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t V; VOLUME 18?NO. 49. FORT MILL, S. C., THURSDAY, MARCH 10,1910. l'lil{ YI-.Ali " ROCK KILL'DOES NOTHING r^~ IN BEHALF OF NEW COUNTY Consequently the Movement Has About Petered Out---Y/hat a Columbia Man Thiuks of City's Inactivity. There seems to be nothing I |r* doing for ''Catawba county." R Hock Hill has laiu down on the i te undertaking and the new county ' >1 - movement has, consequently, |2 gone up Salt river's breezy) clime?nil because a certain E& . electric company, the chief evi- i dence of whose existence appears | iff' . on paper, has withdrawn an i| . ~ application which it submitted *. some weeks ago to the council of j that city for a street railway franchise. "If the formation of the new; * county hinged upon the activities of this or any other corporation, j it is well that the new county has died abornin." said a gentleman who would have contributed i liberally to the movement. And | this is the consensus of opinion in Port Mill township. The people of this community and of the portion of Lancaster county \ which it was purposed to embrace in "'Catawba county" were almost a unit in their de' sire for the .formation o/ the new county, but it is certain that they would not have been favorably inclined toward the undertaking j- . with any corporation leading the movement. It would seem unnecessary to' say, except for the saying, that the citizens of this section of York county who were anxious for the formation of "Catawba rtAll nf \r' ' nfim f *-v/l /^vaLt Lt* : w/unuj v> civ utiuatL'U uiii%v u\ the prospects of the conveniences which a court house at Kock Hill wouhl have afforded this section that there was no other ( reason for wishing io secede from the old county. The following letter, received a uay or two in Vort Mil', from a Columbia gentleman who had volunteered to help in the' formation of Catawba county is i- t^rnot w ithout int "Dear Sir: Soon after the 1 Legislature adjourned, as I staged to you I would, 1 wrote i Mr. ? ? about the new county matter, and have received a reply in which he states that the electric railway proposition having fallen through there would f be nothing doing in the new county matter now. Rock Hill is entitled to a new county if 1 any place in the State is, but a 1 community that does not lirst help itself and look out for its i own interest certainly is not going to have a new county handed to it on a silver waiter. Rock Hill sat down and let Cherokee form and thus deprive York of so much territory that fliovrt ia nrvf vnvi V/ JO J1V/W VllVU^il IL'I I 1UI JRock Hill to form a new county within the constitutional limitations as to area. They are going * to sit down and do nothing again, and I assume that this do-nothing plan will be kept up and Rock % Hill will remain just as it is. I k write you this as I promised you : I would." Unveiling of Calhoun Statue. An invitation is extended to \ every South Carolinian to attend the unveiling of the statue of ' John C. Calhoun, which will be held in Statuary hall in Washington on March 12 at 11 o'clock. The following notice has been { issued by Governor Ansel: "The John C. Calhoun statue Commission desires to give notice that the ceremonies attending I the unveiling of the statue of John C. Calhoun will take place in Statuary hall, Washington, -J). C., on Saturday, the 12th of i of 11 o'olool. .. ? n iriciiwii, at 11 u viv/vrv a. hi. Hi very k one is invited to attend these ' -ceremonies.'' For Lieutenant Governor. Chas. A. Smith of Timmonsville, Florence county, has announced his candidacy for lieutenant governor. Mr. Smith has * * been president of the State Baptist convention and for two years a member of the house of representatives. He is a prohibitionist * and that will be his platform. At this time the only other name 4 mentioned in connection with the office is that of Wilson G. f Harvey of Charleston, who is I hot yet an announced candidate. Wills & Young Company. L Fort Mill now boasts one of the largest mercantile corporations in York county in the Mills 1 & Young Co., which received ? its charter from the secretary of state Monday. This corporation is capitalized at $25,000 ; and is authorized to do a general mercantile business.' The prin- ^ nrnnl ll , ,. 