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p " ' ' # ' THE FORT MILL TIMES. VOLUME IS?NO. 43. FORT MILL, S. C., THURSDAY, JANUARY 27, 1910. $1.25 PER YEAR. / ? HIGHWAY CHANGES IN "STEWART LAW" V Chaingang to Be Employed in Construction of Thrtee Main Roads Through the County. The York delegation in the \ General Assembly has got together on the changes which were proposed in the "Stewart road law" at the meeting of the township supervisors some weeks ago and it is certain that the differences which marked the consideration of the bill on the floor of the house of representa- i tives last session, with Messrs. Wilcnn ?n rw I Hnlliu on f Ld r\no t r iiovii unu iiuiuo vyii vnv side and Messrs. Glasscock and Sanders on the other, will not be j repeated this year. Practically all the changes suggested by the supervisors have j been adopted in the new road bill, which has already passed the senate and will probably pass the house during the week. Last; year Mr. Wilson opposed the \ section of the bill providing for the construction by the county chaingang of two main highways running east and west and north and south through the; county, but has now agreed to this section, since it is also provided In the amendments to the road law that the chaingang, after completing the east and west and north and south high-; ways, be employed in constructing a third important highway to run from Fort Mill to Rock Hill and thence to McConnells-j ville, connecting at Rock Hill with the east and west highway for Yorkville. The principal changes in the law are as follows: In section 3 the time in which the forces of the township supervisors are to be engaged on the roads is Changed from August to July. It is thought that this change will prove beneficial, in that it will enable the supervisors to b :gin work a month earlier in the summer. This will mean the collection of the commutation road tax on the first of July instead of the first of August as heretofore. ' 1 Section 4 of the original Stew- 1 art law, relating to the cost of Ivwi/l rv/\r? i.i /?!> v* 4-L ? i- ? I 1 ui iu^c^>, ir> uiian^cu su LIlclL III- | 1 stead of the provision for bridges costing $20 and more, such bridges are specified as of 15 . feet in length. All bridges over 15 feet in length are to be paid for cut of the county bridge fund, and all 15 feet or less are to be paid for out of the township fund, the township supervisors being responsible for damages growing out of defects in such bridges. With the exception of the Fort Mill-McConnellsville highway, section 12 of the amended bill carries the original provision of the Stewart bill as to the two main highways. It is now Drovided that the countv sunpr. visor use the chaingang in con- < structing the three main highways through the county. He is not required to build macadam highways, but must grade and repair the highways and use gravel and clay when practicable, | the supervisors of the townships , through which the highways pass being required to cooperate in the work. Hereafter the annual meeting of the township supervisors will J be held on the first Wednesday after the first Monday in the year instead of the first Tuesday ! arter the first Monday. ' Senat/vr ShAwaW- <>v 1 flic. opinion to The Times that not more than two years will be re- . viuired for the chain gang to . build the east and west and ' north and south highways. Then the chaingang is to be employed continuously on the Fort ' Mill-McConnellsville highway un- 1 til it is completed. Fort Mill Jurors for February Term. Following are the petit jurors ! who have been drawn from Fort f Mill township to serve the first; and second weeks of the court of general sessions which con- 1 rvenes at Yorkville February 7: < First week ?D. N. Gaston, W. : M. Adki , A. O. Sutton, S. L. < Meacham, J. E. Patterson, W. 1 C. Armstrong, W. D. Kimbrell. i * Second week J. C. Gregory, j G. C. Blankensmp, V. B. Blankenship, W. F. Harris, J.JF. Lee. 11 Contract Let for Pineville Bank. The building committee of the Pineville Loan and Savings bank, j organized some weeks ago, has awarded the contract for the 1 erection of the building which the bank will occupy to Hunter & Co., Charlotte contractors. Work is to be begun this week on the build.'