Fort Mill times. (Fort Mill, S.C.) 1892-current, February 03, 1910, Image 1
THE FORT MILL TIMES.
VOLUME 18?NO. 44. FORT MILL, S. C., THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 3, 1910. $1.25 FER YEAR.
WILL ASK CANDIDATES
* TO DEFINE POSITION
Movement For "Catawba County"
Deferred Till the August Primary
Opens.
The leading business men of
Rock Hill seem to have waked
up during the last week to the
fact that if the agitation for a
new county in this section is to
be successful it will be necessary
for them to push the proposal
earnestly and enthusiastically.
Up to a few days ago the agitation
for the new county had
been confined principally to
Fort Mill township, but the
YYI pf f Vioe r\Atir Koaa fnbnn 1
AituuwL iiao uvn uttn taivcii nuiu
of in Rock Hill by men who can
be depended upon to give the
undertaking the thought and
work necessary to bring success?if
success be possible, for,
be it understood, the question of
territory bobs up always and
hedges "Catawba county" round
about with a great deal more
doubt than is comfortable. But
now it is certain that if the new
county movement fails, it will
not be due to a lack of determination
to push the matter by the
Rock Hill men who do things^
Saturday afternoon a conference
of the officials of the
-Commercial Club of Rock Hill
and other leading citizens of that
city was held to consider the
best plan of putting the movement
on foot and it was decided
to s?.nd a delegation to Columbia
Monday with the view of enlisting
the support of the York
delegation in the General Assembly
in behalf of a constitutional
amendment making it possible
to organize the county with less
than the 400 square miles of
territory now necessary. A
communication was sent to Fort
Mill as a result of the conference
requesting that this section also
toe represented at the hearing
before the legislative delegation
and several leading citizens here
arranged to go to Columbia. But
( the hearing was abandoned at
the suggestion of Representative
W. B. Wilson, Jr., who expressed
the opinion that the undertaking
had been delayed too long to be
successful at the present session
of the Legislature. Mr. Wilson
also stated that there was a
moral obligation resting upon
the York members of the
General Assembly not to advocate
the dismembering of the
old county now, as nothing had
been said during the campaign
in which they were elected about
the formation of a new county.
This position of the members
was accepted as reasonable and
if uroc U nn i A oU r?/-kf frv a 30 fnc
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a constitutional amendment at
present.
It now seems probable that
little more will be done in behalf
of the new county until the
campaign opens next August,
when each candidate for the
Legislature probably will be
asked tc declare himself for or
against "Catawba county," w'th
the view of electing a delegation
in sympathy with the constitutional
amendment.
Ira G. Smythe's Uncle Dead.
Ira G. Smythe, of this city, received
word a few days ago of
the death in Alexandria, Va.,
last Tuesday, of his uncle, Capt.
Kosciusco Kemper, a distinguished
citizen of that State. Capt.
Kemper was 74 years old at the
time of his death. He was three
times mayor of Alexandria, was
past grand master of the Masonic
fraternity of his State and
was one of the most prominent
members ot tne Virginia bar.
He wa3 a graduate of the
University of Virginia. In early
life he conducted a seminary for
young women in Alexandria. At
the beginning of the Civil war
he was teaching in Beaufort,
S. C., where he enlisted in the
Confederate service, becoming
in time the captain of a battery
of artillery. After the war
Capt. Kemper returned to
^ Alexandria, where, besides en^
gaging in the practice of law, he
was elected mayor of the city,
was subsequently corporation
\ attorney, and for a number of
j years superintendent of the
public schools.
L E. W. Kimbrell is confined to
f his home with la grippe.
| STATE'S LAW-MAKERS
GET DOWN TO WORK
| Junketing Trips Ended, the Legislature
Will Now Consider
Important Matters.
Correspondence Fort Mill Times.
Columbia, Feb. 1.?There have ,
been no particularly interesting *
developments in legislative circles
since the communication of
j last week.
The most of last week was
taken up in "junketing," a
term commonly applied to legislative
journeys away from the
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cctpitu!, wnetner uii uusmess or
pleasure bent. Just here it
might be well to remark that 1
there has been considerable ad- 1
verse criticism of this body on
account of these trips. There
will, however, come no harm of
the trips of this session to W inthrop,
Clemson and the Citadel,
as they will enable the members
of the general assembly to more i1
I intelligently pass upon the needs
of these institutions as they 1
come up in the several measures
to be introduced affecting the 1
institutions. Then, too, the
per diem argument against the
expense of these excursions can i
not be used any longer, as the
senators and representatives are '
now paid an annual salary of 1
I $200 each, and whether they,
! remain in session 40 days or 40
weeks the cost to the State, !
with the exception of some 1
additional items of printing, etc., I
will not be increased. Just who
is footing the bill for these
special trains is another question. !
