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Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1921-04-14
opening Day In Bed for Mattv

Na,SnSsInaaS Lake, y. Y. April l4.-ChrIsty
YorE N'h, s'h, t9Flner star pitcher OF the New
GAy "' ITnpire's call OF play baIi'' yestcr.
pitcher ,HSn trends famous
rtcoyor Frnn, ""h p,en mere ing TO
brought n" al attack tuberculosis,
b-onsp, On Dy HIS services in the war,
t'SMTn' 10 M.n' ne respVnss that he was confined
sbsSk ''n. but had suffered no particuIar r
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1921-04-14
Match Roy Moore and Midget Smith

| here April 20 between Roy Moore. Of st.
Paul. and Midget Smith, OF New York. have
! been received. II was announced today. by
| officials OF the Great War Veterans Asso-
! citation and Of the American Legion in Can
ada promoters Of the bout. Joe Lynch. Of
| New York worlds bantamwPight boxing
| champion, has agreed to fight the winner
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1921-04-14
Boots and Saddle

The American RemOunt Purse for
four year Olds and up to be decided to-
day is the feature of the week ut Bowie,
and is expected to draw society from
Philadelphia. Washington and Balti-
more. Commissioned officers of the
United States army and navy are alone
eligible to ride in this high weight race.
lie Gordon. 10 pounds, likely will be
favored BY the public, as he won this
man are others entitled to consdcra- =
tiOn.
Other horses on the Bowie card
ready for winning efforts are: First
race. Desperation. WiIfcX. Little AM
nee; third. INDIAN. Back Bay. Cheru
binO: fourth. Summcriicld and Knight
Entry. Mary Head. Machine Gunner
fifth. Manocvre. Eantry. Miss Fuly
, sixth. Ettahe. Anna Gallup. Medusa
seventh. Paul Connolly. Sentimental,
Sunduria.
When oil the returns arc, IN !, VII bo
entered in the four Havre lie Grace $4,000
stakes For the Chesapeake stoNes to be
Prcakness, Including ,Tryster,. Ron Homme,
orltrs arc 10 he lined up for the barrier In
the Harford Handicap SATURDAY, the opening
day.
The Veteran starter james Milton win Of
! fcta'e at the barrier at the Pimlco race
meeting,
4 New York paper states that the Jockey
Club has expended $4,000 in search fol
'evideucc' against II. G. Bcdwell. the Ross
trainer, and $4,000 in trying to dig Up
something agains, Jockey Shilling Il tho
Jockey Club would spend about two dollars
investga ting races on the New York tracks
at home.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1921-04-14
Eddie Shannon Defeats Dennis

Detroit. April l4-Eddie shannon bea,
Tony Dennis OF Milwaukee. In a ten-round
bout here For the first seven rounds the
milling was only ordinary. but tho Ia 81
three made up for them In action. In the
seminal bout Tommy O'Boyle. OF Cleveland
vas outpointed b. Joey Schwartz
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1921-04-14
ONE HOUR COSTS $1,000
Wichita Baseball Team Loses $4,000
Insurance by Slight Margin

Tnburance by STTght WaTuTH
Wichita, Kan, April 14.-Frank Is
bell manager Of the Wichita baseball
club, lost $4,000 by Il slight margin of m
hour yesterday.
Under his rain insurance policy for
the opening game Isbell was protected
up to 5000 in four hours time, between
noon and o'clock in the afternoon.
Under the terms Of the policy ten
hundredths Of an inch of rainfall had
to fall within the specified time. il
failed to do so by four hundredths o.
an inch.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1921-04-14

The inner side OF rho
fabric is Goa red with AT
least six thin layers OF
rubber, which are cured
in one solid piece
proof against fhe hard
ost rain.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1921-04-14
Six layers of
unseen rubber
light as silk

