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- " ' *.*. '*S ' % The Fort Mill Times. VOLUME 19?NO. 33. " FORT MILL, S. C., THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 17, 1910. S1.25 PER vtiv LOCAL MILITIAMAN SPEAKS UP FOR LIEUT. COLONEL LINDSAY The Fort Mill militia officers ^ have no stomach for the recent criticisms of Lieut. Col. John R. Lindsay, of Yorkville, disbursing officer of the South Carolina National Guard, who was attacked in the meeting of the National Guard association in Columbia some weeks ago on the score of accepting pay for services it was alleged he did not perform at the encampment of the Third regiment at Chickamagua Park last summer and because he accompanied the State's rifle team to Camp Perry in September as coach. Recently the criticisms of Col. Lindsay have Knnn ?\nl\li/?i* ?? L?? uv.l11 i tu ? iuc |niuui;iit> uj me Columbia press. "Not one word which has been said against Col. Lindsay will weigh with people who understand the circumstances as I do," remarked Capt. T. B. Spratt, of the Fort Mill Light Infantry, (yesterday. "Col. Lindsay has acted in good faith in his entire connection with the militia and he has not accepted one cent to which he was not entitled. He spent two weeks in Chickamagua last summer as disbursing officer of the Second and Third regiments. It is claimed that he should have been there only one week, as he did not pay off the Third regiment. Before either regiment was ordered to Chickamagua correspondence passed between Col. Lindsay and the war department and Col. Lindsay was informed that a regular army officer would pay off one of the South Carolina regiments to be ordered into camp at Chickamagua, but he wa3 not told which regiment, so he reported for duty with the Third regiment, which preceded the Second regiment. He did not pay off the Third regiment, but he was clearly entitled to compensation for his time, as his instructions from the war department were not explicit; otherwise, the government certainly would not have paid him. "Col. Lindsay was ordered to the national rifle shoot at Camp Perry as coach of the South Carolina team by the adjutant general's department. It is claimed that the duties of coach are of great importance and that the work should have been done by an expert. Perhaps that is true, but since an expert was not employed, Col. Lindsay's work was as satisfactory as would have been that of any other officer of the South Carolina National Guard. "I am not prepared to say that this criticism of Col. Lindsay is not actuated by an ulterior mo-' it i j ?i. - j * ? civc. i ve nearu it saia tnat a Columbia officer is anxious to succeed Col. Lindsay. But if the new governor cares to reappoint a thoroughly efficient and honest officer he will heed the application of a majority of the militia officers by naming Col. Lindsay as his own successor." Sheriff Logan's Son Kills Himself. Sunday afternoon about 5 o'clock, David Logan, oldest son of ex-Sheriff John R. Logan, of Yorkville, living on Mr. Logan's farm, southwest of that city, took a shotgun and deliberately blew his brains out. Mr Logan, with U 4. I 1 1 aiiuilici UiUUICI UI IWU, lletu UtJUIl keeping "bachelor's hall" at the farm. He had on one or two occasions threatened to kill himself, but his words were not taken seriously. Sunday afternoon, about 5 o'clock, a younger brother left the house on some domestic errand, and shortly after he left the house another brother, who had been absent from the place, rode up on horseback. Just as he was riding into the yard he heard a gun fired. Upon investigation he found David Logan's body on a chair with the top of the head blown off. Mr. Logan had placed the gun between his knees, put the barrel against his forehead and blown the entire top of his head off. No cause is assigned for the act, except that it is said he had V been drinking. A Holiday Event. Christmas day, George Marks, of Pineville, will cut a 25-pound watermelon recently given him. FORT MILL POSTOFFICE MATTER SUBJECT OF MUCH INTEREST The announcement in The Times last week that Mr. B. H. Massey is to be opposed for reappointment as postmaster of Fort Mill for another term was interesting news to all save the few who had heard that Mr. T. G. Moser; is a candidate for the place. Mr. j Moser is a Republican and is an employee or tne iviiuiort mill. : He claims to have the indorse ment of John G. Capers, national Republican committeeman from i South Carolina, and is said to feel confident that Capers will be able to have him appointed, i Friends of Mr. Massey, however, are not quite so certain of Mr. Moser's