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The Fort Mill Times. VOLUME 19?NO. 2. FORT MILL, S. C., THURSDAY, APRIL 1?, 1910. " $1.25 PER YEAR. WHO WILL BE GOVERNOR, ASK THE INTERESTED ONES la Colombia They're Figuring oo Feathcrstone or Manning, but the Best Laid Laid PlansSpecial to Fort Mill Times. Columbia, April 12. ? Along with the natural article, the political sap is beginning to rise in these quarters and it is no uncommon thing to hear a group of men on the street corners or in hotel lobbies discussing the situation from every possible viewpoint. Most of the interest seems to centre around the race for governor, and it appears at this time that this will be a five-cornered race with all sections of the State, , with the exception of the ex\ treme southern part, represented in the running. The views of most of those who discuss the gubernatorial race are colored more or less by Liitir preierences ui prcjuuiues as the case may be and very little importance is to be attached to these views, but taking them as a whole and stirring them pretty well, your corresIpondent is tempted to give his impressions of how the race is going to be. Featherstone, Manning, Richards, McLeod and Blease will be the entries. You may put it down for a rough guess that this is going to be . about the order in which they will run, too. Richards, Manning and McLeod are running from adjoining counties and this is going to weaken each of them in the ordinarily solid Pee-Dee section. The Pee Dee is noted for the patriotic way in which it supports its candidates who are at ^ all worthy, and with three I meritorious candidates from her f section it is difficult to guess just which of them is going to get the most of these votes. It is generally admitted that r Manning is the stronger of the I t Vt x %"* o rv f tU/% C!f n Itiuvx: 111 uwuci pai to ui inc onuc, so this seems to put him in the second primary with somebody. Featherstone will start out with a strong following and it is generally conceded that he will walk away with his sectional opponent. Cole L. Blease, and head the ticket. This places the second race between Feather! stone and Manning. ' As to how th s race will result it is a hard matter to tell. It is all going to depend on how the people view the liquor question just at that time. Both of these gentlemen are personally very popular over the State and neither will have much on the other when it comes to a question of personal following. If " there should be a reaction in sentiment concerning the whiskey question, as some claim there is, Mr. Manning's chances will be good. If prohibition is as popular as ever the chances will favor Mr. Featherstone. It will narrow itself down to a question of measures and not men. Of one thing we can be certain, however, and that is that whoever wins we will not fare ill, as both are able men who have t lip Kpcf inf ovnot O Af f Cfofo VIIV WVUV (lltvi VOVO KJ X. l/l IV Ul atv at heart, and either would make a splendid chief executive and be a credit to the State. McK. t . ^ _ Boggy Demolished in Runaway. A buggy in which Representative J. Porter Hollis, of Rock Hill, and another gentleman were coming to Fort Mill from Rock Hill Monday afternoon was demolished by the horse becoming frightened at the automobile of Burton Massey. The runaway > occurred on the public road two miles from Rock Hill. Mr. Hollis had driven the horse to the side of the road to allow the automobile to pass and he and his companion had got out of the buggy and Mr. Hollis was standing at. the animal's hpaH hnlilintr V the bridle rein. The horse became frightened at the approach of the automobile and bolted, Mr. Hollis being unable to hold him. I The horse ran across an open 1 field for several hundred yards before colliding with a wire A fence and overturning the buggy, & which was badly wrecked by the impact. The occupants of the automobile were Messrs. Henry Massey, Burton Massey, VV. R. 1i Bradford and Dr. and Mrs. Stewart McMurray. . I i . i_ Successful Mothers' Meeting. A An enthusiastic and well attended meeting of the Mothers' i club of the Fort Mill graded1 school was held in the town hall: T MnnHau !