Fort Mill times. (Fort Mill, S.C.) 1892-current, September 08, 1910, Image 1
VOLUME 19?NO. 23. FORT MILL, S. C., THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 8. 1910. ' $1.25 PER YEART^
BLEASE AND FEATHERSTONE
CENTRE OF PUBLIC INTEREST
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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
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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
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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- ;
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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
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)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.
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Mr. Ross McConnell, of Belmont,
N. C., is the guest of Mr.
Hamby Allen. J. L. R.
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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
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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.
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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
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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>
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PHONES: Dry Goods, 37. Fui
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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.
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