1' a ij/ci.1 ovutMiuiui-'jia ??i i.m" fi |'wiation are J. R. Mills, J. T. Young ^ and W. i). Wolfe. The officers arc J. B. Mills, president and j. treasurer; J. T. Young, vice president and W. D. Wolfe, sec-.; ^ retard. . L The Mills & Young Co. is the j, outgrowth of the old firm of , Mills & Young, which has been engaged in business in Fort Mill i since 1901. The firm st irted on J a capital of SS.ot>0 and its busi- '' ness ha ^rowii steadily from year to year, last year amount-;', ing to more than $100,000. The Mills & Young Co. occupies four y of the principal store-rooms on jj Main street and numerous ware- , houses for the accommodation of ^ their surplus stock. The furni- ^ lure and stove department is 's managed by W. D. Wolfe and is , considered by traveling men one ' the most attractive stores of the kind in the State. The dry ^ goods and slice department, now ( located in the store-room recent- . ly occupied bv McElhaney oc Co., ; is in charge of E. R. Patterson, a valued employe of the company who has had wide experience in j the lines of merchandise in his department, The head clerk in \ the grocery and hardware tie- / partment is A. L, Parks, ^ who i has also seen sever il years' rcr-, ? vice with the old firm. The growth of the firm of Mills <fc Young i an illustration \ of what energy and brains properly applied in the m mean- ' tile business can accomplish. The : . new corporation i s controlled and I1 mail: '1*1 Kvr nil! w-..w,. . ... . 1 - jwiiiiK men : . and i:> destined t?? 1111 in even j larger sphere of usefulness, in ^ the community than did the firm J from which it grew. i i * ' . " " New Map of York County. , The Times is pleased to ac- i 'j knowledge t he receipt of a copy c of the new map of York county ! ^ published by Messrs. Jones & c Walker, Rock Hill engineers. The map measures 39 inches p by 29 inches, is mounted on e heavy cloth stock, with sticks p and wall hangers, and it shows p all townships in colors, school p districts in black lines and num- t. bers, all railroads, public and p important neighborhood roads, p towns, cities, streams, power NN transmission lines, telephone j, lines, rural routes, churches, p school houses, and all property p owners along the public and im- p portant neighborhood roads. s The publishers have secured c their copyright papers and have fi placed the map on sale in all | c, sections of the county, or the v the maps may be secured direct 0 from the publishers at the selling p price of $2.75 per copy. a ?^ In Prohibition Georgia. g The failure of Georgia pas- p senger trains to make their sched- T ules, which is causing much irri- a tation, is due to the quantity of whiskey carried by express, ac- j cording to commercial travelers. i ncoc men ut'cmrtj inui every train out of Jacksonville and p Chattanooga carries three ex- j i\ press cars, loaded to the roof with liquor for Georgia points, 7 and trains are delayed by deliv- p ery of "wet" packages. tj "On a recent trip from Jack- ^ sonville to Macon," said one commercial traveler, "we lost nearly () two hours by delay in delivering js whiskey from express cars at points along the line. The same cj thing is happening on every road (] in Georgia. The passenger trains n can't make schedules and deliver the whiskey they carry." j; -? ;t? Rob in Charlotte Streets. P el In broad daylight and cn one of the principal streets, negroes held up and assaulted a white woman and child and robbed I them of their poeketbooks in k Charlotte Saturday, containing c sums of money. These bold tl robberies came as the climax to a C long series of almost nightly ii hold-ups in which women have f been invariably the victims. > f AY/ AGAINST COCK-FIGHTING IS ADMITTEDLY INADEQUATE officers Unable to Suppress the "Spcrt" in Absence of Chartered Schocls. Magistrate McF.lhaney's Remedy. As a result of the news items ,'hich have appeared recently i The Times of life frequent ocking mains hold in tl is townhip, the matter has been directd to the attention 01 t- e authorJos whose duty it is to suppress twl$ssnes3. It is stated that loVernor Ansel will take steps 3 break up the "sport" and ave the patrons of the mains unished ii' there is any way lie an do so. The matter has also een called to the attention of olicitor Henry, who is anxious hat the mains be suppressed rid is ready to assist the local uthorities. Hut Solicitor Henry is not unlindful ol' the fact that it is a ardor proposition to punish ock-fighters than is popularly apposed, due to a misconception f the statute bearing upon the ubject. The general impression 5 that it is unlawful to hold ocking mains within three miles f a church or chartered instituion of learning. Such is not he law. There is no reference 11 the statute to churches, though t in expressly stated in the static that it is a misdemeanor, lunishahlc by a fine not exceedng $100 or imprisonment not exceding 30 days, to engage in or ie present at a cock-fight. As here is no chartered institution if learning in this township, here is no violation of the law: mt as was pointed out by Solictor Henry to The Times some ays ago, ii is possible to arrest iatrons of the "sport" on warants charging disorderly eonuct. In view of the strong seniment in York county against ock-fighting. it probably would ?e a