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15TH YEAR.
RARE BEAUTY'AND POWER
OF THE MIGHTY CATAWBA.
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Industrial Activity on Historic Waterway,
Which Passes Our Door.
The following: interesting arti[
cle about the Catawba river and
the great power plant which is I
| being built at "Great Falls" appeared
in the "Real Estate Edi- j
tion" of today's State:
There is no truer saying than
this: "A prophet is not without!
honor save in his own country;"
and it can be applied with equa^
force to the beautiful scenery far,
our own land. Travelers to Eu- I
rope are often asked: "Why is it
you leavejthe States to come here
before you have explored your
own beautiful land?" and having
said this much by way of introj
duction, 1 will apply it to some of
, the beautiful scenery in old South
Carolina, in the Great Falls of the
Catawba river. Many will say, !
"Why, I never thought of this !
before." "1 knew we had the!
Catawba river, etc." The artistic j
in heart and sentiment often1
point out objects of interest at
our own doors of which we have
never thought, and thus through
others we are taught to appreciate
the good and beautiful
around us.
R sing in the Blue Ridge mountains
of North Carolina, the Catawba
river flows south, through
South Carolina. It is called Catawba
until it reaches Fairfield
county where it mingles with the
waters of Wateree creek and
there loses its former name, and
is called Wateree river. At the
southeastern extremity of Richland
county the Wateree joins the
Broad and together they form
the Santee. Onward they go to
add their strength to the great
Atlantic ocean, and thus play a
part in making this great ocean
just a little part of their own.
in the early part of the eighteenth
century, before railroads
had -ever been more than a fabric
of a dream, the State of South
Carolina conceived the idea of
canaling all the shoals of her rivers,
in order to transport her
varied products to the ocean. It
is said that South Carolina spent
$5,000,000 on this work. In spite
of this large expenditure, it is
very doubtful if any practical use
was ever made of these canals in
the upper part of the State.
One of the large shoals of the
Catawba, where the waterfall is
172 feet, is called "Great Falls."
Here the water tumbles over
rocks and makes wild rushes between
granite hills, which amount
in some places to towering bluffs
and from whose^ majestic heights
one can have a view of the river
for miles. An artist would grow
wild at the rare beauty of the
scenery?the fern-covered hills
and boulders wrapped in a mantle
of moss. The 12 locks on the canal
here are more than 100 years
old, but are still in -a wonderful
state of preservation. In one of
them may be seen remains of the
olc^ wooden lock's gate. The walls
'" i of the locks are made of cut granite,
and the workmanship is so
- beautiful that it attracts the interest
not only of sight-seer, but
of skilled engineers. The canal
empties into Rocky creek, at the
point separating Fairfield and
Chester counties. The ditch cf
the canal has in some places filled
with dirt and in it are growing
tall trees, some of which are several
feet in diameter.
At one place the canal runs out
into the river, a granite breakwater
wall dividing it from the
river. At these falls was built,
by a Mr. McCullough, perhaps
the first cotton factory in South
Carolina run by water-power,
and the remains of the old foundation
may still be seen. One of
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tne ueeu? graining me land to
McCullough is signed by Thomas
Jefferson. At this place a rock
ledge extends out into the river,
forming a fiat surface of 150 feet,
and on this our forefathers anchored
a mill, by which all the
corn and meal of that section
wore ground. At this romantic
spot, where the white capped
waters dash over the rocks, and
tear madly on between the steep,
rugged banks, covered with jessamine-trimmed
trees, is held
on the first Saturday of every
May the annual picnic. The
"Great Falls" are at the corner
of four counties, Chesterfield,
Lancaster, Kershaw and Fairfield,
and representatives from
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by \ji. (.vvi OUibU) soldiers.
The fort, which was built to
guard the approach from the
ocean, got its name from Gen.
^/vuiuuui ux jLvcvuiunuiiiiry iairie,
who was secretary of war during
the eight years of Jefferson's
administration.
