the
club.
=. {. Faris has returned to his
home from recent visit to his
daughter, Mrs. Wilson. who was
critically (ill at her home in Or
.lando. Fla, few days ago.
a number of Gold Hill people
attended the play given by the
Winthrop training school in the
auditorium of the Fort Mill high
school Monday evening.
Fort Mill times. [volume] (Fort Mill, S.C.) 1892-current, 1921-10-20
Cotton Fire in Rock Hill.

Fire Monday morning in the
cotton warehouse of II. l.. John
son IN Rock Hill resulted in dam
age estimated at from $4,000 to
T25.OOG. There were about 300
h1lcs of cotton in the warehouse.
but the fire was confined to one
OF the comp. rtmen;S i'm the build
i@g. Some of the bales were al
most wholly consumed by the
fire, while many other bales were
considerably charrcd. The fire
was discovered at s: 30 o'clock
Monday morning. Damage to the
warehouse and cotton was said to
nave been covered by insurance.
Fort Mill times. [volume] (Fort Mill, S.C.) 1892-current, 1921-10-20
CHESTER OFF LIST
Fort Mill School Cancels Athletic
Events With Neighbor.

IN a letter which he is today
mailing 10 Prof. r. &. Bur : of
Ro'!; Hill. president of the Ca
tawba Athletic association. COAT
posed of high schools in the Ei;,h
congressional district. Cap.. F..
VI. Mack. superintendent of ih..
Fort Mill schools. protests strong.
~ against the conduct in r,rt
Mill last Friday af,crnoou of
members of the Chester hiuh
school team in :he football ..nu.
with the local school team and
says I'VE have decided to sever
athletic relations with the hes
ter high school,"
In his letter to Prof. H,,rts
capt. Mack Says that "mau> IA.
uieS VINO Went out expecting 10
see II clean game, such as wcr, all
the other games we have PLAYED,
were diSguSied at the conduc, OF
certain hester PLAYERS. one of
whom IN particular used very
vile language which II maj.ll,y
NY of those present could no,
htip but hear. This has wl,rn
football an ignoble name in our
town; to use II slang expression.
II has killed foo,Dall IN r;url
Mill"
After pralSing the strong. ar
gresSlve Chester team. which he
says is one of the best high school
teams he has seen lately and
that 1t outclaSScd Fort Mill
and deserved the victory over the
lrcal eleven. Capt. Mack udds:
AS TO their being unnecessarily
rough. engaging in smuggling. illr-
gal use OF hanuS. tcct. r.c.. have
hothlhS TO say. as that MaS a
matter Tor referee amt uupirr
who officiated AT the game. and
has nothing to do win our de
cislon ~ sever athletic relations
with the Chester high schoo..
Fort Mill times. [volume] (Fort Mill, S.C.) 1892-current, 1921-10-20
Much Liquor Stolen.

Liquor and wines to the value
of $3GO.00O assembled by Joseph
T. Lcitncr at his country estate
on the Virginia shore of the PO-
tomac river has disappeared. and
The three inch steel door built to
guard the treasure. now swings
aiar and useless upon rows Of
empty bins. A gang Of liquor
crackSmcn, equipped with an ace
tylene torch. melted their way
into the liquor store room and
soon had loaded the hundreds of
cases on automobile trucks and
disappeared.
Fort Mill times. [volume] (Fort Mill, S.C.) 1892-current, 1921-10-20
READY FOR SERVICE.
Battalion Headquarters Company
10 BE Mustered In.

Organization q! hr.uuuarlcr,
company, ihIrI battalion. r'irSt
regiment. =. {. y. c.. is expected
To be completed this week when
either K. W. Grant, adjulanI gr.,.
cral OF South aroma. or Mai.
T.. w. Clean visits For, Mill and
Rock Hill tO'muStcr inlo the srrv-
ice of the State n men who have
recently enlisted III the company.
~ OF whom are residents or For,
NIL and ~ III iock Hill. III"
hcadquarterS of the company viii
be IN Fort Mill. with Arthur {.
Lytlr. first llruirnan,. i'm COM
mamd.
Following the report 10 the mi
litla bureau Of the federal GOV
crnmcnt by the inspecting officer
who mS,ers the company into
the State service. Col. +. X. Day.
militia Inspector for the federal
government in South Carolina. is
expected to visit Fort Mill and
Rock Hill 10 muster the company
INTO the federal service
Yesterday Mr.. LytIe said the
company headquarters probably
would be III the building recently
occupied by The Times on Con-
ic'lcratc street.
Fort Mill times. [volume] (Fort Mill, S.C.) 1892-current, 1921-10-20
To Address Elk Service Men.

