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The Fort Mill Times. , ? ' \ VOLUME 19?NO. 9. FORT MILL, S. C., THURSDAY, JUNE 2. 1910. $1.25 PER YEAR. = CHARGED WITH SERIOUS CRIME NEGRO IS SHOT, THEN ESCAPES ^ Will Ross, Accused of Criminal Assault, Badly Wounded Breaks Away from Hospital. Will Ross, a mulatto about 20 years of age, was shot through the breast and seriously wounded by either Constable J. J. Coltharp, of Fort Mill, or Constable i Wrn. Austin, of Charlotte, Thurs- j day morning at 10 o'clock while I attempting to evade arrest, in the Dilworth suburb of Charlotte, on a warrant charging attempted criminal assault. Ross is a Fort Mill negro. He has been in trouble a number of times and has the reputation of being a notorious thief. He has SPrvpH tprm? nn I wit li tho Yrvrlr and Mecklenburg county chainprangs for stealing. In January Ross was released from the Mecklenburg chaingang and returned to Fort Mill. He was given employment by a farmer in the upper section of the township, where he had since lived > until last Thursday. Wednesday, morning he did not go to work, claiming that he was sick. About noon he came to Fort Mill and secured a valise at one of the stores upon the statement that the wife of his employer in-; tended to visit friends at a distance and needed the valise. Ross returned to the home of his employer at 4 o'clock in the j afternoon and after ascertaining that the daughter of his employer, a young lady 19 years of age, was alone in the house took off i his shoes and entered the house j at the back door. Confronting the young lady, he asked the! loan of some shoe polish. The j young lady became frightened at Ross' audacity and ran out of i the house to a nearby field where her father was at work and told him of the occurrence. Ross _ I r A 1 i i i aiso ran irom me nouse, dui stopped long enough in his haste to steal a pistol from the mantel. The father came to Fort Mill and swore out a warrant before Magistrate McElhaney charging Ross with attempted criminal assault. The warrant was placed in the hands of Constable J. J. Coltharp, who left Thursday morning for; Charlotte in search of Ross. At i Hilton's crossing, three miles I south of Charlotte, Constable j Coltharp saw Ross in a farm wagon going in the direction of Charlotte. Upon reaching Charlotte, Constable Coltharp hurried to the office of Magistrate Hilton ' and secured a warrant for Ross. The warrant charged criminal assault. Accompanied by Constable Wm. Austin, Constable Coltharp hurried out the road leading to Hilton's crossing, hoping to meet Ross. The two constables concealed themselves at a building near the Atherton cotton mill and presently saw Ross approaching in the wagon. When he got within a few feet of where they were concealed, the constables ordered Ross to surrender. Instead of obeying, he jumped from the wagon and ran, the constables in pursuit. The chase was short-lived as Ross, observing that the constables were about to overtake him, stopped snddfnlv nnH fV?rp?w Viic hnn/l ? ? ... J v*?* w f* ? HUIiVt l/V/ I his hip pocket as if to draw a pistol. Both constables then fired on Ross, the shots being simultaneous. The negro fell and upon examination it was discovered that he was seriously wounded, through the right lung. He was removed to a Charlotte hospital and there has since been doubt of his recovery. Following the shooting of Ross, a warrant was issued by a Charlotte magistrate for Constable Coltharp and he was placed under a $200 bond to appear for trial at the next session of the Mecklenburg superior court, which opens in An/lov ...U.IUBJ . Ron Escape* From Hospital. The Charlotte papers of Tuesday afternoon contained the somewhat startling information that Will Ross had escaped from the hospital in which he had w been held since he was shot last Thursday morning. It seems that the authorities at the hospital, knowing that the negro was in a serious condition and having no reason to suspect that . ... ? he would attempt to get away, did not place a guard over him. Ross' condition was somewhat improved when he was last seen at the hospital Monday evening at 8 o'clock, but he was still weak and apparently unable to walk. Tuesday morning when the nurse visited his room the discovery was made that Ross had escaped during the night. He is still at large and it is said mat no great enort will ne made to apprehend him. The case against Ross is considered weak and probably would not result in conviction. Husband and Wife in Lawsuit Over Ownership of Personalty A considerable crowd was attracted to the town hall Tuesday morning to hear the trial in Magistrate McElhaney's court of a claim and delivery suit in which L. A. Thompson was the plaintiff and his wife, Mrs. Julia Thompson, respondent. The action was for the possession of a quantity of household goods and two cows. Thompson and his wife separated during Christmas week of last year and she moved from their home near Charlotte to Fort Mill. Some weeks thereafter Thompson brought the property in dispute to the home of his wife and there left it. Her understanding was that the property had been given to her, but Thompson claimed that he only intended to allow his wife the use of it pending the effort he was making to effect a reconciliation. Finally, concluding that his wife did not intend to again live with him, Thompson demanded the return of the property. Upon her refusal to allow him to take possession of it, Thompson instituted claim n ml .