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\ 1 \ # X -s> The Fort Mill Times. VOLUME 19 NO. 8. FORT MILL, S. C., THURSDAY, MAY 26. 1910. $1.25 1>ER YEAR. CLEMSON BULLETIN POINTS OUT DANGER OF BOVINE TUBERCLE i < I Danger to Man in the Use of Milk and i Batter From Affected Cattle Should Be Guarded Against. 1 In the present movement for j the eradication of tuberculosis from South Carolina one impor" tant source of danger has evidently received little consideration, the tuberculosis cow, according to the Clemson college bulletin on ' 'Tuberculosis of Dairy Cattle." While some difference of opin- , ion exists regarding the danger of inter-transmissibility of tuberculosis, most investigators are convinced that it is possible for iL.. J: i. 1 . i uie uisease 10 ue iransmmeu from cattle to human beings. European and American scientists have shown that healthy cattle contract tuberculosis when ; human tubercle bacilti are injected into their bodies. As bovine j tubercle bacilli are frequently re-1 covered from the tissues of the human body, it seems that the , transmissibility of the disease must be admitted. i As dairy products form an important part of the diet of prac- , tically all persons and in some > instances the entire diet of in- , fants, the tuberculosis dairy cow ; cannot be overlooked in a fight against the white plague. It \ was formerly believed that un-! less cattle were affected with \ tuberculosis of the udder the milk could be safely used, but recent investigations have shown : the fallacy of this belief. Experiments have shown that tubercle bacilli retain their virulence for a much longer time 1 in dairy products than in the body discharges, and Dr. Schroeder of the United States depart- 1 ment of agriculture has proved I that tubercle bacilli may live : and remain virulent in butter I; ' for a period of five months. Bearing in mind that cream and 1 ^ butter as well as milk may con tain viruient tuDercie oaciili, it , is not diificult to see how bovine tubercle bacilli may gain en- 1 trance to the human body. Although one of the most comt mon diseases of dairy Cattle, it is practically impossible to m diagnose tuberculosis by a physi cal examination unless the animal is in an advanced stage f of the disease. Fortunately, however, the tuberculin test; enables competent veterinarians to detect the disease in its early stages. This test, when properly , conducted, enables the cattle owner to discover tuberculous! cows and remove them from his ' herd, thus preventing spread of the disease which would other-1 wise result. Tuberculin also makes possible the enactment of city and town ordinances for protection of public health by prohibiting the sale of milk from cattle which , are thus shown to be afFected with tuberculosis. (Greenville; and Spartanburg are the only cities in South Carolina having such ordinances.) At the present time 33 States (including South Carolina) have Jaws requiring the testing of all dairy and breeding cattle and their freedom from tuberculosis before they are allowed to enter these States. Laws of this kind, by preventing importation of tuberculous dairy cattle, place the individual States in a position < to begin systematic eradication of the disease, and as 19 States i passed such laws within the past year, this indicates the awakening of the people and a great advance in a national campaign against the tuberculous dairy cow. D-:l J r n. ra iv vi nuiivaa vummiuiODcr. The first candidate to pay his assessment to State Chairman Wilie Jones to enter the campaign for a State office in the Democratic primary next August was James Cansler, York county. . Caaaler will, as usual, make the ' \ race fer railroad commissioner. Another candidate for the office of railroad commissioner is ' McDuffie Hampton, son of Gen. | Wade Hampton. McDuffie Hampton is a civil engineer whose Jiome is in Columbia. Some years apo he ran for the Legislature in Richland county, but \was defeated. Negro Uses Axe on N. C. Anderson. ] N. C. Anderson, section master of the Southern railway in Fort Will about four years ago, was struck in the head with an axe I at his home in Camden Sunday morning by a negro named Arthur Wells and is so badly injured that he is not expected co recover. mere was talk of ' lynching Wells, but he was * hurried to the penitentiary for 1 safe-keeping. The attempt to murder Mr. ' A nderson occured about 10 o'clock ; Sunday morning and seems to have been, caused by a very trivial matter. From statements 1 at Mr. Anderson's home, it appears that earlier in the morning, Mr. Anderson gave Wells, ! who lived in a little house in the yard, 10 cents with which to get ice for him. The negro did not : go at once, saying, according to what could be learned, that he would go later. Mr. Anderson ( afterward sent one of his little I girls twice to tell the negro to go ahead for the ice, who came back both times with the answer 1 that the negro said, "Nothing doing, he wouldn't go." It was then that Anderson went himself, and the next thing that ! those in the house knew of the affair, it seems, was that Anderson was lying at the wood pile in a pool of blood, having been 1 struck a terrific blow in the head by Wells, the negro using the 1 blunt end of the axe. Ben Robinson, while hastening to summon aid for the injured man Sunday morning, fell from his bicycle and broke his leg. How the York Delegates Voted. In the recent county Democratic convention in Yprkville nothing was said about instruct- ( ing the delegates to the State convention in Columbia last I Wednesday what their attitude. should be on the proposal to' restrict the right to vote in the j ( party primaries to qualified electors, but it is of interest to the Democrats of the county to know how the delegates voted. There were ten delegates in the convention from York county and j they voted six to four against the proposed amendment, which would have changed the party rule allowing every white Democrat who has been a resident of the State one year and of the county in which he offers to vote 60 days prior to the next general election the right to vote in the primary. It is understood that Delegates Lewis, Saye, Spencer and Crawford voted for the amendment and that Delegates W. B. Wilson, Sr., Cherry. Campbell, Kirkpatrick, Quinn and Alternate W. R. Bradford voted against it. Dr. Win. Mack's Gift to Davidson. The endowment fund of Davidson college has been enriched by a gift of $1,000 by Hon. Wm. Mack, LL. D., to establish the Joseph Bingham Mack ministerial scholarship. The gift will pay perpetually to the college the tuition of one candidate for the ministry, and the scholarship is named in honor of Dr. Mack's father, Dr. J. B. Mack, who was for a number of years in the past and again in recent years a trustee of Davidson. Dr. Wm. Mack is an alumnus of Davidson, class of '83. He is now the head of the American Uw Book Publishing company, New York city. He is an old Fort Mill boy and his success in life has been gratifying to his friends in this section. From York's Capital. Correspondence of The Times. Yorkville, May 24. Commencement exercises of the Yorkville graded school were held in the school auditorium Friday night. The auditorium could not hold the crowd. Ten students composed the graduating class, eight receiving diplomas and two certificates. The male students were in the majority, which is quite unusual. The Bloomer Girls were defeated by the Yorkville team in an interesting game of ball Friday by the score of 6 to 1. Mr. L. B. McGill, aged 34 years, one of York's leading citizens, died at his home near Bethany Sunday afternoon. He is survived by his wife and five children. D. KAYOR GAYNOR LOOMING UP AS PRESIDENTIAL NOMINEE Eyes of Democrats Turned To word the New York Man as Party's Choice in Next National Campaign. That William J. Gay nor, mayor af Greater New York, will become a formidable candidate for the nomination for president on the Democratic ticket in 1912 is the interesting gossip that is being heard in political circles in Washington. This gossip has it that Mayor Gaynor is more than a possibility for the Democratic nomination for governor of New York in the campaign this year. His friends believe he is about the strongest man in signt ior tnat nomination and that if he is nominated he will carry the State. It has been said Mayor Gaynor did not want the nomination for governor. But on the other hand, it is said, the strongest kind of pressure will be exerted on him to get him to take the nomination. Another Democrat who has been freely mentioned for the governorship of New York is Representative Havens, who recently defeated George VV. Aldridge in the Rochester district. Gaynor's supporters think he would be stronger as a candidate for governor than Havens. The talk of Gaynor looming up as a possible presidential factor brings up the question of how far the candidacy of Gov. Judson Harmon, of Ohio, is advancing. One view is that it is not getting ahead. It is said the tendency of the Southern Democrats in Congress to look on Harmon as the man for the nomination is less marked than it was some months ago and that they are looking more than before to Mayor Gaynor and to Governor Marshall, of Indiana. Former Governor Folk of Missouri is looked on as an aspirant for the presidency, hut there is little evidence thus far that his candidacy is progressing. The Comet Upsets Calculations. There was nothing doing toward the destruction of the world by Halley's comet last Wednesday evening, the time set by the astronomers for the passage