Fort Mill times. (Fort Mill, S.C.) 1892-current, February 17, 1910, Image 1
THE FORT MILL TIMES.
VOLUME 18 NO. ?6. FORT MILL" S. C., THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 17, 1910. $1-2S pEK YFAK. '
i TEXAS ARMY PRISON
HOLDS FORT MILL BOY
Wm, E. Morse, Convicted by Courtmartial
of Desertion, Sentenced
to One Year.
Wm. E. Morse, 20-year-old son
of Henry Morse, a resident of this
place is serving a year's sentence
in the post guard-house at Fort
Sam Houston, Tex., for desertion
from the United States army.
Young Morse's term of confinement
will expire on the 13th of
March.
Two years ago Morse left the
home of his father near Flint
Hill church and went to Jacksonville,
Fla. Failing to secure
employment in the Florida city,
he enlisted in the army and was
sent to New York city, where he
was in the service for several
months. He was then sent with
his company to Fort Sam
Houston. Tiring of army life,
Morse left the post without permission.
He was arrested in a
Texas city last July as a deserter
and courtmartialed, the
trial resulting in conviction and
a sentence of one year's imprisonment.
After learning of his son's
plight, Henry Morse took the
matter up with Congressman
Finley with the view of obtaining
a pardon for the boy from
President Taft. Some weeks
ago a petition was sent here in
young Morse's behalf by Congressman
Finley for signatures,
with instructions to return the
petition as soon as it was
liberally signed by citizens of
the community. The petition
for pardon was then to be taken
up with the war department and
later with the president. Meanwhile,
however, a letter was received
by Henry Morse from the
war department stating that the
term of the boy's confinement1
would expire in March, with the
usual allowance of time off for
good behavior. Morse then went i
to Magistrate McElhaney and got
possession of the petition and
burned it.
William Morse is a native of
this township and was well
liked by all who knew him. He
was of a quiet, inoffensive disposition
before he left here and his
friends will regret to learn of the
trouble he is in. Young Morse
says that it was not his intention
to desert, but that he was tired
of the confinement of army life
and wished to be free for a few
days, expecting to return to duty
within a shzrt time.
John W. Wilson Dies Suddenly.
J?hn W. Wilson, a mMdle-aged
white man whose home was near
the Millfort mill in this place,
died suddenly at an early hour
Thursday morning, presumably
of an affection of the heart. Mr.
Wilson arose early Thursday
morning and wont to the barn
in the rear of his home to feed
his mulez. Failing to return to
his home for a considerable
time, Mrs. Wilson became apprehensive
that something had
happened to her husband and
began a search for him. His
dead body was found on the
ground a few feet from the barn
{loor. Mr. Wilson was a hardworking
man who was well liked
in this community. He moved
with his family to Fort Mill some
years ago from Lancaster county
LW and had since resided in the
B^lwttle home which he boucht after i
K&" coming here. He is survived by
W* his wife and a number of children.
The body was taken to
Lower Camp churchyard, in
Lancaster county, where it was
interred Friday afternoon.
A chicken fight was held a
short distance outside the city
limits Saturday afternoon by a
number of men none of whose
names is known by The Times.
It is stated that a difficulty arose
over the merits of one of the I
Ki?*/1a an/) a tirktfa naan ? ?"
unuo auu a mute man wnu W
in the vicinity of the pit over- j
heard the loud talking and ap4
proached the party thinking to
quiet the disturbance. Instead
of hispresence having a soothing
effect on those engaged in
the boisterouaness, one of the
participants upbraided him for
interfering. Then a fist fight
followed between the would-be
peace-maker and the man who
resented his good counsel. The
fist fight broke up the main.
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MRS. B. R. TILLMAN, JRV
GIVEN HER BABIES
Unanimous Decision of Supreme
Court Awards Little Girls to
Their Mother.
Special to the Fort Mill Times.
Columbia, Feb. 15.?The supreme
court today handed down
its decision, rendered by Justice
Woods and concurred in by the
whole court, in the celebrated
Tillman case, in which the little
Tillman girls are awarded to the
custody of Mrs. B. R. Tillman,
Jr. The court decides that
the statute under which these
children were deeded by B. R.
Tillman, Jr., to Senator and
Mrs. Tillman is unconstitutional
in that the act fails to give
"equal protection of the law" to
these children and deprives them
of their liberty without "due
process of law.''
The decision is, in effect, that
the mother has* some rights in
the matter of the disposition of
her children. "The general assembly
cannot empower the
father at his own will, to deprive
the mother and child of
these legal rights so long established
as elements of personal
liberty." * * "Under
statutes like this the father could
exercise a tyranny revolting to
all sense of justice."