* ?_ I ClIBV* IICII VCl ^ | II t 1 I 1 I 1 , papers were issued by Magistrate McElhaney on the 19th instant. Mrs. Thompson had a number of witnesses in court who testified that the property had been given to her and that she was the lawful owner of it. Thompson testified that he did not intend to surrender his claim to the j property by leaving it with his wife. Both the plaintiff and respondent were represented by Rock Hill attorneys, the former by Herbert M. Dunlap and the latter by W. B. Wilson, Jr. The < case was given to the jury, composed of S. W. Parks, Wm. Summerville, W. F. Harris, J. S. Potts, K. Shannon and W. J. Stewart, at 12 o'clock. After j two hours' deliberation the jury failed to reach an agreement and i a mistrial was ordered. The< date for the second hearing of the case has not been set. Fort Mill Defeated. In a ragged game of ball, characterized by many long hits and more errors than seemed necessary, the Dilworth team of Charlotte defeated Fort Mill on the local diamond Friday afternoon by the score of 10 to 8. The Fort Mill boys appeared to have the game safely tucked away until the beginning of the seventh inning. Then a little weira work on the part of the second baseman, coupled with two or three bingles for extra bases, put a crimp in their : prospects. In the eighth two : runs were annexed, but these : were not sufficient to overcome the lead of the Dilworth team. Nile Carothers did the umpiring and his work gave general satisfaction. The batteries were: Fort Mill, Spratt and Parks; Charlotte, Thompson and Spong, Spong and Panella. Campaign Meeting July 1. At the recent meeting of the State Democratic executive committee r. suh-onmmit.t.pp j appointed to arrange the schedule 0 f county meetings for the candidates for State offices. The sub-committee has finished its work and the itinerary formulated selects Friday, July 1, as the date of the campaign meeting ; in Yorkville. The campaign is to open at Sumter on Wednesday, June 2, and will close at New| berry August 28. The first primary will be held on Tuesday, 1 August 30. J. N. MASSEY, BLIND MUSICIAN, IS IN THE HENDERSONVILLE JAIL High Financing Causes Arrest of Man Who "Worked" Several Citizens of Fort Mill. J. M. Massey, the blind North Carolina piano tuner and musician, who visited Fort Mill several months ago and did considerable work here, besides giving a number of concerts in the town hall, each of which he opened with prayer, is in jail at Hendersonville. N. C., charged with forging checks. Massey is said to have left this community in debt to a number of persons, some of whom loaned him money, others selling him merchandise on deferred payments. It was suspected here at the time that Massey did not intend to settle the obligations, but no legal steps were taken against him, as those who had befriended him preferred to lose the money rather than prosecute a blind man. Massey seems not to have fared so well in North Carolina, however. It is charged that about two mon;hs ago he passed a number of worthless checks upon unsuspecting persons in Hendersonville. His scheme seems to have been to draw on some out-of-town bank, making the checks payable to himself, always signing some fictitious name to them. He would take the surname of some well known citizen of the community in which the bank on which he wished to draw was located and prefix to the name any initials which came to his mind. Necessarily, Massey was assisted by some one in drawing the checks. The checks were made payable at a future/date, usually ten days or a fortnight from the time thev were nresentpri fn?? payment. It is said that the hard luck story which Massey offered on presenting the checks threw his victims off their guard and that in all he got about $300 in tiiis way. After securing the $300 in Hendersonville, Massey left for Virginia, but the police authorities of Hendersonville located him. He was brought back to Hendersonville and put in jail on the charge of obtaining money on worthless checks. A Monroe (N. C.) paper says that Massey is wanted in that town to answer similar charges. R. F. D. Carriers in Session. The annual meeting of