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VOLUME 19?NO. 1. FORT MILL, S. C., THURSDAY, APRIL 7, 1910. $1.25 FER YEAR.
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TOUR AFFAIRS MUST BE TOLD
TO THE CENSUS ENUMERATOR
|TWe u a Vast Deal of Information
Which Uncle Sam Will Insist on ,
(sowing in Foil.
Whoever compiled the questions
to be used by the enumerators
who will take the 1910 census
certainly was of an inquiring
turn of mind. If there's anything
he forgot to ask, a casual
glance at the list doesn't reveal it.
The regular population schedule
is about like that of ten years
ago, but there are dozens of
other schedules to be considered.
On ibe population schedule
you will be required to tell your
name?right name, too; give
your last birthday, your color
and sex; state whether you are
married or single, widowed or
divorced; tell your birthplace,
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wuc uu injMtiLv; ui ,yuui jJrticuia,
and tell also whether or not you
can speak English.
In addition to this, you must
tell the enumerator what your
^ trade or profession is, if you
^ have one, and if you haven't,
you must tell him how you gain
a livelihood. If you are an employe,
you will be required to
state just how many months you
have been out of work during
the year and whether or not you
are working , at the time the
census is being taken. Then you
will tell the minion of the government
whether you can read and
write, and whether you have
attended school since September
1, 1909. If you own your home,
you must tell him that also, and if
you do not own it, that goes down
on the official scoreboard, too.
The enumerator will also be
required to ask you whether you
are a survivor of the Union or
Confederate army or navy, and
whether or not you are blind in
both eyes. He will also inquire
if you are deaf and dumb, but it
is fair to presume that you won't
be required to answer if you are.
Rut the population schedule is
modest compared with some of
the others, the agricultural
schedule, for instance. Owners
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V" xtuius win uu asKea now many
fowls they possess over three
months; how many fowls and
eggs were produced on the farm
during 1909. A fellow would
have to have a pretty good
memory to recall every chicken
and egg that was produced on a
farm in the course of a year, but
Uncle Samuel wants the information,
and he's going to have it 01
some mighty good reasons why.
And the enumerator is going
to get right personal before
he gets through with the tillers
of the soil. He is going to inquire,
for instance, if there is a
mortgage on the old home and
just how much will take it off.
Then he will want to know the
total number of acres in the
farm and how much of it is improved
and how much isn't. The
statistics to compiled on this
schedule will include about everything
one can imagine in connection
with agriculture.
The information sought by
the government is to he regarded
as strictly confidential by
the enumerators and the agents
are prohibited by law from delegating
to any other person their
authority to enter establishments
and collect information. And
once the census man has accepted
a job he can't quit it, even if he
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act providing for the census
makes it a misdemeanor for any
census employe to refuse to do
his duty in the collection of statistics,
and any one guily of disregarding
this section may be
fined not more than $500. And
if any census employe gives out
;; or publishes any information
coming into his possession by
reason of his employment with
the bureau, he may be fined a
thousand dollars and filed away
in a Federal prison for twc
1 years. Enumerators who knowingly
turn in false information
will upon conviction be fined not
exceeding $2,000 and imprisoned
not more than five years.
And people who refuse to supply
the information asked for
4&hall be reckoned guilty of a
tnisdemeanor and upon conviction
shall be fined not exceeding
$10 ,000 or imprisoned for a period
not exceeding one year, or both,
so fined and imprisoned at the
discretion of the court.
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Pobt. G. Lee Ordained to Ministry.
Sunday evening in the presence
of a large congregation at
the Baptist church, Robert G.
Lee, a student at Furman university,
whose home is in Fort1
Mill, was ordained to the full
work of the Gospel ministry.
Mr. Lee is serving churches near
Greenville and his ordination;
was asked for by them.
The ordaining council was
called by the Fort Mill church,
of which the candidate has
been a member for 12 years.
The council was composed of
Revs. R. T. Marsh, of Rock Hill;
E. P. Easte^ling, of Bennettsville;
Edw. -j. Reaves, of Honea
Path, and S. P. Hair, pastor of
i Fort Mill and Flint Hill churches,
and deacons D. A. Lee, A. A. I
i Young, S. A. Epps, W. B.
! Meacham and B. M. Faris.
The organization of the council j
was effected by electing Rev.
S. P. Hair, chairman and Rev.
R. T. Marsh, secretary. The
candidate was examined as to
his conversion, call to the ministry
and doctrinal views by Rev.
Eclw. S. Reaves, under whose
ministry he joined the church.
