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VOLUME 19?NO. 11. FORT MILL, S. C., THURSDAY, JUNE 16. 1910. $1.25 PER YEAR.
TRUE BILL AGAINST HUB EVANS
^ FOR DISPENSARY GRAFTING
Former Chairman of Board of Directors
Indicted in Newberry Court.
Admitted to Bail.
In the court room at Newberry
Tuesday Solicitor Cooper handed
out an indictment against H. H.
Evans, charging him with receiving
rebates while he was a
director of the State dispensary.
The grand jury brought in a
true bill.
Mr. Evans immediately appeared
in court and through his
counsel, E. S. Blease, offered
bona ana asKea mat a aay De set
at once for trial.
Counsel for the prosecution
suggested that the amount required
from other defendants
similarly charged was from
$10,000 to $25,000, and he
thought the amount of the bond
for Mr. Evans should be $10,000.
Mr. Blease urged that this
amount was out of all proportion
to the fine that would
be imposed even were the defendant
guilty and, while his
client was among his friends
and was able to give the amount
easily, he thought it was excessive.
Judge Aldrich admitted the
defendant to bail in the sum of
$1,000, which was promptly
f'ven. The counsel for Mr.
vans urged an immediate trial,
saying that his client was ready
and anxious for a prompt determination
of the case, but the
court continued the case till next
term of court.
The indictment charges that
rebates were received from one
M. A. Goodman in 1900 and also in
1902 in amounts of $200 and $250.
York's Campaign Schedule.
No business of importance was
transacted at the meeting of the
York county Democratic executive
committee held in Yorkville
last Wednesday other than the
arrangement of the dates for the
county campaign meetings and
the adoption of a schedule of assessments
to be levied on the
voiiuiunvvo*
The campaign will open at
Blairsville on Saturday, August
13. the dates and places of the
other meetings being as follows:
McConnellsville, August 16; Ogden,
August 17; Tirzah, August
18; Fort Mill, August 19; Rock
Hill, August 20; Clover, August
22; Forest Hill, August, 23;
Bethany, August 24; Piedmont,
August 25; Hickory Grove, August
26; Yorkville, August 27.
Candidates for the Legislature
will be assessed $5, and those for
the counnty offices as follows:
Auditor, $14; superintendent of
education, $7.50; treasurer, $14;
supervisor, $10; commissioner,$2;
judge of probate, $14. The magisterial
assessments range from
$3.50 to $11.50, according to the
salary of the office.
Fort Mill Beaten by Monroe.
The Fort Mill baseball team
was bumped hard by the semiprofessional
Monroe (N. C.) club
in both games of a double-header
on the latter's grounds Saturday
afternoon. The first game of
the double-bill was to have been
played Friday afternoon, but
rain broke up the prospective
contest while the teams were on
the way to the grounds. Had
the game been played Friday,
Fort Mill probably would have
done better playing than was
seen in the first game Saturday
afternoon, as a number of the
best Fort Mill players who were
to be in the game Friday afternoon
had to return home Friday
night. But the truth is, according
to one of the players who
was in both games in a Fort Mill
uniform, the locals were not in
the best condition for baseball
playing, and to this fact, more
than the absence of the players
who were expected to be in the
game, does the young man attribute
Fort Mill's failure to
show up creditably in the games.
Monroe won both games, the
^ first 10 to 0 and the second 6 to
~ 0. There was considerable dissatisfaction
by the Fort Mill
boys over a number of decisions
of the umpire. Price pitched
the first game for Fort Mill and
John Spratt occupied the mound
in the second contest. Ardrev
caught both games for Fort Mill.
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MR. F. H. HYATT ENTERS RACE
FOR PALMETTO QOVERNORSHIP
The latest entry into the race
for governor of South Carolina is
Mr. F. H. Hyatt, of Columbia.
During the last few years Mr.
Hyatt has become widely known
in the State as an advocate of
good roads. He is a prominent
business man of Columbia and is
F. H. HYATT.
interested in many of the successful
enterprises of that city.
In announcing his candidacy Mr.
Hyatt says that the principal
subjects he will discuss during
the campaign are the necessity
for good schools, good roads and
I a business-like administration.
I Mr. Hyatc is a prohibitionist, but
| he does not think the liquor
question is of paramount concerr
to the people. He is a member ol
i the Methodist church and has
' done much to f urther the interests
of the Columbia Fetoale college.