John ID. Frost OF Spartanburs,
former adJutant general of South
Carolina. has accepted ansinvita.
tiOn to address the World vcte-
rams of this section on ArmiSticr
day at the York County fair.
The American Legion posts of
Rock Hill. York. Fort Mill and
Hickory Grove have agreed to
have their members present to
participate in the exercises of the
occasion. according to the Rock
Hill Record. which adds that if
he tentative program for the
day is carried out il will be the
biggest celebr lion and demon.
strati"n that the people of York
county have taken part in since
the World war.
Fort Mill times. [volume] (Fort Mill, S.C.) 1892-current, 1921-10-20
Many Fruit Tree Orders.

The Iruit tree campaign that
was put OH several days ago by
Miss Juanita NceIy. home demon
stratiOn agent for York county,
has resulted IN large. niimbcr oi
orders beng taken Tor trees
at the various meetings held III
different sections of the county.
Al The meetings. Miss NrrlS, as
sisted by rcprcScn .aIIvc> from thr
horticulture dcpar, OF lem
son college, gave valuabic mfr
nation about The varieties OF
fruit adapted TO this section, as
we'll as the planting and care OI
trees iii general. Among the or
ders taken for trees by MISS Nee.
ly were IL number from Fort Mill
township.
Fort Mill times. [volume] (Fort Mill, S.C.) 1892-current, 1921-10-20
Threatens to Sue Town.

Two young white men from
Chester who accompanied the
Chester high school foo'Da!l team
TO Fort Mill for the game which
was played here Friday afternoou
with the local high school bo! )
forfeited cash bonds of $40 each
to the town of Fort Mill on the
charge of drunkenness and dlsor-
derby conduct. They We're arrest
ed at the football game. Saturda!
one OF the young men phoned the
mayor of Fort Mill. +. +. Ardrey,
from Chester that upon arrival at
hlS home the evening before he
was examined by three physician,
who declared him absolutely So
Der, and that if the town of Fort
Mill did not refund the $40 he had
been required TO put up Tor APP
pearance TO be tried on an "un-
reasonable and false charge he
would forthwith bring an action
for $4,000 damages againts the
town
Fort Mill times. [volume] (Fort Mill, S.C.) 1892-current, 1921-10-20
PLow UP COTTON STALKS.
Clemson Urges Prompt Destruc-
ton of Eou Weeyil Resort

AT the closing session of The
annual meeting of the extension
FORCES at tirmson college few
oays ago resolution was passed
urging The farm0's Of the State
To lose no time III blowing under
cotton stalks to destroy the chief
Information place of the boil wee
al. The resolution declared ,hat
the early fall destruction OF cot
ten stalks is the most Important
single step in rhe fight against
the weevil. The discussion brought
out The suggestion that if the cot
ton stalks cannot be plowed I'M
der they should be burned. for
these winter hotels of the weevil
must be destroyed,' but that
glowing under is just as efficient
u burning and is much more eco
nomlc as II matter of soil build
ng.
1t is claimed that if The earlier
stalks and other ALTERNATING pla-
ces are destroyed, the fewer wee
IIis will survive the winter. In
infested fields it is common to
inI weevilS at he rate of 5000
10 -o.OOO per acre at the time of
t,ist frost, and that the wc.vilS
developing late. i'll the fall are
the ones most likely to survive
The winter. as they are NOT worn
out by long flights and the rear
m9 of the young AS are the Older
weevlls. For this reason. de-
rrlopmcnt of wecvilS in late fall
must be prevented as the first
step III making the next crop"
Fort Mill times. [volume] (Fort Mill, S.C.) 1892-current, 1921-10-20
Old Water Tank Torn Down.