DOZENS of smart styles to choose
- from-dozens of rich woolen fabrics -
and each coat real rain-coat backed
with rubber as thin as silk!
It's this hidden rubber-built right into
the fabric, six layers of it-that makes
Raynsters so popular. You could never tell
it was there, yet it sheds the hardest rain.
Raynsters are made in many styles and
fabrics-for- men, women, and children,
They're made also with the rubber on the
outside-for fremen, policemen, farmers,
drivers, and all who work outdoors.
Ask for Raynsters at any good dealers,
or write to the Philadelphia Branch Of the
United States Rubber Company, SIS
Market Street. for address of your nearest
dealer. Look for the RdynSter label!
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1921-04-14

The college golf teams are getting Under
way. Princeton looks the best. but Har-
ward has seven campaigncrs from last year.
Columbia ~ the only team that has an
nOlRcrd i's dates. The Blue and White
vii play Penn on May 20 at Scarsdale.
Fort Mill times. [volume] (Fort Mill, S.C.) 1892-current, 1921-06-23
Value of the Dollar.

Tn 1914 the American, dollar
was warth 100 cents. In 1917 its
purchasing power was about As
cents. Today it is worth about
10 cents when one buys suit OF
clothes and 80 cents at the gro
eerv store. It's purchasing power
is 80 cents at the butcher shop
and in the purchase of all other
commodities il has increased al
most 40 cents in value. 1t is still
a deprecated dollar. in paying
rent and fuel bills. The man who
saved a dollar in war times actu-
ally saved SO, for today it has a
purchasing value almost double
that of war times. r'E F.. n.
Fort Mill times. [volume] (Fort Mill, S.C.) 1892-current, 1921-06-23
Want Harding in Charlotte.

Efforts are being made by rit-
liens of Charlotte to have Prcsi,
dent Harding visit that city ON
the occasion Of the celebration on
May 20 next year of the signing
OF the Mecklenburg declaration
of independence.
I. l.. Kirkpatrick, president Of
the Charlotte chamber Of com
mcrce, has received u letter from
Senator Overman, who extended
the invitation to the president, in
which Mr.. Harding is quoted as
saying that the date is too far la
the future for him to make even
a tentative promise that he will
accept, but che suggests that |
ask you to bring the matter Tap
again month or so before the
date fixed and that he wilt then
be in better position to give rs a
definite answer"
Fort Mill times. [volume] (Fort Mill, S.C.) 1892-current, 1921-06-23
Army Needing Officers.

A war department circular just
received at Camp Jackson. CO.
lumbia, announces tn&r a special
examination will be held for sec
ond leutenants of the reu,:'a"
army, and the commanding gem
eral of Camp Jackson has been in
struoted to convene a board of
officers for preliminary examina-
tions at the camp without refer
ring applications to higher head
quarters. The final examinations
will be on August %, but the pre-
llmlnaries may be completed at
any time prior to that time when
an applicant presents himself.
Officers are needed in practi-
c"lly every branch af the service,
but principally in the infantry,
field artillery, coast artillery,
quartermaster corps and several
Olher branches.
Fort Mill times. [volume] (Fort Mill, S.C.) 1892-current, 1921-06-23
Revolver Invented, by Youth.

In the brain of Ia year old
Samuel Colt was born the revol-
yer, that, until the invention of
the automatic pistol, was the
most deadly small arm known to
man. Colt ran away from home
and shipped on BOARD a mer-
chant vessel bound for the East
Indies. He had a good deal of
idle time on his hands once. the
ship was well at sea, and long
period of calm weather followed
its movements.
He began to seek an outlet for
his active imagination and me-
chanical urge and attempted va
rious things to aid sailing, but
without any great success. He
then took to planning a pistol that
would shoot several times by be-
ing loaded only once. He had
only bits of wood and a jack
knife to work with, but before
the voyage was over he had cut
out a model for revolver very
similar to the pattern still in use.
Once at home he again went
TO work in his fathers factory,
but the revolver idea was still in
his head, and he worked at it
from time to time until he was
II. At this point his experiments
had so far advanced that he ask
ed for and obtained patents in
America and European countries.
a stock company was then organ
ized and the revolved put on the
market.
Fort Mill times. [volume] (Fort Mill, S.C.) 1892-current, 1921-06-23
Rain Sunday Night.