I It may be that the several colj
leges visited are putting up the
dough. If this is the case, why
the people are paying for the
j trains. If the railroads are
; furnishing them gratis?well, j
"hat" ia a rh'fTui-onl moft-ni- Ac I
I VXV4W ?.? UlllVl Villi IIIUllCI . no ;
was intimated in the beginning, !
there can come no special harm i
of these things.
Several bills relative to the
I asylum have been introduced in
both houses. One of the most
important of these is by Senator
Hardin, of Chester, providing
for the purchase of lands not
more than ten miles from the
j city of Columbia and upon
' some railroad, the cost of which
| shall not exceed $250,000, and
! finally constructing thereon new
buildings for the State Hospital
for the Insane. These bills also
look to the separation of the j
races, and it is generally thought
that this plan will be carried out.
Debate upon the prohibition
j bills has been postponed until
i Thursday, February 3rd, when
it is thought the matter will be
taken up and finally settled for
j this session at least. The house
j of representatives is overwhelj
mingly for State-wide prohibi
tion, but the senate is, where
you nearly always find it with
reference to a matter of this
sort, on the fence, and only a
vote will determine what is
doing. Senator W. H. Stewart
is outspoken in his views upon
the question. He is of the
opinion that such legislation is
i unwise just at this time, and j
| that to pass a State-wide law just |
now would be breaking faith'
with the local optionists and a
: breach of the understanding between
the factions at the last
session.
Representative Richards' bill;
to amend the crop-mortgage law, j
j making it illegal to mortgage!
crops before the first day of j
; April in each year, was killed1
after a long discussion. Mr. i
Richards is generally considered
an aspirant for gubernatorial
honors, and during the debate
! L~: 11 ii. *
ujjun mis uiu tne pontics therein
was referred to more than
J once by the opposition. Mr.
Richards was instrumental, more
than any other man, in repealing
the lien law.
There appears upon the senate
calendar a bill introduced by
i Senator Graydon, of Abbeville,
j making it unlawful for any
I teacher in the schools of this
' State to inflict physical punish1
ment upon pupils. A good many
of the old-timers, who were
reared upon birch and lived in
the time when the old-field school,
the blue-back speller and G ^ i
rod flourished in the land, are'
j of the opinion that the measure
I is a bad one. But the measure
appears to have some merit. It
I will be productive of good "in i
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BOVS CORN PATCH
FARMING TRIUMPH
Marlboro Lad's Success Should
Make Every Carolina
Youth Proud.
There probably is nothing
more prosaic to the superficial
observer than a one-acre cornfield,
unless it is another just
like it, or possibly a little more
so. It is merely a patch of growing
crop, where the combined
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lurces in man ana me iavormg
sunshine are coaxing nature
more or less effectively to smile
with a harvest. From the hour
of planting, down through successive
hoeings to the final processes
of cutting and husking,
the field is nothing more to the
unthinking than a commonplace
scene of human activity in which
the work is hard and the returns
uncertain.
But Bascom Usher's one-acre
cornfield was distinctly different.
It was the theatre not only of an
exploit which charms one's
imagination, but of an agricultural
triumph that should make
every South Carolina boy proud.
Bascom Usher is 17 years old,
and lives in Marlboro county.
Now, every year the government
organizes a national corn contest
for boys in which $10,000 in
prizes is awarded for various
achievements, including one for
the largest yield from a single
acre. Bascom Usher entered ;
last year's contest. He plowed
his acre, planted it, cultivated it
as he believed it should be, and
watched and tended it as if it
were some delicate flower bed.
The work was hard?everybody
that ever hoed corn knows that
? but Bascom Usher forgot his
fatigue in the sheer joy of
watching that corn grow. In
aue season it was cut and
shocked, and a little later it was
husked. Then the official committee
came around, looked over
results, and decided that Bascom
Usher's acre had won first prize.
Please consider what this
victory meant to Bascom Usher
in a practical way, and quite
apart from the exaltation of
pride which it must have brought
him. His one-acre field produced
1521-2 bushels of corn, which
sold as prize seed at $2 a bushel,
making $305, and the fodder for
$30, or a total of $335. Allowing
$135 for labor, the one-acre cornfield
returned a net profit of
$200?a yield rich enough to
make the average grown-up
crop grower gasp.
