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% The Fort Mill Times. VOLUME 19?NO. 14. FORT MILL, S. C., THURSDAY, JULY 7. 1910. ~ $J.2S l'EH YEAR?" * . ? ? ? YORK COUNTY DEMOCRATS HEAR pt CANDIDATES FOR STATE OFFICE Meeting at Yorkville Friday Devoid of Special Interest---Some Enthusiasm Manifested. The State campaign meeting for York county was held in the court house at Yorkville Friday and it is said to have been somewhat livelier than the meetings held in the other counties. Several of the candidates received generous applause during and at the close of their speeches, but on the whole the audience was not demonstrative and it is doubtful whether there was an appreciable realignment of the voters as a result of the speechJk making. Probably 500 voters heard the candidates for governor. There was not a woman in the audience. The meeting, over which County Chairman W. B. Wilson. Jr., presided, was opened with prayer. The first speaker was Capt. J. M. Richardson, candidate for adjutant general. His speech did not seem to impress the audience. He was followed by Col. Chas. Newnham, of Columbia, who promised an honest administration of the militia department. Then came Col. W. W. Moore, of Barnwell, also a candidate for adjutant general. James Cansler, wearing a skull cap with his name painted in tgilt letters on the front of it, re- i minding one more of a hotel porter than a candidate for State office, made a rambling talk in behalf of his candidacy for railroad commissioner. He got some applause. Then came McDuflie Hampton, son of Gen. Wade Hampton, for the same jjfe office. He told of his school-boy ,j|t days in Yorkville and his qualifications for railroad commissioner. The applause didn't raise the roof when he sat down. (1. lloyward Mahon, ex-mayor of Greenville, made a sensible speech and appeared to be the * only candidate for railroad commissioner who had given the duties of the office any study. Mr. Mahon was followed by Col. O. C. Scarborough, who seemed to think that he was cock-sure of election and that it would be well for the other candidates to clear the track for him. Following the candidates for railroad commissioner. Chairman Wilson introduced E. W. Duvall, of Cheraw, who is seeking the lieutenant governorship. Mr. Duvall made several pleasingreferences to his youth (lie is 35) and advocated economy in the administration of the State government. He is opposed to Statewide prohibition. Mr. Duvall was followed by his opponent, C. A. Smith, of Timmonsville, who stressed his efficiency as a school teacher. He is a State-wider. Barney Evans made a red-hot speech for the attorney-generalship, in which he accused Frazer Lyon of incompetency and dishonesty. Lyon was not present. Evans got considerable applause. C. C. Featherstone, of Laurens, was the lirst candidate for governor to speak. Mr. Featherstone thinks the liquor question of paramount importance to the people and had little to say regarding the other issues, lie was listened to attentively. F. 11. Hyatt devoted the principal part of his speech to the work he has done in behalf of good roads. He is a prohibitionist, but thinks it would be well to keep the liquor question out of the camnaiffn. Lieutenant Governor McLeod opened with a plea for better schools. lJe thinks there should be devised some plan to reach the tax-dodgers and is in favor of local option. Mr. McLeod had many friends in the audience and the remark was frequently heard that he would get a good vote in York county. John G. Richards made a good speech in which he told of his efforts in behalf of economy dur> ing his service in the Legislature. He had worked to secure the appropriation for the monument to the women of the Confederacy. He is a prohibitionist. Cole L. Blease lost no time in denying a report which John L. Harley, State agent for the AntiSaloon league, had circulated GOVERNOR NAMES COMMISSION 1 TO LOOK INTO INDIANS' AFFAIRS Governor Ansel has appointed the commission provided for in a ' concurrent resolution adopted at the last session of the General Assembly to investigate the condition of the Catawba Indians, . whose reservation of 600 acres 1 of almost worthless land is 15 ] miles southeast of Fort Mill on the Catawba river. Following the provision of the resolution which states that neither of the three members of the commission shall be a member of the General Assembly, Governor Ansel has named as the commissioners C. W. F. Spencer, of Rock Hill; Frank C Whitner, of Rock Hill, and W. W. Lewis, of Yorkville. ' Under the terms of the resolution, which was introduced in the senate by Mr. Stewart and in the house by Mr. Glasscock, York members of the General Assembly, the commission is to investigate the condition of the Indians, with the view of purchasing additional lands contiguous to their reservation to assist them to become self-supporting and useful citizens, if the plan is considered feasible. Should such action be taken it will mean that the Catawba Indians will no longer be wards of the State but will be thrown upon their own resources to earn a livelihood. It is estimated that it would require an appropriation of between .