>ftornnr?n A mimKor of new members were enrolled and the president of the club, Mrs. R. F. Grier, then intro-; duced Dr. May Fairinholdt ii Jones, resident physician at j Winthrop college, who delivered ^ an interesting lecture on. "Hygiene in the Home and in the s School." jS Garbage, filth and general un- s sanitary conditions cause most ? of the diseases from which we n suffer; this fact must be pointed ? out to the children in the home and in the school, so that they g will love beauty and cleanliness, ? said Dr. Jones. The dangers r arising from poor ventilation, \. contaminated drinking water, (j the house fly and the careless s spitting habit were also stressed. There should be an ordinance in every town making it an offense punishable by tine or imprisonment to spit on the sidewalks. The lecture of Dr. Jones was , followed by an equally interesting talk by Miss Minnie Macfeat, head of the kindergarten department at Winthrop, her sub-; ject being "The Relation of the home and the School." She termed this relation the "har- ; monious educational whole." There is not always hrrmony, j whif'li isi ?nmph'moe rlnr? fn j teacher and again to the parent. The best way to prevent misunderstandings is to have a mothers' club, thereby insuring 1 the amicable adjustment of all I differences arising between the teacher and the pupil. Miss j Mac feat is a pleasing speaker and her address was greatly enjoyed by the audience. c Monday morning Dr. Jones a and Miss Macfeat visited the f graded school and Superintend- c ent Bauknight had the pupils C assemble in the chapel to listen j t to interesting talks on timely j f : subjects by both these ladies. 11 0 0 0 s Halley's Comet Not Yet Visible. * A number of people in this . section claim Xo> have seen i! Halley's comet, the celestial j1 wanderer about which so much i j has been published in the news- ! j, papers recently, but these doubt- * less mistook a morning star for '' the comet, as it is not yet visible . to the naked eye. In about 11 three weeks it will be possible to c i see the comet without the aid of s a telescope. Until that time Y those who arise early hoping to 11 obtain a view of the comet, whose ^ uncharted wanderings about the ^ heavens for the last 75 years ? have been a mystery to man, " I win nave tneir trouble lor j r nothing. In three weeks, how- !' ever, according to the astronomers, the comet will be visible ? to the naked eye for several l) minutes. Then it will rise about; 8 two and a half hours before sun- . up and will be visible for a (l longer and longer period each day until it disappears, probably P forever to any one now living. c Fopular apprehension regard-1 f ing harm to the earth and its inhabitants during the visit of ^ the comet to this portion of the universe is unfounded. A state- v ment, just issued by Willis L. ;1 Moore of the Washington weather bureau, says that the result of a i ^ collision between the earth and * a comet would depend upon the ^ mass of the comet, the velocity 1 of the bodies and the angle of s. impact, but that in the present " case a collision would be im- n possible owing to a safety mar- t" gin of some 13,000,000 miles be- e J tween the tracts of the earth and ? I the comet. J5 rpu i._!l -1? il - ' ^ i ue tan 01 me comet through " which the earth probably will v pass will be noticeable only as an K absolutely harmless luminous gas c or dust. It may produce electrical and magnetic effects that can be detected only by self-recordj ing instruments. b a Clean the Yards. | At this season of the year I householders' thoughts turn nat- v urally to front and back yards, s and there is a general desire to t: have clean surroundings. Un- a fortunately, in many instances n the desire is not strong enough t to produce results. A man who n cleans and beautifies his yards is a ! a public benefactor. p iNNUAL MILITIA INSPECTION OCCURS FRIDAY AFTERNOO he Fort Mill Company is in Good Cos dition and the Officers are Ready for the Yearly Test. The annual State and Federj rispection of the Fort Mill Ligh nfantry will be held on the bast all grounds at the head of Mai t.reet Friday afternoon, th Itate to be represented by As istant Adjutant General W. F Irock and the national goverr lent by Lieut. C. R. Bennett, L a. Capt. T. B. Spratt and Lieut i. W. Parks have been drillin he members of the compan egularly twice a week for th ist month and both are conf ent that the inspection will b uccessfully passed and that th * . _. Col. W. P. Brock. ompany will maintain the env ible reputation it has enjoyt or years as one of the best unii >f the South Carolina Nation; iuard. The company possess* l, 1 . " 1 ne auvantage or naving ver ew raw men in its ranks, near! he entire membership havin tood the annual inspection hen ofore. This year there doubtless wi >e a number of militia companit n different sections of the Stat nustered out of the service o he report of the inspecting 01 icers, as it is a foregone cor lusion that the inspection wi ie so rigid and the degree of e1 iciency to be required of a ompanies so high that a cor iderable number will fall by th wayside. Last year the inspecl ng officer for the national go\ rnment in his report to the wa epartment spoke of a number c ompanies in terms that coul ardly be termed complimentarj nd unless these companies hav nproved materially since th ist inspection it is practicall ertain that they will be dis anded by order of the adjutar