Keep Coins Ont of Mail Boxes.
The postoffice department has
just issued a notice to rural letter
carriers tnat they will not be required
to collect coin with which
to stamp letters when the coin or
coins are left loose in the mail
boxes. Heretofore the patrons
along the route were allowed to
drop their letters in with a
sufficient amount of money to
buy the stamps and the-carriers
would see that the stamps were
put on. The carrier is greatly
inconvenienced by this and often
cannot pick up the coin when
he passes along with his gloves
on and his hands cold.
The patrons will hereafter
wrap the stamp money in a
paper or seal it in an envelope so
the carrier can pick it up easily.
This will work no hardship on
the patrons and at the same
time be a great convenience to
the carriers.
Yesterday, February 2, was
Ground Hog day.
that it will reouire uarents to
pay more attention to their duty
in rearing and training their
children, and not shift this
responsibility to the shoulders
of the school teachers. After
all, the home is the place to
teach courtesy and decorum and
if these are not taught there it is
of little avail to try to instill these
virtues in the school room or
elsewhere. If children who are
inclined to be disobedient and
not observant of the rules of the
school are denied its privileges
on that account the parent would
be compelled to take action.
This would result in greatly improved
demeanor on the part of
the children, both at school and
elsewhere. Besides it would relieve
the teacher of a very disagreeable
duty. McK.
NO DECISION YET
IN TILLMAN CASE
Supreme Court Still Deliberating
on Proper Custodian of
Little Girls.
? IS ~^i 99 <? M II M II ^ sij
"The father of any child un- |
i der the age of 21 and not married 1
* may by his deed executed '
i and recorded according to law, or j
by his last will and testament, I
made and probated according to 1
law, dispose of the custody and t
i' tuition of such child or children i
for and during such time as he, i
I i she or they respectively remain j
] under the age of 21 .years, to anv 1
f person or persons, in possession or {
J remainder." j
Basing claim to the two children
of his son, B. R. Tillman,
Jr., on the deed made to hirr
under the statute quoted above,
Senator B. R. Tillman appeared
before the supreme court ir
Columbia Monday in answer tc
the rule of the court to show
cause why Mrs. B. R. Tillman,
Jr., should not be awarded the
custody of the children.
Never before in the history ol
the courts of South Carolina has
there been unfolded a story sc
filled with marital unhappiness:
never before has there been seer
in this State a more determined
effort to secure, on the one hand,
and to retain, on the other,
possession of children thar
marked the struggle for the
custody of the two little Tillmar
girls Monday. Numerous charges
and counter charges were pre|
sented in affidavits of the mothei
against her husband and father|
in-law and of the father and
gradfather of the little ones
against their mother.
Able counsel appeared in beI
half of both the petitioner and
1 respondent. The court room was
j filled at the hearing, man)
prominent men and women being
in attendance to listen to the
pitiful story of the wrecked
home and the recital of the unsuccessful
efforts of interested
relatives and friends to bring
| about a reconciliation of theii
: differences. But the efforts
j went for nought ?hence the suit
! for the custody of the little girls,
I one two years old, the othei
five.
It was thought that a decisior
in the case would he handec
down by the court Monday nigh
after the reading of the affidavit:
and arguments were finished
but no conclusion was reached
nor was a decision renderec
Tuesday, much to the disap
pointment of thousands through
out the State.
Mrs. Dora M. Grier Dead.
Mrs. Dora McDowell Grier
wife of Mr. James M. Grier, diet
at her home in this city Saturday
morning at 9 o'clock, after i
serious illness of several weeks
The funeral services were con
ducted from the home Sunday
morning by Itev. YV. A. Hafner
of the Presbyterian church, ant
the remains were interred in tin
r'hnrr hvmvt r?f" fV??I
w..j v,. w*. uivvi vi wr
church Sunday afternoon.
The announcement of th<
death of Mrs. Grier arousec
deep sorrow throughout this
section, for she was widely
known and admired both in tin
town and county. She was i
woman of the highest type oi
Christian character, pure ir
heart, bright in intelligence
amiable, gentle and kind.