Mr. Lee passed the examination
in a creditable manner,
maintaining his composure
throughout the ordeal and giving
clear-cut answers to the many
difficult questions put to him.
The council, after withdrawing
for conference, unanimously
recommended the ordination and
the church, by formal vote,
authorized it.
The sermon was preached by
Rev. Edward S. Reaves from the
text. "Who is sufficient for these
things? * * * Not that we are
sufficient of ourselves * * * but
our sufficiency is of God." ?
2 Cor. 2:16 and 3:6.
The sermon was a clear
presentation of the ministerial
office under the following divisions:
1. The dignity and responsibility
of the ministerial office.
The preacher speaks to men for
God and to God in behalf of
men. Occupying such a position,
where the issues of life and
death are involved, the minister
must live a stainless life of communion
with God and fellowship
with men.
2. The exacting demands
which modern society is making
of its preachers. They must
serve without hope of personal
gain and meet exacting demands
as to service and bear
everybody's burden.
3. The sustaining power and
rewards of the office. The
j sustaining power is in the
>' consciousness of a divine call
and of faithfully serving God by
humbly serving men. The rewards
are of a spiritual nature
1 and consist in the gratitude of
those who are served, the consciousness
of doing good and the
hope of everlasting reward.
The Bible, the preachers' guide
book, was presented in a happy
; manner by Rev. S. P. Hair, who
urged the young preacher not to
neglect its study and to follow
always its lofty teachings. Rev.
R. T. Marsh, delivered the
charge in a forceful manner,
giving the candidate many words
i of wholesome advice. The or.
daining prayer was offered by
Rev. E. P. Easterling and was
, followed by the laying on of
I hands as the candidate remained
i kneeling. The benediction was
pronounced by Mr. Lee, closing
( a solemn and impressive service,
i Mr. Lee is a young man of
- bright mind and studious habits
? and gives every hope of develop.
ing into a useful preacher.
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UUUUVII^WUII novo lUC IJtlUH
circulated asking for contribu,
tions to assist in defraying the
i expenses of the Fort Mill base
ball club, and it is hoped that
i the public will respond liberally
i to the effort which is thus being
' made to organize the team. It is
more than should be expected of
the young men who will compose
i the team to ask that they not
; only play the game for the en
tertainment of the public without
compensation but that they
also furnish the expense inci'
dent to organizing and main>
taining the club. Fort Mill has
had a splendid ball team for
; several years and the material is
1 here this year for another good
team, but it remains for the pubs
lie to help the players with cash
contributions.
ARRANGEMENTS ARE MAKING
FOR SUNDAY SCHOOL MEETING
The York Countj Association to Be
Entertained By Fort Mill Baptist
Church in May.
The congregation of the Fort
Mill Baptist church is anticipating
with pleasure the next
meeting of the York Cbunty
Baptist Sunday School Association,
which will be held in
their church May 3 and 4. The
delegates to the meeting of the
association will be entertained
in the homes of the members of
the church and much pleasure
and profit is expected to be derived
from the visit of these
enthusiastic Sunday school
workers. The program of the
meeting is as follows;
Tuesday, May 3.
10:30 A. M. ? Devotional exercises,
led by Rev. D. W. Thomasson.
11:00 A. M.?Organization.
11:20 A. M. ? "Relation of the
church to the Sunday School,"
J. F. Boyd, A. E. Willis, Rev. I.
G. Murray.
12 M. ? "Proper Use of Lesson
Helps," G. W. Brown, J. W.
Ferguson, Rev. W. E. Lowe.
I 12:40 P, M, ?Round Table,
J. D. Moore.
1:00 P. M.?Adjournment.
2:45 P. M.?Devotional exercises,
led by T. G. Matthews.
3:00 P. M. ? "Habits of Promptness,"
W. C. Wilborn, S. A.
Epps, J. A. Tate.
3:20 P. M.-"Best Methods of
Teaching the Lesson," Rev. J.
D. Moore, Rev. T. J. Watts,
i 3:50 P. M. ? "Practical Demonstration
of Teaching Next Sunday's
Lesson," Rev. J. K. Hair.
4:20 P. M.?Round table, Rev.
J. D. Moore.
4:45 P. M.?Adjournment.
7:45 P. M. ? Devotional exercises,
led by A. T. Brown.
8:00 P. M. ?"The Organized
Class," T. J. Watts, Rev. J. D.
; Moore.
8:40 P. M. ?"The Boy Prob,
lem," Mayor T. S. Franklin.
9:20 P. M. ?Round table, Rev.
J. I). Moore.
9:45 P. M.?Adjournment.
Wednesday, May 4.
