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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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:
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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;
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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.
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: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.
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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
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