$15,000 and $20,000 to 1 11 'Knen fli/i 1 o n/Io f |JU1 VIIU^E IIIC 1U1IUO U I1ILII L I iv: Catawbas think necessary to ' enable them to Ret along with- ' out the State's bounty. The 1 State now appropriates annually ' to these Indians $3,200, $3,000 ! of which is divided pro rata among them, the remaining $200 being used for school purposes. The commission is to report at ! the next session of the General I Assembly. 1 Maj. Jas. W. Wilson Dead. Maj. J as. \Y. Wilson, a dis- | tinguished citizen of North | Carolina, died at the home of ; his daughter, Mrs. J. J. Hutchin- t son, in Charlotte Saturday night, i Major Wilson was 78 years old i at the time of his death and ] during his long life had been ; honored with many important trusts by the people of North i Carolina. He was a life long member of the Presbyterian church. He was a veteran of the Confederate army and a noted civil engineer and had the distinction of building the Western North Carolina railway, of which he was at one time president. Major Wilson was the father of Mrs. L. J. Massey, of Fort Mill, whom he visited I here for several months a tew years ago. Major Wilson's body was interred at Morganton, N. C., Mrtnflcur Thos. F. McDow Out for the House. Anions the political announcements in The Times this week is ; that of Thos. F. McDow, Esq., who announces his candidacy for the house of representatives. For some time Mr. McDow has been urged by friends from various sections of the county to enter the race, but he did not agree to do so until a few days ago. Several years ago he was a member of the house from York county and was considered one of the stongest members of the body. I le is a strong lawyer, a ready and pleasing speaker and a sound thinker and his friends are confident that the people of the county will avail themselves of the opportunity to again send him to the General Assembly. Capt. Amos McManus, a gallant Confederate veteran, died at his home in Lancaster Monday. about him two years ago. Evidently, Mr. Blease has a poor opinion of Harley. He read from a prohibition newspaper, the i Laurens Advertiser, an editorial in which it was stated that Hurley's work had done the cause more harm than good. He is opposed to forcing prohibition on , any county which does not want it. He made a point against Mr. Richards by displaying his personal check as evidence of his good work in behalf of the woman's monument. When John Duncan got up to speak nearly everybody left. ITORKVILLE'S BASEBALL TEAM TOO STRONG FOR THE LOCALS: Fort Mill Boys Played Well, But Visitors Got the Games---Too Much Liquor in Evidence. The Fort Mill baseball team ost two games to Yorkville last >veek. The second game of the series was awarded to Fort Mill as he result of a misunderstanding-, fhere was considerable difference )f opinion as to whether the tome team was entitled to the jame. Wednesday afternoon the first rame of the series was played, tn the 12th inning the Yorkville i 3oys pushed in the winning run ifter one of the prettiest con- j :ests ever seen on the local i liamond. Trammel was in the jox for Yorkville and Bruce fori Fort Mill. Both pitchers were is steady as a steam roller and ueld the opposing batters well in nand at all stages. Fort Mill tvould have won the game but for unfortunate errors in the third inning which allowed the Yorkville boys to tie the score ay amassing three runs. The' final score was: Yorkville 4, Fort Mill 3. Batteries: Yorkville, Trammel and Patrick; Fort Mill, 1 Bruce and Parks. All doubt as to Fort Mill's ability to qualify as a loud- j mouthed, cussing, liquor-drink-1 ing, lighting town was dispelled at the game Thursday afternoon. The pleasure of witnessing what promised to be a closely con-! tested game was marred by the ; unseemly conduct of a number I jf spectators. The game wound up in a fight in which a baseball j bat was used to quiet one of j the growlers. The Yorkville boys had not scored through: their half of the fourth inning, in which a Fort Mill player raced in and was declared safe. The iecision displeased the visitors! and they decided to quit the1 ?ame. Fort Mill was awarded the game. Then a row started between a drunken spectator and i Fort Mill player, resulting in Lhe former being struck across die forehead with a bat. Batteries: Yorkville, Rosseau and Patrick; Fort Mill, Price and 3pong. Friday afternoon the Yorkville learn clearly outplayed the locals and won the game, which was broken up in the fifth inning by rain, 5 to 2. Batteries; Yorkville, Rosseau and Rudisill; Fort Mill, Price and Spong. Superintendent Bauknight Resigns. Superintendent L. M. Bauknight of the Fort Mill graded school has tendered his resignation to the board of trustees. The resignation has been accepted and Mr. Bauknight is preparing to move to Leesville, Lexington county, where he will assume the superintendency of the public school on September 1. Some 1. ^t.. i ? _ l i i weeKis ;tg<> ->ir. r^auKnigni was reelected by the trustees of the Fort Mill school for the session of 1910-'ll. He is one of the best superintendents the