Fort Mill times. (Fort Mill, S.C.) 1892-current, July 21, 1910, Image 1
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j VOLUME 19?NO. 10. * FORT MILL, S. C., THURSDAY, JULY 21. 1910. l'KH VKAH
" MUCH INTEREST MANIFESTED
' IN GUBERNATORIAL ELECTION
' Newspaper Man Gives Reasons for Selecting
Thos. G. McLeod as the
Winner---Blease Strong.
"Who will be elected governor?"
This question is often asked
the newspaper man nowadays,
indicating that there is more,
interest in the outcome of the
August primary than is bespoken
by the small attendance at the
campaign meetings. Primary
elections are somewhat "unsartin,"
however, and the news/paper
man being neither
(propnet nor tue son 01 a prophet,
cannot vouchsafe a reliable
answer. But he can guess?and
his guess should be worth something,
for it is his business to
keep in touch with developments
and draw conclusions therefrom.
Less than a week ago The
Times was favored with the
prognostication of a well known
newspaper correspondent who
has been with the . campaign
party at several meetings during
the last 15 days and it is his
opinion that Lieutenant Governor
Thos. G. McLeod will be the
next governor of South Carolina.
"Prohibition," said The Times'
authority, "is unmistakably on
the wane in South Carolina.
There are many reasons for this.
For instance, there is a strong
undercurrent of opposition to the
activity in the campaign of the
Anti-Saloon league. Many people
look upon the Anti-Saloon league
as an alien organization, which,
in the West and in other sections
of the country, almost invariably
throws its influence against the
Democratic nominees. Our people
generally are not aware of
this, otherwise the Anti-Saloon
league would have to go out of
business in South Carolina. Its
support of Mr. Featherstone
nr.w4.ii?.i.? a, J 1
v.^1 iaiiu,y i.-> innii>; linn nu }4UUU.
He is losing by it. Then there
is also deep-rooted opposition to
the scheme of the prohibitionists
to force their ideas upon an unwilling
community. It is not
Democratic.
"I said I believed McLeod
would be elected, but I do not
think his victory is all over but
the shouting. Many people un-;
derrate the strength of Cole
Blease. He has made a strong
campaign and is certain to receive
a large vote. If he should
get in the second race with
Featherstone, I have little doubt
that he will defeat the Laurens
county man. The other candidates
will develop some strength
on election day, of course, but
they are hardly to be considered
factors in the race, further than
that both Richards and Hyatt
have injured Featherstone's
chances."
Walk the Roads, Then Ride the River.
Pedestrianism and boating1
seem to have the call with a
number of Fort Mill young men.
Friday morning Murray Mack,
Honus Wagner and Kenneth
Nims set out afoot for Mt. Holly,
N. C., 30 miles awav, by the
public roads. They negotiated
the distance in nine hours and
spent the night with friends in
the little North Carolina city on !
the Catawba river. Saturday;
morning the party decided to
return via the Catawba and
bought a boat in which to make
the return trip. The river route
between Mt. Hollv and Fort
Mill is 35 miles, but the young
men consumed less time returning
than they did outgoing,
i- n i if" i.i
reacning rori mm in eignt nours.
The trip was greatly enjoyed and
the only obstacle to smooth sailing
was the necessity of carrying
the boat around the dam of the
Southern Power company.
Cansler Called Down.
Barnwell Sentinel.
Cansler, of Tirzah, got exactly
v what was due him when the
ministers in the audience here
Monday got up and protested
against the use of such sacrilegious
language as he had used in
his rambling talk. Such actions
are insults to the community in
which committed, and we trust
that Cansler's rebuke will be
even more to the point when the
voters of this county cast their!
votes for railroad commissioner. !
FORT MILL MEN WHO FOLLOWED
THE SOUTH'S STARRY BANNER
Forty-five years have passed
since the unhappy day in which
Gen. Robt. E. Lee gave up the
unequal struggle for Southern
independence from the American
Union. Since that far day?as
men measure time?the already
decimated gray line has grown
thinner and thinner with each
succeeding year until the once
powerful armies of the Confederacy
are today represented
by but a few individuals in each
community. Most of those still
living arc fast approaching the
day when they will have joined
their comrades of the '60s in the
unending bivouac. It ought to
be of interest to everyone in the
South to know who among his
neighbors followed the great
Confederate captains who have
filled history with their deeds and
the earth with their renown. The
limes, therefore, finds pleasure
in complying1 with the request
that it publish the names of the
members of the Fort Mill camp,
of Confederate veterans:
\V. T. Alderson, Thos. Alexander,
.J. W. Ardrey, J. M. Armstrong, VV. 11.
Armstrong, It. T. Bailey, T.
Bailes, S. I'. Bluukt-nship, \V. F.
