% The Fort Mill Times.
VOLUME 19?NO. 14. FORT MILL, S. C., THURSDAY, JULY 7. 1910. ~ $J.2S l'EH YEAR?"
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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.
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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/
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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.
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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.
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