local school has ever had and the announcement of his resignation will be received with general regret. The board of trustees will elect a successor to Mr. Bauknight within a few weeks. Who's Who, Which is What? The prohibitionist candidates for governor are having a nice little squabble among themselves as to who is the logical prohibitionist candidate. There me three candidates for governor on this platform. C. C. Featherstone, who has run for governor once and who is now in the race on a Statewide platform, says that he is the logical prohibition candidate since he has advocated prohibition and fought for it on the stump. John G. Richards, once a State dispensaryite, reconciles his position by saying that he believed the dispensary the best solution and that when the dispensary fell he went to prohibition "to qfav thprp " F. H. Hyatt, for 20 years an advocate publicly of prohibition, giving his money and influence to the movement, and privately a prohibitionist all his life, is in the race and is claiming the ground floor. FLINT HILL CHURCH DEDICATION TO BE OBSERVED ON AUGUST 2 The dedication services of the splendid new church which was erected by the Flint Hill Baptist congregation about two years; ago will be observed on August 2nd. The pastor, the Rev. Mr. Hair, and the officers of the pill! V/?li 4-/-x * U/% VIIU1 Vli U1 V IMCUllllll^, IW lllcllW" II1C dedication a memorable event in the church's history and already arrangements are being perfected to have all the surviving pastors attend the services. Flint Hill is one of the oldest Baptist churches in the State and in its long history has been presided over by many able and consecrated men. Among the number of former pastors who will attend the dedication and take part in the services is?the Rev. F. 0. S. Curtis, loved man of Clod and gallant veteran of the "Lost Cause," who for many years ministered to the spiritual needs of the Flint Hill community and otherwise did rruc'.i to endear himself to the entire citizenship of this section. Mr. Curtis is now the pastor of the Baptist church at Walterboro. An incident of the dedication of Flint Hill church will be the ordination of three deacons who were elected at a congregational meeting Sunday. The new deacons are Messrs. S. (J. Harrison, Rufus Ford and James F. Boyd. Each was elected for a term of four years. The three other deacons of the church are Messrs. S. P. Blankenship, B. M. Faris and D. V. Epps. Their terms of office expire two years hence. It is the general policy of the Baptist church to elect the members of its board of deacons g 1.'^ il _ * l. 1 jiu me, uui unuer ine pastorate of the Rev. Edw. S. Reaves the custom was changed, in the interest of the church work. Peanuts a Profitable Crop. There is money for the farmers of South Carolina in the growing of peanuts for market, though few seem to be inclined to take advantage of the opportunity to increase their revenue. It is doubtful whether there is a single farm ir. York county on which is grown more than a few bushels, for home consumption. With the growing demand for and constantly increasing price of peanuts, it would seem that instead of a small patch here and there at great intervals many farmers would plant the peanut extensively and thereby not only increase their income but add to the improvement of the soil. To most persons the peanut l suggests only the article as it appears for sale, whole, shelled or salted, but during recent years the uses of peanuts have 1 oeeome numerous, ami include a wide range of utility. The demand for peanuts for use in the manufacture of food preparations is constantly increasing. By-products of the peanut are now being employed extensively in the manufacture of feeds for farm stock and dairy cows. The peanut is rapidly becoming an important farm crop throughout most of the Southern States. Its vines are valuable as forage and the peas that are not marketable can be used for feeding purposes. Throughout the boll-weevil district of the cotton belt the peanut is rapidly becomt mtr nl' imtmi'fotuui ocs m miMnatr 111^ \J I KlIIVV C*0 (I IIIVIIV,> crop, and special oil-producing varieties will doubtless assist in keeping the oil mills of the Southern States supplied with j raw materials. The peanut plant, in common 1 with other leguminous plants, has the power of collecting the I free nitrogen of the atmosphere and storing it in little nodules upon its roots. For this reason the peanut is one of the more desirable of our soil-renovating and soil-improving plants. It should be borne in mind, however, that in order to benefit the soil the nitrogen so gathered should not be removed, but that the main portion of the roots should be left in the soil. Chief Justice Fuller Dead. Chief Justice Melville M. Fuller of the United States Supreme court died of heart failure at his summer home in Sorrento, Me., at 6 o'clock Monday morning. CLARK, DEMOCRATIC LEADER. f COMMENDS STATE S DELEGATION Was Always Able to Depend on South I Carolinians---Speaks Well of Mr. t Finley's Service. Congressman Champ Clark, of x Missouri, is a firm believer in c sticking to his