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P . ' ? ^ I ^ b *Fort Mill Times. VOLUME 19?NO. 40. FORT MILL. S. C., THURSDAY, JANUARY 5, 1911. $1.25 PER YEAR [/ INDIAN COMMISSION'S REPORT ( (NGE CATAWBAS STATUS ir of general interest t South Carolina, but j ( * interest to the peopk ( >unty, will be taken up ' 1 eration by the General ? a few weeks hence ? commission appointed 1 tor Ansel last summer t ?ate the condition of . c ba Indians submits its ] he commission consists ( (. F. C. Whitner and j Spencer, of Rock Hill, \ V. W. Lewis, of York- i \ was appointed in re- ] a concurrent resolution ! ] in the senate last . igas uypm?r py ivir. otewarc ana m me j HHSflfe by Mr. Glasscock. purpose of the resolution i?g was to investigate the condition -of the Catawbas with the view , .W of the State purchasing additional , fl iands for their use contiguous to their 600-acre reservation, 15 P miles southeast of Fort Mill, to W the end that they become selfg supporting and useful citizens, I instead of wards of the Common-; J wealth, living in penury and; want. It is estimated that a I w legislative appropriation of about L . $20,000 would be required to I purchase the lands necessary to A relieve the present condition of S the Indians. A petition signed! M by 51 of the 90-odd Indians on | B the reservation was presented to the General Assembly last winter |f? reciting that "our present conB dition is deplorable, it being im'MM P?ssjhle for us to make a support on our present reservation," and the belief is expressed that if additional lands are furnished |||B them by the State "our conlesW dition will be greatly improved | and we can take care of ourselves P in the future." The State now | w"- .-appropriates annually for the I Catawbas $3,200, $3,000 of which I is divided pro rata among them, I the rem .ming $200 being used r for school purposes. m If the report of the-commission is favrtrable to the proposition for the State to buy additional lands for the ;inri thus with- ' 0 draw further legislative appropriations for their sustenance, : Mr. Stewart will introduce a resolution in the senate requesting the South Carolina delegation in Congress to use their influence with the Federal government to furnish half of the $20,000 necessary to the purchase lands. The Catawbas are the only tribe of American Indians which have never received any bounty from the national government and Mr. Stewart is encouraged to hope that the Washington government will give financial support to the undertaking from the report which is to be made to the bureau of Indians affairs by a special agent who visited the reservation a few days ago and who is said i to agree that the Federal government should assist the Catawbas. During the Revolutionary war the Catawbas did much to aid the colonists in their struggle for freedom and this fact willrecited as one reason why they should be recognized in a si^stantial way i bv the Federal irovJtrtm?nf Ig Weevil on t* Wty. Farmers of thia section of the cotton belt are rtiuch fclarmed over the report o^^K&iunter, special represenj^M^w the department of agriHBgiHwho declares that the menace , is growing every yea? bnd that unless extraon means are resorted to for^^^Kdieation it is only a questid?iif * short time until the destructive insect will have penetrated even to the uttermost northern limits of the belt. Statistics and investigations iro to show that the prevalence of the weevil during the past year has been fearful and that it is rapidly eating its way into a section of the cotton belt which has heretofore been considered be# yond its reach and supposedly out of the danger zone of its advance. Measures are being taken in the heart of the belt to check the I onward march of the weevil, but it now appears that unless further and more drastic precautionary measures are adopted, the insect will become prevalent over the entire cotton belt and irreparably to the destruction of the South's principal crop.K jk. :OLE L. BLEASE, IN GOOD Hr ALT^f PREPARING FOR INAUGURATION The friends governor-elect Zo\e L. ^ who have been .tensive that he would not >e able to take the oath of office is chief magistrate of the State i few weeks hence owing to ill lealth will be pleased to learn nat he has almost entirely re:overed from his recent illness. Monday Mr. Blease was in Columbia and addressed a n.eetng of rural mail carriers, though le is still somewhat weak from lis illness of the last few weeks. Kor a time M r. Blease's physician. Dr. Ilouseal, was greatly worried ibout his patient's condition, but is now satisfied that he is out of ianger. Mr. Blease is busy preparing for his move from Newberry to Columbia, according to the Columbia correspondent of The News and Courier, but is taking it as a matter of fact. He does not want any applauding or hurrahing when he is inaugurated, but wants to "slip into" the office of governor without much ado. What will come later on is not known, but his tone now is that of seriousness and thoughtfulness. Mr. Blease leaves behind him in Newberry a well-developed law business. He apparently likes the profession and the fascination of trying causes. He said that he expected to move his law library into the governor's mansion, and he remarked that he expected to leave the mansion a better lawyer than when he went there. There has been a report in Columbia that