Boyd, Robt. Burns, .las. Burns, .1. II.
Coftharp, Jas. P. Kpps, S. II. Kpps,
W. A. Fisher, J. 1*. (Jarrison, J. It.
Kimbrell, .1. S. Kimbrell, J. H. Kimbrell,
J. B. Mack, B. II. Mussey,
S. F. Massey, A. H. Merritt, Bowman
Merritt, It. A. P. Merritt, S. M. Mills,
.las. Miller, M. J. Mendenhall, W. F.
Patterson, I. A. Patterson, It. (I.
Pearson, Joseph Parks, \V. C. Perry,
K. Shannon, I. (i. Smythe, W. 11.
Stewart, Crockett Saville, J. W. Spratt. ;
J. \V. Thompson, A. S. White, S. E. ,
White.
Man for Whom Clemson Was Named.
Prof. W. M. Riggs, acting
president of Clemson college, has
liad printed a little booklet entitled,
"Questions and Answers
Relating to Clemson College."
A great deal of information about
the institution is given, in which
the following, relative to the i
man for whom tlie college was j
named, is of interest:
Thomas G. Clemson died in
1888, and left the Fort Hill
estate of 886 acres and about
$58,000 in money to found an
agricultural and mechanical college.
M.? u-au 1
.AV <1 uu u 1 VIII IOJ I \ ll I I It II I, UUI II
in Philadelphia in 1807. At the
age of 10 he ran away from
home and went to France. There
he engaged in the revolutions of
that time, and after winning distinction
entered the celebrated
School of Mines at Paris, graduating
after four years as a mining
engineer. lie returned to
America, and establishing himself
in Washington, practiced
his profession, and accumulated
a considerable fortune. Here
he met and married Miss Anna
Marin, the oldest daughter of
John C. Calhoun.
Being a strong disciple of
John C. Calhoun, .and heading
he was to be arrested, Mr.
Clemson with his son fled from
Washington, walked to Richmond,
and offered their services
to President Davis. Mr. Clemson
was assigned to the TransMississippi
nitre mining department,
where he served until the
end of the war, and his son,
John C. Clemson, was appointed
a lieutenant and assigned to
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CIC live uuiv.
The old homestead of John C.
Calhoun, the Fort Hill place,
which was bequeathed to the
State for an agricultural college .
by Mr. Clem son, was given to
John C. Calhoun by the two
brothers of his wife. The
property descended to his wife
at his death, friends in Charleston
having paid off large indebtedness
in order that she might have
a clear title. The place finally
came into possession of Mrs.
Clemson, who, upon her death,
bequeathed it to her husband,
"absolutely and in fee simple."
When Mr. Clemson died, the
property under his will went to
the State to found the Clemson
Agricultural college, and by the
same will he set aside $15,000
for his grand-daughter to satisfy
any claim in equity which she
might have in the property. She
had no legal claim.
Twenty-cent Cootton?
Twenty cents for cotton this
fall was predicted by Thos. G.
Hudson, Georgia's State commissioner
of agriculture, in an address
Tuesday at Union City, Ga.
L
LITTLE STIRRING FOR M'NINCH
AT CATAWBA COUNTY MEETING
Republican Congress Nominee and His
Sponsor, Jake Newel, Make Waterhaul
at Newton.
Saturday the Republicans of j
Catawba county. North Carolina, j
held their convention at Newton, i
Among- those present were Jake !
Newel and S. S. McNinch, of|
Charlotte. Newel is a Charlotte j
lawyer whose practice is said to j
be confined principally to small i
nigger cases in the recorder's
court. One mi? ht suspect, however,
that he is a very prominent
citizen of the Old North State's
leading city from the frequent
appearance of his name in the j
news columns of the Charlotte
1 tress, and thereby be misled into
the error of mistaking notoriety ;
for distinction. Politically, Newel i
bores with a gimlet, but upon the
hypothesis that the Charlotte
nntiTcnnnm. ."i
Iiv no|/n|/ti I CJJWI IVTI a I1IIU 11
necessary to hold their jobs to
turn in a certain amount of
"copy" daily one can overlook
the chaif concerning his doings
which they palm off on the public
as news.
S. S. McNinch is the Republican
nominee for Congress
against E. V. Webb, Democrat,
in the Ninth North Carolina)
district. The trip which he and
Newel made to Newton was in
the interest of the former's
candidacy. If their mission had
been in search of gold they
would have found garlic. Witness
the following news story of the
glorious impression which Mr.
McNinch made in 1 Newton:
"S. S. McNinch was introduced
as the speaker of the day and
the party would have been more
benefited had Mr. McNinch remained
in Charlotte. He undertook
to confine his remarks to
the tariff and ship subsidy, and
on either of these questions he
showed less knowledge of his
subjects than an ordinary schoolboy.