colleagues on the 1 Democratic side of the house and 1 saying a good word for them i whenever occasion permits. As c minority leader he has not only 1 the admiration, but the love of < all his party associates and this i situation has been brought about both by long years of intimate t association and comradeship. i Mr. Clark was asked by the 1 Washington corresnond^nt nfThc? News and Courier to tell some- t thing of the work of the mem- 1 bers of the South Carolina dele- t nation in the House during the 1 session which has just ended and 1 readily agreed to do so, though ; < at the time he was busily en- t gaged with other duties: 1 < "As the long session of the Sixtyfirst Congress has adjourned, which, [ : taken in connection with the extraordinary session, has entailed a vast ' amount of work on everybody con- 1 corned," Mr. Clark said, "1 have been ] turning over in my mind the record of the various delegations in the house ( and then1 has been no delegation which ] has been more faithful to its duties, i both in attendance and voting always i j with the Democrats, than the South i i Carolina delegation. On every uuestion i that has been made politically they ' have lined up to a man and voted right, j For them, individually and collectively, j I have the highest regard. v "Mr. Finley, who is the dean of the i ' ' delegation and who has now come to be . t what Mr. Cochran, of Missouri, used to t call an old and experienced member, is j, ' the second Democrat in rank on the i great committee on postollices and post ! | roads. II e is also the house Democrat ' on the committee on printing. The I committee on postollices and post roads 1 has come to be one of the most impor- ! 1 tant committees of the house, and Fin- i ley is active and influential in the dis- ( charge of his duties on that committee. ( He has done much for the rural mail i . carriers in the house and was one of the principal factors in preparing the ' Democratic substitute for the postal 1 savings bank bill. By his services on ] the printing committee be has been in- s strumental in effecting a great many ' economies, lie is rated among the best ( lawyers of the house and. while he does I FIND FORTH) Marseilles Crochet Quilts. i i i . c-.j o/i ?i.. I 1-1 V WIIIIU'I |?illir>, tp^.WW Willi 11-1 Counterpanes, $1100 valu Berlin Fringed Iron Bed Conn 52 inch Lace Curtain, $1.00 va 54 $1.25 58 44 44 44 $2.25 Extra large and fine quality I Curtain Swiss, per yard Curtain Scrim, 3(5 inches wide Chateau Mousseline, cream the newest thing out for Table Pure Linen Taule Damask, h; I Full Mercerized Table Damas Mercerized Table Damask, ne Tow All Linen extra large Towels, Mercerized extra large Towel I Rath Towels, extra large, eac Other good numbers, each Sheets and F Full sized heavy Sheets, read; 10-4 Sheeting, bleached and The Utica Pillow Cases, 44 x : The Utica Pillow Cases ha^ the best made. Mills & Y PHONES. Dry Goods, 37. F JEW STEEL BRIDGE AND REPAIRS IN PROSPECT FOR PUBLIC ROAD There is the prospect of the 3arbersville road to Fort Mill >eing improved and made pasable at all times and a new steel midge supplanting the old vooden structure where the road rosses Sugar creek. Within the ast week Mr. Osmond Barber las interested himself in the mdertaking and it now seems :ertain that the supervisors of fork and Lancaster counties will extend the aid necessary to ?ffect the improvements. Some days ago Mr. Barher ,vas in Lancaster and comuunicated with Supervisor Mobey of that county. He left with he understanding that if Supervisor Gordon of York count/ * ~ i ?'1 i>uuiu agree lu ucuf une-iourtn :he expense of repairing the 'oad and building the bridge hat Lancaster county could be depended upon to do as much, ;he other half the expense to be net by private subscriptions. The estimated cost of the road improvements and the steel bridge is $1,500. The bridge kvill be 00 feet long. Mr. Barber nas agieed to contribute $500 )f the $750 necessary from private sources and Monday mornng the remaining $250 was raised by Mr. Barber in Fort Mill within an hour. Mayor L. A. Harris went to Torkville yesterday to appear before the board of county commissioners ig behalf of the underaking and it is hoped to have he bridge built and the road ,vork done within a few months. iot speak very frequently, he is always istened to with great attention, bemuse people know that he understands what he is talking about." After praising the good work >f Congressman Finley, Mr. J kirk made individual references o the South Carolina delegation, :he purport of which was that a mistake would be made to send new men to Congress from this state to supplant men who are experienced in national legisla:ion. INGS EHOME e. ........ $2.(>0 fe iterpanes $1.75 I ilue .......... 75c 8 iace Curtains. $3.00 10c, 15c and 20c ?, per yard.. ... 5c wiui crossuars anu iiowers, Curtains, per yard 10c Linen mdsome pattern 95c !<, new pattern 50c w pattern 25c rels each 50e s, each __ 25c h _ 25c 5c to 25c ^llow Cases y for use _ 65c unbleached 80c and 35c 36, each 20c :e the reputation of beinj? oung Co. urniture, 144. Grocery, 12. ?1 * .