Places all around are pointed out
as scenes of duels between army
officers. In 1802, when congress
desired to establish an institution
for the trainining of soldiers, the
most prominent two places mentioned
for the location of of the
military academy were West
Point, New York, and Fort
Dearborn, South Carolina. West
Point received a majority of only
one vote.
This place is destined to be
the scene of great industrial
activity.
The waterpower, one of the
finest in the South, has been
purchased by the Southern Power
Company, of which Dr. Gill
Wylie, formerly of Chester, and
now a capitalist of New York,
is president. There are over
1,000 men at work. The plan
is to supply electrical power all
over the State. She power is
estimated* to be over 100,000
horse-power?enough to supply
power for North Carolina, South
Carolina and Georgia.
The contract is to be completed
in three years.
Board of Equalization Holds Meeting.
The York county board of
equalization consisting of one
representative from each of the
various townships and one member
each from the towns of
Rock Hill and Yorkville, met in
Yorkville the past week for the
purpose of hearing individual
complaints as to alleged excessive
assessments, and of equalizing
assessed real estate valuations
as between the various towns
and townships of the county.
Fort Mill township was represented
by Mr. C. P. Blankenship.
The Yorkville Enquirer says
several individual complaints,
including one from the Catawba
Power company, were heard
that morning; but the understanding
was that no decision
would be arrived at until later.
Although there had been a large
number of individual raises, the
indications are that there will be
but a few specific complaints.
From such information is can be
gathered, the main work of the
board, after disposing of the individual
complaints, will be to
try to arrive at some reasonable
basis of equalization as between
the assessed values of town and
country property, especially with
reference to the towns of Rock
Hill and Yorkville on the one
hand and the country surrounding
on the other. It seems to
be generally conceded that the
assessment of these towns is
much higher in proportion than
is country property anywhere
and the contention is that the
town assessments should be
lowered or the country assessments
should be raised.
The situation is generally conceded
to involve serious problems,
and how the whole matter is to
be satisfactorily settled remains
to be seen.
I April and the Confederacy.
The month of April was memorable
in the affairs of the
Confederate States. Here are
some of the events:
Bombardment and capture of
Fort Sumter, April 12 and 13
1861.
Batt le of Shiloh, April 6, 1862.
Surrender of Army of Northern
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Surrender of General Joseph
E. Johnston's Army, April 26,
1865.
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DEMOCRACY, JUST
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ROKE WORLD'S RECORD
IN CORN CULTURE.
Vliat a South Carolinian Raised on
One Acre. I
me lat^csi cuni crop yet re->rded
was grown by Capt. J. Z.
*rake, of Marlboro county, this
tate. Not only was this the
?.rgest grown in America, but
: the world. In one season and
n a single acre, he produced 255
ushels and thus secured the
merican Agriculturalist's first
ize of $500, besides several
;her awards offered locally by
fertilizer and other manufacturing
companies. The details to
how this remarkable crop was
produced were published in the
American Agriculturalist. The
following facts regarding the
crop will be of interest to the
farmers generally:
The land on which the crop
was grown was originally sandy
soil on which formerly grew oak,
hickory and long leaf pine. Three
years previous, this particular
acre was especially fertilized and i
prepared by Capt. Drake and
planted in Peterkin cotton, from
which was harvested 917 pounds
of lint cotton. The land was especially
prepared for the corn
contest. In February he hauled
upon it 50 one-horse loads of
stable manure, at the same time
broadcasting 500 pounds each of
guano, cottonseed meal and kainit,
all of which were plowed
under.
Following the plow 600 bushels
of whole cottonseed were distributed
in the furrow after the
plow. Immediately following
this a subsoil plow turned this 12
inches deep. The field was then
laid off alternately 6 feet between
two plows, then 8 feet, then 6
feet, etc. One bushel of the
common ground variety of Southern
White Dent corn, of a Strain
improved by 20 years' selection,
was planted March 2. Five or
six kernels were propped in the
row to each foot.