Rain which had been threat
ening for several days finally
came to the Fort Mill commun-
ity Sunday evening to relieve the
suffering vegetation and break
the drought which had existed
for five weeks. Cotton had not
begun to deteriorate for lack of
rain, but early paintings of corn
and vegetable gardens were show
ing the effects of the hot, dry
days of the last few weeks and
most of the pasture grasses had
dried up. Living conditions for
those whose homes are near the
streets Of the town and the pub
lie roads of the country were also
greatly improved by the rain,
which settled the dust for few
duys.
Fort Mill times. [volume] (Fort Mill, S.C.) 1892-current, 1921-06-23
KILLED By NEGRO.
Former Fort Mill Citizen Muir.
dered at Home in Texas

Sam w. Richardson. farmer
DO years old, who moved from
Fort Mill township to Caldwell,
Brazos county, Texas, 81 years
ago, was murdered at his home
on Tuesday night, June Id, bv a
negro burglar, who also struck
and seriously injured his daugh-
ter, Miss Ella Richardson. Such
was the word received a few DAYS
ago by Mrs. Ira G. Smythe of
Fort Mill, sister of Mr.. Richard
son, from j. b. Richardson, an
other brother of Mrs. Smythe'
who lives near Caldwell.
MIR. Richardson and his daurh-
ter had retired for the night. AT
III O'Clock they were awakened
by the negro, who had entered the
home to burglarize iG The negro
attacked Mr.. Richardson with
a club or other blunt instrument,
telling him to the floor and in
tllcting such injuries that he died
almost instantly. Then he turned
upon Miss Richardson, who had
attempted to defend her father.
Her skull was fractured. but it
was thought when the letter was
written to Mrs. Smythe that she
would recover.
The negro was captured last
Wednesday morning by neigh
bors of Mr.. Richardson and it
was thought he would be lynched
but no word of what happened to
him has been received in Fort
Mill.
Mr.. Richardson was prosper
GUS farmer who had accumulated
considerable property since he
moved from Fort Mil to Texas.
Ilis wife, who was a Miss Lanev.
died several years ago. Of his
Immediately family he is surviv-
ed by one daughter and two sons.
Fort Mill times. [volume] (Fort Mill, S.C.) 1892-current, 1921-06-23
NEWS OF YORK COUNTY.
Current Items of Interest Pound
in the Yorkville Enquirer.

IN the x0cky1lIe Enquirer,
Every merchant in this town
insists that notwithstanding the
injustice of it, they are selling
goods at far below replacement
value, regardless Of original cost.
II followed the market said a
well-known and successful mer-
chant to the reporter Saturday,
"and | donot speculate. If whole
sale prices go down, my prices
go down. / cannot afford to have
reputable merchant to under
sell me at a profit for himself
and | do not do it,
Charlie Starnes dead and. Sam
Anderson so badly wounded there
was no reasonable certainty he
would recover are the net results
Of a pistol fight just across Fish
ing creek, two miles east of York
vile, Monday night. Mooney
Lowry, negro woman to whom
both were paying attention, was
the cause of the trouble. Coroner
McCorkle went to the scene Tues
day morning accompanied by
Sheriff Quinn, Magistrate Black
and Policeman McCarter.
Although the Yorkville Enqui-
'rer has no reliable statistics as
to the cotton acreage in York
county this year as compared
with last year, it is certain Of the
fact that this acreage is very
much reduced. There has been a
reduction in the acreage put to
crops of all kinds. In other words
there is not as much land under
cultivation this year as there was
last year; but there is probably
more corn in proportion to cotton
than there has even been in the
history of the county a
The Planters Bank of Sharon
gets the $4,000 worth of Broad
River township bonds let at COM
petitive bidding at the office of
John r. Hart, Esq, in Yorkville
at noon Tuesday. That was the
understanding at the hour at
which it was necessary to close
the forms of the Yorkville En-
quirer. The offer of the Plant
ers' bank was to take the bonds
at par, with the understanding
that the proceeds are to remain
on deposit with the bank during
the process of disbursement and
that the sinking fund is to remain
with the bank without interest.
The sinking fund is to be secured
by satisfactory bond. The bonds.
which bear ony 5 per cent inter
est. are worth only IS on the open
market, This sale will permit the
expenditure of the full $4,000
on the roads of Broad River
township.
Fort Mill times. [volume] (Fort Mill, S.C.) 1892-current, 1921-06-23
Program for Baptist Church.

