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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 on paper, has withdrawn an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
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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 $2.75 per copy. a
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In Prohibition Georgia.
g
The failure of Georgia pas- p
senger trains to make their sched- T
ules, which is causing much irri- a
tation, is due to the quantity of
whiskey carried by express, ac- j
cording to commercial travelers.
i ncoc men ut'cmrtj inui every
train out of Jacksonville and p
Chattanooga carries three ex- j i\
press cars, loaded to the roof
with liquor for Georgia points, 7
and trains are delayed by deliv- p
ery of "wet" packages. tj
"On a recent trip from Jack- ^
sonville to Macon," said one commercial
traveler, "we lost nearly ()
two hours by delay in delivering js
whiskey from express cars at
points along the line. The same cj
thing is happening on every road (]
in Georgia. The passenger trains n
can't make schedules and deliver
the whiskey they carry." j;
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Rob in Charlotte Streets. P
el
In broad daylight and cn one
of the principal streets, negroes
held up and assaulted a white
woman and child and robbed I
them of their poeketbooks in k
Charlotte Saturday, containing c
sums of money. These bold tl
robberies came as the climax to a C
long series of almost nightly ii
hold-ups in which women have f
been invariably the victims. > f
AY/ AGAINST COCK-FIGHTING
IS ADMITTEDLY INADEQUATE
officers Unable to Suppress the "Spcrt"
in Absence of Chartered Schocls.
Magistrate McF.lhaney's Remedy.
As a result of the news items
,'hich have appeared recently
i The Times of life frequent
ocking mains hold in tl is townhip,
the matter has been directd
to the attention 01 t- e authorJos
whose duty it is to suppress
twl$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.
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' 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
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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.
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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.
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