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THE FORT MILL TIMES, "f VOLUME 18?NO. 45. FORT MILL, S. C., THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 10, 1910. $!.'.? 5 PER YEAR. JiP PUBLIC SCHOOL WORK THAT PROMISES MUCH ^ Law to Teach Children How to Prevent Dangerous Diseases Quite Probable. The bill in the General Assembly providing for teaching in the public schools of the State the means by which communicable diseases may be prevented stands a fair show of becoming a law. The bill is an excellent one and provides that there shall be taught in every year in every public school in South Carolina the principal modes by which the dangerous communicable diseases are spread, said disease to be designated by the State board of health, and the best methods for the restriction and prevention of such disease, and to test the eyes of pupils by means of vision charts. The State board of health shall annually send to the pubic school superintendents and teachers throughout this State printed data and statements which shall enable them to comply with the act. School boards are required to direct such superintendents and teachers to give oral and blackboard instruction, using the data and statements supplied by the State board of health. Road Work in Lancaster County. During the year 1909 Lancaster county expended $32,822.70 on account of road work, of which sum $13,067.58 was pad for work done by contract, the remainder, $19,755.12, representing the operating expenses of the county's own working crews,cost of engineering, superintendence, maintenance of roads, etc. Number of miles worked by contract, 161; average cost per mile, $85.89; number worked by county crews, 123,; average cost per mile, $74.80. The total road and bridge fund for last year, including a balance carried over from 1908, ?.-J ooo orvrv co ? amounieu to ^>00,^017.0^., uic sum expended, as above stated, deducted from which left a balance ^ of $386.82 carried over for 1910. , The work both by contract and the county's own forces is being done with modern road machinery. The county has many thousands invested in machines and fine mules. Death of Win. L. Culp. Win. L. Culp, a young man -who was reared in Fort Mill and Pleasant Valley, died at his home in Chester Friday afternoon after a lingering illness of tuberculosis. ...... Mr. Culp was a son of J. B. Culp, of Charlotte. He had been a resident of Chester for some years and it was there that he was married on December 24, ' 1900, to Miss Susie Cloud, an estimable young lady of that city, who died in November, 1908. Mr. Culp is survived by three little children, al1 girls, and his v father and several sisters. He was a good citizen and his death is sincerely regretted by his relatives and friends in this section. He was a member of the Chester Masonic lodge and carried insurance to the amount of $2,400. The interment was in the Chester city cemetery Saturday afternoon. I - Trouble Ahead for Old Counties. Lancaster News. Our York county friends who are advocating the formation of a new county, evidently realizJ 7 * ingthat the constitution stands in the way of the attainment of I the object sought, are going to inaugurate a movement designed to change the State's organic law. Delegations of representative citizens of Rock Hill and Fort Mill were to have gone tc Columbia this week to urge legislative action providing for the submission to the people of a proposed amendment to the constitution making it possible tc form a new county with less area than now prescribed, but they abandoned the trip upon being - advised that it is now to late ir the present session of the general j# assembly to have the matter considered. It will be brought up next year however, and those opposed to the movement mighl as well get ready to fight it. Cotton yesterday, 15 cents. 1 . Militia Part of Regular Army. Under the terms of the Diclf law passed recently by Congress, | the Fort Mill Light Infantry is j directly under the control of j the president of the United j States, this change taking place i a few days ago. Under the new arrangement the military comj panies of South Carolina and of all other States which have agreed to the terms of the j new law and receive aid from the United States government are practically on the same footing as the regular army, and may be called or ordered out by ; the president at any time, for ! any duties that may arise. All the State military organizations are to be supplied by the | government with a very full and complete equipment for military I purposes, and the local company expects to receive this equipment j witnin the not distant future, , when it will be fully prepared ! for all emergencies. The national guard, in which ! the Fort Mill company is in-: eluded, is in case of war or ; other emergencies called out i before a