The following special program
has been prepared for the observ-
aimee of Christian Education
day at the Fort Mill Baptist
church by the Sunday school at
10 a. ny, Sunday, June 26:
Song, " Higher Ground" by the
Sunday school.
Song, "All the Way My Savior
Leads Me, school; classes as
semble.
Class period; reassemble.
Report of secretary,
Song, He Leadeth Me-" No.
l64, school. z.... ....
Prayer for Gods blessing on
the program. '.
Discussion of christian Ed.
ucation," DIR. j. w. H. Dyches,
What is TodayH" 12 primary
children.
THE Chickens" Maria Culp.
(Tells how to get an education. }
"The Boy and the Swan"
Owen Patterson. > -.
Duet, my Father Planned it
AL"
This is Your Honor" Lula
Parks. .a h
Song, Jesus Expects You, "
No 23l, by the Sunday school.
Services at IL O'Clock.
Fort Mill times. [volume] (Fort Mill, S.C.) 1892-current, 1921-06-23
City Water Pure.

Samples Of Fort Mill city water
sent to a Columbia chemist for
analysis on June Is by DIR. j. B.
Elliott, chairman Of the local
board of health, yesterday were
reported by the chemist to be
free of bacteria Of any kind,
which means. that the water is
pure and that it may be used for
domestic purposes without fear
Of harmful effects.
Fort Mill times. [volume] (Fort Mill, S.C.) 1892-current, 1921-06-23
J. H. coLrHARp DEAD.
Esteemed Fort Mill Township
Citizen Passes to Reward.

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Josiah Hartwell Coltharp, per-
haps the oldest citizen of Fort
Mill township, man well known
and highly esteemed throughout
the community, a successful farm
er and a veteran of. the War Be-
tween the States, died at his home
a few miles north of Fort Mill
Friday. The burial was in Flint
Hill cemetery Saturday morning,
following services at Philadelphia
Methodist church conducted by
his pastor, the Rev. w. r. Bauk-
night, assisted by the Rev. j. r.
Smith, pastor of Flint Hill Bap-
tist church, and the Rev. Grover
c. Epps. ..s
Mr.. Coltharp was born s7 years
ago on farm on the banks of
Sugar creek in the section of Fort
Mill township then known as
Little York" and spent all Of
his long life in this community.
He volunteered for service in the
Confederate army shortly after
the beginning of hostilities in
1861 and was assigned to Com
pany B, 9th South Carolina reg
iment, of which company the late
Col. John M. White was first cap
tain and to which many Fort Mill
citizens belonged. He served
from Bull Run to Appomattox as
a faithful soldier, devoted to the
principles of the Confederacy.
Mr.. Coltharp participated in
number of the major engagements
OF the war and at Malvern Hill
he was severely wounded but re-
covered and continued his service
in the army. He was a man of
splendid sense and retentive
memory. One of the delights of
many readers of The Times years
ago was the contributions he fur
nished it's columns, in which he
frequently told of incidents of the
war which came under his OBJ
@sefvatiOn. .so---- ~. r-,,.,-
Mr.. Coltharp was partially par
alvzed about 20 years ago and
with the passing of the years he
found 1t more and more difficult
to get about and for several
(, months he had been unable to
leave his home, but through all
the suffering he underwent and
with the fact well known to him
that his days. were numbered, he
was cheerful to the last and his
optimism never failed him.
Mr.. Coltharp was a master Ma
son and for al years had been a
member of Catawba lodge. No.
Sc. A. f. M. He had also been
member of the Methodist church
for many years and was a man
of great piety. IT,. e.
Mr.. Coltharp was twice mar
ried, first on December 81, 1865,
10 Mrs. Jane Faris. who died in
Z February, 1874. Three sons sur
vive this marriage, Marcellus Col
tharp, of Turnersville. Texas,
Sylvester l.. Coltharp and VIM.
Coltharp of Fort Mill township.
His second wife was Miss Betty
Harper. Of this marriage Mrs.
j. d. Gibson is the surviving
child. IL. s. SSH. .....-
Fort Mill times. [volume] (Fort Mill, S.C.) 1892-current, 1921-06-23
GIYEs VIEW OF CRIME.
Sheriff Hunter Thinks Prisoners
Too Well Treated.