.ig, which it is hoped to have finished by March 20th, 1 the date set by the directors for ; the bank to open its doors for 1 business. Tho hniMiner is ho n two- ' story structure, 26 by 60 feet, with a plate glass and pressed 1 brick frc nt. The first floor is to ; be used by the bank and the second floor as the lodge rooms of the Pineville camp of Wood- j1 men of the World. The Pineville Loan and Savings bank has strong financial backing and has elected as its officers well-known business men who are expected to conduct the institution in a satisfactory and! profitable manner. Thinks The Times Neat and Newsy. Editor Fort Mill Times: I have just finished reading! the last copy of your excellent | paper, and as a former resident of the town of Fort Mill, I feel moved to write a word expressing my appreciation and admiration of the enterprise and ability embodied in the neat and newsy paper which The Times has come to be under its new management and in its enlarged form. Its coming week by week is in the nature of a friendly visit from an old acquaintance, reporting in a very interesting way the doings in the progressive little town where it was my privilege to ca >\l^n cn %>f 1 i**- ou Micaoaiuijr iwi scvt'litl years. Your paper is worthy of the liberal patronage of all the 1 good people who want to sop the i town grow. 1 It has also been very gratifying < to note the rapid growth of the ' town in the last few months. I ; doubt if an> town in the State ] has made more rapid strides in the same length of time. When ' the new school building is se- 1 cured and the paving plans are j completed and other improve- ; j ments have been made which are ,' sure to follow in the near future, 11 you frho live in Fort Mill will , have a town in which you can j1 justly pride yourselves. A long 11 pull, a strong pull, and a 11 pull all together will mean much for the future development of ( the town. With best wishes for the success of the paper, the 1 growth of the town and the 1 prosperity of the people. 1 Edw. S. Reaves. J Honea Path, Jan. 24. South'* Generals' Birthdays Celebrated. The 103rd anniversary of the birth of Gen. Robert E. Lee and the 86th birthday of Gen. Stonewall Jackson were appropriate! v celebrated by the Florence ] Thornwell chapter, U. D. C., in j the town hall last Friday after- ; noon. < An inviting dinner had been prepared by the chapter for the i 30-odd Confederate veterans and other guests of the occasion and j after this feature of the exercises < was concluded crosses of honor I < were presented to James Burns (Company B, Sixth South Carolina) and J. Y. Starnes (Fortythird North Carolina), the presentation being made in behalf of the chapter by the Rev. Mr. Hafner of the Presbyterian church. An address on Gen. Lee was made by the Rev. Mr. Hair of the Baptist church, followed by an interesting talk on Gen. Jackson by the Rev. Mr. White of the Methodist church. Capt. J. W. Ardrey also entertained his comrades and the others in attendance with an interesting talk on the South's heroic struggle for independence. The exercises were liberally interspersed with Southern songs and selections by the local orchestra, j Regret was expressed by the Daughters over their inability to furnish the duplicate crosses af honor which had been applied j for by three veterans of the j community, their original crosses , having been lost. It is hoped to ] supply the duplicate crosses on j Memorial day, in May. ] The best price for cotton on < this market yesterday was 14 cts. 1 FIELD WILL BE FULL OF NEAR-GOVERNORS Messrs. Bleasc, Manning, Featherstone.and McLeod Said to Aspire to Succeed Ansel. At the capitol in Columbia speculation is rife as to who will succeed Martin F. Ansel as governor in January, 1911, and the friends of the various gentlemen who have tacitly stated that they will be in the race?none has openly announced himself a candidate ?are already at work among the politicians pulling the wires in behalf of their respective favorites. It is generally understood that therq Lieutenant Governor T. G. McLeod. will be at least four candidates for the governorship, three of whom have heretofore unsuccessfully sought the office. Lieutenant Governor Thos. G. McLeod has let it be understood that he will this year go before the people as a gubernatorial candidate. Governor McLeod is ene of the most popular men in either branch of the Legislature and is expected to make a strong race. His home is in Bishopville. Referring to Governor McLeod's candidacy the Columbia Record says: "Among the certainties in the gubernatorial race of 1910 may be counted the present lieutenant governor, Hon. Thomas G. McLeod. Asa presiding officer, there has never been a more popular president of the senate than Gov. McLeod, who is well versed