Fort Mill times. (Fort Mill, S.C.) 1892-current, April 14, 1910, Image 1
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.
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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.
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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
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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
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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
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_. 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.
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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.
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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
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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.
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