Governor and Mrs. Blease intended stopping at a hotel and would not occupy the mansion. Being only the two in the family, some thought this might be correct. Mr. Blease says that he never expected to reside anywhere else than at the mansion and that lie expected to do considerable entertaining. Mr. Blease said that he had completed his inaugural address. It will he a brief paper to be delivered on his inauguration. He said that Governor Ansel would review the financial, educational, industrial and general conditions of the State, and that it would be mere repetition to incorporate such matters in his address. Mr. Blease is very much amused over the stories that he is a rich man. He wishes very much that this were true, but he will have the satisfaction of leaving Newberry with an entirely clean balance sheet, and this he thinks is very well. Mr. Bryan Will Not Attend. William Jennings Bryan has o n nr\nn/? nrl l-? <14- U/\ ^?-? *-* " uitiiv/uiiccu nidi liu tail IlUt aLLflkt the Jackson day celebratior which is to he held in Baltimore on January 17, as a sort of love feast and general council of Democrats of all shades of opinion. "It will be impossible," says Mr. Bryan, "for me to be present, and I hesitate to send ? letter to be read at the celebration lest it might prove a discordant note, if, as I would infei from the nreliminary arrangements, those who originated il are dissatisfied with the lasi national Democratic platform, The platform," he continues "was satisfactory to the party two years ago, and is satisfactory to the rank and file now. Th< victory of last month was, in my judgement, largely due to th< fact that several planks of th< platform had already been vindi cated by events, and events have since the election, vindicatec other planks." A Florida Marriage. A marriage which attractet much social interest in Tampa Fia.. occurred on Thursday eve ning, December 29, when Mis: Emma Davis Stewart became th< wife of Dr. Karl Kinyon Eycha ner. Mrs. Eychaner is th( daughter of Mr. R. P. Stewart who moved from Fort Mill t< Charlotte about 25 years ago ant thence to the Florida city. Mr Stewart is pleasantly remem bered by many of the oldei citizens of the community, all o whom will be interested in th< announcement of the marriag< of hiB daughter. IlL, ' k *TALKFEST AT COURT HOUSE OVER THE COUNTY'S ROAD LAW The annual joint meeting of I the nine York county township ; road supervisors, the board of1 ] county commissioners and the 11 county's representatives in the General Assembly is in session , in the court house at Yorkville.^ today, the purpose of the meet- j i ing being a thorough considera- , tion of the efficiency of the present county road Jaw. The meet j ins is always held the first 1 Wednesday in January and suggestions as to changes in the law which would promote its efficiency are made to the legislative delegation, as well as a general interchange of ideas as to the i proper method of road-working, , etc. The present road law, which was passed at the 1908 session of the General Assembly. | is considered a great improve- j ment over the various road laws 1 York county has had in the past and it is not anticipated that the j meeting will urge any radical changes in the law, though it is understood that an effort will be i made to have the meeting rec- j oinmend to the legislative dele | gation that the commutation i road tax be reduced from $3 to j ! $2, the argument being that the 1 present tax is too high and often results in hardship upon many poor citizens. There are not a few citizens of the county who think that the public roads could be worked more satisfactorily and at less expense if the contract sys-! tem were adopted, but it is1 doubtful whether there are a J sufficient number of those who j are of the opinion to find a spokesman in the meeting who can persuade the legislative dele- | gation that such a change would , be the best thing for the county. There is a clause in the nresent road law authorizing township j , supervisors to award road work I by contract and in one instance ; , an advertisement was inserted by a township supervisor in a county paper some months ago j calling for bids upon certain road work, but not one bid was re. ceived in response to the advertisement. In one or two counties of the State the roads are , worked under contract, but the fact that the method is confined i to so few counties is an argument often used against it. , t . ... Interest in Election of New Justice. [ Two of the five York county members of the General Assembly have indicated to The Times . their preference of the several candidates for the place on the supreme court bench created at the November election by a change in the constitution in- j ? I creasing the membership of the j [ j court from four to five, but for I ' 1 * 1 i ouvious reasons mese gentlemen i >I do not care to have their vote re> corded in advance of the meeting j of the Legislature. There is much interest in all 1 sections of the State in the elec?! tion. Up to the present there' i are fouractive candidates for the . | place, and many members of the . | General Assembly will be agree 1 ably surprised if the capitol is . not made the rendezvous of great r numbers of the friends of the 1 candidates who are expected to find it convenient to go to Co- j lumbia about the time the session 1 \ begins, on January 10, to press { f the campaigns of their favorites. 