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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
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Danger to Man in the Use of Milk and i
Batter From Affected Cattle Should
Be Guarded Against.
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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
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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.
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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.
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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.
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