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Cotton Prospects Favorable.
In summarizing its initial reports
of the cotton crop of 1910,
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i Luc ixcTv wncaiis iinics-uemucrat
said Monday:
"The reports indicate a favorable,
though somewhat late,
start throughout the majoi
portion of the belt. Much replanting
was found necessary,
Weather extremes form the basis
of most of the complaints.
"An appreciable increase ir
acreage is reported from th<
States west of the Mississipp
river.
"As a rule the fields are clear
and well worked. Boll weevils
have appeared in the sections infested
last year, where croi
diversification has been resortec
to more than ever before. Thus
far the plant seems to be fret
! of other insect pests.
"The labor supply is ample ir
most sections, but complaints ol
scarcity in this respect comt
from others."
The Mecklenburg Primary.
Considerable interest is felt ir
Fort Mill over the outcome o1
the Democratic primary to b<
held in Mecklenburg county or
the 25th instant for the nomina
tion of county officers. One ol
the candidates is Clerk of Cour
J. A. Russell, who has held thai
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uiucc itu luc iclsl ycnix. mr
Russell formerly lived in Pine
ville and is well known in this
section. He is a brother of Mr
I E. W. Russell, assistant cashiei
i of the Fort Mill Saving's bank
Mr. Russell has strong oppositioi
in his race for renomination am
his friends are apprehensive tha
all may not go well with him ii
the primary.
Prof. Massey Sentenced.
Monroe Journal.
Policeman Barrett went t<
Henderson last week to brinj
back Prof. J. M. Massey, wh<
was held there for passing bo
gus checks and wanted here fo
tho cjmo nffono.i M* Rai-i-ot
Vl?v UUI1IV v/ll V* ltJV< 111 A . l/ui 1 VV
didn't bring him back. Thi
solicitor and others were will
! ing for him to come, but whei
the judge got hold of the cas<
he refused to part with Masse;
l until he had been sentenced fo
' the offense there. Masse;
pleaded guilty and made a pie;
for mercy. When Mr. Barret
i left sentence had not beei
passed, but the judge told hir
that it would be 12 months ii
1 the penitentiary, and it ha
" doubtless gone into effect b;
this time.
POOR BUTTER IN CAROLINA
NOT DUE TO LACK OF MATERIAL
Methods Practiced Result in Inferior
Product, According to This Week's
Clemson Bulletin.
Much of the butter that is now
being produced on the farms of
this State is of very poor quality.
This is not due to the lack of
good materials to work with, but
is due to the methods practiced.
It must be remembered that the
first essential in making good
butter is to have good cream.
By good cream is meant cream
that has been obtained from the
milk of healthy cows and drawn
in a cleanly manner. The udders
of the cows must be washed and
dried before each milking and
the milkers should milk with
clean and dry hands, and in
such a way that as little dirt as
possible will get into the milk.
As sooh as the milk is brought
into the house strain it through
not less than three thicknesses
of cheese cloth. This will get
out all fine dirt and hairs. At
the end of twenty-four hours if
the milk has been kept cool
enough it will still be sweet,
but under the usual conditions,
where no ice is used, it will very
probably have clabbered. If the
. milk has not clabbered, it will be
more convenient to put the cream
where it may be kept cold and
I hold it until a large churning
; may be made. If, however, the
r milk has clabbered when the
I cream is taken off, it will be best
to churn at once. Cream that is
; very sour never makes a good
quality of butter,
i The quality of butter is due
? largely to the following points:
> 1. Temperature at which the
; cream is churned.
2. Acidity of cream.
3. How the butter is washed.
4. Working and salting.
These points will now be taken
up in their order. The churn
should always be scalded out
with water before it is used.
After scalding rinse out with
' cold water so as to bring the
^ i temperature of the churn to that
* I of the cream that is to be
churned. The temperature of
the cream should be such that
' the butter will come in from 35
to 45 minutes. If it comes in
1 less time than 35 minutes, there
: will be too much butter left in
1 the butter milk and the butter
is harder to wash clean. The
\ churning should stop when the
' granules of butter are the size of
" j grains of wheat. At this stage
j; all of the butter has come and it
| is easy to wash, for each grain
* stands out so that the water can
; get to it. If the churning continues
until the butter gathers
' into lumps the size of hen's
[ eggs or larger, it will be imJ
possible to wash the butter well.
