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VOLUME 19?NO. 23. FORT MILL, S. C., THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 8. 1910. ' $1.25 PER YEART^ BLEASE AND FEATHERSTONE CENTRE OF PUBLIC INTEREST * All Columbia is agog over the outcome of the primary election for governor to be held on the 13th inst, when C. C. Featherstone and Cole L. Blease will be the opposing candidates, as a Times representative learned on a visit to that city a day or two ago. In the hotels, in the cigar stores, on the street corners and in other places where men are wont to congregate one hears little else discussed. Both men have warm friends and supporters in the capital city who do not hesitate to express their opinion as to what the result of the election will be. Bets are being freely made, as The Times is informed by one who ought to know, but neither side will offer odds. The con sensus of opinion is that the race will be close and that neither of the candidates will win by more than a few thousand. Blease's friends appear confident that he will get tne nomination, while the friends of Featherstone are none the less sanguine that the Laurens man will be elected. An influential Blease supporter whom The Times interviewed on the subject of the election ex/' pressed the opinion that the principal part of the McLeod vote would go to the Newberry man 1 and that he would get many of the Richards votes. According Pto this authority, if there are less than a hundred thousand 1 votes polled, or approximately that number, Blease is almost certain of 50,000, which means 1 that he will have to gain not over 16,000 of the 31,000 votes which went to McLeod and Richards in the first primary. With the more than 2,000 Charleston votes which went to McLeod in the first primary all but assured for Blease in the second primary and the 1,500 Duncan votes stowed away in his vest pocket, he has less than 13,000 votes to gain in the forty-odd other nf thf? Sf&tp whirVi ^ would not seem a big task from the standpoint of Blease's friend who is here quoted. Attention was called to the fact that the newspapers of the State were almost a unit against Blease, but this fact seemed to please rather than discourage his supporter. "The day is gone," said he, "when the people of South Carolina will allow the newspapers to dictate to them how they shall vote. It does not matter an iota to Blease and his friends whether the newspapers support him or not. We expec to win without their support. Blease's friends all over South Carolina have been busy night and day since it was definitely ; \ known that he would be in the second race and they will keep busy until the votes are all in on the afternoon of the 13th inst. All this newspaper screaming against Blease is not doing him ! any harm. It is expected, and the people are therefore able to discount it. Put it down that Blease will be the next governor of South Carolina." "There's nothing to it but Featherstone in this race," said a well known newspaper man. "'He is absolutely certain to be -elected, and there is every reason why he should be elected. Do you know of any reason why Blease should be elected over Feathertone? I don't. All this talk about Blease being the friend of the poor man is the veriest rot and will not count with anv man who will stop to think that it is nothing but the cheapest kind of peanut politics, got up to deceive the peopeople into voting for a man who is trying to be elected on a plat-! form of false pretenses., What can Blease do for the people that Featherstone cannot and will not do? Absolutely nothing. Of the j two men, Featherstone is the superior in so many respects that it would take too much time to tell about it. But if he is elected governor, and I am certain he will be, the people will have in the office a gentleman in whom ^ all South Carolina will feel pride. There is nothing shady in his past. He is absolutely honest. courageous, manly and able. What more do the people want? By electing his opponent, they , K; they are certain re." .*V > J I a* v. ' * I Movement for New Cotton Ginnery. I During the last ten days there has been considerable interest manifested in the proposition to organize a cotton ginning company in Fort Mill, and practically i the entire amount of capital J necessary to begin operations ; has been subscribed. There is [ one obstacle in the way of the j organization of the company, J however, and that is given by 1 one of the promoters as the ex- * cessive rate which the Southern f Power company asks for power J to operate the outfit, 40 cents 1 per bale. This rate is considered prohibitive by the promoters of y the company and there is talk of ? installing a steam power plant with which to run the gins. J Nothing definite is yet deter- ] mined upon as to the organization ? of the company, but the under- j taking has not been