in parliamentary practice, courteous, patient and genial. Mr. McLeod began his legislative career in 1900, when he was elected to the house of representatives from Sumter county at the head of the ticket. He was Lee county's first senator when that county was created and in 1906 was elected lieutenant governor, being reelected in 1908 without opposition. He is a good stump speaker, a fine handshaker and jolly good fellow. The lieutenant governor is a first cousin of the junior United States senator, Hon. E. D. Smith. A trrarlnntA r*f 0 vx ?T V/1LU1U college, Gov. McLeod one year won all the medals to which he was eligible to compete." Richard I. Manning, of Sumter, it is understood-will be a cadilate. Mr. Manning got in the second race with Governor Ansel Richard I. Manning. n 1906, but was badly beaten in the "run-off." Then he was a candidate on the State dispensary platform. What his platform will be this year is not known. Cole L. Blease, twice defeated candidate, now mayor of Newberry, stated some days ago that NO CATAWBA COUNTY WITHOUT AMENDMEN1 I _ _ 1 Constitution Must Be Changed Be fore Proposed Subdivision Can Be Created. During the last week severs informal conferences have beei i held in Columbia by citizens o ! York county who are interests J in the formation of the proposei "Catawba county" and the mat ter is being discussed more o less in the sections of York, Lan caster and Chester counties whicl would be included in the nev county. So far t.ho nmnositmn Vioo r>r. j-. VtVtt iJUO ItV assumed tangible form, as it i conceded that the constitutions requirements as to area, 40 square miles, cannot be met ant that the only hope of success fo the new county lies in a consti tutional amendment. It is be lieved that as much as 300 squar miles can be secured for "Catawba county" and it is probabl that an effort will be made durinj the next few months to arous interest in a constitutiona amendment providing that citie which have 10,000 populatioi may become county seats wit) 300 square miles, provided al other constitutional requirement can be complied with. Th< proponents of "Catawba county' are confident that such ai amendment would pass th< the Legislature and then b< ratified by the people of tin State, especially in view of th< contention that there is no another city in the State which within the next 25 years, woul( apply for county seat honor; under the amended constitution At one of the conferences helt in Columbia a well-known Rocl ; Hill gentleman who is heartih 1 in favor of the new county statec I that if it was impossible to forn i the new county he had a plan oi foot, borrowed from an Alabam, ! custom, to provide a secom court house for York county ir Rock Hill, holding the courts foi the eastern section of the count} there and for the western par of the county in Yorkville Another gentleman suggestec that the new county advocate: could well afford to bide theii time, as it would be a matter o only a few vears in all nrnhnhiliti until the voting strength o Catawba, Fort Mill, Bethesdt and Ebenezer townships wouh be great enough to move th< court house from Yorkville t( Rock Hill. Prohibitionists Never Satisfied? Charlotte Chronicle. One of the South Carolim Eapers, the Fort Mill Times, w< elieve, took occasion this weel to rebuke the prohibitionists 01 South Carolina for a breach o; faith. The question of loca option having been submitted t( the people of the State, some 01 the counties voted for dispen saries. Now they are trying t( overrule the expressed will ol the people by forcing State-wide prohibition on them through legislative enactment. Might just as well whistle to the winds, The prohibitionists never rest under defeat and any elect ior that goes against them is nevei settled as long as they can vote, or interest a Legislature. Mr. and Mrs. Frank Kimbrell and child, of Charlotte, were visitors Sunday at the home of Mr. and Mrs. D. G. Kimbrell, near town. he would again make the race this year. His legislative friends say that his chances of success in the coming campaign are better than in either 1!X)6 or 190? and that he will gain by the recent indorsement given him bv his home people in the electior for mayor. 