When the butter has come
draw off the butter and add
enough water to float the butter,
i The temperature of the wash
[ water should be slightly below
; the temperature of the cream
! when it was placed in the churn.
. After adding the water shake
f the churn so that every grain of
t the butter will came in contact
t with the water. It is best to
wash the butter twice. The
nurrv*s*? r?f thp wnshinor ie tn crM
3 the buttermilk. Too much washing
will destroy the flavor.
r After the second wash water
has been drawn off, take the
t butter out of the churn and put
\ on worker. While it is still ir
t the g' anular form add one ounce
-1 of the best grade of fine salt tc
every pound of butter. Work
salt in with paddle or lever of
worker, but never with the
hands. The object of working
is to get out the excess water
r and to distribute the salt. Work
' until the butter has a waxy ap0
pearance. Too much working
will ruin the grain and cause
' the butter to look greasy. Al
p this season of the year very lit
tie if any color need be used,
" but if color is to be added, ii
e should be put into the churn jusl
after the cream.
r
y J. E. Beamguard, of Clover
a announces his candidacy for the
t Legislature in The Times thi:
a week. For six years prior t<
n 1908 Mr. Beamguard was one oJ
n the York county members of the
s Legislature and was consideree
y an active and useful member o:
the body.
SUCCESSFUL POULTRY BREEDING
IN LOWER FORT MILL TOWNSHIP
The more or less current notion
that poultry cannot be raised at '
a profit in this section has been
disproved by B. M. Lee, owner
of Lee's Poultry farm, two miles
south of Fort Mill. The success <
with which Mr. Lee has met in <
the undertaking should be an in- ;
centive to others to begin the
breeding of poultry on a large
scale. 1
On Mr. Lee's farm only Single ;
Comb White Leghorns are bred
and during the two years he has j
been in the business he has
shipped hatching eggs and fowls |
to every State east of the
Mississippi river and as far west
as Indiana and Texas. Since
January 1 his total sales of eggs
and fowls has amounted to
$431.35 and he now has in pens 1
800 small chickens and 115 1
yearling hens. During the last 1
five months 1,595 chicks have
been hatched and 648 shipped
fresh from the shell to distant
points, this being possible from
the fact that for the first three
days baby chicks do not need
either food or water.
The highest price Mr. Lee has
received for a hen was $5, the
lowest $1. He has received as
much as 7 cents each for eggs
and has sold table eggs as
low as 25 cents the dozen. From
January 1 to June 10, 119 hens
on Mr. Lee's farm have laid over
13,000 eggs and they are still
laying regularly. He says that
there is 100 per cent, profit in
the poultry business each season
if the baby chicks can be raised
1 to maturity, otherwise the profit
j dwindles to nothing. Mr. Lee
has 17 fowl houses on his farm,
not one of which was closed
during the winter, thereby
establishing his contention that
I one of the best aids to growing
: chickens is sunshine and fresh
air.
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Important Business Change.
An important business change
! took place in Fort Miil during
i the last week when the dry
| goods and notions business of
P. H. Stallings was bought by
C. B. Magill. Mr. Magill will
continue the business in the
storeroom occupied by Mr. Stallings
since the first of the year.
For the present Mr. Magill will
i handle only dry goods and notions,
but it is his intention to
add a line of furniture to the
business later in the year.
Mr. Magill is a well known
citizen of Fort Mill township who
has been connected with the
Charlotte Brick company in the
capacity of superintendent for a
half dozen years or more. He
has moved his family to town
i and is occupying the Barber
house on Booth street.
Soil Not Adapted to Wheat?
Mr. W. J. Stewart, one of Fort
; Mill's most intelligent farmers,
does not think the lands of this
section of the State are adapted
to wheat growing, and being
| thus minded, he no longer at?
tempts to grow the "staff of
life" on his plantation, two miles
' south of town. The last year
Mr Qto\rorf nnf ontr nf Kio ln?/l
( a.jm. i . kjwv *? ui v j/uv c*n j v/a i no iauu
.; to wheat the result was most
? discouraging. From five bushels
. i of seed sown on good land he
[ harvested only six bushels. Mr.
