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The Fort Mill Times. i VOLUME 19?NO. 20. 1 OUT MILL, S. C., THURSDAY, AUGUST 18, 1910. *i ** uvu x . TiT= ALL OF THE YORK CANDIDATES DECLARE FOR LOCAL OPTION Whatever the result of the gubernatorial election to be held in South Carolina on the 30th inst., regardless of the success of a prohibitionist or a local optionist, York county is certain to be represented in the next Legislature by a full delegation, in both the house of representatives and the senate, of local optionists. Not one of the nine candidates for the house is a prohibitionist and Senator Stewart, who holds over during the sessions of the incoming Legislature, is committed to the Carey-Cothran law, which guarantees every county ir. the State the right to Hotorminn ifoolf u'ViofVioi* if prefers local option or prohibition. This is considered one of the two most important developments so far of the county campaign, the other being the attitude of the legislative candidates toward the so-called Stewart road law. Only one of the nine candidates has indicated hostility to the law, the single exception being young Mr. Wallace, of Filbert, who is advocating the working of the public roads by contract. Otherwise the position of the candidates on the questions which they consider of public interest is almost identical. The second meeting of the 1910 York county campaign was held Tuesday at McConnellsville, the prosperous little station nine ! miles south of Yorkville on the Chester and Northwestern railroad. The speaker's stand had been erected in the centre of an inviting grove on the plantation of Mr. ,J. Frank Ashe, and it was around and upon the stand that the bountiful dinner which the I good housewives of the community had prepared for the occasion was spread. McConnellsville has long been noted for its hospitality, but the community iainy outaia useii iuesaay in the cordial reception which was extended everyone. Mr. J. Frank Ashe was host in chief and he, assisted by a goodly number of his excellent neighbors, made the occasion one of pleasure long to be remembered. There were about 600 people in attendance upon the speaking and picnic dinner and the best of order prevailed throughout the day. The meeting opened with prayer by the Rev. l)r. J. J. Harrell, pastor of Bethesda Presbyterian church. The presiding officer was Mr. P. M. Burris, member of the county executive committee for Bethesda township. Only the candidates for the Legislature spoke. Mr. C. W. Wallace was the first candidate to address the people. There are no issues in the campaign, . but he would discuss the subjects in which the people are interested. There is interest in the road law, which is a good one, but if the roads were worked by contract instead of under the township supervisors money would be saved the county and better roads would be built. The commutation road tax is loo high and should be reduced from $3 to $2. Mr. Wallace believes that the fertilizer tag tax, which goes to Clemson college, is ex-, cessive and should be reduced, from 25 cents to 15 cents on the ton. But Clemson is not the only college which receives too much State aid. If elected he would try to reduce the extrav- ; agance which he thinks is being practiced in all branches of the 1 ^ State government. A law | snouiu do passed to put in the penitentiary violators of the liquor laws, depriving them of the alternative of paying a fine. York county is as near prohibition as it will ever be and there is no reason for passing a State-wide prohibition law. The public schools should be liberally supported; they are of more importance to the Commonwealth than the colleges. Mr. 0. L. Sanders was among his home people, to whom he was grateful for much past sup/ port. In the campaign two years ago he refused to make any promises as to what he would do, and he had no promises to make this year, but if reelected he would give the interests of the people his undivided attention (CONTINUED ON PACK 8.) Lancaster Authorities Do Not Show Up. Much to the disappointment of the Fort Mill and Pleasant Valley citizens who have worked up interest in the proposed roadway improvements and the steel bridge to take the place of the wooden structure across Sugar creek on the Barbersville road, the Lancaster county authorities failed to keep the appointment which they had made with the York authorities to meet Monday at the site of the old bridge to reach a decision in the matter. Supervisor Gordon and Commissioners Lumpkin and Aycock were also disappointed over the failure of the Lancaster officials to put in an appearance. As the matter now stands, the only thing to be done is for the au thorities of the two counties to arrange for another meeting. Meanwhile, a number of Lancaster county citizens are in none too good humor with Supervisor Mobley and the Lancaster county commissioners for disappointing