comparatively easy matter u secure the conviction of pcrons arrested on the charge of lisorderly conduct growing out f cock-lighting. In this connection, Magistrate . \\. McElhaney iuis kelit to The imes the following interesting' ommunication, in which he sugests a remedy to relieve the ommunily of the "sport:" "As there has been a lot of ilk about the law against chickn-fighting not being enforced in his township, I will try to show he reason that the law has not eon violated. Section 21)8 of the riminal code says that it shall e unlawful to light chickens or e present at a chicken light 'ithin three miles of a chartered istitution of learning. Violaions of the law are punishable y a fine or imprisonment. Now ' the people of Fort Mill townhip will have four of the schools bartered it will stop chickengluing in this community. The ost of a charter is small and it /ill be granted by the secretary f state on application of the rustees. I tried to have the law mended at the last session of he Legislature, but unfortunatey I started too late. It is sugested that chicken-fighters be rosecuted for cruelty to animals, 'his won't do. Chickens are not nin.als?they are fowls." Bethel Presbytery. The annual spring meeting of ethel presbytery will be held lis year with Ridpreway church, le opening session beinjr on uesday evening, April 12. The astor of the Ridgeway church is le Rev. P. H. Moore. The rerinp moderator of the presbyjry is the Rev. S. J. Cartledpe, f Chester, and the stated clerk i the Rev. Mr. Hafner, pastor f the Fort Mill Presbyterian lurch, whose term of office oes not expire until the fall * A/\f /v 1' * b A ? I 1 iccviuk ?> lir* presu.viery in [)11. The representative of the ort Mill Presbyterian church > the Ridgeway meeting of resbytery has not yet been lected. Capt. L. M. Davis, a former lock Hill citizen who was well nown in this section of the ounty, on Monday purchased he home of J. W. Hayes in Iharlotte, the consideration beig $4,000. Mr. Hayes, with his amily, lived in Plneville until a ew years ago. i ' GENERAL MISUNDERSTANDING AS TO PURPOSES OF CEflSJDS i All Information Given tbc Enumerators Will Be Confidential and Used Only For Statistical Purposes. Letters from the census supervisors to the United States census bureau show the erroneous 'apprehension of a considerable clement of the population that their answers to the enumer1 ators' questions in the next census, beginning April 15, this year, will cause increased taxation, legal entanglements, or inI various consequences to their i persons and property. Tn nvrlnr tr? lmfrtim/l ... V?V * vv UUV.1 IH IUUIIU" cd fears, which would, unless removed, materially affect the accuracy of the census, the bureau has prepared an official statc' ment relative to the decennial census, its origin, purpose and ; uses. This statement should furnish , complete assurance to those concerned that the information given the enumerators is held by the census bureau in the strictest confidence with reference to identity of the informants, as required by the policy of the bureau and commanded by the law of the United States. The bureau earnestly hopes that clergymen, priests, physicians, school-tc chers, employers and other public spirited citizens who come in contact with large numbers of people will cooperate i with the bureau by telling pori sons who are believed to entertain erroneous opinions of the census the real facts and urging ihem ta .ivc full replies to the \ enumeialors. Teachers are par1 ticularly requested to speak of i the census to the school children ; and ask them to tell their parents about it. The statement issued by the bureau explains that the consti lution requires a census of the j population to be taken every ten years in order to reapportion State representation in the ! jutuunm uouse 01 representatives. It is the means also to ascertain the increase in the popi ulation, agriculture, industries ; and resources of the nation since ' the last census. It is emphatically declared by ; the statement, that the informa- j tion sought from the people of ! the United States is used solely for general statistical purposes. It will neither he published nor used in any other way to disclose facts regarding any individual or enterprise. The census, it goes on to say, is not, never has been, and can not be employed to obtain information that can be used in any way in the assess; ment of property for purposes of i taxation or the collection of taxes, either national. State or local; or for deportation proceedings, extradition measures, army or navy conscription, internal revenue investigations, compulsory# school attendance, child labor law prosecutions, quarantine regulations, or in any i way to affect the life, liberty or | property of any person. It points