9:30 A. M.? Devotional exercises,
led by D. E. Boney.
10:00 A. M. ? "Equipment and
Aim of the Teacher," S. A.
Fincher, C. S. Moorehead, Rev.
Alexander Miller.
10:40 A. M. ?"How Can the
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1CHI.IIC1 UtVUIC ilUIIlC OLUliy UU
the Part of the Pupil," Rev. J.
D. Moore, Rev. J. K. Hair.
11:20 A. M.?Presentation of
diplomas to the normal graduates
by the president.
11:40 A. M. ?Address to normal
class, T. J. Watts,
j 12:20 P. M. Three minute reports
from delegates.
1:00 P. M. ?Adjournment.
2:45 P. M. -Devotional exercises,
led by J. J. ^Waters.
3:00 P. M.-Cradle roll, J. D.
Moore.
3:20 P. M.?Home depart ment,
Jackson Hamilton, Rev. S. P.
Hair, T. J. Watts.
4:00 P. M. Round table, J. D.
Moore.
4:30 P. M. ?Miscellaneous busi
iness.
4:45 P. M.?Adjournment.
7:45 P. M.-Devotional exercises,
led by Rev. W. T. Thompson.
8:0J P. M. ? "The Place of Doctrinal
Teaching in the Sunday
School," H. C Miller, Esq., Rev.
R. T. Marsh.
8:45 P. M. ?"Missions in the
Sunday School," Rev. D. W.
Thomasson, Rev. T. J. Watts.
9:20 P. M.?Round table, Rev.
J. D. Moore.
9:45 P. M.?Adjournment.
Barn of W. B. McGill Burned.
The barn and stable of W.
Bonner McGill, of Bethany, in
this county, together with a
horse, for which he recently refused
an offer of $350, 225 bushels
of corn, 3,000 bundles of fodder,
two tons of hay, a lot of
harness, farming tools and implements,
was destroyed by lire
Wednesday morning about 9
o'clock. Origin of the fire is
unknown. Loss about $1,100,
with insurance of $200 on building
and $100 on horse.
Mrs. W. W. Moore and Mrs.
Ardrey Alexander, of Charlotte,
are guests of Mrs. J. T. Young.
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STATE AID NAY BE SECURED
FOR NEW SCHOOL BUILDING
Recent Act of the General Assembly
Provides for Appropriation to Assist
Weak Schools.
Under the provisions of an act
passed at the last session of the
General Assembly, the trustees
of the Fort Mill graded school
may receive $300 from the State
treasurer toward the erection of
the school building, the bonds
for which, $10,000 in amount,
fcere voted in April of last year.
The act carries an appropriation,
of $20,000 and is designed to aid
weak public schools of the State
in the construction of buildings.
The attention of the chairman
of the Fort Mill board of trustees,
R. F. Grier, was directed
to the act yesterday. Mr. Grier
says that there is no question of
the need of every dollar the
I school can get from the State ap:
propriation in putting up fhe new
building and that he is confident
steps will be takeft at once to
secure the approval of the York
! county board of education, a
i condition precedent to the issui
ance of the warrant by the State
i board of education and the
I signature of the State supcrinj
tendent of education,
j The act of the General Assem!
bly says that when the friends,
patrons or trustees of any public
shool in any school district of
any county in this State shall
raise by private subscription,
special tax, regular tax, sale of
old buildings, issuing bonds or
otherwise, funds for building a
school building in such district,
the State board of education
shall, upon application duly endorsed
by the county board of
education of the county in which
the public school desires aid,
turn over to the trustees of such
school from the funds set aside
for such purpose under this act,
j $50 for each $100 so raised by
such friends, patrons or trustees
1 for constructing such school
: building, but that no one school
shall receive more thah $300 unthe
provisions of this act, and
i that no more than one school in
; any one district in any one year
1 shall receive such aid. In case
of the consolidation of two or
I morn sphnnls nn sirlr-litKrtmia
of $50 may be granted, and the
State board of education shall
give the preference to school districts
which have combined and
consolidated two or more school
buildings. Any school district
1 availing itself of the provisions of
the act shall comply with plans
and specifications approved by
the State board of education.
Gen. F.. M. Law Honored.
Old friends of Gen. E. M. Law
in this section of the State will
be pleased to learn that he has
been honored by the governor of
I Florida by appointment as the
representative of that State on
! the Hattle of Gettysburg Com;
mission. Gen. Law moved from
Yorkville to Florida about 20
! years ago and has since been
1 engaged there as superintendent
j of a military school. He was
once editor of the Yorkville Enterprise
and was also a candidate
for Congress in this district
against J. J. Hemphill, but fell
short of the votes necessary to
secure the nomination. Con
j cerning the appointment of Gen.
