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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
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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-'
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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
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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.
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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
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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).
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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. (
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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.
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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
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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.
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