abandoned } and it may be that it will be per- : fected within the week. It is 1 stated that not more than 15 days will be required to put up ? the buildings and have the ginnery in operation. Interested in Child Labor Legislation, f From the Newberry Observer ' it is learned that J. Porter Hollis, member of the General Assembly t from York county, was in New- 1 berry Friday and Saturday as a 1 member of the Child Labor as- c sociation, discussing the subject t with some of the people of New- \ berry who are interested in it. ? He is looking to the introduction ? of a bill in the Legislature pro- r hibiting the employment of chil- t dren under 13 years of age in cotton mills, raising the limit 1 from 12 years. The purpose is \ also to cut out ^11 exemptions ? from the law, so that under no circumstances can a child under the prescribed age work in a mill. It has been found that so many advantages are taken of the ex- < emptions that the benefits of the J law have been lost to a large I extent. 1 4 m ?p m v C. B. Kimbrell'* Sentence Commoted. 1 Governor Kitchin, of North j Carolina, has granted a con- , ditional pardon to Chas. B. ^ Kimbrell, who was convicted at i the February, 1909, term of the superior court of Mecklenburg ^ county of assaulting his brotherin-law, Chas. Thomas, with a J deadly weapon, for which he * was fined $500 and given two years imprisonment. Kimbrell formerly lived in Fort Mill town- . ship. Governor Kitchin gives ; his reasons for commuting the sentence of Kimbrell as follows: ( "Prisoner shot his brother-in- j law with a pistol, inflicting an ( injury which necessitated long hospital treatment, at much ex- j pense. Prisoner has served on the roads about eight months, and his health has become greatly impaired. His previous character was good. Many citizens ] ask for his pardon, including his < brother-in-law whom he assault- ; ?.J 1.1 _1 - eu, uie cnairman 01 tne Doard ] of county commissioners, the j attorneys who aided the solicitor j in the prosecution, the solicitor j himself and the judge. There is ] no protest. I therefore commute | his imprisonment to a term ex- | piring on September 2, 1910, on j condition that he first pay the ] costs of the case, and pay to , C. G. Thomas, whom he as- 3 saulted, the sum of $400 to re- i imburse him for expenses re- i suiting from the shooting, and that he remain a law-abiding i citizen of good behavior." Mr. Finley't Majority About 800. A comparison of the 1910 vote for congressman in the Fifth district with that of 1908 shows that instead of losing strength, as his opponents claimed, Congressman D. E. Finley has made, considerable gains. Two years ago Mr. . Finley had to go into the second primary with Mr. Butler, but this year he has defeated both Mr. Butler and Mr. Henry in the first primary by a majority of about 800. The vote by counties, with something like 250 votes unre- ( ported, is as follows: Butler. Finley. Henry. Cherokee 2,044 636 59 Cheater 373 528 861 Chesterfield . 991 1.226 54 Fairfield 328 721 317 Kershaw ... 646 1,259 75 , Lancaster... 1,131 1,377 132 York r. 422 2,803 249 ! Totals 5,935 8,549 1,747 ifc )OMINE JOINS GOT-IN-BAD CLUB AND IS SHOOED FROM HIS JOB One of the most startling jvents ever developing in church circles of North Carolina came ;o light Thursday morning at Mooresville, when Rev. J. A. Paisley confessed that he is the ?ather of the five-weeks-old baby eft on his doorstep Monday light. The confession followed i conference of the church eaders, at which Mr. Paisley's esignation was accepted. Paisley had been in Mooresrille only a few weeks, having :ome there from Virginia, where le stood high socially and othervise. All efforts to ascertain he name of the woman who dipped into Mooresville Monday ticht. with thp nhiM nnH ftiif nf ?wn for Roanoke, *Va., have >een in vain. She is said to live n Virginia. A note was left on the doorstep in the oundle containing the >aby, asking the minister to take :are of the child, stating that it vas five weeks of age, named 'Catherine Virginia," and of the inest parentage. It was signed 'Mother." Investigation disclosed the fact ;hat the mother had left Charotte, gone to Davidson, and had lired a rig there, whence she Irove some fifteen miles through he country, leaving the baby vith the minister, and registering it a Mooresville hotel as "Mrs. smith." She left early the next norning for Roanoke, and no race of her has been found. Paisley is married, and was lighly esteemed in Mooresville, vhere he was pastor of the second Presbyterian church. The Weather During August. August 1910 afforded only four lays that were absolutely clear, iccording to a statement issued sy the weather bureau at Charotte, and with the exception of ;wo days last week, the month ,vas unusually dry. The rainfall vas 4.82 inches, or nearly one nch below the normal. Of this, ibout half fell on Tuesday