The court places the blame for
the last separation of the young
Tillmans in November upon
B. R. Tillman, Jr.
The most decided reference to
Mie sentimental side of the case
s found in these words, toward
the end of the decision: "More
important still is the consideration
that the children in the care
of their mother may touch and
soften the hearts of both husband
and wife, quicken in both the
sense of duty and bring about a
reconciliation and a renewal ol
family life."
Mrs. Tillman, who is makinc
her home in this city, broke
rlmvn nrirl \uor\t ?rlion oKo loovnorl
of the court's finding. The
children are at the Tillman home
in Trenton and will probably be
given over to their mother al
once. McK.
Party for Miss Withers
The Jacksonville Times-Unior
; a few days ago published the following
item in its society columns
concerning a pleasant incident ol
the visit of Miss Bessie Withers,
of Fort Mill, to the family of hei
uncle, State Senator I. N. Withers*
at Lady Lake, Fla.: 4'The
, young people had a delightfu
time Friday night at a partj
given by Miss Freddie Lee DeVaun,
in honor of Miss Bessie
Withers, from Fort Mill, S. C.,
who is visiting Senator and Mrs.
I. N. Withers. Miss Freddie Lee
is a lovely hostess and all whe
attended were charmed with the
plans made for their entertainment.
Miss Withers and Miss
De Vaun received the guests ii
the parlor and after spending
some time in pleasant conversafmn
onrJ nromno oil 4- ~
uvm uuvi ^ninto, mi ncic lliv lltX
to the dining room, where re
freshments were served. Miss
Withers will return home soon,
much to the regret of the young
people here. However, she is
delighted with Florida and says
she expects to come again."
Look Out, Washerwomen!
Representative Harry Foster
of Lancaster county, does nol
take kindly to the practice ol
washerwomen using the wearing
apparel of their patrons and has
had passed by the lower house
of the General Assembly a bil
desierned to nrevent tho nmofipA
Mr. Foster's bill provides thai
it shall be unlawful for anj
laundryman, laundress, washer
woman or other person having
in his or her charge, or under his
or her control, the clothes 01
wearing apparel of another foi
the purpose of washing, launder
ing, pressing, cleaning, dyeing 01
repairing the same, to knowinglj
wear or use the said clothes 01
garments, or to allow any othei
person to use or wear the sai(
clothes or garments. Any per
son found guilty of violating th<
act shall be punished by a line oi
not over $50, or by imprisonment
not exceeding 30 days.
CONGRESSMAN FINLEY
MUST ANSWER WRIT
i As Member of Printing Committee
Fifth's Representative Cited to
Show Cause.
Congressman D. E. Finley of
this (Fifth) congressional district
l is member of the joint printing
, committee of Congress, the other
members being Senators Smoot
(Utah), Bourne (Ore.), Fletcher
(Fla.) and Representatives
I Cooper (Pa.) and Sturgiss (W.
;Va.) This committee was some
i davs sgo cited to appear and
! show cause in response to a writ
of mandamus by Justice Wright
of the supreme court of the
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'r^fflrr^fr" SrSyL^^CONGRESSMAN
D. E. FINLEY.
i District of Columbia why they
1 should not have awarded the
contract for a certain order of
paper to the Valley Paper com;
pany, which that company believed
was its due.
I The action of Justice Wright
- is said to be unprecedented and
> | caused considerable commotion
in Congress. In the senate it
was promptly set down as an
f unauthorized invasion of the
prerogatives an(#* immunities of
t members of Congress. The
' house of representatives took a
J different view of the matter,
s however, and directed the three
t house members of the committee
to appear in court and answer
the summons.
(ipnrir^ R Hnmil'mi Vine hnon
employed to appear as attorney
1 in behalf of the representatives
- at the hearing of the case, which
5 has been postponed for two
f weeks, but the senate has
, ordered its members of the comr
mittee to ignore the District
- court's right to take any such
i action.
I The case is regarded by conr
stitutional specialists as one of
- the greatest interest and im?
portance. If Justice Wright
, shall insist on the jurisdiction of
his court for the purpose of rei
quiring members of the com)
mittee to appear and show cause,
; the case will be promptly ap
pealed, and the supreme court
; of the United States will have a
i good chance of making the final
: decision. The immediate appeal
is to the appellate court of the
I District; thence to the supreme
court of the United States.
s Meanwhile, Mr. Finley's home
, folks do not anticipate that he
: will have to go to jail or forfeit
i his salary, whatever the final
> disposition of the case. But the
fact that the popular York dis
trict congressman nas thus been
brought into the limelight serves
to direct the attention of his
constituents to the fact that he
t is a member of two of the most
f important committees of Con;
gress, the joint committee on
printing and the committee on
postoffice and postroads.