Law the Tampa Times says:
"The appointment of Gen.
E. M. Law to be the repiesentai
tive from Florida to confer with
the Battle of Gettysburg Commission
relative to the observance
of the fiftieth anniversary of
that great battle was one eminently
fit to be made. Gen.
Law is the highest in actual rank
of the now living officers on the
Confederate side in that memorable
contest, and is besides a
i citizen of that high character
i which all good and true men de
light to honor. The commission
will meet July 1st and continue
in session three days. The
i fiftieth anniversary occurs in
ma"
i Death of Mrs. W. A. Fisher.
i Mrs. W. A. Fisher died at her
home in the upper part of town
Monday morning, after a lingering
illness. Mrs. Fisher was a
good woman and was highly regarded
by her neighbors. She
was a member of the Methodist
church.
York Census Enumerators.
Dr. R. L. Douglass, supervisor
of the census for the Fifth
congressional district, h^s ..announced
the names of the successful
applicants for enumerator
in York county. In a few
instances, the census bureau has
not approved the appointment
of applicants. With these exceptions,
the list of appointees
for the county are as follows:
Bethel Township?First division,
John M. Ford, Yorkville;
second division, not yet approved.
Bethesda Township ?First division,
John M. Love, McCon-nellsville;
second division, W. C. !
Lindsay, McConnellsville; third
division, J. Webb Moore, Yorkville.
Broad Fiver Township?First
division, John B. Wilkie, Hickory
Grove; second division, Arthur
M. Erwin, Sharon.
Bullock's Creek Township ?
First division, Henry E. Hood,
Sharon, Route No. 1; second division,
O. J. Gwinn, Sharon.
Catawba Township?First division,
VV. P. Crook, Rock Hill;
second division, Benjamin D.
Culp, Rock Hill; third division,
, W. A. Douglas, Rock Hill, Rock
Hill city wards 1 and 2; fourth
division, W. C. Hutchison, Rock
' Hill city wards 3 and 4.
Ebenezer Township ?First division,
Joe M. Taylor, Rock Hill;
'second division, Thos. B. Glenn,
Route No. 7, Yorkville.
Fort Mill Township?First division,
Clarence S. McMurray,
Fort Mill; second division, Jackson
Hamilton, Fort Mill; third
division, Richard A. Fulp, Fort
Mill.
King's Mountain Township ?
First division, F. E. Clinton,
Clover; second division, Joseph
D. Smith, Route No. 1, Yorkville;
third Division, John L. Ratterree,
Yorkville.
York Township?First division,
! not yet approved; second division,
W. A. McAfTe, Yorkville;
i third division, Leslie Smith,
; Route No. 1, Yorkville; fourth
division, Joseph E. Hart, Yorkville,
Yorkville city wards 1, 2,
! 3, 4, 5 and G.
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SUPERINTENDENT J. W. BABCOCK
REPORTS ON STATE HOSPITAL
Crowded Condition of lnstitutir Appears
From Detailed S?- .uient of
. vUtd treated.
Dr. J. W. Babcock, superintendent
of the State Hospital for
the Insane, makes the following
report upon conditions at the institution
over which he presides:
"On December 31, 1908, there
were 1,463 patients on the books
of the hospital, and at the end of
the year 1909 there were 1,528.
The total number treated during
the year was 2,071, and the average
number daily resident 1,507;
the highest number was 1,547
and the lowest 1,459. During
the year 605 were admitted, of
whom 320 were white and 285
colored. The number of admissions
was one less than the previous
year. Practically no applications
for admission are refused
if endorsed by physicians.
"Of the forms of insanity of
those admitted 243 were of the
manic depressive type; 92 were
of pellagrous insanity; 69 of senile
psychosis; 48 of dementia precox;
33 of epilepsy; 28 of alcoholism
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various kinds of weak-mindedness.
"With regard to the probable
causation, 77 were assigned to
moral causes, 283 to physical, 46
to toxic and 199 to unknown
causation; 110 were attributed
to heredity.
"During the year there were
discharged as recovered 95; as
much improved and improved,
142, and 36 as unimproved. The
total number who died was 256.
The high mortality is due chiefly
to five causes, pellagrous insanity,
68 (26 per cent); tuberculosis,
51 (20 per cent);
senility, 25 (10 per cent); epilepsy
22, and general paralysis
18 making a total of 184 cases,
! or 71 per cent. To the first
i three causes, pellagra, tuberculosis
and old age, over one-half
of the deaths are due."
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