the York county R. F. D. Carriers' association was held in the court house Monday. There was 31 out ; of 38 carriers present and a most harmonious meeting was held. ! This is a body of representative and intelligent men who love their work and render faithful service. The meeting was called to order by President Jno. M. Smith of Clover, with Jno. W. Miller of Yorkvilie secretary and treasurer. An arlHrpse r?f ui ncivullic was made by John R. Hart, mayor of Yorkville, and responded to by State Vice President E. W. Comer, of Rock Hill. Minutes of last meeting were read and approved, also reports of the various committees. D. Carl Clark, who was a delegate to the national convention at Rochester, N. Y., was called on for a report, and he gave a very interesting account of his trip. Resolutions were passed thanking the Yorkville carriers for furnishing a bountiful dinner I and othpr pnnrtpoioa ?i OIOU LI Id 11 IS." ing Mayor Hart for his kind address of welcome, and E. W. Comer for his response. Thanks were extended Congressman D. E. Finley for the work he has done and is doing in behalf of the rural letter carriers. The following officers were elected for the ensuing year: Jno. M. Smith, Clover, president; J. M. Simpson, Catawba, vice president; delegates to the State meeting at Newberry: E. M. Faris, C. C. Haile, W. T. Sims and John W. Miller; alternates, John R. Stephenson, R. T. Castles, W. M. Matthews and S. C. Clinton. Meeting adtourned to meet annually at Yorkville on May 30, of each year. York's Area and Public Roads. ] There are nine townships in York county?Bethel, Bethesda, Broad River, Bullock's Creek, Catawba, Ebenezer, Fort Mill, ' King's Mountain and York?with a total area of 687.45 square miles, embracing an acreage of 439,968. Fort Mill is the small- j est township in the county, with ; 56.11 square miles, or 35,910.4 I acres. Bethesda is York county's 1 largest township and contains < 93.22 square miles, the equivalent 1 in acreasre beintr 59.660.8 Thp i following table, however, gives by townships both the area and miles of public road in the county: Miles Area. . Townships. of Sq. | . road, miles.' Bethel 100.K)! 71.87; 45,996.8 Bethesda 107.90 93.22i 59,660.8 Broad River 72.51, 61.63 89,475.2 Bullock's Cr'k 103.35 89.69 57,401.6 Catawba 84.50; 86.18, 55,155.2 Ebenezer 71.50 61.10 39,104.0 Fort Mill 60.22 56.11 35,910.4 King's Mtn. .. 101.00 89.58 57,331.2 York 97.40 78.02 49,432.8 Total 798.48 687.451 439,968.0 ' The population of York county by the census of 1900 was j 41,684. It is thought that the i 1910 census will show a gratifying ; increase in the number of people | in the county. Baseball Today. I The baseball enthusiasts had anticipated with pleasure the prospect of the two games which the Fort Mill team advertised some days ago to be played on the home grounds with Davidson college today and to-! morrow and considerable disappointment was felt when the announcement was made Tuesday morning that the games would not be played owing to the inability of the Davidson boys to come. The disappointment of the "fans" did not last long, | however, for the management of the Fort Mill club began to ! cast about at once for a game j with another strong team with 1 the result that the Chester club ; is to come today to be enter-, 1 tained. The game promises to be 1 a good one and it is hoped that i " the attendance will be the best of the season. Both teams are strong and as the grounds are in good condition, some classy base- ! ball is expected. The* game will 1 be called at 3 o'clock. m ^ m ?> Pineville Bank Opens. The Pineville Loan and Savings bank will open for business on the 8th inst. in its splendid new building which was erected at a cost of several thousand dollars and was designed especially for a banking institution. Mr. V. H. Fuller, the young man who moved to Pineville from Kentucky some months ago and was elected cashier of the bank as the result of work he did in organizing it, has tendered his resignation to the directors. The resignation has been accepted and Mr. Fuller will return to Kpnllipkv Mr Clark W Rnnnli also a Kentuckian, has been i elected to succeed Mr. Fuller. J He is an experienced banker and will give the interests of the institution his entire time. Meeting of Executive Committee. County Chairman W. B. Wilson, Jr.. of Rock Hill, was in Fort Mill Tuesday and while here announced that he would call a meeting of the county Democratic executive committee to be held in Yorkville on Wednesday of next week to arrange the dates of the various campaign meetings and to establish a schedule of assessments 1 to be levied on the candidates. Mr. Wilson also stated that so far he had heard of only one or | two opposition candidates to tne present county officers and that he had no positive information about even one