of the earth through the tail of the celestial visitor, and the credulous folk who had listened to the exaggerated stories of what was likely to happen to wipe out mankind more effectually than the high water of Noah's day had their fears for nothing. The world is wagging along as usual and the average man is still trying to solve the problem of making ten cents buy a pound of meat for the breakfast table in these degenerate Republican days. The comet refused to destroy the earth, and it also fooled the astronomers otherwise. There were no unusual atmospheric conditions observable and since Wednesday afternoon it has been indistinctly visible in the evening sky, completely upsetting the prediction that it would be easily seen for some time after bumping into the earth Wednesday evening. The comet is now receding from the e^rth at the rate of about 1,500 miles a minute and in a few days it will have been lost to the view of man for another 75 years. Gold Hill Items. Correspondence of The Times. Mrs. Cynthia Abernathy has been quite sick the past week, but is reported better now. Sylvester Coltharp visited his daughter, Miss May, at Winthrop on Sunday last. Mrs. Sallie Billue, of the Steel Creek aeetinn vi itArt rolnHvoe here the past week. If signs which are plainer to us than Halley's comet has been yet count for anything, you may hear of some of our widowers working in double harness ere long. Fine rains have fallen of late and the warm weather we are having has brought cotton up to a good stand and the wool hat boys will now get busy. The college kids are coming in and of course they will make themselves useful as well as beautiful. Gold Hill, May 25. h, ' ' to* S. S. McNinch Nominated for Congress. The Republicans of the Ninth North Carolina district, comprising the counties of Burke, Catawba, Cleveland, Gaston, Lincoln, Madison, Mecklenburg, Mitchell and Yancey, in convention at Shelby last Wednesday nominated for Congress S. S. McNinch, of Charlotte. Mr. McNinch is well known in Fort Mill as president of the Charlotte Brick company, whose plant is two miles south of town at Grattan, and is a freouent visitor to this place. It is stated that he is yet undecided whether he will accept the nomination. Some years ago Mr. McNinch i was elected mayor of Charlotte as a Democrat, but he is now considered a full-fledged Republican, since he has not denied the statement in the public prints recently that he voted for Roosevelt in 1904 and for Taft in 1908. The Ninth North Carolina district is now represented in Congress by Edwin Yates Webb, Democrat, of Shelby, who two years ago received 16,530 to 13,514 for John A. Smith, i Republican. > Miss Julia Boyd Wins D. A R. Medal. The gold medal offered by Kanawha chapter, D. A. R., to the pupil of the Fort Mill graded school who submitted the most meritorious essay on "Five Prominent South Carolina Heroes of the Revolutionary War" was won by Miss Julia Boyd, daughter of Prof. J. A. Boyd. There were four other contestants for the medal. Misses Lula Haile, Annie Russell, Aline Barber and i Elizabeth Nims, and the essay j of each was well written and i evinced a commendable degree of knowledge and research. The medal was presented to Miss ; Boyd by Prof. J. H. Thornwell, ; of Winnsboro, at the closing exercises of the school Thursday 1 morning in a short speech congratulating the young lady on her success. A similar medal is ! K/-V K-- r\ A iu uc uucicu uy Liie it. /\. IV. lO the pupils of the school every year for the best essay on a subject pertaining to the Revolution, the purpose being to stimulate interest in the history of the war in which American independence was won from Great Britian. "Bloomer Girls" Bloom for Defeat. The novelty of seeing a female baseball team at play drew a large crowd to the baseball ground Friday afternoon to witness the game between the socalled "Western Bloomer Girls" and the Fort Mill boys. The game was won by the home team, 9 to 1. It cannot be said that the game was irrteresting. It was too much like taking candy from a baby. The Fort Mill boys hit the ball at will and some of the hits were so long that it is doubtful whether the ball would have been recovered had not the manager pressed into service a nigger and a mule to bring it back. The female ...:-u a. ' - - -- uaioiucn mull L w It'lU Lilt: DHL SO well. Some of them appeared muscular enough to wield a frying pan or a rolling pin in approved style, but were not equal to what one expects to see when a batter steps up to the plate. They couldn't hit, they couldn't field, they couldn't run the bases the game was very wobbly and one-sided; but it wasn't disappointing. Nobody expected to see a real ball game. Fine Passenger Station for Rock Hill, General Superintendent Foraker, Chief Engineer Lum