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The Fort Mill Times.
VOLUME 19?NO. 32. FORT MILL, 8. C., THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 10, 1910. II 2S pew tttat.
DEMOCRACY RIDES ROUGH-SHOD
OVER REPUBLICAN OPPOSITION
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fc For the first time since 1892 the
Democratic party has won a signal
victory throughout the country
which has swept into office
a majority of members of the
lower house of Congress as well
as the party's candidates for
governor and other State offices
in many Northern States that
have gone Republican for wellnigh
20 years. In New York,
John A. Dix has been elected by
more than 50,000 plurality; Woodrow
Wilson will be the next governor
of New Jersey; Judge
Baldwin is elected governor of
Connecticut ; Congressman Foss |
defeats Draper for governor of j
Massachusetts; Governor Har- j
mon is reelected in Ohio, as is
Governor Marshall in Indiana;1
Mayor Dahlman will be the nextj
governor of Nebraska, and in j
Iowa the Democrats claim the
election of Claude R. Porter for
governor. Unfortunately, Tennessee
seems to have given
Hooper (Republican) a small ma- j
jority over Senator Bob Taylor
for governor. The Democrats apparently
have made the greatest
gains in the States in which
Theodore Roosevelt spoke for the
Republican candidates. Roosevelt's
home district gave Dix a
plurality over Stimson of 204 as
against a plurality of 793 for
Hughes two years ago. Full returns
probably will add to the
number of Democratic governors
elected in States that are nor
mally Republican.
The Democrats have gained
one congressman in Connecticut,
one in Kentucky, two in Maryland,
one in Massachusetts, three
in New York, three in North
Carolina, and returns indicate
the gain of three or four seats in
Missouri, three in Iowa and five
or six in Illinois, or enough to
insure control of the next house
of representatives. In Indiana
a Democratic Legislature will
elect John W. Kern to succeed
Albert J. Beverage in the United :
States senate and it is probable I
that a Democrat will succeed Sen- j
ator Dick, of Ohio.
Cansler After the Job.
A petition was circulated on
the streets of Rock Hill Saturday
requesting Governor Ansel to
appoint Cansler of Tirzah to the
vacant position on the board of
railroad commissioners caused by
the death of Commissioner Sullivan
some days ago. Cansler is
well known over the State, having
been a candidate for the office of
railroad commissioner a number
of times and on two occasions
making a close run for the place.
Full Page Advertisements.
This week, for the first time
in the 19 and more years of the
life of The Times, the paper
carries two full pages of advertising
matter for local merchants.
In many South Carolina
towns such liberal use of printer's
ink is the rule rather than the
exception, and there are few issues
of a number of weekly
papers in the State which do not
contain at least one full page
advertisement for a home merchant.
That the value of The
Times as an advertising medium
is at last recognized is gratifying
to the paper as it should be to
the community.
Visitors in Lancaster.
Lancaster News.
Mr. A. B. Withers and bride,
formerly Mrs. Ella Gladden, of
firpnt Falls visit^rl
this week. Mr. and Mrs. Withers
were happily married at the
latter's home in Chester county
on the 20th ultimo. The bride,
who is a daughter of the late
# Col. Churchhill B. Jones, of this
county, has many friends and admirers
in Lancaster. .Mr. Withers
is a railroad man of much exEirience.
He is a native of Fort
ill.
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Talk of Change of Local Postmaster.
A report was current on the
streets of Fort Mill yesterday
that T. G. Moser, boss weaver at
the Millfort mill, is an active applicant
for the postmastership of
Fort Mill and that he will be
given the support of National
Committeeman John G. Capers
in his efforts to secure the place.
The statement is made that Mr. I
Moser has secured the indorsement
of a number of local business
men as to his good character
and sobriety and that he
will use these indorsements in
furthering his candidacy.
Mr. Moser has been a resident
of Fort Mill for the last two
years. He is a native of western
North Carolina. The fact that
he is a Republican was not generally
known until a few weeks
ago, when he attended the "lily
white" convention in Columbia
as a delegate from the Fifth congressional
district.
The present postmaster, Mr.
B. H. Massey, has held the office !
for several years. When the
office was advanced to the presidential
class a few years ago, he
was appointed for a full fouryear
term by President Roosevelt.