candidate for the Legislature. Pinevillf Trustees Elect Mr. Alexander. The patrons of the Pineville public school are greatly pleased over the action of the board of trustees in selecting Mr. S. I. j Alexander, of Huntersville, as' i superintendent of the school for the next session. Mr. Alexander is a graduate of Muskingum i (Ohio) college and is said to oe a successful teacher. INFECTED DRINKING WATER SOURCE OF NUMEROUS ILLS Finely Bulletin Issued on the Subject by the Clemson College Bureau. Clean Premises Necessary. Health is of first importance in all occupations, since it governs the ability of the individual to do work. The progressiveness of a community is governed by its iiealthfulness, and this healthfulness is measured largely, directly or indirectlv. bv the nnritv )f its drinking water. Almost jur entire rural population and the inhabitants of a majority of )ur small towns get their supply >f drinking water from springs >r from shallow wells. To tall attention to the often im)roper surroundings of these sources of drinking water is the >urpose of this week's letter of .he Clemson college extension ,vork. The principal diseases supposed to be communicable through .he drinking water are typhoid ?ever, cholera, dysentery and )ther diarrhoeal affections, chol?ra infantum, animal parasitic iiseases, enteric fevers and scaret fever. Of the diseases mentioned typhoid fever, cholera, iysentery, cholera infantum and scarlet fever may also be carried :>y milk; enteric fever and tyahoid by flies and typhoid by "aw oysters and raw fruit. In >rder that the water supply or iny of the other agencies mentioned may carry these diseases t is first necessary for them to jecome infected with the specific nfection which communicates! the disease. The infection of all )f the sources mentioned except nosquitoes is derived from the; ijecta of a patient suffering From the disease. The Spring The ideal conditions for the spring are that its watershed is uninhabited, that the watershed does not contain ^tables, barnyards, pig pens, nivies, cesspools or cemeteries; md it should not be traversed by ailroads or highways, for all of ?_ ? ~ nose maKe intection possible. THIS, AND THE Mothers, don't baby's feet, just We can fit them black, tan, pink, b or any kind of sof per. There are fi select from, price sizes, Os to 5s. I Boys' Wash Su and on sale at 50c attractive it design and workmanship I summer wear ther becoming, comfo ical for the little fe New lot of bro^ I linen, 1 0c to 50c We sell yard wi< ing, calico, gingha year 'round at 5c Mills & \ PHONES: Dp Ms. 37. fi V The freedom from all of these objections is not always obtainable. The spring should be ditched around in such a way as to carry off all of the surface water, both during a downpour of rain and from ponded areas, and never allow it to be overflowed and filled with filth or trash of any kind. The surroundings must be scrupulously clean. The spring itself should be walled with rock and covered to prevent trash from falling into it. The Well?Too many of our wells are located in the barnyard, in order that water may be convenient for stock, regardless of sanitary conditions. The source of the drinking water for the family should be removed from any such possible danger of infection. The well should be located on a well-drained area, remote from barns, pig pens, privies, cesspools, cemeteries or drains, and should be cemented from the edge outward to the distance of several feet. Above the surface of this cement, a tight box should be built and a tight fitting cover provided, if buckets are used. The pump is much to be preferred to the bucket because it lessens the danger of trash falling into the the well. All waste water should be drained off and no waste water allowed to spill back into the well. No puddles should be allowed to form nearby in which hogs might wallow. The hog is a great gatherer of filth, and by wallowing in a puddle which drains into a well, there is great danger of infection. Prof. L. W. Dick's Success. The Fort Mill friends and former pupils of Prof. L. W. Dick, who was associated with Prof. A. R. Banks in the conduct of the old Fort Mill academy 20-odd years ago, will be pleased to learn that his worth as a teacher has been recognized within the last few days by election to the superintendency of two of the [best public schools in the State, at Hartsville and at Abbeville. V He will go to Hartsville. ! THAT i OTHER. worry about your bring them to us. in a red, white, lue, patent leather t sole shoe or slipfteen styles here to is, 25c and 50c, I its?Bier lot mst in ? J These are very I i and the materials are excellent, I" or e is nothing more rtable or econom>llow. vn and white dress the yard. de sheeting, bleach ms and lawns the the yard. roung Co. Fimitnre, 144. Grocery, 12. - . j