call is made for volun- j teers, thus carrying out the idea j : that they are on the same footing as the regular arrr.y. The national guard today numbers ab'mt 120,000 men and officers in the United States. | j Applicants for Census Enumerator. R. A. Fulp, Clarence S. Mc-! Murray, W. M. Summerville, Jackson Hamilton and Guy C. Blankenship went before Postmaster B. H. Massey at the graded school building Saturday and stood the examination for census enumerator in Fort Mill township. Four citizens of Indian Land township, in Lancaster county, also stood the examination for appointment in their township, it being optional with applicants for the place in that section whether they should come to Fort Mill for the examination or go to Lancaster. The four applicants from Lancaster county were Jas. O. Hall, John D. Collins, J. G. Howie and Geo. E. Howey. The examination papers have been forwarded to the census supervisor for this congressional district at Rodman, Chester county, and after being Eassed upon by that official will e forwarded to the census bureau in Washington for final disposition. It is not known when the successful applicants will be notified of their appointment. Two enumerators will be appointed for Fort Mill township and two for Indian Land township. Important Meeting of the D. A. R. The Kanawha Chapter of the D. A. R. was charmingly entertained at their regular meeting the first Tuesday in this month by Mrs. J. B. Elliott. The | regent's alternate was elected I for the national congress which is to be held at Washington in April. The chapter has offered a prize for the best essay on South Carolina history written by a member of the graded school literary society. The subject 1 selected by the principal, Prof. Bauknight, is "South Carolina's Five Greatest Revolutionary Heroes." Mrs. S. L. Meacham read a very interesting paper on "Jasper , and Fort Moultrie," and Mrs. W. ' I?. Ardrey read a spicy paper . written by Mrs. E. S. Moorer on i "What Constitutes a Good I). A. R." , It is through the influence of the chapter that old Unity ceme; tery is being repaired, and having I started the work, they are anxious to do their utmost to com, plete it. To do this, they ask all patriotic, liberty-loving citizen s to help them locate and get i, credentials for all unmarked . Revolutionary soldiers' graves, , not only in this cemetery but in t private graveyards and oth?>mld - cemeteries. The government furnishes the markers for any such graves, and it is a small I service for us to hunt up the . proof to have marked the last > resting place of those brave old ? patriots who gave their lives for I our liberty. Dr. J. B. Mack is here for a few days from College Park, Ga. FIRED AT PREACHER IN WAXHAW CHURCH Rev. McDonald Seems to Have an Enemy Who Would Do Him Up. A negro preacher named William McDonald, whose church is in Waxhaw, N. C., a short distance across the State line, had hard luck Sunday night, when things ?in this case bullets? CLme his way too fast to be dodged. Two or three shots that were fired at McDonald's body went true to aim. and the preacher is now suffering from a pair of wounds, neither of which is considered serious. McDonald is a South Carolina negro who moved from Fort Lawn to Wax haw some time ago. Like most of the Palmetto State's colored population, whether preacher or plasterer, he is tough, and this fact lends hope that he is hiking along the road to recovery by this time. At any rate, it won't be the fault of the good wishes expressed for McDonald in his native State if he doesn't get well. But really there wasn't any use for Charlotte to become widely excited over the shootin' of McDonald and talk about sendin' down a pack of worthless bloodhounds to run down the nigger who tried to summarily dispatch McDonald, for the ground was frozen Sunday night and even good South Carolina bloodhounds can't accomplish much in the merry game of trackin' bad niggers over ice. Their nasal organs refuse to get on the job. But according to a telephone message received in Fort Mill via Charlotte, the shooting of McDonald was a little out of the ordinary. It is stated that he was kneeling in prayer when three shots were fired at him through a rear window of the church. Two of the shots took effect and McDonald fell forward slightly wounded. One of the shots connected with a watch in McDonald's vest pocket and changed its course, much to the delight of McDonald and his friends. When the shooting was over every negro that was in the church when it began had hit the grit. An effort was made to capture the nigger who would have killed the Rev. but he got away. The Times a Welcome Visitor. Editor Fort Mill Times: It is certainly the cause of much pleasure to the subscribers of your paper to note the recent improvements which have occurred both in the mechanical get-up and the additional news items which appear each week in The Times. To those of us who are living in neighboring towns The Times is a welcome visitor and especially has this been true for the past few months. The edition under date of Jan. 27 was the best issue it has ever been our pleasure to read. The front page has every appearance of a daily with its pica i headlines and neat cuts of promi- j nent people. The editorial page i was also an interesting, feature and we admire your original editorials very much. The local 1 page is well gotten up and full of short items of interest to Fort Mill people. The arrangement; of advertisements throughout] the entire paper is splendid and j the reading matter in the ma-1 r?