The term will expire a few
weeks hence.
Mr. S. S. McNinch Defeated.
From the returns so far available,
Mr. S. S. McNinch, Republi- .
can candidate for Congress in
the Ninth North Carolina district,
appears to have made a surprisingly
poor race against his Demo- :
cratic opponent, Congressman E.
Y. Webb. Mr. McNinch ran far (
behind the vote given the Repub- ,
lican nominee two years ago, and
the indications are that Mr.
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than 4,000. Mecklenburg county |
stood by the Democratic nominee,
as usual, and out of 4,500 votes
in the county Mr. McNinch got
less than a thousand. In Pineville
Mr. McNinch got only two
votes out of 80 and at Providence
box No. 2 he failed to get a single
vote while the 61 Democrats
were busy putting in the ballots
for Mr. Webb. Coming from
Charlotte to his brick yard at
Grattan yesterday morning, Mr.
McNinch remarked that his defeat
was due to the failure of the
Republicans to give him the support
he had expected.
Western Cattle Shipped In.
Mr. S. E. Bailes, one of Pleas-1
ant Valley's progressive young
farmers, who is a recent graduate
of Clemson college, is preparing
to enter the cattle business on an
extensive scale. During the last
ten days Mr. Bailes received a
car of east Tennessee cattle
which were driven to the rich !
pasture lands on his plantation i
three miles east of Fort Mill. I
This herd will form the nucleus
of the business, which Mr. Bailes j
hopes to develop to considerable
proportions. Another farmer of
this section who will go into the
cattle business on an extensive
scale is Mr. J. D. O'Connell, who
is expecting the arrival of his
first car from the West within j
the week.
Odd Picture of Methodist Church.
Mr. L. J. Massey is the owner
of an interesting collection of old
photographs, most of which he
made as an amateur photographer
years ago. In the collection
is a number of Fort Mill
scenes of a quarter century ago.
One is an odd picture of the Fort
Mill Methodist church. In the
picture the church appears to be J
on the eminence of a very steep
hill, which could be ascended
only with great difficulty. The
building looks as if it might
topple over any moment and carry
with it to destruction a num- i
ber of persons who are seated on '
the steps. The negative of the
photograph was given to Mr.
Massey by an itinerant photographer.
who exnlainpd thnt tha
somewhat awkward appearance
of the building was due to the!
chemicals on the negative "running"
from the excessive heat of
the summer's day when an attempt
was made to print from it.
Killed 3,804, Injured 82,374.
"Killed 3,804; iniured 82,374"
?this is the record of the railroads
in the United States during ,
the year ended June 30 last.
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REPORT THAT MARION R. REECE
IS LOCATED IN FAR-OFF CANADA
A rumor was current in Charlotte
yesterday morning that
Marion R. Reece had been located
in Canada. Twelve or more
years ago Reece was tried in
Yorkville with Daniel Luckeyfor
the murder of a man named
Williams in Blacksburg. Both
were convicted and given life
sentences in the State penitentiary,
but were being held in
the county jail pending an appeal
to the supreme court for the rehearing
of their case. By sawing
a hole in the ceiling of the
jail, Reece and Luckey escaped
and have since been at liberty,
though a persistent report a few ,
years ago naa it tnat L<ucKey
was dead.
It is recalled in connection with
the case of Reece and Luckey
that as the two were on the
way from the court house to
the jail after being sentenced by
the judge, Reece attempted to
escape and was shot in the back
of the head by Deputy Sheriff
Scoggins. The wound did not
prove serious, however, and had
entirely healed before Reece and
Luckey broke jail three months
later. If it is true that Reece
has been located in Canada and
he is brought back to South Carolina,
there is little doubt that he
will at once have to begin serving
the sentence of life imprisonment
which is hanging over him.
$224,944 for Clemson From T?f Tax.
The State treasurer has received
the sum of $224,944.95
since the first of the year from the
Bale of fertilizer tags. This fund
goes to Clemson college. The total
amount received from the tax last
year was approximately $202,000.
The total amount received to this
date last year was $185,396.16.
It is estimated that approximately
$240,000 will be received
during the year from the tax.