success, as they have appealed to Congressman Finley and Senators Tillman and Smith to use every legitimate influence j to have Mr. Massey reappointed, j In connection with the Fort Mill postmastership. Capers' influence with the Taft administration is questioned, and on this peg is partially hung the hope that there will be no change. It will be recalled that a so-called "lily white" Republican convention was held in Columbia a few weeks ago of which Capers was the head and front. In well informed Republican circles the statement is made that President Taft did not approve of the convention and that Capers held it in defiance of the president's wishes. If this be true, Capers probably has lost the job of referee of South Carolina appointments. Upon this assumption it is concluded that to State Chairman Tolbert, of the black and tan wing of the party, will be referred all applications for Federal appointments in the state. Mr. Moser, as well as Capers, was a delegate to the "lily white" covention. Tolbert had nothing to do with the convention. On the other hand, he let it be known that he was inimical to it, and in proof of his disfavor sent a letter to Capers the day of the convention calling upon Capers to resign as a member of the national Republican committee. Capers was told that if he did not resign, Tolbert would call a meeting of the regular Republican State executive committee and that the place would be declared vacant. As yet, Capers has not resigned, nor has the Tolbert committee met to take action upon the matter. Meanwhile, however, it is certain that there is an absence of good feeling between Tolbert and Capers and all the latter's men, and that if it is put up to Tolbert no one who took part in the "lily white" convention will get a Federal appointment in South Carolina as a reward for his activity. Indeed, the regulars do not recognize the "lily whites" as ReDublicans and it is certain that the Fort Mill postoffice will not go to Mr. Moser if Tolbert has a sav in the matter. Soil Experts for York County. The Rock Hill chamber of commerce has made arrangements with the national department of agriculture to send to this section two soil experts for the purpose of analyzing the soils of York county. Prof. J. C. Beavers is to be in charge of the work and it is his intention to go from farm to farm throughout the county, analyze the soils and tell the farmers the grade of fertilizers best suited to the various crops. It is said that thousands of dollars are thrown away annually in York county by the use of unsuitable fertilizers. After the work of Prof. Beavers is completed, a mass meeting of farmers is to be held in Rock Hill, probably on November 22. Property Bought by Heirs. Fifteen hundred and seventyfive dollars is the price at which T. H. Barber bid in the Booth street house and lot, the former home of his mother, the late Mrs. T. E. Barber, which was sold at auction in Fort Mill Monday at noon. The property was offered for sale as a part of the estate of Mrs. Barber and was bought by Mr. Barber for himself and brothers, Osmond and Alex Barber. The principal competitive bidder against the Messrs. Barber was Mr. W. M. Ross. . . tMtatiO: - - - FIVE YEARS IN PENITENTIARY FOR FORMER DIRECTOR BLACK For conspiracy to defraud the State as a dispensary director, Saturday morning John Black was given a five-year sentence, without labor, in the South Carolina penitentiary by Special Judge Ernest Moore, presiding at the circuit court in Chester. Former Director Rawlinson and Lee Solomons, a whiskey drummer, who were indicted with Black, were acquitted. Judge Moore overruled a motion for a new trial for Black and notice of appeal to the supreme court was immediately made by A i A ? i ueienaani s counsel. Jt'enaing the appeal. Black was released on $10,000 bond. County Bridge at Ivy's Mill. After months of delay, the board of county commissioners have at last taken steps looking to the erection of the proposed river bridge connecting York and Lancaster counties at a point near the site of Ivy's mill, 12 miles south of Fort Mill. The matter of building the bridge had all but been forgotten for some time and there were not a few who thought that interest in the proposition had waned to such an extent that all prospect of the bridge being built had died when the public apparently lost sight of the undertaking some months ago. But it often is the unexpected that happens, so no one will be surprised to learn that the county commissioners are advertising for bids for the construction of the bridge, which is to be of steel and approximately 1,200 feet in