them. A Prize Corn Patch in Fort Mill. Some days ago one of the Columbia papers contained an interesting "story" of the fine corn crop which, in the course of a few weeks, will be harvested on the farm of the State Hospital for the Insane in Columbia. In the article the prediction was made that not less than an average of 100 bushels to the acre would be made on the 75 acres comprising the farm, which some years ago was a sand bed, considered almost worthless. Under the scientific direction of Capt. Hunch, the land has been worked up until it is the equal of any land in the State in point of fertility. The corn crop on it is indeed a thing of beauty and it is worth a vist of miles to see it; but it is not the only prize corn patch in South Carolina. ' Within the corporate limits of Fort Mill one can see in miniature what is to be seen on the Asylum farm in extenso. W. T. Hoagland has an acre of corn in the rear of his home on Booth street that promises an even larger yield than 100 bushels. Death of Miss Elizabeth Patterson. miss sara r.nzaoetn i-'atterson died at the home of her brother, Mr. John M. Patterson, in Fort Mill Friday evening at 8 o'clock, in the 39th year of her age. Miss Pattersen had been little more than an invalid for the last two years, being seldom able to leave her home. She connected herself with the Baptist church during her girlhood days and was a pious, consecrated member of the church. She was a daughter of the late A. J. Patterson and is survived by a number of brothers and one sister, Mrs. T. N. Lemons. The funeral services of Miss Patterson were conducted at the home by the Rev. Mr. Hair Saturday afternoon and the interment was in the town cemetery. Badly Cut by Broken Bottle. Odcll Kimbrell, the 12-yearold son of Mr. VV. J. Kimbrell. was the victim of a peculiar and painful accident at the Fort Mill baseball grounds Thursday afternoon. The little fellow was rolling on the ground with a number of playmates and turned with considerable force on a broken bottle which was concealed in the grass, cutting a deep gash about two inches in length in his left hip. Medical aid was sought for the boy, but both of the town's doctors were engaged in the country and he had to gc home without the wound being dressed. rnncrrotcinnal * As The Times goes to press, the congressional campaign meeting is being held in Confederate ' park, Fort Mill. No account ol , the speeches of the three candiI dates, Messrs. Finley, Butler and Henry, can be printed in this week's paper without causing t ! delay of several hours, which is not considered advisable. Next week's paper will contain i synopsis of the speeches that arc being made in Fort Mill or the speeches that will be made in Rock Hill tonight. SECOND BATTALION ACCUSED OF MAIMING AIKEN NEGRO If their identity is discovered, there is serious trouble in store for the member or members of : the Second battalion. First regiment, N. G. S. C.,- who, on : the return trip of the battalion from the annual encampment ( at Aiken on Friday, August 5, ! struck an inoffensive negro in the face with what is thought to ; have been a rock and knocked out one of his eyes. The assault on the man occurred at Salley, a station in Aiken county, and Governor Ansel has directed Col. W. W. Lewis to have each of the captains of the Second battalion assemble every member j of his command for a thorough : investigation of the assault. The Second battalion is com- j .1 _ r n : n /ni.*/*! \ ! postu ui companies Kj pinion;, K (Fort Mill), L (Yorkville) and M (Union), and theie seems to be no doubt that the maiming of the man was the work of a member or members of one of these companies. Which one, is j the question which is agitating' the minds of the militia officials 1 and is perhaps causing the assailants of the negro the loss J : of considerable sleep. The special train which brought the Second battalion to Columbia ; was composed of seven coaches, j the first containing the horses' of the officers and the second i and third coaches were used for ' baggage. The fourth coach was occupied by one of the companies j and in the fifth coach was the; Fort Mill company, with the two; remaining companies occupying the sixth and seventh coaches. There is evidence to substantiate the claim that the man was j struck with a rock thrown from the third coach, which was used for baggage, and if this be true the fact would seem to exonerate the Fort Mill company; but it is not a foregone conclusion that a member or members of the Fort i Mill company were not riding in j the baggage coach. Neither is, it an established fact that the! man was injured by some one j riding in the third coach. On the return home of the! j Fort Mill company, one member I is said to have boasted of what was done to a negro, or negroes, and it is not improbable that tliic mmnl ??*** L'nAtifo ?v* biuo 11iv. iii kjv.