This means that the farmers of
South Carolina have used nearly
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year, as there is a tax of 25 cents
on every ton sold.
It is expected that the matter
of increasing the scholarships at
Clemson, which is being agitated,
will be brought up at the next
session of the General Assembly.
There may be a movement started
to use part of the $240,000 for
agricultural high schools to be located
in several sections of the
State.
Barber Land Bid In by Heirs.
The four tracts of land in
Indianland township, Lancaster
county, comprising a part of the
estate of the late Mrs. T. E.
Barber, which were advertised
to be sold at the court house in
Lancaster Monday, did not pass
out of the hands of the Barber
heirs. Mr. T. H. Barber, administrator
of the estate and one
of the heirs, did not consider the
bids offered for the land representative
of its worth and he
therefore bid the four tracts in
at an aggregate price of $8,436.
The land is situated in the Belair
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uwvivii anu IUUV.II U1 11 Id virgin
forest.
The Condition of J. L. Ihomasson.
The Fort Mill relatives of J.
Lon Thomasson, who was taken
as a patient to the North Carolina
Insane asylum from his home
in Gastonia some months ago,
were gratified to receive a letter
from Mr. Thomasson a few days
ago in which he stated that his
general health was good. It is
learned from other sources, however,
that there seems little
hope for the early recovery of
Mr. Thomasson. At times his
mind his clear enough, but for
the most part he is irrational and
does not appear to be on the road
to recovery. Mr. Thomasson
formerly lived in Fort Mill.
Book Club Entertained.
On Wednesday afternoon Miss
Minnie Garrison entertained the
Castalian Book club at the home
of Mrs. J. B. Mills. There were
about 15 members present and
the invited quests were Mrs.
W. B. Ardrey, Mrs. J. B. Elliott,
Mrs. W. T. Sellers and Mrs. T.
A. Mills. Miss Garrison was
assisted by Miss Jessie Wilson in
serving a salad course and hot
chocolate.
SOUTH CAROLINA DEMOCRATS
GIVE REPUBLICANS NO QUARTER
In Fort Mill Tuesday, as elsewhere
in York county and
throughout the State, the general
election for congressman and
State and county officers passed
off quietly and a light vote was
polled. There was no organized
opposition at any point in the
State to the Democratic nominees,
though there was the
semblance of a contest in one or
two congressional districts where
the negro Republican organization
had put up candidates, the
purpose being to lay claim before
the elections committee of Congress
to the seat of the successful
Democratic candidates. To
defray the expenses of such contests
Congress allows $2,000 to
the contestant, and it is with the
view of securing this sum of
money that at least one member
I of the South Carolina delectation
is harassed at the beginning of
every new Congress by a negro
contestant, the usual grounds of
the contest being based upon the
alleged unconstitutionality of the
South Carolina election laws,
which disfranchise the illiterate
and thereby deprive many negroes
of the right of suffrage.
Considerable interest was manifested
throughout the State in
the half dozen or more proposed
amendments to the State constitution
which were voted upon.
There was marked opposition to
the amendment proposing to increase
the number of supreme
court justices from four to five,
but it is not yet known whether
the amendment was adopted.
The other proposed amendments
related principally to bonded
indebtedness in several towns.
The principal offices to which
the Democratic nominees were
elected yesterday are as follows:
Governor?Cole L. Blease, of
Newberry.
Leutenant Governor ? Charles
A. Smith, of Timmonsville.
Railroad Commissioner?G. McDuffie
Hampton, of Columbia.
| Adjt. General?W. W. Moore,
of Barnwell.
State Treasurer?R. H. Jennings,
Fairfield.
Comptroller General ? A. W.
Jones, Abbeville.
Secretary of State?R. M. McCown,
Florence.
Attorney lieneral ? J. Eraser
l Lyon, Abbeville.
Congress?First district, Geo.
S. Legare, Charleston; Second
district, Jas. F. Byrnes, of Aiken;
Third district, Wyatt Aiken, of
Abbeville; Fourth district, J. T.
Johnson, of Spartanburg; Fifth
district, D. E. Finley, of Yorkville;
Sixth district, J. E. Ellerbe,
of Marion; Seventh district,
A. F. Lever, of Lexington.
Dtath of Mrs. Julia Williamson.