length. Five thousand dollars was appropriated from the county funds by the Legislature sitting last winter toward the cost of the bridge. This sum has been augmented by a public subscription of about $5,000, collected largely through the efforts of Mayor John T. Roddey, of Rock Hill. Mayor Roddey is confident that the bridge will divert much valuable trade to Rock Hill from the panhandle of Lancaster county, by opening up a section which i3 now comparatively remote from any large town. Failed to See the Airship Fly. Airships are not yet a common sight in this section of the country, so a goodly number of York county people went to Charlotte to witness the work of the biplane which was advertised to do some flying in that city Thursday afternoon. But the airship didn't fly; the aviator wouldn't - risk his bacon in the 30-mile breeze that refused to begone, even to please the thousands who were intent upon seeing the sight. Conseauently, it was a disappointed, isgruntled crowd whicn quitted the field when it was known that no flights would be attempted. It was bad enough, the York county visitors said, to go so far only to be disappointed, but matters were made worse for them by the refusal of the management of the airship to return the money which thev had naid to witness the flight. Wind checks were issued for a flight of the ship, but few of these were used. The airship made a short flight Saturday afternoon. Neither Side Scored. In the first game of football seen on the local gridiron this season, Fort Mill Saturday afternoon played to a standstill an aggregation of strong players from Charlotte, most of whom were ex-collegians. The new style football was played. Neither of the teams was able to score in the four ten-miriute quarters, but Fort Mill is credited with the greater number of gains. In the last quarter, Fort Mill had the ball on the North Carolinians' ten-varrl lir?p anH it- oo a score was inevitable, but the visitors were saved by the whistle announcing the end of the game. The stars for Fort Mill were: Tom Sandifer, left halfback, and Herbert Harris, left tackle. O. L. McFadden, right halfback, did the best work for Charlotte. Officials: Referee, R. M. Lancaster (North Carolina Medical college); umpire, Richard Fulp (Davidson); head linesman, Lad Masscy (Clemson). . $5 . *c MURDER CHARGE HANGS OVER 14-YEAR-OLD FORT MILL BOY A Fort Mill case of some interest which likely will be called * for trial at the fall term of the \ circuit court for York county, which opens on the 27th inst., is that of the State against Gati i Helms, charged with murder. Gati Helms is a 14-year-old white I boy whose father is a tenant on the plantation of Dr. T. S. Kirkpatrick, in the Gold Hill neighborhood. The boy is charged with the murder of Aubrev CuId. whose father was W. M. Culp. The circumstances of the homicide, as told before the coroner's | jury the day of the death of young Culp, were about as fol- j lows: The boys were returning , together along the public road to i their respective homes from the Gold Hill school, at which both i were pupils, and became involved , in a quarrel which ended in an exchange of blows. The Culp : boy appeared to have the advantage of the Helms boy in the fist 1 ! fight and the latter struck the i former across the forehead with < his tin dinner pail. Then the fight ended, with neither appar- ' ently much hurt. Some hours ] after the Culp boy reached home, ] however, he began to complain of pain in his head and presently i became unconscious. The fol- i lowing morning Dr. J. B. Elliott 1 was called in and, after examin- < ing the boy, state I that he was 1 in a serious condition from concussion of the brain and that he i should be taken to a hospital 1 for an operation. Arrangements ; were made to take the boy to 1 a Charlotte hospital on the morn- j ing of August 29, but he died a j few minutes after being put ? aboard the train. Gati Helms j was immediately arrested and 1 taken to York jail, where he j was held a few days, until he ] was released on bond. Finley & < Miller will defend the boy. ( I The Thornwell Orphanage. This home and school for or- ( phans is under the control and is j the property of the three Presbybyterian synods of South Caro- ( Una, Georgia and Florida. As , Thanksgiving day is the only day , appointed by these synods to make collections for the large family of 300, all loyal Presbyterians will on that day send their gifts and collections to the home, i It is located at Clinton, S. C. i The Thornwell orphanage re- < ceives pupils from any part of < of the country. There are now ' within its cottages 183 orphans i from South Carolina, 75 from 1 Georgia and 28 from Florida, j This home is unique in that it l does not require release by guar- j dian or mother of the child. It t gives the child a first class literary education, instructs it in { some trade, and sends it out ful- i ly equipped for self-care. The ' child taking the full course is i ready for life's battles on leaving. _ _ _ 4 ? ? ? J Trustees of School Will Ask Forfeit. 