-1 i\nu? a muic luuu he has yet told, though it is a: fact that a number of members | of the Fort Mill company, perhaps not unlike members of other companies throughout the State, on the return of the company from each encampment brat; of their exploits while away. Saturday afternoon Capt. T. B. Spratt summoned before him , every member of the Fort Mill j company he could reach who returned on the special train bearing the Second battalion and i questioned each one closely. Not the least information developed on which to base the opinion that anv mpmhpr nf thp FVn?t I Mill company knew aught of the assault on the negro. The Fort Mill company returned from Aiken under the command of First Sergeant Guy Bradford, as Capt. Spratt came home the day before the encampment closed and Lieuts. Parks and White had gone to Charleston for the annual i brigade rifle shoot. ?, ?, . Filbert W. 0. W. Picnic. Friday was an ideal day in the western section of the county | and the Filbert camp, Woodmen of the World, added another delightful occasion to the long . string of successful picnics which l they annually hold in the grove i , near the station at Filbert. Visr iting Woodmen and others were nresent. from ovfw !/\? the county and good cheer and conviviality were remarked on every hand, not a single untoward incident occurring to mar the pleasures of the day. Ex! cellent music was furnished by the Yorkville band and at 1 o'clock a basket dinner was 1 spread by the ladies of the comi munity. Speeches were made in i the forenoon by Senator W. H. ! Stewart and a number of candi-, : dates for the Legislature. In i the afternoon an interesting talk ; was made on "Woodcraft" by J W. T. Slaughter, State organi izer for the Woodmen of the [ World. Good Roads Meeting in Yorkville. A pood roads meeting was held in the York county court house Saturday at which unusual interest was manifested in the subject. The presiding officer of the meeting was State Senator \Y. H. Stewart and the principal address was made by D. H. Winslow, representative of the National Good Roads association. Mr. Winslow spoke of his experience in traveling over this and other States. York county has one of the best equipped chaingangs he has yet seen and the road work of the convicts is furnishing the people with public highways unsurpassed in this section. He thought that other counties would find it profitable to send representatives to York county to inspect the convict camps and investigate the system of road-building. In the upper section of South Carolina considerable grading is necessary to insure trood roads and t.hp old roads should be straightened where practicable. Arthur L. Black was elected chairman of a county good roads association which was formed, with D. Cal Clark as the member of the State executive committee. Lancaster Campaign Meeting. The first campaign meeting of the Lancaster county candidates was held at Belair Tuesday. There was a big crowd on hand from the "Panhandle" of the county to hear the officeseekers discuss the issues and criticize each other. The bone of contention among the candidates for the house of representatives, the senate and county supervisor is the new road law which was passed at the last session of the Legislature. There are those who do not consider the law equitable, as it provides for the improvement of the main highway through the county. Naturally, those living off the main highway are not pleased with conditions and are inclined to hold the present officials responsible for the law. There are a number of candidates in the race for the house of representatives and strong opposition is developing to Supervisor Mobley. Senator Yancev Williams is being pushed hard for his seat by ex-Congressman T. J. Strait and it is said that there is no telling which of the two men will be elected. Jim Lemons Bound Over. Jim Lemons, the cotton mill employe who induced the wife of J. C. Furr, a Pineville farmer, to run away with him six weeks ago, has been bound over to the superior court for Mecklenburg county, after being brought back to Charlotte from Louisville, Ky., on requisition papers of Governor Kitchin charging him with abduction. Mrs. Furr was also brought back to Charlotte on a warrant charging her with abeuction of her infant child, which was born after she and Furr were married about two years ago, but has been released. The outcome of the case is attracting considerable interest in Mecklenburg county and is : _i A. _ i ?aiu 10 oe a maner 01 concern because of the principles which will be laid down in such cases. The question will arise as to whether or not a married woman can be abducted when the leaving is an action of her own will caused by other circumstances than the promises of the alleged abductor. And it is supposed that some idea will be gained from the decision of just how much a woman is supposed to stand from her husband before leaving him. The case