eneral. Captain Spratt extends a coi ial invitation to the public to al end the inspection. The corr any now has a 46 members, ir luding officers and enlisted mer na it is practically certain tha he entire membership, excep econd Lieut. Grover Clevelan Jpps, who is at college in Greer ille, will be present for inspec ion. In connection with the inspec ion it is interesting to note tha his probably is the last tim Job W. P. Brock will visit Foi lill in an official capacity as ai istant to General Boyd. Som ays ago Colonel Brock ar ounced his candidacy for adji ant general as successor of Ger ral Boyd and s: far he is wit ut opposition. Colonel Broc 5 a thorough military man an is friends are confident that h /ill make an efficient adjutar ;eneral if he is successful in hi ampaign for the office. Dinner for Inspecting Officers. Arrangements are heimr marl y Capt. T. B. Spratt to entertai t an elaborate dinner Col. \V. I Jrock and Lieut. C. R. Ben net J. S. A., on the occasion of the: isit to Fort Mill Friday to ii pect the Fort Mill Light Infar ry. The dinner will be serve t the company club house t\v liles south of town, and besidt he guests of honor, a number c "lilitia officers from Rock Hi nd Yorkville are expected to t resent. ) ' 'Afr:' . > ' RESIDENTS OF TWO STREETS N WANT LONG DRAIN CLOSED i- Matter of Building a Sewer to Protect Health of Community it Put Up to the Town Council. il Residents of Booth and Confedit erate streets between Main and ?- Monroe White are moving to have n the open drain extending from e the northern corner of Dr T. S. Kirkpatrick's front yard on \ Booth street to a point in the i- same block on Confederate street I". closed and a sewer put down! instead. Those who are interestt. ing themselves in the proposed g sewer point out that it would y not only improve the appearance e of that section of the town but; i- would remove what they cone sider a menace to the health of e the people living near the drain. During the last summer there were six cases of typhoid fever within 200 yards of the mouth of the drain and many believe | that the source of the fever can be traced to contamination of the well water in that section from the sewage seeping into the earth from the drain. It is also pointed out as a further reason for closing the drain that it passes through and immediately in front of the site on which the j new school building will be1 built on Monroe White street and i it is considered a grave risk to 1 subject the health of the school children of the community to the conditions which are believed to be responsible for the typhoid of last summer. The matter has been laid before town council and it is probable that it will be disposed of at once. The estimated cost of the sewer is $600. All the! . j members of council sppm fr? norrpp that the sewer should be built, i but the question of where the f money is to come from with which to do the work is an im-1 portant consideration. There is no money in the treasury at ~ ' present which could be expended j "" for the purpose, but it is sug- j ; gested by one member of tne ! council that the credit of ?the i ' | town is not impaired and that it j probably would not be difficult c j to borrow the money. The sewer would pass through lj , both the front and back yards of f ! Dr. Kirkpatrick's residence. He l"j is anxious that it be constructed t at once, as he is making improve" ments to his premises with which j. the work if done at present would not interfere. Dr. Kirk~ Patrick agrees to give the town a i right-of-way through his land ^ | for the sewer if it is built within r a reasonable time, but he says ' that if the work is delayed until I the improvements which he is 1 making are completed the town will have to institute condemna'I tion proceedings and reimburse I Kirn fnr ^ 1- *n I linn jv<i uic udiuagc wnicn Will ' i be done his property. "" i- | Death of Mrs. Mary E. Ardrey. l" Mrs. Mary E. Ardrey, widow b of Capt. W. E. Ardrey, died1 lt Thursday morning at 10 o'clock i * at the Presbyterian hospital in d Charlotte. Wednesday Mrs. l~ Ardrey underwent an operation from which she rallied. Later in the evening her condition grew worse and did not improve. lt- Mrs. Ardrey had been in faile ing health lor three years. It was realized that her condition 5" U7QO ronifllir .?piui; kiuwhik more; e critical. She was taken to the hospital Tuesday and it was as a 1- last hope that the operation was V* performed. She was ^6 years old. Before her marriage she was ^ Miss Mary E. Howie of the c' lower Providence section. She ie was Captain Ardrey's second wife. She was a devoted memls ber of Harrison Methodist church. It was just after Christmas that she had moved j to Charlotte to make her home le with Mrs. Mills Tuttle. Five n children survive: Mrs. Dr. J. \ L. Spratt of Fort Mill, Mrs. t, Pat Stough of Cornelius, Mrs. ir Mills Tuttle of Charlotte, Mr. l- Erskine Ardrey of West Point l- and Mr. Holt Ardrey of A. & M. d college. There are three stepo children; Mrs. W. M. and J. P. ;s Ardrey and Mrs. W. H. Crowell >f of Wilmington. 