1 ' In the view of the trustees of ! I the Fort Mill graded school, j ' there have been inexcusable de- . | lays on the part of the contract- \ i ors who are installing the heat- ( I ing plant in the new building. ( The delays have not only cost t the school district heavily in the . matter of the salaries of the j teachers, which have gone on t during the enforced cessation of ( the school exercises, but even j greater loss to the community e has resulted from the demoraliza- x tion to the pupils consequent upon the break in the classroom work. f For all this the trustees will ? expect the company which has \ the contract to install the heat- g ing plant to forfeit a nice round % sum for failing to do the work promptly. Yesterday Mr. L. J. g Massey, one of the active mem- \ hers of the board, stated to The t Times that the trustees were in ( position to collect a forfeit of the f contractors and that they certain- j t ly would do so. Mr. Massey1 also stated that the latest promise of the contractors is that the plant will be ready for use this (Thursday) morning, and that if ( the promise panned out the c exercises of the school will be re- ( sumed today or tomorrow. Mean- i while, many of the patrons are i wondering what kind of noise t an A1 school makes. i ROCK HILL'S CITY AFFAIRS EXASPERATINGLY MUDDLED The situation as to a solution of Rock Hill's public utilities troubles in going forward with the installation of a sewerage system, for which bonds were voted nearly a year ago, is still unsatisfactory. The city has for years had all sorts of trouble with the owners of the corporation which supplies water and light. * Rock Hill wants to buy out these people, and it is said has done everything reasonable to do so. At the receivers' sale, about a year ago, Martin Molony, of Philadelphia, bought the plant and everything that goes with it I for about $70,000. A short time ago Rock Hill offered $115,000 cash for his holdings, and this was refused. The city then proposed to arbitrate and the offer was accepted. Before the arbitrators were chosen Mr. Molony withdrew from the agreement. Then a plan was entered into that the city and company each select an expert engineer to go over and appraise the property. This was done, the city selecting Thos. W. Cothran, of Greenwood, Mr. Moloney sending down a Mr. Hartman from Philadelphia. About the time these gentlemen were well into an appraisement Mr. Hartman had a talk with Mr. Moloney over the long distance 'phone and refused to go further into the matter. Mr. Cothran continued and finished his work and has presented bis report to the commissioners and city council. He appraises the property at $92,080.75, and in doing so he corresponded with a large number of dealers, whose supplies were used in the plant, a:etting undisputed figures on their cost, etc. In a desire to ?ive the water and light company full value, however, the :ity will offer Mr. Molony $100,XK) for the plant. In the event of a refusal, it is probable that the board of public works will be ordered by the city council to proceed at once to the installation of a new plant. The water company, believing that their franchise is exclusive, probably wiil enter suit and much trouble is expected. Result Gratifies Senator Tillman. Senator Benjamin R. Tillman was in Augusta Saturday on busness, and while there he talked with a newspaper representative m the recent Democratic victory. The senator was particularly mild n speaking of Theodore Roosevelt, whom he has dubbed "the greatest faker on earth," but :he very quietness of his voice ent additional scorn and contempt for the ex-president. Senator Tillman was asked for in expression of the Democratic victory, and what he thought of "the slap in the face" to Rooseiralf "It was more than a slap in the Face," said the senator. "The recent victory of the Democratic aarty is evidence of returning ?ense on the part of the people, n a realization of that change 3articularly needed now, if we jxpect a good government, and 'Jod knows it's bad enough. The corruptions that are entering ino it now ought to make a good patriot tiied. "As to the cause of the elecion, the tariff had something to lo with it. The pernicious activties of Roosevelt didn't have the effect he desired, but just the reverse. The tariff, of course, cut iome figure, as shown by the election of Fossin Massachusetts ind the congressman in Buff alo, vhere thev turned Republican .