Mrs. Grier was a daughter oi
the late Robt. W. McDowell, 01
Steel Creek. Her mother wa;
Miss Elvird Neai, a daughter ol
General W. H. Neal, one oi
Mecklenburg's n t distinguish
ed men. She was born am
reared in Steel Creek, anc
educated at Salem Academy, o;
which she was a graduate
After her marriage she madt
her home in Charlotte for <
number of ye u*s. From then
she came to F- rt Mill after Mr
drier engaged in business here
Mrs. drier was a life-long Pres
byterian, having come from ;
long line of distinguished Presby
terian ancestry. She took ai
active part, in church work. Mrs
drier was 47 years of age. Shi
leaves besides a husband, oni
daughter, Miss Dora Grier.
York County Girls at Winthrop.
: In compliance with an act of
the Legislature, passed some
years ago. President D. B. John5
son has just submitted to that
body the names of all students
enrolled at Winthrop college for
the present session. York county
is far in the lead of any other
j* county in the State in the num1
ber of students attending the
j college, with a total enrollment
of 79. The following is
j a list of the York county girls
attending the college:
i Fort Mill?Lucile Barber, May
, Coltharp, Annie Crook, Mildred
( Hall, Inez Smith, Lula Therrell.
Rock Hill?Bennie Lee Adams,
1 Carrie Anderson, Harriet Anderj
son, Mary Anderson, Mattie Lou
Barnette, Annis Barron, Genej
vieve Beckham, Louise Black,
Sarah Lee Black, Annie Brown,
' Annie Lynn Carothers, Lillian
Caveney, Lillian Cook, Julia R.
' | Cork, Martha Creighton, Anna
j Kate Fewell, Cecil Fewell, Eva
1 i Fewell, Isabelle Fewell, Louise
. j Fewell, Catherine Frew, Evelyn
1 Frew, Lucile Frew, Margaret
1 Frew, Bessie Garrison, Carrie
' Garrison, JosieRuth Greer, Josie
' i Hall. RphpPPIl Hall Monm- T
Heath. Mary Huey, Anne Claire
* Hutchinson, Emma F. London,
. Jessie Marshall, Annie Miller,
Julia Plexieo, Essie May Poag,
; Susie Belle Rabb, Florence M.
| Reid, Margaret Bobbins, iJllie
Roddey, Maggie Lou Roddey,
11 Margaret Ruff, Carrie Sadler,
1 Tattie Sandifer, Fannie Lee
Setzer, Sadelle Stewart, Rosa B.
Strait, Virginia Taylor, Emma
1 Thomson, Elizabeth Waters,
5 Mary Kate Williams, Jessie WinI
gate, Maud F. Chaplin, Emily
5 Elms.
Yorkville?M. Elizabeth Fin';
ley, Anna R. Lewis, Fredrica
:' Lindsay, Helen Lowry, Dorothy
II Montgomery, Mamie E. Rose,
5 Nellie Russell, Janie E. VVray. |
Leslie?Lily J. Martin.
: Roddey's?Camie L. Roddey,
| Carrie Caldwell Roddey.
M Old Point-Juanita Neely,
' Leona Thomasson.
'l Bowling Green?Georgia Belle
| Dulin.
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jCATAWBAS' STATUS
MAY BE CHANGED
Resolution in General Assembly
Proposing Citizenship for
York's Indians.
Senator Stewart has introduced
in the State senate and Mr. Glascock
will introduce in the house
of representatives an important
concurrent resolution which, if
adopted, may have an important
ucaiiiix upuii me iuture oi tne
Catawba Indians, whose reservation
of 600 acres is 15 miles below
Fort Mill on the Catawba river.
The resolution is in response to a
petition signed by 51 of the Indians
requesting that they be
made citizens of the State. "Our
present condition," says the petition,
"is deplorable, it being
impossible for us to make a support
on our present reservation.
We believe if made citizens and
additional lands furnished us by'
the State upon which we can
settle our condition will be greatly
improved and we can take care
of ourselves in the future."
The concurrent resolution
authorizes the governor to appoint
three commissioners, neither
of whom shall be a member of
the General Assembly, to investigate
the condition of the Indians,
with the view of purchasing additional
lands contiguous to their
reservation to assist them to become
self-supporting and useful
citizens, if the plan is considered
feasible. Should such action be
taken it will mean that the Catawba
Indians will no longer be
wards of the State but will be
thrown upon their own resources
to earn a livelihood. It is estimated
that it would require an
I appropriation of between $15,000
and $20,000 to purchase the lands
which the Catawbas think necessary
to relieve their present condition.
The State now appropriates
annually to these Indians
$3,200, $3,000 of which is divided
uro rata amontr thorn tho ro_
1 maining $200 being used for
j school purposes.
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