His ideas were dim, vague
and decidedly muddled. Catawba
people had a much higher
opinion of Mr. McNinch before
he began his talk than they have
since."
Jones Still in Jail.
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n. i. uwiiCvi, LIIU \ UlUlg Willie |
man who was arrested in Charleston
some days ago and taken a
prisoner to the York county jail,
where he has since been held, j
on the charge of swindling' the
Fort Mill and Clover banks of a
sum of money in excess of $400
three weeks ago, is apt to be!
liberated if his father comes to
his rescue with the cash to replace
the money he secured on
worthless checks. The officials
of both the Fort Mill and Clover
banks have agreed to withdraw
the contemplated prosecution of
Jones if their losses are made i
good. Jones says that his home
is in Texas and that his father is
a farmer in good circumstances.
He feels confident that his father
will not refuse to help him out
t lw?
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White Man, Negro, or Gorilla.
For those who have gone race
mad over the outcome of the
Johnson-Jeffries prize fight, let
it he said that it doesn't make a
particle of difference who holds |
the pugilistic championship,
whether white man, negro, or
gorilla, says an exchange. To
ali right thinking people it is a :
matter of no importance. Mere
brute strength is the lowest in
the scale of every kind of \
strength, and, for our part, we
had as lief for a negro or a j
gorilla to carry off the palm in j
that respect as for a white man. ;
In fact, considering the low
place the negro occupies among
human beings, it is natural and
meet that he should take the
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icmx in such exmuiuons oi
strength.
Lightning Made Tree Imprint.
On the body of Frank Miller,
a young farmer who was killed
by lightning near Lancaster
Friday afternoon, those who j
were preparing the body for
burial Saturday found imprinted
a perfect picture of the tree
under which he was standing
when he was killed by the bolt.
The outlines of the tree were
perfectly depicted, even to the,
smaller branches. I
STATE EQUALIZATION BOARD 1
HOLDING IMPORTANT SESSION
The State board of equalization
is in session in Columbia today 1
(Wednesday) and matters of
importance to the taxpayers of
the State are being: discussed and
decided upon. This is assessment
year in South Carolina and 1
all real estate will be reassessed
by the State board. The work ;
of the board will be watched i
with interest by citizens of all <
sections of the State. i
During: the past week the (
subject of taxation has played an i
important part in the discussion t
by the candidates for governor, i
The gfeneral conclusion reached i
is that equalization of the prop- (
crty in the State is needed. i
Comptroller General Jones has
always been an advocate of the i
equalization of taxes. He ap- t
peared before the Charleston 1
county voters on Saturday night t
and pvnlnini'd liie lvwit *
r. pvuivivu VII L11v: I
tax question and made several I
recommendations. i
Charley White Given Two Years.
Charley White, the Fort Mill t
negro who was tried in Yorkville i
last week for the murder of Will i
Tillman, another negro, was convicted
of manslaughter and sen- i
tenced by Judge Shipp to two t
years on the chaingang. Judge t
Shipp is quoted as saying that c
White should have been acquit- c
ted. A motion for a new trial j
for White was overruled by t
Judge Shipp, but he was after- ^
wards released on bond in the c
sum of $750 on appeal of his at- c
torneys to the supreme court, j.
Dr. T. S. Kirkpatrick is White's j;
bondsman.
The crime for which White was j
tried grew out of a difficulty n
which he had with the Tillman c
negro, whom he accused of mis- s
treating his. (White's) daughter.
Some months ago White's (laughter
was missing from home one
r?i?rVif ntnn ? - ?
one in company
with Tillman at a nearby f
house. A difficulty followed be- p
tween White and Tillman and t
the latter was shot to death by c
White. ! v
Institute at Capp's School House.
The citizens of lower Steel
Creek community, in Mecklen- ~
burp: county, are looking forward with
interest to the farmers' and
women's institute which is to be
held at Capp's school house on
Monday, August 1. Experts
from the North Carolina department
of agriculture will be
present to discuss subjects relating
to farm improvement.
Arrangements have also been
completed to make the institute
of value to the women in their daily
duties and home life.
Separate sessions will be held
on the same day and at the same i
place as those for the farme.rs, J
and programs have been arranged
for showing improved methods
of home sanitation, preparation
and preservation of foods, etc.
i?ii. iitiiiib nui a vanaiaaie.
Mr. J. Porter Hollis, of Rock
Hill, was in Fort Mill Monday
collecting statistics of the local
manufacturing industries for the t
national bureau of the census.
While in town Mr. Hollis was
asked by The Times if he intended
to be a candidate for re- e
election to the General Assembly.
He replied that his private n
affairs were such that he could q
not lose the time necessary to
make the canvass of the county
and that he would not, therefore,
stand for reelection. Mr. Hollis
has been a member of the
General Assembly only one term.