John I. Hunter, for 81 years
sheriff of Lancaster county, has
given to the press his view of the
crime wave which is now sweep.
ing over South Carolina. In his
opinion the lenient treatment
accorded the inmates Of prisons in
the State is responsible for much
of the crime.
81 believe one cause of crime, 1"
said Sheriff / Hunter, els that
those who are criminally inclined
often hear of convicts being so
nicely treated, l believe all pris-
Oners and convicts should be
well fed, we'll treated and their
health well looked after; but
showing sympathetic spirit,
with no outward evidence of con-
demnation, has tendency to en-
courage rather than deter the
criminal class. When you see
person who is penitent and griev-
ed over his violation of the law
there is hope of that person s
reformation. But when you see
a fellow who has committed crime
staggering and smoking one
cigarette after another, and
seemingly unconscious of the dis
grace he has brought upon him
self and the trouble that he has
caused his family and loved ones,
you can put it down that the
criminal will never reform. On
the contrary such a fellow will
work hard to lead astray other
men of good families in order to
bring them down to his level"
Sheriff Hunter concluded by
saying that "idleness and fast
living have great deal to do
with so much violating the law"
Manp Eorf Mn
Fort Mill times. [volume] (Fort Mill, S.C.) 1892-current, 1921-06-23
ARAaoN BEsTs LOCALS.
Overtime Game With Fort Mill
Goes to Rock Hill Team.

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With both teams playing at top
speed throughout the entire Is
innings it took to decide the con-
test lovers of baseball Saturday
afternoon witnessed the best ex-
Mbition seen on the local grounds
this season when Fort Mill lost to
Afagon mills of Rock Hill, Z to 6.
AT the close of the ninth inning
each team had registered six
times and from then on neither
team ewas able to put across a
counter antil Blair for Aragon
drove out a three-bagger m the
18th and a moment later scored
on a bunt laid down by Ellison.
Each team got one in the first
Inning and there was no more
scoring until the fourth, when
Fort Mill got a running start ON
FIVE hits which netted four runs
and incidentally sent Blair from
the box to the outfield, to be sue
ceeded on the mound by Baker,
whose work proved that he is a
| pitcher of no mean ability.
In the fifth inning two singles
snd an equal number of doubles
put the visitors within hailing
distance of the locals with three
additional runs, to which another
was added in the sixth, tieing the
score.
Then in the seventh Doc Kim
brell got busy and laced out one
good for two bases, later scoring
on A. Ferguson's and Bratton s
singles. Here Fort Mill kicked
in so far as further scoring was
concerned. Not so with Ara2on.
IN the eighth Ellison got to sec.
ond on a clean drive and from
that station scored on Mason 5
single.
With interest reunning high
and the partisans of the two
teams urging their favorites to
hold their opponents, the game
progressed from round to round
without either team putting a
man across until Blair and Eli
son put the locals in the hole for
keeps in the 18th.
A. Ferguson pitched a good
game for Fort Mill, but could not
keep his hits scattered as did Ba-
ker for Aragon. w. Ferguson
and Kenneth Minis proved the
handy men for Fort Mill with the
stick. In the 11th Kenneth drove
out a hit good for three bags
which probably would have set
tied the contest in Fort Mills IA
vor had he not failed to touch
first base In his anxiety to get
around. Rogers at third made a
star catch Of a line drive.
Fort Mill and Aragon play
their next game I'm Rock Hill
Saturday afternoon
Fort Mill times. [volume] (Fort Mill, S.C.) 1892-current, 1921-06-23
BOUND FOR LIBER1Al
Story of shsrpers Defrauding
Unsuspecting Negroes.