and Wednesday, August 30 and 31. During 24 hours covering a part )f August 30 and 31 a total of 1.76 inches of rain fell. The rainfall deficiency for the ,rear is placed by the weather bureau at 5.1 inches. During the month just passed ^ain fell on 12 days. There were 14 nartlv olondv rlnvs 1M ind four clear days. The maximum temperature for :he month was only 92 while the owest reached was 63 degrees, :his being on August 23. The greatest daily range of temperaLure was 23 degrees on the 9th. One Hot Magisterial Race. Over in Indianland township, Lancaster county, there is a fight bn for magistrate which is hot ind getting hotter as the day for the second primary election, next Tuesday, approaches. The rival candidates are the incumbent. D. K. Hall, and D. O. Potts. Both were candidates in the primary last Tuesday and on the face of the returns Mr. Potts arot 64 votes to 63 for Magistrate Hall. But there was general iissatisfaction over the result ind the candidates have agreed to again submit their claims to the voters on the 13th inst. A well known citizen of Indianland township who was in Fort Mill yesterday stated that the race for governor had been lost sight bf entirely in the interest which lias -been aroused over the magisterial race. York Baptist Association in Session. Yesterday at 11 o'clock the fall meeting of the York Baptist association met in the First Baptist church of Rock Hill with i goodly attendance from the various churches in the associa:ion. The introductory sermon vas preached by the Rev. W. E. Lowe, of Clover. The last session >f the meeting will be held Friday afternoon. Meeting with the association is :he Woman's Missionary union, h.he first session of which was held Tuesday morning. Tuesday ivening one of the speakers who addressed the union was the Rev. J. K. Hair, pastor of the Fort Mill Baptist church. Dr. Strait Defeats Yancey Williams. To many people, one of the | surprises of the election in ! Lancaster county last Tuesday ! was the defeat of State Senator ! Yancey Williams by Dr. T. J. Strait for the office held by the former. Mr. Williams is a member of a family which has long exercised great influence in the politics of Lancaster county and there were not a few who thought it a foregone conclusion that he would defeat Dr. Strait. But the doctor is no novice in politics, as is proved by the fact that he defeated John J. Hemphill for Congress in 1892 and managed to be reelected in 1894 and in 1896 over the present congressman from this district, D. E. Finley. The vote in Lancaster county Tuesday was: Strait, 1,538; Williams, 1,137. Hotels Must Provide Fire Escapes. Hotel owners throughout South Carolina are taking notice of the State law which provides that all buildings classed as hotels of three or more stories shall be provided with fire escapes on or before October 1, 1910. The owners of the hotels are having some trouble in getting their material on hand, it is said, because of the general demand for fire escape outfits in South Carolina and in other States, and it is not unlikely that an extension of time will be asked by many hotel owners. No extension of time is provided for, however, in the act relating to the matter{ and due warning has been given hotel owners to comply with its provisions. The penalty for non-compliance with the act is a maximum fine of $50 or a minimum of $10 for every day after October 1 that a hotel violates the fire escape law. Would Have Rules Violated. Notwithstanding the fact that the qualifications for voting in the Democratic primary were published in The Times once or twice within the last month and should therefore have been I Known co everyone in cms secj tion, a number of Fort Mill citiI zens who neglected to get their j names on the club roll, and thereby forfeited their right to vote, | have sought to become enrolled in violation of the party rule which says that no one shall be enrolled within five days of the first primary election. To put any name on the club roll in violation of this rule would pave the way for having the entire vote thrown out in next Tuesday's election. One would-be voter who failed to qualify before the primary last Tuesday was greatly disappointed at the refusal of the managers of the Election to allow him to vote and requested that the president of j the club take the matter up with the county chairman, with the view of allowing him to vote in the primary next Tuesday. This the president of the club did, but the county chairman has so far paid no attention to the request that he sanction such violation of the rules. In and Around Clover. Fort Mill Times Correspondence. Clover, Sept. 6.?The election Tuesday passed off quietly in this township with a good turn out at the polls. Mr. A. J. Quinn was reelected magistrate of King's Mountain township without opposition. Little Brannie