11 The interment was at Harrison ?e church, six miles east of Fort Mill, Friday afternoon. "Majority" Wins School Election. The first election under the new school law, allowing the citizens of Rock Hill school district to vote for school trustees, was held Tuesday. Hitherto the school board was a selfperpetuating body and the dissatisfaction became so great over this condition that the citizens appealed to the last session of the legislature for a new law. There were two tickets in the field. One representing the "minority" faction and the other i.U - ?? ' ? me majority.' J3y a vote of over 2 to 1 the majority ticket was elected and the following will constitute the new board: C. K. Chreitzberg, E. H. Johnston, J. B. Creighton, Dr. D. Roddey Miller. Dr. W. A. Pressley, M. H. Sandifer and Col. J. J. Waters. Here and There. Born to Mr. and Mrs. E. W. Kimbrell Tuesday afternoon, a son. The little boy will be christened Henry. The six-weeks drought whicf has prevailed in this section was broken by a light rain Tuesdaj night. Today the weather is cooler than it has been for som< time and the forecast is for mon rain within the next 24 hours. W. B. Wilson, Jr., informs The Times that he will be i candidate for reelection as chair man of the York county De mocracy at the convention to b< held May 2. Mr. Wilson has filled the office acceptably foi the last two years. The entertainment committer of the Fort Mill Baptist Sundaj school, with which the Yorl County Sunday School associatioi will meet on May 3 and 4, is mak ing extensive preparations foi the entertainment of the dele gates to the convention. Mem bers of the committee will meei all trains to see that the dele gates reach the homes to whicl they have been assigned withoul inconvenience. The chairman ol the entertainment committee is Mrs. S. A. Epps. Timely S for Seasonabl We have an attracth Curtain Swiss and Serin panes, Sheets, Pillow Cat Oil Cloth, Embroidery Cl( Just I Another shipment of L I I don't intend to carry ove price we put on them wi I That Boy Don't worry about hif him to us. We can fit h: to foot, one that will mal it will not cost you muct Reme We give discount chec chase. I MILLS & 1 ACTION OF TOWN COUNCIL IS SUBJECT OF CRITICISM ' Raise in Street Tax is Considered Ineq1 uitable By Many-?One Citizen Expresses His Mind Freely. The action of the Fort Mill ? town council at its meeting last week in raising the commutation street tax from $2.00 to $3.00 per , capita has been the subject of . adverse criticism by a number of citizens who nave spoken to The Times on the subject. Most . of those who do not indorse the action of the council are of the . opinion that a mistake was made in increasing the street tax instead of adding a mill or two to [ the levy on real estate. "it is understood to be the purpose of the council to continue the laying of cement paving: this year and I suppose the additional revenue thus raised will be used i to augment the funds for street . work," said a gentleman yesterday. "Now, i do not care to j harshly criticise the .action of the , council in this matter, but it ' seems out of reason to talk , about making permanent iml provements to the streets with I the sum which will go into the town treasury from the $1.00 additional to be collected from each 5 citizen who pays street tax. 1 What council should have done was to increase the levy on every property owner, thereby insuring 1 sufficient revenue to make im* provements worth while. Notonr ly will this action of council prove ineffectual to improve t he streets 2 to an appreciable extent, but it ? is wrong in that it lays a burc den upon many people unable to l pay it and allows others to es cape taxation which they of r right should have to meet, if - more money is to be collected for - street improvement. t "It is nothing short of dis heartening to a citizen of Fort l Mill to go to many South Carot Una towns and compare the way f in which the municipal affairs j are run to the old-time ideas which prevail here." I I?lllllllliil I?MEM* . II uggesnons 11 e Merchandise. re line of Lace Curtains, 1, Table Linens, Counterjes, Towels, Bureau Scarfs, )th, D. M. C. Cotton, Etc. Arrived ladies' and Children's Oxfords and Pumps in all the best leathers and shapes. They were delayed about three weeks, so thev erot in I a little late. But our I | loss is your gain. We r one pair of them. The 11 keep them going. ' of Yours. i clothes. Send or bring im up in a suit from head ke you proud of him. And i, either. mber, :ks with every cash purrOUNG CO. *