York Court in Session.
Court of common pleas was in
session in Yorkville all of last
week with Judge DeVore presiding.
No cases of any considerable
magnitude were disposed
of and it is probable that
i ie court will continue until the
( id of this week. A number of
c ises on the calendar were
r settled by compromise, including
r one that has been tried at least
r twice and each time sent back
1 by the supreme court. It was a
- damage suit case against the
3 Southern railway, the railroad
f losing each time before a jury
t and winning in ti e higher court,
i or at least gaining a new trial.
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ANNUAL SUPPLY BILL
FOR YORK ADOPTEE
Measure Which Will Provide Rev
enue for County Government
This Year.
The supply bill for York court
ty for the current year has beer
agreed upon by the members o]
the General Assembly from this
county. As passed by the hous<
last Friday the provisions of th<
bill are as follows:
"For the county of York, foi
ordinary county purposes, foui
mills; a levy of two mills foi
road purposes, as provided bj
law, the treasurer to apportior
same, as required law; also i
special levy ol one-half of on<
mill, conditioned upon the sun
of $4,000 being raised and paic
j over to the county treasurer 01
I York county on or before Apri
1 1st, 1910, to supplement th(
amount to be raised by this lev}
I for the purpose of the erectior
of an iron or steel bridge ovei
Catawba river at such point al
or near Indian ferry in Catawbi
township as the county super
visor and county commissioners
may direct, in Ebenezer town
ship a special levy of three
fourths of one mill; in Catawbi
township, a special levy of tw<
mills, in York township; i
special levy of three and one-hall
rr.ills, to pay the interest or
bonds issued by said townships
in interest of the Charleston
Cincinnati & Chicago radroad
also in said townships of Ebene
zer, Catawba and York a specia
levy of one-half mill as a sinkinj
fund to retire said bonds; th<
treasurer of York county for col
lectyig and disbursing this specia
levy shall be allowed commis
sions, as now provided by law
A levy of one-quarter of on<
mill to be placed by the count}
treasurer to the county bridg<
fund to be expended according
to law. The county commission
ers of York county are herebj
authorized and empowered t(
borrow a sum of money, not
exceeding ten thousand dollars
at a rate of interest no* to exceec
six per cent., for ordinary count}
purposes, and to pledge the ta>
levy of said county to secure th<
same. In addition to this amount
for ordinary county purposes, th<
county commissioners of Yorl
county are authorized and em
I nnworoH tn Hnrmur o cum r\f
- ? ? VV* vv wvi 4W?? U UU1U VI IIV/
exceeding $5,000, at a rate o
interest not to exceed six pe:
cent., for the purpose of erecting
an iron or steel bridge ove:
Catawba river at or near Indiai
ferry in Catawba township, pro
vided the sum of $4,000 has beei
subscribed and paid over to th<
county treasurer of York countj
as hereinbefore provided, and t<
pledge the special tax levy o;
one-half of one mill to secure th?
same."
York Man to Edit News and Courier.
Major J. C. Hemphill will bt
succeeded on March 1 as editoi
of the Charleston News anc
Courier bv Robert Lathan, i
native of York county. Mr,
Lathan has been on the staff ol
The News and Courier foi
several years, first as city editoi
and lately as an editorial writer,
He is a son of the late Rev.
Robert Lathan, a minister of the
Associate Reformed Presbyteriar
church, who was not only well
known in this section as a mar
of great piety and unusual intel
lect but who acceptably served
the county as superintended
of education during the troublous
days of reconstruction and afterward.
Young Mr. Lathan, like
his father, is also a man of intel
lectual parts and although he has
not lived in York county foi
several years is pleasantly re
membered by many of the friends
of his boyhood days who an
greatly pleased to note his pro
motion to so important a positioi
in the newspaper world.
Child Law A .ended.
The house of >resentatives
Monday passed thout a dis
senting v ice \ .ill changinj
the act undei ich Senatos
Tillman got hi -andchildrer
forbidding sue ting withou
the consent of ti??. ..other of th<
children. The Senate has takei
similar action. The bill will b<
ratified, when the two House:
get together on minor amend
i ments.