out that rt*plies to the enumerators are and must i he held by the census bureau in strict and absolute confidence, j All the bureau officials, supervisors, supervisors' clerks, enumerators, and interpreters, before entering- ujion their duties, are obliged to take a solemn oath not to disclose any information they may obtain, except to the census bureau, and a violation of the United States law in regard to his oath means a $1,000 fine i or imprisonment for two years, or both, in the discretion of the court. Hog and Cotton. One hundred pounds of hop alive are worth ten dollars and three hundred pounds of hop are worth half a bale of cotton when cotton is worth twelve cents the pound, says the Laurens Advertiser of last week. Two three hundred pound hops are therefore equal to a bale of twelve cents the pound cotton. The likelihood, meanwhile, is considerably preater that cotton will drop to ten cents the pound than that hop will drop below ten cents the pound. Death oi Miss Pansy Griffin. Miss Pansy Griffin, 16-year-olc daughter of Mr. and Mrs. W. E, Griffin, died at the home of hei parents, two miles north of.town, Monday morning after an illness of three days of pneumonia. Miss Griffin was in her usual healtl up to Friday morning, but was taken ill that afternoon and gradually grew worse until .Monday morning, when the end came. She had many friends in the community who were greatly grieved to learn of her death. She was a member of Philadelphia Methodist church and the funeral services were conducted by her pastor, the Rev. Mr. White. The interment was in Flint Hill chinch yard Tu <sdav afternoon and was largely attended by the friends of the young lady. Dr. Hotchkiss Improving. The latest news from the bed side of Dr. N. R. Hotchkiss who has been critically ill at i hospital in New Haven. Conn., for several weeks, is that his condition is somewhat improvec and that hopes arc now enter tained for his recovery. Dr I Hotchkiss left Fort Mill 20-od( years ago and located in New Haven for the practice of his pro fession, medicine. He has beei a frequent visitor to Fort Mil since he moved away and 1ku many friends here who will In .greatly pleased to learn that hi: j case is not considered hopelesi I as was feared for some days Dr. Hotchkiss. was married abou ten years ago to Miss Lucy Bel!: of Fort Mill. Good for Mr. Finley. Congressman D. E. Finley ha succeeded in securing an amend ment to the postollice appropria tion bill increasing the ap propriation fur rural fret delivery by an additional .$500,00! for that purpose. The amend ment was adopted, in the hous? of representatives Monday. MMmtJHMaaaBHMB&iSI I ? WA I MILLS & Y Dry Goods ar ?Mil n ! ? ?I II H I ! Now Goods arrivii All t ho 110wost st i Children's goods. I Watch the show v Watch the bargaii Watch this space < tiling interesting. Watch Fort Mill j Watch Mills >S: V< MILLS & KORT MILL LIGHT INFANTRY 1 DRILLING FOR THE INSPECTION Company is in Good Condition and Has Advantage of Small ?er Cent, of New Members. The Fort Mill Li;..kit Inf....try 1 is drfllin"-rc.L-. 'arly three times | a week for the annual St it'' and . Feder; 1 inspect! n o the com1 party on April lb, the c. ill-- being 1 held on Tire 'ay. Thnn? ' y and Saturday niyht . ('. pi. -V. 11. Spratt docs not antic iy.ite that 1 the company will exp iencc any . difficulty in success : parsing the inspection. The strengt h of ; the company is 11 men, only 7 of v whom have been rear - d since . the inspection of last year. The > fact that there is such a small per cent, of new men in the company is a source of gratification to the officers and speaks well for the interest of the members in - the organization. In the annual report of the l adjutant general, recently submitted to the Legislature, the ? - Fort Mill Light Infantry was 1 commended by both that officer - and Lieut. Cabaniss. Ik S. A., . who assisted in the 1D0H inspec1 tion of the company, as one of r best drilled and disciplined units - of the South Carolina National i Guard. In the report it was 1! recommended by Lieut. (Jabaniss s that a number of the companies 2 bo mustered out for the good of * the service, these companies =; bv it ar below tl e standard of . efficiency required under the t Dick law. Charlotte Mill Shut; Down. The Rhodiss mil!, one 01 the i largest to tile plants in t'har... i r:UC, h<ts announce i a complete -is; lit tk?vvii with 'fc : Mod state-1 ment that it will be for AW indefinite period. Tin. cues' - river. is the unsatisfactory state of the ); market. The company offers its - army of operatives free rent of 2 their homes during the shutdown. mvmcxarzmmiei.v rr?r? TCH OUNG CO.'S id Shoe Stores. \iX daily. / les in Ladies* and midows. . ?. 1 counters. Midi week for soincl>to\v. )imt? ?row. : YOUNG. I * I M'j