The crop was still further fertilized
during the growing season
as follows: April 20, 200 pounds
each guano, cottonseed meal,
kainit, acid phosphate and animal
bone sown early in furrows:
May 15, 300 pounds nitrate soda
in rows and worked in with harrow;
May 25, 200 pounds guano
were applied in three furrows
run in the wide rows; June 8,
500 pounds of an equal mixture
of guano, cottonseed meal and
kainit was strewn in the wide
rows; and finally on June 10, 100
pounds nitrate soda was broadcasted
in the narrow rows and
hoed in.
The acre was surveyed June
29 by William B. Alford. The
harvesting was done November
25 in the presence of representative
farmars, including J. C.
Campbell, an official representative
of the American Agriculturalist.
There were taken from the
field 17,407 pounds corn in the
ear of which only 140 pounds were
soft and considered poor. By
making several selections the
average test showed that 82 per
cent, of the total crop was kernels,
an equivalent of 14,273
pounds of shelled corn, or 254
bushels and 49 pounds, estimated
at 56 pounds per bushel.
This was an plahnrnto ovnoi-t
men! to prove how much corn
could be actually grown on an
acre, the cost of production
having been a secondary matter
in this case.
Col. Thompson Will Not Make Race.
Col. Henry T. Thompson today
announced that he would not be
in the race for adjutant general
to succeed Gen. John D. Frost,
who will also retire from politics.
Col. Thompson has decided to
devote his entire time to his
insurance business. He is a
thorouerh mi I i tar v m?n wirh a
splendid record and there is regret
expressed that he cannot
enter the race. Col. Thompson
was commander of the second
regiment that went from this
State to Cuba. His retirement
from the race leaves the field to
Col. J. C. Boyd, Lieut. Col.
Lewis W. Haskell, Major Charles
Newman and former Assistant
Adjutant General W. W. Bruce.
?Columbia Record.
Mr. W. W. Pegram, of Lancaster,
was a visitor here Sunday.
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SDAY, APRIL 19, 1906.
THE RURAL FREE
DELIVERY CRISIS.
Unfortunate Attitude of Federal Government
Toward Southern Rcutes.
A great deal of interest has
been aroused in the rural districts
| of the Southern States over the ;
J menace to rural free delivery in- j
volved in the evident determination.
of the postoffice depastment
to cut out the weaker routes if
they do not make a business j
| showing that meets the new re- i
j quirements of the department,
says the Herald and News.
These new requirements seem
I to be that the rural route must
show a minimum number of pieces
of mail handled in a quarter.
I failing in which, it will be disconj
tinued entirely or consolidated
I with the nearest route. During
the past month two rural routes ,
I in Upson county, Georgia, which
j fell short of the test, were con- ;
solidated. Since the first of the !
! year quite a number of mail
routes in Southern States have
been either discontinued or consolidated
with other routes.
The Constitution has for some
time been giving editorial attention
to this unfortunate turn of
affairs in the attitude of the Federal
postoffice department toward
the non-self-supporting routes of
the South, and our efforts to call
public attention, and tbe attention
of the people's representatives
in congress, to a condition
which actually threatens South
ern progress and development, 1
have met with most gratifying j
response. The rural routes of j
the South are bestirring themselves
to improve the showing
they must make to the department,
and our representatives in
congress are doing everything
possible for them at that end of
the line. We have received many
letters from senators and representatives
in congress, testifying
to their vigilant interests in the
subject.
Congressman Adarnson, of Ga.,
gives the benefit of some suggestions
that are well worth publication
in this connection. Among
other things he says:
The older and more populous
parts of the country were first
supplied, and had been running
for years, before we received
attention, thus having time to
build up business and show satisfactory
results when attention
began to be given to that subjf ct.