The Police Dragnet. * ]
> The police department of the
town government didn't make
hay while the sun shone Satur
day and Monday?for two good (
reasons: this is the wrong season
to cut hay, because there's no
hay to be cut and Old Sol didn't
warm up the earth enough to
P permit the fascinating farm <
j; exercise, anyway?but it did rake 1
* up considerable coin while the ]
^ snow was on the ground. Which .
; is one way of saying that several ,
offenders were caught in the '
r police dragnet and fined for
r violating town ordinances. Most (
r of the fines were collected for j
plain drunks, but in one case a
1 white man who was charged
* with being drunk and carrying
3 concealed on his person a gun '
J (this word "gun" has a call in ]
p police parlance) was stung for
I $25. In another case $12.50 each \
?. aoocascu against iwo wnite ^
men on the double-barreled *
charge of drunk and disorderly, *
the disorderliness constituting
the olfense of attempting Sunday 1
afternoon to shoot the top out of (
a pine tree against which they ]
seemed to harbor a grudge.
These men, who worked for the
Fort Mill Mfg. Co., lost their
jobs, too. The plain drunks
netted the town $35 more.
Pineville Merchant Seriously 111. ]
Zeb M. Johnson, one of the 1
leading merchants of Pineville, :
N. C., is a patient at Johns Hop- '
kins hospital, Baltimore, where (
7 he is being treated for kidney '
trouble. Mr. Johnson has been (
^ a great sufferer from this affec
- tion for several months and has
' been treated by specialists in
Richmond and Charlotte with ;
little apparent benefit. The last 1
report from his bedside indicated ;
^ that his condition was unchanged. !
r Clarendon Man a Candidate.
Mr. E. C. Scarborough, of
f Clarendon, for two terms a mem>
her of the house of representa- i
t tives, has announced his candi.
dacy for railroad commissioner i
i to succeed Major John H. Earle. <
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EVERY DAY IS BARGAII
FOREMOST STORE, BUT V
IN THE SEVERAL DEPAR
; NESS THE CHOICEST SELE
\ GOODS AT ABSOLUTELY
1 TAGEOUS PRICED EVER
OF THIS COMMUNITY.
We Give
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GOODS AT THE LOWEST
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t>/~YXT lUTTTnil T~* XTTT^PT HCl
ryjiv vvni^n 111 I sj
OF ANY KIND OF GOODS 1
THESE COUPONS ARE V
I EACH DOLLAR PURCHASE
\ MANY OF OUR CUSTOMER
SERVICEABLE MERCHAN)
j COME HERE FOR YOl
X WARE, ETC., AND ASK FO
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ROCK HILL'S HOPES
GONE ALL TO SMASH
Carolina Traction Company Has
Withdrawn Application for a
Trolley Franchise.
It seems that the recent proposition
of a number of capitalists
Lo build a trolley line in Rock
Till has gone all to smash. The
Carolina Traction company had
isked the city to hold an election
;o say whether they should be
granted a 50-year franchise for a
street car line and the time had
oeen set for the election a few
lags hence, but it is all off now,
for the timo at. loast Tt nil onniP
lbout in this way: Knowing
hat there existed among the
/oters a strong opposition to
granting a franchise for a long
errn and under no restrictions,
some prominent business men
rot into communication with
). M. Cherry, of Rock Ilill, presdent
of the Carolina Traction
company, and had him to meet
>vith them with a view to
formulating a I franchise to be
isked for which would meet with
:he approbation of the electors.
Mr. Cherry was presented with
Lwo propositions for his consideration.
One was to grant the 50year
franchise asked for with
proper restrictions and requirements
and with stipulation that
at the end of 20 years the company
should begin and pay the
city 2 per cent, of the gross receipts,
the percentage to be in- \
creased to 4 per cent, after 30 \
years and to 6 per cent, after 40
years, and to continue at that. \
The other offer was a 25-year
year franchise unrestricted. After
considering the matter fully,
Mr. Cherry wrote the mayor officially,
declining both offers and
withdrawing the request for a
franchise.
The time for making tax returns
to the county auditor will
expire next Saturday and those
who fail will, after that date, be
subject to a penalty of 50 per
cent. * "'
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SI DAY AT FORT MILL'S
JE ARE NOW OFFERING
TMENTS OF OUR BUSIDCTION
OF SEASONABLE
r THE MOST ADVANOFFERED
THE PEOPLE
Coupons.
THE MOST RET T A RT F.
prices possible, we i
ash purchase a cou>u
to a stated amount
:hat you may select.
/orth 21-2 cents on
j you make here, and
is have secured good,
dise in this manner.
jr groceries, harder
coupons.'
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