One OF party Of men sitting
on the bandstand in Confederate
park a few afternoons ago told a
joke about negro preacher adj
vlsing his people to move to Lii
IBERIA and grow up with the coun-
try. Then another member of the
party said he conld tell a story
of an attempted exodus of ne
groes from this section to Liberia
in the spring of 1888 that was no
joke, especially to the negroes
themselves.
Two men, one white, the other
a mulatto, came to this section
in-J January or February of 1888. -
said the speaker, and aroused
great interest among the negroes
of rural communities over the
possibilities of wealth and con
tentment offered their race in Lii
IBERIA. 1t was, they said, the ne
gro's paradise, where little effort
lad to be put forth to earn live
lihood. There the government
was in the hands of the negroe.,
and no white man was allowed in
the country. Cotton, fruits and
vegetables were the chief prod
ucts of the country and these
could be grown in abundance and
marketed at a good profit with
n minimum of labor. Everybody
in Liberia took life easy and had
plenty of time to sleep and other
wise enjoy life to it's fullest.
Many negroes in the rural
sections Of Lancaster county and
Union county, N. c., believed the
stories told them by the white
man and the mulatto of the won
derful country in Africa, and
when they were advised to sell
everything they had except their
clothing and get ready to leave
Fort Mill and Pineville, N. c., ON
certain day in the spring Of
1888 for Liberia at $5 per head
several hundred took the advice
of the strangers. An excursion
train, they were told. would pass
through to take them over the
first lap of the journey to their
new home. There must have been
AT least 500 negroes who paid the
swindlers $5 each and came to
Fort Mill and Pineville TO board
the train.
"One, two, three, four days
passed and the train failed to ar
rive. Then the negroes became
restive and sought counsel of cit
liens of Fort Mill and Pineville.
They were told that there was
nothing to the trip to Liberia,
that they were the victims Of
swindlers. Finally the negroes
saw the light and began to dis
perse. Some went back to their
old homes, while still others re.
manned around Fort Mill and
Pineville. Efforts were made to
catch the white man and mulatto
who had defrauded them, but
nothing was heard of either"
Fort Mill times. [volume] (Fort Mill, S.C.) 1892-current, 1921-06-23
Ardreyt Coble Wedding.

A marriage of much interest
IN the Providence section of
Mecklenburg county and else
where occurred last Tuesday eve
ming when Miss Ethel Ardery,
daughter of Mr.. and Mrs. j. p.
Ardery, became the bride of NJ.
A. Coble of Burlington, N. c..
The marriage took place at the
home of the bride s parents, the
officiating minister being the Rev.
Mr. Houek, pastor" of Harrison
Methodist church.
Mrs. Coble Is popular and
cultured young lady who is a re-
cent graduate Of the Woman s
college, Greensboro, N. G. During
the last session she taught i'm the
high school at Burlington. Mr..
Coble is successful banker of
burlington where he and his bride
will make their home. They were
the recipients of many pres nts.