But, strange to say, when the
department began to act under
the economy spasm, it began by
inspecting the routes last established
in our part of the
country, putting the knife to
what it called unprofitable routes
before they had time or opporfnni'fxr
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mnuj u uviiiuiiaiiaic uieir
utility. Strange inspectors go
into a country in which they
know nothing and under their
instructions to promote economy
cut and slarh among weak routes
without reference to past opportunities
or future prospects.
The fourth assistant postmaster
general has been very considerate
when appealed to in such cases, j
but he has clearly indicated his
views as to what routes should
do, and the people should heed
his views on the subject, for
whether right or wrong, they
will sooner or later be enforced.
Now they have the remedy in
their own hands, let them quit
asking for new routes and
changes in routes until all those
now in existence show such
satisfactory results as will insure
them against discontinuance.
It is easy for each family
living nearer to a route than to
a postoftice to put up an approved
box on that route. No family
can do a wiser or more profital ie
thing than to take one or tv/o
newspapers. There are friends,
relatives and business concerns
with whom some members of
every family could interchange
letters. All these things would
improve and elevate the people,
while insuring satisfactory business
for the routes.
There is much truth in this,
and to exact too severe a test on
the new and necessarily weak
routes of the south before they
are given time and a fair chance
to prove their capacity for
growth and eventual self-support,
smacks of sectional discrimination
and unfairness. At any
rate, that view of it is taken by
many of the patrons-cf these
threatened southern routes.
All friends of ruraJ free de
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GREEN AND GAYNOR
ARE FOUND GUILTY.
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Crime Committed 14 Years Ago.
Greene and Gaynor were Friday
moniihg sentenced to four
years each in the United States
penitentiary, at Atlanta, and to
pay a fine of $575,000, the
amount of the embezzlement, j
The defendants may be relieved
of the fine by making oath that
they are possessed of no more
than $20.
Greene and Gay nor wen
found guilty on all three in
dictments, the jury returning l
verdict at 1.55 p. m.
; The trial of Greene and Gaynor
at Savannah has consumed
about 13 and a half weeks. The
defendants were charged with
conspiracy to defraud the government
and embezzlement in connection
with the big government
engineering work in the vicinity
of Savannah, Ga.
They were indicted in 1002
and after fighting extradition
proceedings in New York, fled to
^anuria Alter lengthy proceeding
there they were finally extradited
and were brought to
Savannah for trial.
Captain Oborlin M. Carter, of i
the Engineer Corps, who had I
charge of the improvement works |
under the Greene and Gayno?
contract, was court martialed foi
j his complicity in the alleged
frauds, and was sentenced to bt
I dishonorably discharged from
I the army and to serve a term ol
imprisonment for five year*.
Last of Gen. Jackson's Staff.
Capt. .Joseph Graham Morrison,
aide-de-camp and last surviving
member of Gen. Stonewall .lackson's
stall', died Wednesday night
in Charlotte at the home of his
sister, Mrs. Stonewall Jackson.
The funeral took place Friday
morning in Lincoln county.
A number of egg-hunts, in
which the children of the town
participated, took place Friday
and Saturday on the lawns of
several resiliences, and of course
the little ones were delighted
with the sport.
livery should rally to the support
of the system at this critical
juncture. The routes already
established should be given a
chance l'or their lives, even if
this has to be done at the expense
of establishing new routes.
PATTERNS.
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Our stock of McCall's Patterns
have arrived and are now on sale
at our store.
These patterns are numbered
! and put up in a nice case, making:
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it easy to locate the pattern
wanted.
There is a large assortment,
and almost anything wanted can
be found.
We handle and take orders for
McCall's Magazine.
50 cents a year, or
5 cents a copy.
Anyone wanting patterns, or
the magazine, come to see us.
.McEilianey & Co1
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^ THE TIMES will be I
)sent only a reasonable I
0 time on credit 1 V
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Pay Up Promptly. I
Nl?MI?ER 3.