He has many friends throughout
the county who will regret to
learn of his intention to retire
from politics. ti
Dr. W. J. W. Cornwell Dead.
Dr. W. J. W. Cornwell, one of ^
unester county's most prominent -?
physicians ana best citizens, died
Friday nivrht at Cornwell, after
a week's illr.ess, aged 68. The
funeral was held Saturday at ^
Pleasant Grove Presbyterian
church.
Dr. Cornwell was a member
of the Chester Blues and
served throughout the war, being
wounded once. He leaves a
daughter, Mrs. A. K. Holler, of
Columbia.
[RON MARKERS TO BE PLACED
AT GRAVES OF CONFEDERATES
Fort Mill Daughters F. riPAOArt in I on/1
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able Undertaking to Honor Departed
Soldiers.
The latest undertaking by
A'hich the local chapter of the
Daughters of the Confederacy
ire striving to perpetuate the
nemory of the departed soldiers
>f the South whose graves are I
n this community is the placing j
if an iron marker at each. The
marker is made of iron, with an
xiter coating of aluminum, and
s both appropriate and ornamental.
It is a maltese cross in
icsign, as is the cross of honor
Aorn by many Confederate
veterans, and is one foot square
vith a spear IS inches in length
0 be driven into the ground to
lold the marker in place. On
he face of the marker appear
he Latin words "Deo Vindice"
[God vindicates), surrounded by;
1 laurel wreath. Below the
vreath is a star, in the points of
vhich are the years of the war,
86I-I860. On tlie reverse side
>f the marker, in large letters,
s the C. S. A., also surrounded
|>y a laurel wreath.
The markers are not expensive,
>ut they are not furnished free!
o the chapter by the manufacurers,
and as it will require a
onsiderable sum to place one at
ach of the 51 graves of veterans!
n the Fort Mill cemetery and
he numerous other soldier,
graves at Flint Hill church and
lsewhere in the community, any
ontributions which the public
s pleased to make to further the |
audable undertaking will be
;ratefully received by the
)aughters. Mrs. J. M. Spratt
nd Mrs. R. F. Grier are the
ommittee to whom contributions
hould be sent.
Encampment Site Pleases Militiamen.
The officers and men of the i
\>rt Mill Light Infantry are j
xeatly pleased with the selec-!
ion of Aiken as the encampment <
ity for the First regiment this
ear, and ('apt. Spratt is confilent
of taking practically the enire
membership of the company
n the encampment.
muiw
A Summer S
Extremely
Name your price?we ha\
he price you name.
Sometimes an alluring pri
>ut after he has tried the ex,
nighty glad to come back t<
;elebrated schloss cl
OTHER TIN
A complete line of Men's
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n the dollar. In this lot of
'ROSSE 11, for men, and DC
'here's no better shoes made.
Our motto is not to carry
o another, so we start the rac
McElhaney 1
FORT MILL TRUSTEES ELECT
MASON CRUM SUPERINTENDENT
A meeting of the board of
trustees of the Fort Mill graded
school was held Saturday morning
to elect a superintendent for
the lhlO-'ll session. Several applications
for the position were
considered at the meeting, but
the choice of the trustees fell
upon Mason ('rum. of Orangeburg.
who was highly recommended
by Prof. John G. Clinkscales
of Wofl'ord college, A telegram
was at once sent Mr.
Crum notifying him of his
el of t ion <ni<1 lofni* -1 -
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reply was received in which Mr.
Crum stated that he would accept
the place. Mr. Crum is a recent
graduate of Wolford and is a
young man. Very little is known
here of his qualifications as a
teacher or his executive ability.
The trustees acted solely on the
recommendation of Prof. Clinkscales.
The D. A. R. Picnic at Old Waxhaw.
Considerable interest is being
manifested in the basket picnic
which is to be given by ~ the
ladies of Kanawha chapter,
I). A. R., at old Waxhaw Presbyterian
church, in Lancaster
county, Friday. The train on
which the party will go to Rock
Hill to connect with the train on
the Lancaster road passes Fort
Mill at 6:17 a. ni. The round trip
fare to the gicnic grounds is $1.
At Rock Hill the Fort Mill party
will be joined by a number of
members of Catawba chapter
and a prolitable and enjoyable
day is in prospect for all who go
on the outing.
Steel Creek Church.
Waxhaw Enterprise.
Steel Creek church, in Mecklenburg
county, is 150 years old and
its congregation is preparing for
a celebration of that event some
time in August. All the living
pastors will be present; some of
them will come hundreds of
miles. Steel Creek church, like
ner sister, old Wax haw Presbyterian
church, which is, nine
years her senior, represents, old
Presbyterian aristocracy. Both
have a glorious heritage and a
rich history.
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