and Engineer Lemmond of the Southern railway were in Rock Hill Thursday in their private car to complete arrangements for the erection of a new passenger stanon in tnat city. Engineer Lum expressed surprise at the success of Mayor Roddey in securing a building from the company of the magnitude which the plans call for. The building, Mr. Lum said, would cost over $40,000. It will be 132 feet long, double-decked, to accommodate the main line traffic on the lower floor and the Three C's traffic on the upper floor. The upper floor will have four office rooms. The lower floor will be finished in the most up-to-date style. Work will begin shortly on the structure. THE BOYD BROCK CONTROVERSY WILL COST STATE THOUSANDS l People of Sooth Carolina Most Foot the 1 Bill to Settle a Difficulty That 1 Appears Personal. Considerable interest is felt in r local military circles over the 1 Boyd-Brock inquisition which is i now under way in Columbia. It ] I will be recalled that the differ- ] ences between Adjutant General t Boyd and his assistant, Colonel j Brock, grew out of the charge of l the former that Colonel Brock "" had been disloyal to him by ( entering the race for adjutant t general. Later General Boyd ] charged Colonel Brock with ] misapplication of State funds. ( Colonel Brock demanded of i Governor Ansel a- military court i of inquiry, and the governor i appointed Gen. Wilie Jones and ( Colonels Lewis and Cox as mem- ; bers of the court. \ There is widespread dissatis- j faction throughout the State ] over the prospect of the de- , liberations of the court costing j the people thousands of dollars. ] The opinion is freely expressed 1 that the differences between ; General Boyd and Colonel Brock are of a personal more than an official character and that their grievances should have been settled in the State courts. Both General Boyd and Colonel Brock are candidates for adjutant general. What effect the find| ings of the court of inquiry will I have upon the candidacy of either is of course problematical, but both men seem to have lost friends as a result of the row and there is the probability of neither being elected. General Boyd has been adjutant general for the last four years and his administration cannot be said to have been entirely satisfactory. Colonel Brock will not quit the court of inquiry vindicated in every particular if the statement of a Columbia newspaper man who claims to have investigated the charges of General! Boyd against him is to be believed. Mr. Worl How are your e ^ ^ Are they satisfacto I will be fixed for work. We are working people s c I dress you up for other occasion. Mills &Ty PHONES: Dry Goods, 37. F Picture of the Wallace House. Noticeable in a display of photographs shown on the streets of Fort Mill during the last week by a photographer was a group picture of the jelebrated Wallace house which ittracted considerable interest. The picture was made years ago :>y the photographer, who sorrowed it from Mr. L. J.* Massey for advertising purposes. Mear the centre of the picture is .he photograph of the late Capt. B. H. Massey, father of Mr. L. J. Massey, who was one of iTork county's members of the General Assembly in those ;roublous days. The Wallace louse succeeded the Radical Legislature of 1876 and was composed of many of the State's nost prominent citizens. There were, however, a few Republican members of the body, as is evidenced' by the likenesses of a, number of negro members in the picture. The picture is in ?ood state of preservation and is highly prized by Mr. Massey, not Dnly because of the fact that his father was one of the leading members of the Wallace house, but also for the historical interest attached to it. Along with Capt. Massey, the other York members of the Wallace house were A. E. Hutchinson, J. A. Deal, W. B. Byers. I he " ebra s." The "zebrass" has made its bow to the public. This creature is a new thing in the world, it never having existed until a year ago. It is the hybrid offspring of the African zebra and the Texas donkey. There are at the government experiment station at Bethesda, Md., six young zebrasses. Their sire is the royal Abyssinian zebra which King Menelik gave to President Roosevelt. The latter turned the striped creature over to the experiment station, and here the idea of developing ajnew race of animals was conceived. These six young ones are the nucleus. They are regarded as offering great promise. Certain of them combine the docility, strength and utility of the mother with the spirit, activity and beauty of the father. The yearlings are already larger than their mother. They are beautifully built and should be adapted to the many uses to which the domestic animal is put. ring Man very-day clothes? 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