The old water tank of the
Southern railway which had been
IN use many years 100 yards
nOrth\of the passenger depot in
Fort Mill has been torn down.
Use of the tank was discontinued
some time ago, A railroad man
speaking Of the demolition of
the tank said that during the
third of a century it had stood
in Fort Mill, the tank had sup
plied water TO passing locomo.
tives perhaps as many as 10000
times. There are now only three
tanks from which locomotives op-
Grating between Charlotte and
Columbia may replenish their wa
ter supply, these being at Rock
Hill, Chester and Winnsboro.
Fort Mill times. [volume] (Fort Mill, S.C.) 1892-current, 1921-10-20
Request in .Franklin's Will.

In giving his daughter picture
OF the king of France, set with.
lOS diamonds. benjamin Frank
lii requested that she would
not form any of those diamonds
INTO ornaments. either for herself
or daughters, and thereby MIRO
duce or cOuntcnancc expensive
jewels III this country rran..
lin concluded his Will with Tins
clause: = would have ny body
buried l~nh as little expense VI
ceremony as may be.
Fort Mill times. [volume] (Fort Mill, S.C.) 1892-current, 1921-10-20
Likes The Times
mn En,t h,lI utn,n

'"'''V' Ipi' "lil Lliltn'
Please allow me little spac"
in The Times to say few words
LIST. ! want to commend !ou
for the many improvements III
The Times in the last few years.
1t is gratifying to note that he
paper is now all home print-tnat
al! the news is printed in he
home office. In former years We
did not especially enjoy reading
old news that was first published
elsewhere.
2nd. We are glad to have" Z IA
gus and Spinner report the
news from their respective com
munities. We only wish others
would contribute the happenings
iii their ncighbOrhoods. 1t wOlld
be worth while and would prove
decidedly interesting.
The Times is always welcome
visitor to our home and we would
feel lost without it. So let's help
the publisher make The Times
the best weekly in the State.
w. G. McGinn.
Fort Mill, Oct. 19.
Fort Mill times. [volume] (Fort Mill, S.C.) 1892-current, 1921-10-20
GRADED SCHOOL NOTES
Pupils Hear Talks on Selection
and Care of Fruit Trees.


Mr.. Owens of the extension de
partment OF Clemson college was
al the school here Thursday morn
ing and talked to the three high
er grades and few town folk
on the selection, planting and
care OF fruit trees. Miss .Juanita
Neely, county home demonsta-
ton agent. was present and de
livercd talk OH the use of fruits
in the diet.
A called meeting of the Pa
rent-Teacher club was held last
Thursday afternoon to decide
whether Fort Mill would have Il
booth at the York County fair.
The question was decided in the
affirmative and any one in the
community who has anything
they would like to pu, on display
III the booth should see Mrs. A.
y. Jones as soon as possible. aS
the dates for the fair are Novem-
brr .. 10 and II.
! Chester football team played
the Fort Mill high school Friady
evening AT Whiteville park. Fort
! Mill. The visitors outweighcd
the Fort Mill boys 30 pounds 10
/ ihe man. Some of Fort Mill S best
players were Knocked out durIn.
| the FIRST quarter and Chester
walked off with the game. 90 TO
U. 1t was grand game of slug
gng by the Chester men all the
way through. Referring to the
I Fort Mill team neutral specta-
tor said, and it has before been
said, that he had never seen bet
tel craftsmanship displayed than
that of the Fort Mill boys; they
played ii clean, upright game.
Alfred o. Jones. .jr.. Monday
morning assumed his duties us
teacher in the high school. He is
teaching part of the English and
history classes.
n large crowd was at the school
auditorium Monday evening TO
see Mr.. Bob, II comedy given
by pupils of the Winthrop Train
ing school. Rock Hill. There were
only seven characters in the play.
but they acted their parts we'll.
The proceeds of the play were
divided equally between the
training school and the athletic
association of the local school.
Practice by the girls in basket
ball is now going on. The season
opens November |. Representa-.
tivcS of the Catawba Athletic as
Soclation Saturday met in Rock
| Hill Ia arrange the schedule of
games.
Friday afternoon the kershaw
football team will play Fort Mill
N Fort Mill.
Fort Mill times. [volume] (Fort Mill, S.C.) 1892-current, 1921-10-20
Methodists Give for Church.

Approximately $4,000 was
subscribed Sunday by the con
grcgation of st. Johns Metho-
cast church, Rock Hill, us the nu-
e-eus of building fund to be
Used III the erection of modern
md commodiOus house of wor-
snip. The Methodist girls at Win
throp college pledged $1,000 for
the new building.
Fort Mill times. [volume] (Fort Mill, S.C.) 1892-current, 1921-10-20
HUNTING SEASON HARDLY.
Many Will Soon Answer Call OF
Field and Woods.