*wv.-w..u~oi~ J ?-'I >tii/n^iiuiuo ujjmn.it; uuyvii ana valked off witli 'em. "The new grace of common lense is the essential factor in he success, and the people ought o have done this in the last Section. But, like all the rest >f us, their hind sight is better han their fore sight." This Ought to Help Some. In Chicago meat prices have! Iropped sharply in the past few lays, bacon leading with a decline >f 5 cents a pound. Meat predicts are cheaper and live hogs ire selling at $1.25 a hundred less han the price quoted a few weeks igo. FOUR NEGRO COTTON THIEVES WOULD HAVE SOLD BOOTY HERE A long term on the Mecklenburg county roads is in prospect for tour Charlotte negroes who were arrested a few miles east of Fort Mill Wednesday morning by Police Officer Wagstaff, of Pineville, on the charge of stealing three bales of cotton from the Charlotte plant of the Southern Cotton Oil company. The negroes were in possession of the cotton and had it on a wagon, driving from Charlotte to Fort Mill, ostensibly for the purpose of selling it here. The cotton was missed from the yards of the oil company a few hours after it was stolen and the Pineville officer was requested to look out for the thieves. He learned that the negroes had passed through Pineville with the cotton late Tuesday night and Wednesday morning at 9 o'clock he arrested two of the suspected thieves near Harrison church. Later in the day two additional Charlotte negroes were arrested on the charge of being implicated in the theft. Thursday morning the four negroes were given a hearing in magistrate's court in Charlotte and each was bound over to the superior court under a $600 bond. Calf Eats $118 in Greenback. While on her way to the barnyard to milk a few evenings ago, Mrs. Luther Calvert, who lives at Clinton, in Laurens county, dropped a pocketbook containing five $20 bills, a ten, a five and three ones, besides a silver quarter. The money was missed an hour later and though search revealed the quarter which showed signs of having been chewed upon by a calf, a young heifer in the yard had a guilty look and a veterinary surgeon was summoned. The roll was extricated from the stomach of the calf in a badly mutilated condition. Sheriff's Sale of Realty. State of South Carolina, County of York In the Court of Common Pleas. Jane R. Wilkes, trading under the name and style of Mecklenburg Iron Works, plaintiff, against Ciawson Mining Company, defendant. By virtue of an execution to me directed and lodged in mv office I will sell at public auction before the court house door, at Yorkville, South Carolina, within the legal hours of sale on the first Monday in December, the 5th, salesday, all that tract or parcel of land situated in Fort Mill township, in the county of York and State of South Carolina, known as the Clawson Gold Mine tract, being on the waters of Steel creek, and bounded by lands now or formerly of Smith, W. H. Windle and Kimbrell and having the following courses and distances: Beginning at a rock and pointers, corner Smith lands and running N. 9 W. 9 to a stone on road and pointers; thence if. 46 W. 13.34 to a ifine X 3 N; thence S. 62 W. 5 to a pine X 3 N; thense S. 24 E. 8.34 to a pine X 3 N at a road; thence S. 75 E. 4 to B. O. dead X 30: thence S. 25 E. 8 to B. O. X 30; thence to P. O. X 3 N; thence S. 81 E. 3.80 to rock and pointers, the beginning point of said lands, being known as the Clawson Gold Mine tract. Levied on and to be sold as the propperty of the Clawson Mining Company. Terms of sale cash. If any purchaser shall fail to promptly comply with the terms of the sale within one hour after the sale, the property will be immcdi ai.ciy retioio at tne nsK ol the defaulting purchaser. HUGH G. BROWN, Sheriff of York County. Yorkville, S. C.t Nov. 12, 1910. ftOOOOOBOOOi?0)CM 8 BEACHIHRIES { V Our Jewelry Store is simply J 9 running over with the many new 1 things for fall and Xmas. We 1 ft have never before been able to ~ offer the people such a large se- S Q lection to choose from. Just re- Cl a ceived large shipment of 9 Libbey's B flit dasQ y WM? VJIUUU^ Q 8 the world's boat. For a f*ift you M could not j?ive anything that ? 9 would bo appreciated more than ft a piece of the celebrated Libbey H Cut Class. Q Mail orders filled same day re- w D ceived. 0 jj Beach-lhrie Jewelry Co., fi Q Reliable J?weleri, ? Rock Hill, - - - S. C. jj