+" thorn 1 ^ tin. L-irwi ntliioh W A IO HIV I\???V4 >Y 1I1V.II , . catches the eye of the prospective buyer. We fell sure that you will keep this good work up and grow with the town which from present prospects will keep you hustling to do. We are of the same opinion as 'Squire McElhaney, if you do get a new county in your part of the State, Fort Mill, by all the laws of nature and justice, must be the couuty seat. We trust that you will receive this short note of congratulation , in the same spirit in which it is written; a simple and sincere expression of a native of Fort Mill who loves the town and its people and who will always be eager to congratulate them on every step of progress thay make. J. D. Fulp. Winnsboro, Jan. 31. \ .... . Section 12 of York's Road Law. ' ( There is a great deal of interes , in York county over the propor jd changes in the Stewart rof\ law j and The Times is plea^ ^ therefore to be ahln _ publish the following, section 12, which embraces the principal changes in j the law as it will likely pass the . senate, having already passed ^ the house. It will be observed f by reading the section carefully \ that it is within the discretion of ? the county supervisor as to j which of the three main high- t ways through the county shall t be constructed first. The house t amendments to the law were ( referred to the York delegation j and after carefully considering j the same they recommended the j proposed changes. The report \ was signed by Messrs. Sanders, t Glasscock, Hollis and Wilson. ( Section 12 is as follows: 4 nnimf tr r V* ?-?11 i JL 11V, WUHl,* ?. 1 llll I lHtlI IK tlltlll ' ? be used in opening,building,grad- . ing and repairing three of the y main highways of the county; y one of the said roads to run from j the most practicable point on the ( county line between Lancaster . and York counties, through the ! city of Rock Hill, through the ' town of Yorkville, and on to the most practicable point on the county line between Cherokee county and York county; another { of said roads to run from the 1 most practicable point on the County line between Chester and 1 York counties through McCon- 1 nellsville, through the town of J Yorkville, through Clover and on to the most practicable point on the line between York county ] and North Carolina; another of said roads to run from the most practicable point on the York ] county line through the town of ( Fort Mill, then as near as prac- ] ticable a straight line to the city \ of Rock Hill, then through the , blackjack section to McConnells- : ville: Provided, That any of the ] townships of York county which j neither of said roads run into or ^ through shall receive a propor- , tionate part of the work of the , chaingang in such township on J such road or roads as the township supervisor of said township and the county board of commis- I sioners may determine upon; xirv ???i? 1- I x 1UT1UCU, XT KJ llliXCctUctlll worK shall be done by the chaingang where a sand and clay or gravel road is practicable, and sand, gravel and clay may be pr/ down by the chaingang if the same be furnished by the township supervisor or otherwise: Provided, further, The work and control of the chaingang shall at all times be under the exclusive supervision and direction of the county supervisor, and the time or rotation of the working of said roads above referred to shall be entirely within the discretion of the county supervisor and county commissioners, and that in selecting the roads to be so opened, built, graded and repaired the I county commissioners and county supervisor shall have in view the greatest good to the greatest number of people." Trying to Reach Yorkville. No better argument could he advanced for the formation of a new county in this section than the inconvenience to which 20odd citizens of this community were subjected to Monday morning in their ell'orts to reach Yorkville before the opening of court at 10 o'clock. They expected to board train No. 29. which is due here at 4 o'clock, | for Rock Hill and there make!' connection with the train which j I leaves for Yorkville at (J:20. ; No. 2(.) was three hours late Monday morning, making the connection at Rock Hill impossible, as the railroad authorities refused to hold the Yorkville train until the arrival of 29. Phone communication with the officials of the C. & N. W. at Chester elicited ti e promise that their morning train for Yorkville would be held 15 minutes for the accommodation of the Fort Mill passengers, so the 20-odd citiz is of this community whose p?