The third death in the Williamson
family of Pineville during the
last two years occurred Sunday
morning when Mrs. Julia Williamson
passed away. Two years
years ago Mrs. Williamson's husband,
Lundus Williamson, died.
He was survived only six months
by their oldest son, Grier Williamson.
Mrs. Williamson had been
ill for several months and her
death was not unexpected. She
is survived by three children,
Walker Williamson, Miss Flora
Williamson and Mrs. E. H. Hand.
Mrs. Williamson was a member
of the Pineville Presbyterian
church and the interment was in
the cemetery of that town Monday
morning, the services being
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ton.
Drifting Away From One-crop Idea.
Gradually the farmers of this
section are drifting away from
the idea that for them there is
i profit to be derived only in the
cultivation of cotton. This year
there has been more corn grown
in Fort Mill township and contiguous
communities than ever before
and the acreage devoted to
cotton in the future is expected
to show a decrease from year to
year. The prospect is that there
will be less Western corn shipped
to Fort Mill for consumption next
VPar than in unv lilfn nnrirtrl ftw
a long time, which will be partly
due to the unusual amount of
home-raised corn which will be
sold on the local market by local
i farmers during the next six
; months.
Evidences of Fort Mill's Growth.
While there are perhaps a number
of the smaller South Carolina
cities which the census will show
have grown faster in the last
decade than Fort Mill, the people
of this section have no reason to
feel disappointed at the progress
the town has made in recent
years. Twenty years ago Fort
Mill was a village of 600 people,
with one cotton mill and half a
dozen small stores. These were
the town's chief enterprises in
1890. In 1900 the town had
grown to a place of 1,400. Now
there are perhaps as many as
2,000 people living in Fort Mill.
There are not as many manufacturing
enterprises here as the
town could accommodate, but
the mercantile business here has
grown 100 per cent, in the last;
ten years. Fort Mill now draws
a large volume of trade from
nearby communities which for- j
merly went to Charlotte and elsewhere.
But one of the best
evidences of the town's prosperity
and growth is the increased
price of real estate. Building
sites which a few years ago sold
for from $100 to $200 cannot now
be bought for twice that amount,
and it is not an easy matter to
secure property at any price
within reason.
Work for the S. P. C. A.?
If there is any truth in the
report of an incident of cruelty
to which a mule belonging to
Stafford Withers, colored, was
subjected by its owner some days
ago there is work in Fort Mill
township for the Society for the
Prevention of Cruelty to Animals
and Withers should be made to
suffer for his heartlessness. One
day recently Withers rode his
mule into town and there was
an abrasion of the skin on the
animal's hip half as large as a
dollar bill. Inquiry as to the
cause of the abrasion brought
out the statement from a white
man who claimed to know the
facts that, because the mule was
old and slow, Withers had taken
a knife or other edged instrument
and scraped the skin from
the mule's hip, so that he could,
by striking the animal on the
sore with a whip, inflict punishment
which would induce it to
quicken its gait.
To Attend D. A. R. Meeting.
Kanawha chapter. I). A. R.,
of Fort Mill, will be represented
at the 14th annual session of the
South Carolina Daughters of the
Revolution, to be held in Orangeburg
November 15-18 instant, by
Mrs. E. M. Belk and Miss Isabel
Grier, Miss Grier attending the
convention as the alternate of the
regent of Kanawha chapter, Mrs.
W. B. Ardrey. Moultrie chapter
is to be the hostess of the convention
and an elaborate program
has been prepared for the entertainment
of the delegates. Dur
ing the conference Mrs. Belk
will be entertained at the home
of Mrs. D. D. Salley and Miss
Grier will be a guest of Mrs G.
V. Zeigler.
Moving Picture Shows.