, Stewart's plantation is one of
\ the best in the county and on it
. the farming operations are con:
ducted on the intensive plan.
> This year he has planted only 15
r acres of cotton to the mule, but
1 is cultivating more acres of corn
. than he usually does.
> Mrs. J. M. Gamble Dead.
j; After a long and trying illness,
Mrs. J. M. Gamble died at her
home one mile north of town
' Tuesday morning. She is sur.
vived by her husband and three
sons. Mrs. Gamble was a member
of the Presbyterian church
and the funeral services were
, conducted by her pastor, the
> Rev. Mr. Hafner, from the
3 home yesterday morning. The
> burial was in the town cemetery,
f Mrs. Gamble was a Miss Martin
> before her marriage and came
1 with her husband to Fort Mill a
f (number of years ago from
i Cabarrus county, N. C.
W1NTHR0P S LARGEST CLASS
WAS GRADUATED TUESDAY
Ninety Yonng Ladies, of Wkon Six
Are From York County, Receive
Their Diplomas.
The 1910 commencement exercises
of Winthrop college, which
commenced Sunday morning
with a sermon before the
Y. W. C. A. by the Rev. Mr.
Bowers, of Newberry college,
and closed Tuesday evening, was
attended by a larger number of
out-of-town visitors than has
ever been in Rock Hill on a similar
occasion. Those who had not
previously visited Winthrop were
amazed at the magnitude of the
institution.
The baccalaureate sermon to
the graduating class was
preached in the auditorium of
the college at 8 o'clock Sunday
evening by the Rev. G. I. Vance,
of Newark, N. J., and a large
crowd heard his discourse, the
subiect beinir "T.ifp's Alf?r
Stairs."
Monday was devoted to the
inspection of buildings and departments
and in the evening
the joint celebration of the
literary societies was held.
Tuesday morning at 9:30 o'clock
there was a reunion of the
alumnae; at 6 p. m., the daisy
procession; at 8:30 p. m. the
address to the graduating class
by Dr. Henry N. Snyder, president
of Wofford college, after
which the diplomas were delivered
to the class by Gov.
Ansel.
Ninety young ladies went
from Winthrop Tuesday with
their diplomas, this being the
largest numberof graduates ever
turned out by the college.
The following York county
young ladies were in the graduating
class: Annie Crook, Fort
Mill; Fredrica Lindsay, Yorkville;
Emma London, Elizabeth
Waters, Mattie Lou Barnett,
Jessie Wingate, Rock Hill.
Congressman Finley arrived in
Yorkville Saturday and will be at
home for several days.
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We now
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PINEVILLE MAN MEETS DEATH
ON RAILROAD AT CARTERSVILLE
Robert A. Grier, a young man
whose home was in Pineville
until four years ago, was killed
by a switch engine of the Louisville
& Nashville railroad on the
outskirts of Cartersville, Ga.,
Saturday night. Mr. Grier was
a flagman for the Louisville &
Nashville and while discharging
his duties was struck by the
engine and instantly killed. The
remains were taken to the home
of his parents in Charlotte,
where the funeral services were
held Monday morning. The
interment was at Flint Hill
cemetery in Fort Mill township
Monday afternoon.
Young Mr. Grier was reared
in Pineville and was popular
among a wide circle of friends in
that section. He was about 28
years of age and leaves a wife
and three children, besides his
parents, Mr. and Mrs. E. S.
Grier, and a number of brothers
and sisters.
Corn Sales Large.
According to the statement of
a local grain dealer more Western
corn has been sold in Fort Mill so
far this year than for a like
period in any two years within
the past, verifying, so far as
this section is concerned, the oft
heard aphorism that the corn
crib of the South is in the
West. There is, however, the
prospect of a greater corn crop
in this section this year than
ever before. The acreage put
to corn is greater by 50 per cent,
than heretofore and more care
is being given its cultivation.
Chicken Thieves Busy.
This is the season of the year
when chicken thieves are most
active and a number of housekeepers
report that fowls have
been stolen from their yards
within the last few days.
Thursday night thieves entered
the barnyard of Mr. T. P. Morrow,
near Pineville, and stole 21
friers.
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Doors and
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md a 15-year writes
with each stove,
time.
prepared to put |
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jes at a reasonable
\ call.
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