The South Carolina Penitentiary.
There are perhaps many readers
of this paper who know
practically nothing of details of
me state penitentiary. And in
order that they may acquaint
themselves to some extent with
this institution we give them the
following information: .
In the 40 years' history of the "
institution there have been 17.211
entries, although there are now
inly 600 prisoners - 10G white
nen, two white women, til colored
reformatory cases, two while
>oys in the reformatory, and
.2 negro women, the ramainder
oeing negro men. Practically .
all of the white wen are in for '
homicide. Although criminology I
credits a murderer with a low )
order sneak thief, yet this prison )
contains less thieves than per- .
haps any other prison in the ?
country. Practically all of the
homicide cases, however, are )
traceable to violent passions and )
whiskey, and are not in the same i
despicable class as those com- .
mitted for gain. The extremely
low percentage of white women '
prisoners is due in a measure to I
the superior qualities of that )
sex perhaps. %
Experimenting With Cotton Culture. )
The British Cotton Growing I
Association says it has proved *
that cotton of every variety may '
be grown in the British colonies, >
and it predicts a crop of 23,000 )
bales this year, grown under its )
auspicies. This is very encour- t x
aging but if we scan the whole
field, observing not only the '
widening area of cotton cultiva- <
tion, but also the enormous new. )
regions of cotton consumption )
that are rapidly opening and are t
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cupuoie or great development, I
we are convinced that there is J
no glut of production in prospect. #
For many years to come, and
perhaps always, a short crop in
the United Siates will he a ca- T
lamity severely felt in the spin- j
ning and weaving centres of 5 j
Europe. 6 I
Some of the British colonies, jgy
notably parts of Rhodesia, Ugan- flB
da, the Anglo-Eg} ptian Sudan ]H
and Northern Aust |a, are m
likely to make an hnr wjsion on
the cotton markets j J* course H
of the next quarter b* .Vcentnrv; ^B
hut the out-look in many other !
quarters, especially in many of ^B
the regions where the French j H|
and Germans are experimenting R
with as much intelligence and ^B
energy as the British arc show- BB
ing in their territories, is not |Q
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ijimt oi> ciRVUIit>;ill^. IHUSIjOI I TIC
results in West Africa have thus
far been disappointing because
the hopes of rapid progress have ?
not been realized. *
The Germans are the only ones fc
who have as yet introduced a few ?
spindles and looms so that they *
may test the fibres in the very *
fields where they are grown; but ?
the total crop in the German 5
posessions last year was less *
than 5,000 bales, while the (
British crop, outside of India, \
was less than 25,000 bales, and ?
as the world's consumption is
now increasing at the rate of ?
about 400,000 bales a year, it is
certain to be a long time yet be- f
fore the new sources of supply i
and larger production in the present
areas of cultivation will
balance the steadily increasing
demand.
Snn nf ^ *> rn 1 Iftkntlnn Hw/viuwaJ
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The Rock Hill Record of Thursday
reports a distressing tragedy I
which occurred Wednesday after- . [
noon near the Manchester mill. | j
Little Tom Johnston, aged 15 \
years, an employe of the Highland
Park mill and son of Mr. f
and Mrs. Samuel Johnston, was ;
drowned in the pond on Col Ire- ];
dell Jones' plantation, between
Lne Highland Park arid Manches- e
ter mills. No one knows 3 list J;
when the distressing event oc- j;
curred. The boy had gone in /$;
swimming. Someone fouud his.
clothes lying near the pond, and sj'
the boy not appearing! the pond ^ ?
was dragged, the body being recovered
with but little difficulty.
It will never be known how the 52
tragedy occurred, though it is $5
most likely that the boy was
taken with crrmps on account of j?2
the water being cold.
Mr, and Mrs. Johnston are a
w( 11 known in Fort Mill and their A
friends here will regret to learn A
of their distressing loss.
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