The chief amusement of the
country today is the source we
doubt not of its greatest de,
moralization, says The Presbyterian
Standard. It is moving
pictures. Mr. Edison's royalty
on the fdms, it is said, is $8,I
000 weekly. Nine millions is
paid the manufacturers for the
films by those who rent them for
$18,000,000 a year to the show
men. n is reported that $f>7,.r>0J,000
was paid in nicklesand dimes
i in 1909 to see these shows. The
audiences or spectators numbered
; a quarter million souls a day.
f The evil that grows out of it must
be enormous. Suicide and other
i crimes follow, we see on every
hand, in its wake. Children are
made familiar with vice and
? corrupted. Parents, preachers,
i teachers cannot efface the imi
pressions, arrest the quickened
i impulses to wrong-doing sug|
gested and fostered in the young
; by them. No sort of moral gov
ernment has the right to license
these shows in the use of character
and life-destroying film3.
i Parents do their children a monstrous
wrong, let us insist, who
: permit them to go to these shows
indiscriminately.
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THANKSGIVING PROCLAMATION
ISSUED BY PRESIDENT TAFT
The vigorous growth and progress
of the country as reflected
by the records of population and
harvests and the general conditions
of international peace are
things for which thanksgiving is
especially due for the year 1910,
according to the annual Thanksgiving
day proclamation issued
by President Taft Sunday. The
proclamation is as follows:
"This year of 1910 is drawing
to a close. The records of population
and harvests, which are
the index of progress, show
vigorous national growth and the
health and prosperous wellbeing
of our communities throughout
this land and in our possessions
beyond the seas. These blessings
have not descended upon us
in restricted measure, but overflow
and abound. They are the
blessings and bounty of God.
"We continue to be at peace
with the rest of world. In all
essential matters our relations
with other peoples are harmonious,
with an ever-growing reality
of friendliness and depth of
recognition of mutual dependence.
It is especially to be noted
that during the past year great
progress has been achieved in
the cause of arbitration and the
peaceful settlement of international
disputes.
"Now, therefore, I, William
Howard Taft, president of the
United States of America, in accordance
with the wise custom
of the civil magistrate since the
first settlements in this land and
with the rule established from
the foundation of this government,
do appoint Thursday, November
24, 1910, as a day of
national thanksgiving and prayer,
enjoining the people upon that
day to meet in their churches for
the praise of Almighty God and
to return heartfelt thanks to Him
for all His goodness and loving
kindness."
School Teachers Entertained.
Miss K'lte Ardrey entertained
the teachers of the Fort Mill
graded school and a few friends
at her home on Booth street
Friday evening. The feature of
the evening's entertainment was
an historical contest, in which
Prof. Mason Crum and Miss
Jessie Wilson tied for the prize,
a dainty Japanese hook-mark.
A fruit course and bonbons were
served by the hostess.
TAX NOTICE?191 O.
Office of the County Treasurer
of York. County.
vorkville, S. C.t Sept. 15, 1910.
Notice is hereby given that the tax
books for York county will be opened
on Saturday, the 15th day of October,
1910, and remain open until the 31at
day of December, 1910, for the collection
of State, county, school and local
taxes for the fiscal year 1910, without
penalty, after which day one per cent,
penalty will be added to all payments
made in the month of January, 1911,
and two per cent, penalty for all payments
made in the month of February,
1911, and seven per cent, penalty will
be added on all payments made from
the 1st day of March to the 15th day of
Marcn, 1911, and after this date all unpaid
taxes will go into executions and
all unpaid single polls will be turned
over to the several magistrates for
prosecution in accordance with law.
For the convenience of taxpayers, I
will be in Yorkville from Monday, November
14, until the Hist day of December,
1910, after which day the penalties
will attach as stated above.
HARRY E. NEIL,
Treas. of York County.
We Are Headquarters
For the Following:
Hardware, Crockery and Stoves,
Buck's Steel Ranges, Lime, Cement
and Plaster, Elwood Field and Hog
Fence, McCormick Mowers and Rakes,
International Gasoline Engines, Shredders,
Corn Harvesters and Disc Harrows,
Sewer Pipe and Farm Drain Tile,
Grates and Tile, Chattanooga Turn and
Disc Plows, Cole*8 Hot Rlast Heaters,
Wilson Heaters, Machinery, Fittings
and Supplies, Window Glass and Putty,
Roofing of all kinds, Farmers' Favorite
Grain Drills, Stalk Cutters, Spokes and
Rims, Guns and Ammunition.
Rock Hill Hardware Company,
Rock Hill, s. c.