will come up this week at the regular session ot the criminal court in Charlotte. Board of Health Gets Busy. A meeting of the local board of health Wfl<i hold in th.. tnwri hall Thursday morning and aftei a thorough discussion of the health conditions of Fort Mill the decision was reached to give the streets of the town a thorough cleaning and direct the chairman of the board to order all private premises to he carefully cleaned at once. Already there are noticeable improvements as a result of the meeting of the board. NEGRO WATERMELON FEAST ENDS IN FIVE BEING SHOT The inability of a negro to ' slice a watermelon into eight ' equal parts brought on a disturbance at a picnic in the* lower Steel Creek neighborhood of J Mecklenburg county, N. C., , Thursday afternoon which re- , suited in five negroes being more or less seriously shot. One of ' the wounded negroes, Charley ( Adams, was brought to Fort Mill 1 i Thursday night and his wound ' was dressed by Dr. J. B. Elliott. , He had been shot in the left leg 1 below the knee with a .38 calibre revolver and his wound was in bad condition. The difficulty occurred at McClintock church. One of the negroes to whom a piece of watermelon fell claimed that he had not had a square ; deal, that his piece was smaller than the seven other pieces. He 1 therefore refused to pay five cents of the purchase price of ' the watermelon. Another negro : said that the negro who had complained of unfair treatment would have to nav his nnrt m- .? boating. Then the row started. About a dozen negroes drew their pistols and the bring became general around the scene of the interrupted feast. When the firing had ceased and nearly all the the negroes in attendance upon the picnic had burnt the wind for safer surroundings, five negroes were lying on the ground, each with a pistol wound in his body. The negro who was brought to Fort Mill for medical aid had little to say. Profitable Cotton Farming. ' There are many good cotton farms in York county, but there probably is not a field of like size in the county which produces a greater yield than the three-acre prize patch of Mr. J. H. Coltharp, near his home, three miles north of town. In 1908 Mr. Coltharp gathered seven 500-pound bales from the three acres and the prospects for as large, or even larger, yield this year are promising. I J.B.MILLS, . J. T. YO PRRST. V-PRE: 1 MILLS & YOl CAPITAL $25,000 BUY AND SELL EVERYTI A good, strong i Everybody gets a i can c o all your 1; firm and not have i and you will find il more convenient No concern will ? J-l ?-L Iuaue inure umn in ness methods is y If you are not all you should at on( way of dealing, well posted and c with us. Why no I Our prices are a est and our service N* ! Mills & Y PHONES: Dry Goods, 37. F M> . . i f a k^l\ Good Live Stock in York County. One of the best evidences of the prosperity of an agricultural community is to be found in the quality of the farm work animals. In the cotton belt, for many good reasons the mule is preferred to the horse. Unfortunately, however, in this section of the South as yet only sporadic efforts are made to supply the needs of the farm with home-raised mules, notwithstanding that a mule of the same quality which costs $250 if shipped in from Kentucky or Missouri can be bred and raised in 1 liic confioM 1 1 1 v - "J utv-uvin, av;curuing to 1J1*. Enoch Barnett of the live stock department of Clemson college, for $100. But since the farmers prefer to pay the higher price for imported mules, it is gratifying to note that in Fort Mill township, as in other townships of York county, many of the finest mules to be seen anywhere are at work on the farms, bespeaking the prosperity of their owners. Fort Mill Marksmen Unsuccessful. The five members of the Fort Mill Light Infantry who left Fort Mill on the 7th inst. for Charleston to participate in the brigade shoot for the selection of marksmen to represent the National Guard of South Carolina at the national shoot to open at Camp Perry, Ohio, on next Monday returned Sunday morning. None of the Fort Mill marksmen succeeded in making the national team, nor will the First regiment have a representative on the team, which will be composed of 12 men, ten from the Third regiment and two from the Second regiment. New Rock Hill Jewelry Store. The Ruff Jewelry company of Rock Hill has been chartered by the secretary of state with a capital stock of $10,000 to do a general jewelry business. The otlicers are H. E. RulF, president and treasurer; A. RulT, vice president. and C. E. Tucker, secretary. st. ' Secy. JNG CO., Inc. 00. FULLY PAID 1ING IN MERCHANDISE. firm to deal with, square deal. You | )usiness with one t scattered around, : much easier and to keep up with. appreciate your is one. hairbusivhat built us up. ready a customer :e investigate our | People who are lose buyers trade t you? s low as the low: will please you. oung Co. i ci. / .