*: c.e in the court was in. *rai . illy reached Yorkville on li . after waiting in the cold r.il hours for the arrival o <d being forced to pay 50 miica railroad fare to reach a court house 22 miles distant. V :OTTON WEIGHING BILL HAS PASSED mportant Measure to Every Cotton Grower in the State May Become Law. The lower house of the General Assembly has passed a bill to >revent any deduction from veights of cotton for bagging ind ties. The bill is of general nterest, and provides that it ;hall be unlawful for any person, irm or corporation engaged in he business of buying cotton in his State as principal or agent o deduct any sum for' bagging >r ties from the weight of any jale of cotton, when the same s properly packed and wrapped n not more than nine yards of jagging and six. ties, of the kind ;hat is nOW llSed in the enctrmn )f trade. For each and every violation )f the act, the offender shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and shall 3e fined in the sum of not less ;han $5 nor more than $25 or mprisoned for not less than 10 lays nor more than 30 days. The 3rovisions of the act will not apily to bales of cotton which .veigh less than 300 pounds. Magistrate's Constable J. J. Coltharp yesterday morning arrested Will Ross, a negro who it was thought had escaped from :he Mecklenburg chaingang some Lime ago. The arrest was made just north of town. The Approbation of Sir Hubert. Rock Hill Record. Senator Stewart is "on the job." The Record does not hesitate to take this occasion to commend him for representing his constituents. He is one of the very best workers who ever sat in the General Assembly from York. The Record was not in harmony with Senator Stewart in the campaign, but this does not prevent us from commending his work for what he believes represents the best interests of the majority of our people. 1 Reduce I of L The greatest pre try to-day is the h "Reduce your exp much longer will ; sarily high prices 1 IDry Goods at this You'll find here a desirable merchan you'll instantly say est that can be \ bility of the good I the real value, wil up the high cost o must be overcome gent and econc woman. I MILLS & Events at the State Capital. Correspondence Fort Mill Times. Columbia, Fob. 8.?The senate has passed a measure which, if it receives a favorable consideration at the hands of the house, will prevent a father from deeding his children a third party without the consent of the mother of the offspring. This bill is the direct outcome of the Tillman case which has been on here in the supreme court for the possession pf the little daughters of Mr. and Mrs. B. R. Tillman, Jr. In this connection it might be stated that this contest has attracted even more than State-wide interest, and nearly everybody seems to sympathize with Mrs. Tillman in the determined effort she is making to regain possession of the little girls. She has received hundreds of letters from men and women all over the State and outside. It seems to be the 1 1.1 A- 111 il impression mat it wouia oe tne most unfortunate thing that could happen to Senator Tillman to have the supreme court award these children to him. Of course this has reference to his political fortunes. Doubtless he would turn against himself a large majority of the men and all the women, and when the women take up a fight against a man and go after his seal]) fn earnest, his name is "Dennis." Thereport now is that the supreme court is evenly divided upon the issue envolved in this case and it is more than probable that the circuit judges will be called to sit en banc in view of the fact that a constitutional question is involved. The prohibition bill was defeated in the senate by a majority of four votes. The house of representatives has, however, passed such a bill by a very large majority. Judging from the action of the two bodies it is not probable that any liquor legislation will be enacted this year. The general assembly will now have some time within which to consider measures which may redound to the benefit of at least some of the people. McK. ... - - ? - 1 - 1 I >1 .1 the Cost iving )blem in this coun- | igh cost of living, enditures." How you pay unnecesvvhen you can buy store at less cost? | complete stock of | dise at prices that | r are the very lowlad. I he desira- I s, the actual cost, 1 more than even f provisions which e by every intelli- | Dmical American SPBHEEaBM I : YOUNG. I