III SoutH NafOllla as III other
States of the union the hunting
se.son is close at hand. For Lavs
the greens of the woods have
been turning red. yellow ard
gold i'll the age old cycle of the
passing years. 1t is IA time of
falling leaves and to some il is d
time when the old hunting call
runs strong. All through tne
spring days many a man and boy
has listened hungrily to the par
fridge drumming. in the early
summer evening to the clear,
sweet call of the quail-"bob
white. bob white has floatcd.
Ont in the depths of the woods
the squirrels racous squawk;ng
has filled the air. All this sound
ing of the wood and plain has
brought TO many the thought that
soon the autumn would come AID
that with dog and gun the HAP.
py hunting days" could gain be
enjoyed.
The youthful hunter usually
gels his gun down and is off to
the woods or field for the fist
day of the season. MOI so tie
experienced hun. e.. 10 him tie
comparatively easy killings of inc
early fall hold no lure. lie pre-
tcrs to wait until later in tle
season when there is more sport
III bagglng the game.
In Canada the duck season is
n busy season for the Indian. All
summer long nature has be III
raising the little ducklings into
strong plnioned. plump breasted
birds for his delec;ation. The IN
dams around the larger lakes III
western Canada make autumn u
! special hunting time. No sport
ing thrills. however. go quivering
up their spines; theirs is no red
I blood lust call. but call of the
inner man. call of necessity
The Indians around many of
these western lakes kill and salt
down barrels and barrels of wild
duck for winter use. AS they gc,
them late in the season when the
weather is sharp. virtually 10
chance is given the flesh to de-
compose. Financed always with
the smallest of bank rolls. the red
man demands of himself that
every shot fired must tell 10 the
fullest extent. Hidden among the
reeds he waits for his prey to
light upon some favorite spot.
close by. Or again. his canoe
covered with grass and reeds ill
it might be taken for muskcat
house top or floating log, he let's
his bark drift down upon some
great and drowSy gathering Of
wildfOwl in the center of a bayou.
Closcness means everything. for
large must be the kill. At last
the proper position is reached.
His gun speaks out and death
and destruction follow the re-
port. And OH some cold night n
the winter he will feast on IA Won
derful stew of ducks breasts. he
four quarters of muskrat and
little onion. all boiled together
for few hours over slow FIRE.
Fort Mill times. [volume] (Fort Mill, S.C.) 1892-current, 1921-10-20
Fort Mill, Oct. 19.

S'vtv bales Of cotton belonging
to Lowry & Moore. York cotton
buyers, went up in smoke ir a
fire on the public weigher's plat
form in York Sunday morning at
2 O'Clock. The loss was upwards
of $1,000. The origin of the fire
has not been determined.
Fort Mill times. [volume] (Fort Mill, S.C.) 1892-current, 1921-10-20
BORN IN MEcKLENBURG.
Charlotte Paper Slips in Giving
Birthplace Of President Polk