'he statement is generally accepted as true thai he would have been elected ovei Governor Ansel two years age could he have defended himseli against the attacks of the Columbia State. (J. L. i< eatherstone, of Laurens, is considered the logica candidate of the prohibitionists and is expected to make his announcement before the Legisla ture adjourns. Mr. Featherston< lacked only 1,500 votes of elec tion when he was a candidate against Governor Ellerbe in 1898, # Events at the State Capital. [* Correspondence Fort Mill Times. Columbia, S. C., Jan. 25.?The report of the committee to inves tigate the State Hospital for the Insane has just been filed with the General Assembly. While the report is given a great deal ll of importance in certain quarters, the sensation is not so pro* nounced as far as the general [J public goes. This paper is quite cl lengthy, that is the majority report, and goes into full details as r to conditions, remedies, etc. The f*1 minority report, which was pre pared by Hon. J. P. Carey, of ; Pickens, one of the leaders of the house and considered one of t the strongest men in the Legis? lature today, while admitting ' that conditions at the asylum are HI not what they should be either in ^ I point of management, care of l* i the patients or sanitary arrange" ment, does not place the blame "; entirely upon Dr. J. W. Babcock e ' and his corps of assistants. It is difficult to forecast just o I .i. . - ? * i wnat action tne lawmaking body ? will take in the premises. You j know, among a large part of g this aggregation,there is a desire ^ to forever agitate the liquor ^ question, lien law and tWngs of I very little importance to the 1 State, while the weightier matters may go to the d^mnition ? bow-wows, and it would not be ^ at all surprising if this question should be left in its present 0 status while the solons talk about e liquor, liquor, liquor, their eterL> nal Banquo's ghost. t The Laymen's Missionary convention which met here last j week was one of the largest and s most representative body of men of the kind that has ever as1 sembled within this State. The c i enthusiasm of its members was f , remarkable and those interested 1 are predicting large results. Fort ( Mill was well represented at this ^ gathering. Among those attendi ing were Rev. Mr. Hair of the 1 Baptist church, Rev. Mr. llafner ! of the Presbyterian church, S. A. r Epps and others. j Both houses of the Legislature L go to Charleston tomorrow. M. | Buy Whe I - is E ^ I EVERYTHING IN T' 1 UKNITI UE MM (When you go to hi a store where only r sold the kind whose ahove reproach, aiu larj?e enough to ttive cise of your individm l Need we remind 3 such a store, and thai r 1 \ best in Ilouse Fur nig at the prices. > , Come in and see 1 iVtll i niir h/?n a %.? a a a tk.nl J \/ll 1 nun will make it more co far more attrac vet I MILLS / MRS. B. R. TILLMAN, JR., WANTS HER CHILDREN Habeas Corpus Proceedings in the Supreme Court for Custody of Two Little Girls. Much interest is felt throughout the State in the habeas corpus proceedings which were begun before the supreme court in Columbia Monday by Mrs. B. R. Tillman, Jr., for the recovery of her little daughters, Douschka and Sarah, who were taken from her custody several weeks ago by her husband and by him given over to their grand-parents, Senator and Mrs. B. R. Tillman. The action was brought against Senator and Mrs. Tillman, as they are in possession yf th^ children. Mrs. B. R. Tillrrtfln, Jr., who is a member of the well-known Pickens family of Edgefield and a J .1-A - . .< ?, " a giduu-uituKiiLer oi tne "war governor," F. W. Pickens, was married to young B. R. Tillrriatl on December 29, 1903. They parted in November, 1908. Last February they were reunited and it was thought that the estrangement was past and gone. In December, however, while the family were living in Washington another separation ensued, and Mr. Tillman gave his children to his parents. Mrs. Tillman moved to Columbia and has since been living with a relative there. After considerable discussion as to whether the supreme court should hear the matter in its original jurisdiction, the court issued its rule against Senator and Mrs. B. R. Tillman to show cause why the petition of Mrs. B. R. Tillman, Jr., should not be granted. The rule is returnable January 31. Jamaica Ginger Outlawed. Senator H. B. Carlisle's bill to prohibit drug stores selling Jamaica ginger and such like concoctions has passed the senate and will boubtless run the gauntlet of the house without trouble. re Buying | 5est , ? iy Irurniture, choose I e liable Furniture is style and quality is | 1 where stocks are free rein to the exer- | il taste. ou that ours is just t we are selling the I hings that can he had ^ I or yourself that we I le in xi manner that mfortable to you and YOUNG. J f **v , *? i