Plaxco, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. R. N. Plaxco, of Clover, No. 4, met with a serious accident Friday morning while playing with the other children. She fell and broke her arm neat the elbow. Drs. Neil and Pressly were called in and reset the broken arm, but the doctors fear she will not be able to use the arm again. Messrs. Clyde Ford, Sam Jackson, Carl Knox and Marshall Barnett left Monday morning for West Minster to attend the 1910-'ll session of the West Minster school. Mr. Will Falls, of Wiidwood, Fla., is visiting friends and relatives in this section. Miss Marie Hardin, of Chester, is a guest of Miss Mattie Ratterree. ' Mr. Ross McConnell, of Belmont, N. C., is the guest of Mr. Hamby Allen. J. L. R. ' HAMPTON AGAINST CANSLER FOR RAILROAD COMMISSIONER The State Democratic execu- ^ tive committee, meeting in the office of the secretary of state c Monday night, declared G. Mc- ** Duffie Hampton, of Columbia, to ^ be in the second race with James Cansler for the office of railroad 1 commissioner. The 3,000 extra votes credited to O. C. Scarbor- * ough, as a result of an error by John C. Bailey, secretary of the ** Greenville county executive committee, were thrown out after 4 satisfactory proof was presented by Wilie Jones, State chairman, y and G. K. Williss, committeeman 1 from Greenville, that Mr. Scarborough had received only 386 votes when the official returns previously made to the committee *gave him 3,386. . The committee reported the JJ following official vote for railroad " commissioner: . Cansler 41,320 1< Hampton 22,630 2 Mahon 18,350 Scarborough 21,990 j ^ E Death of Mrs. John Garris. g After an illness of several I weeks, Mrs. Nettie Garris. wife J of Mr. John Garris, died at her 1 home in the Millfort mill village Thursday night and the inter- li ment^as in the town cemetery Friday afternoon. * Mrs. Garris J was 25 years of age and was a d member of the Methoaist church. She was a daughter of Mr. H. W. R Blackwelder and was reared in V this community. ?? J Gunshot Disturbs Religious Services. One form of lawlessness too ? prevalent in Fort Mill to please ]\ those who appreciate order and due respect for the safety of the / community is the practice of i discharging firearms in town v after nightfall. Tuesday evening a shotgun was fired within a stone's throw of the Presbyterian church while services were in progress, much to the annoyance n of the worshipers, many of whom f were frightened by the unex- v pected and inexcusable report. n ' HOUSE FUF We wish to call to our Furnit ure De be pleased to have spect our line. If \ to buy, conic in an ' 7 look around. We \ in showing you tl line of House Furni in Fort Mill. We can furnish kitchen to parlor an pay you to see our ? prices before you bn nished with goods o comfortable, attract place in which to li1 something cheap, i fine, we have it. Our terms are ver give you a lower pr get in a city, simpl not have as much e> I Mills & Y< PHONES: Dry Goods, 37. Fui H ? Official Vole of .York Coastj. The official count of the vote in he recent Democratic primary or York county gives: Governor?Blease, 1,174; Dunan, 26; Featherstone, 1,105; Hytt, 112; McLeod, 781, Richards, 64. Lieutenant Governor?Duvall, ,596; Smith, 1,818. Secretary of State?McCown, ,443. Comptroller General ? Jones, ,432. State Treasurer?Jennings, 3,41. Adjutant General?Moore, 1,90; Newnham, 704; Richardson, ,043. State Supt. of Education?J. E. wearingen, 3,420. Attorney General ? Evans, 999; ,yon, 2,225. Railroad Commissioner?Canssr, 2,134, Hampton, 655;Mahon, 88: Scarborough, 336. Congress, Fifth District?But*r, 422; F^nley, 2,843; Henry, 49. House of Representatives?J. j. Beamguard, 1,880; S. H. ]pps, 1,750; J. E. Gettys. 682; J. I. Glasscock, 1,427; T. F. McU,.< o oon. r\ r c?__ j ? ^v*y, 6,6oi, \j. Li. oanaers, z,\rtfy; . H. Saye, 2,112; C. W. Wallace, ,431. Judge of Probate?L. R. Wilams, 3,420. Supervisor?T. W. Boyd. 1,118; no. F. Gordon, 795; Clem Goron, 1,160. Superintendent of Education? linor R. Biggers, 1,667; John V. Quinn, 1,694. Treasurer?R. L. Goff, 667; no. A. Neely, 454; Harey E. Jeil, 2,368. Auditor?J. J. Hunter, 1,050: 1. M. Love, 1,162; T. E. Mclackin, 884; Joe M. Taylor, 368. County Commissioner?W. A. lycock, 1,922; L. J. Lumpkin, ,844; G. C. Ormand, 1,502; Jos. V. Smith, 1,581. Negroes Killed by Foal Air. Jim Shields and Buster Craig, egroes, lost their lives Tuesday rom foul air in a well which they rere cleaning out on a farm two rules from Heath Springs. LN1SHINGS 1 especial attention | part men t, and will you call and in*011 are not ready yway and take a vill take pleasure le most complete shings ever shown your home from id we think it will roods and get our iy. A home fur lit of our store is tive, and a good re. If you want medium or extra y easy and we can ice than you can v because we do cpense as thev do. oung Co. I uiture, 144. Grocery, 12. II