One of the Charlotte papers
day or two ago printed in it's news
columns the statement that Jas.
X. Polk, 11th president of the
United States, who was in Office
from 1845-49, was born in west
ern North Carolina yesterday
said Fort Mill citizen to The
Times. f"The statement was of
course incorrect, as all familiar
with our country's history know
but the surprising thing was that
newspaper published in the
very county in which Polk was
born should allow such IL mis-
statement Of fact to creep into
its columns. Polk was native
OF Plneville township, Mecklen-
burg county. The house in which
he was born stood one mile south
OF Pmeville, near the road lead
ing to the South Carolina line. IA
few miles away. The house long
since disappeared, but, the site it
occupied was marked 20-odd years
ago by the Mecklenburg county
Daughters Of the American Rev
oiution by Il monument. This
monument is in plain view from
the public road, but i dare say
that many who see it do not know
that 1t marks the birthplace of
president of the United States.
The monument, built in pyramid
shape, is about Ii feet high and
is OF granite blocks. 1t is of sub
stantial construction and is apt
to stand. for many generations.
AS boy Polk moved with his
father from Mecklenburg county
across the Blue Ridge mountains
INTO Tennessee, where he became
leading citizen. He was elected
governor of that State and step
ped from that Office into the pres
ldency. He was close personal
friend of Andrew Jackson, one
OF his predecessors IN the White
House, who also was elected from
: Tennessee, but who likewise was
born in this section. just across
the line in South Carolina. not
more than %. miles from the
birthplace of Polk.
1t is singular thing that of
the three presidents Tennessee
furnished the country, not one of
them was native of that State.
Andrew Johnson. the third Ten
! nessee citizen to fill the presiden-
cy, succeeding TO the office from
the vice presidency upon the
death of Lincoln, began his mum
dane existence in Raleigh, n. G.
Polk never distinguished him
self as president and held the
office for only one term, but An-
drew jackson was a real prrsi-
dent and Johnson was among the
strongest men who ever held the
Office, in my opinion. Both he
and jackson began life handi-
capped by extreme poverty. and
1t has been said of johnson that
mp to the time he was married he
did not even know how to read
that after he had finished his
days work at his tailor shop his
wife taught him his letters. The
story may or may not be true,
but one thing is true-his state
papers are among the strongest
of any of the presidents.
Fort Mill times. [volume] (Fort Mill, S.C.) 1892-current, 1921-10-20

Announcement was made in the
Columbia papers few days ago
of the engagement of Miss Bess
Spratt and DIR. r. ID. Durham of
Columbia, who are to be married
liz November. Miss Spratt is u
daughter of Mrs. Jennie Spratt
and was reared in Fort Mill. She
has been making her home in Co
mmbia for several years, but the
announcment of her engagement
y nevertheless a matter Of much
inteuaset to her friends in this
community.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1921-01-25
GAINED 50 POUNDS
N 1 FEW WEEKS
Cough was getting the best Of
him but he got rid Of il
quickly.

Z had . chronic cough for q long
time, IN fact il was getting he bet Of
me. l could not find anything that
would do me any kood. A friend rec
commanded Nilks Emulation. The third
bottle cured the cough completely,
made me healthy and well and l feel
like q new man. Before taking your
Emulsion l was down to Us pounds
and now I weigh 1856 pounds. 1t
don't seem possible that 8 bottles Of
medicine would cause q man to gain GO
pounds but it il q fsct."-Wm. Giltoa,
RID. No. 4, Chuckey, Tenn. Z
MIR. Clifton was fortunate In COM
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Milks Emulsion is 4 pleasant. nutri-
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Chronic stomach trouble and constipa-
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No matter how severe your case, you
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Milks Emulsion Co., Terre Haute, Ind
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The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1921-01-25
Don't Be Bald

Thin-haired readers Of this pa
per should begin using Partisan
Sage at once and escape being hair
less. Schlesel's Drug Stores sell 1t
with guarantee to stop falling hair
and itching scalp. and Danish all
dandru6, or money refunded
(Adv.).
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1921-01-25
SHERRARD
Especial Correspondence. }

especial CoTTe6pond0uce.
Mrs. E. H. Yoder entertained the
members Of the home bureau at her
home Wednesday afternoon. This
II the first meeting since the resig-
nation Of Miss Gilders!eeve, the
county advisor, which took place
In November. Thu afternoon was
spent in q social way and the host
ess served q dainty lunch. Mrs.
Arthur Adanak will entertain in
February.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1921-01-25
STORM LEVELS WIRES.

Omaha, Neb., Jan. 25.-Telephone
and telegraph facilities we're
crippled in Nebraska today by snow
and sIeet. AT the Northwestern Bell
Telephone company's office it was
estimated that 1000 of the COM
pany's telephone poles had been
levelled by the weight Of sleet on
the wires.
The storm apparently was work
ing its way eastward, it was stated
at local weather bureau.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1921-01-25

trouble and in
dammation SO
that Twas notable
10. Do my house
work. Iconsulted
several doctors
hut none seemed
TO give mo relief.
] read IN . paper
about Lydia E
Pinkham's Vege-
table. COMPOUND,
20 ! decided to try
H and helnce da0
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1921-01-25
.uFFEREDSEvEn
LONG YEARS
Finally Rel;syed b taking
Lydia E. Pimkharn's
Vegetable Cosnpound

Ravenswood, ". va.-'Toe sevea
long years / suffered from . female
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1921-01-25

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