5 In the eight weeks which have r intervened since it became known 2 that the electorate of the State a voted the increase of members of . the supreme court many letters have been received by the memj bers-elect of the Legislature in behalf of the various candidates. ! Among the number of active candidates for the place are W. B. Gruber. of Walterboro. ex-St?t.p i senator; M. L. Bonham, of Anderson; Circuit Judge R. W. Memminger, of Charleston, and T. B. Fraser, of Sumter. The consensus of opinion seems to be that the place will go to one of these gentlemen, but the contest , may be further complicated by ) the announcement of other can1 didates. The statement is made . that it is not unlikely that the - friends of ex-Governor John C. r Sheppard, who is conceded to be f one of the strongest lawyers in i! the State, will present his name s j as a candidate for the associate I justiceship. MJDUBON SOCIETY COMES BACK WITH HUNTER S LICENSE BILL The efforts which the Audubon Society of South Carolina will make to secure the passage of the hunter's license law at the 1911 session of the General Assembly are expected to produce considerable interest throughout the State and the consideration of the bill doubtless will cause lengthy debate in both the senate and house as it did last year. The principal objection urged to the bill by those who spoke against its passage last year was that it made the possession of a shotgun in one's home prima j fnrip pvirlprinn tliot u-nc a ! hunter and subjected him to a fine or imprisonment for violating the law unless he could produce his hunter's license. Not a few members of the General Assembly let it be known that they were unalterably opposed to such drastic legislation. Others based their objection to the bill upon the ground that it was unconstitutional. The vote against the the bill was overwhelming, but the Audubon society has come back with a similar bill for the present General Assembly and it remains to be seen whether it will meet with more favor than the 1910 bill. The principal sections of the proposed license act are as follows: "It shall be unlawful to hunt game with a gun in this State without first having procured license therefor. Any person or uersons violating this act shall be fined not less than 15 nor more than 30 days for each offence. "Licenses may be procured from the clerks of courts, from i wardens or from any duly au-' thorized agent of the chief game j warden on payment of $1 for each citizen, $10.25 for eachj non-resident and $25 for each; alien person. Ten per cent, shall be allowed for the collection of i licenses. "Any person convicted of violating the game, fish and bird laws of the State, in addition to the usual penalties, shall have; his license taken up and can-! celled bv the chief game warden, | nor shall any license be procured ; within 12 months of said conviction and cancellation. "All monies collected for fees i or licenses under this act shall be remitted monthly to the State ' treasurer, to the credit of the game protection fund and paid out on order of the chief game warden." The Cost of Clemson College. The annual report of Clemson college, including the reports of the board of visitors, of the acting president, fertilizer inspector, analyses of fertilizers. State veterinarian, State entomologist, treasurer and the special auditing board has been sent to State j Supt. of Education Swearingen and will be submitted to the General Assembly. The total value of Clemson college property is estimated in the report at $1,025,183.16. A summary of expenditures for the several departments is given as follows: A * r?o one m nv auciiuv. ucffni Liiiuiu ?p L IU HI Agricultural department 17,329 62 Chemical department 7,260 86 Engineering department 31,669 42 Military department. 3,423 42 Textile department 6,075 30 MiBcellaneoua 80,990 14 Total $169,024 86 The report of the treasurer shows that the receipts of the college from all sources were $261), 209.93, and that the total expenditures were $234,482.81. There is a total balance of $53,974.20. Acting President Riggs says in his report that "on the whole the work of the faculty has been loyal, enthusiastic and efficient. Our greatest need .is for more men with qualifications for leadership?men who can plan and initiate to improve and extend their work, even though it be at present efficient." M nccrc 1 R MJllc. u; T ifivooi u. (/. muio ci i iv i f?. l Hoagland, representing the live stock department of the Mills & Younpr company, left Sunday night for St. Louis to purchase a shipment of horses and mules, which is expected to arrive next i week. W. J. GUESS, TEXTILE WORKER, TIRING OF LIFE, KILLS HIMSELF W. J. Guess, a cotton mill operative, 25 years old, drank a bottle of carbolic acid at the Elizabeth mill in Charlotte Friday afternoon with suicidal intent and died from the effects of the poison at the Presbyterian hospital in Charlotte Saturday afternoon. He had two sisters living at the Millfort mill, in Fort Mill, Mrs. R. S. Wilson and Mrs. Anna Whipple. His body was brought to Fort Mill Sunday afternoon and interred in the town cemetery Monday morning. The dead man's Fort Mill relatives are unable to assign any reason for his suicide other than that he was mentally unbalanced and did not know what he was about. Mr. Guess came to Fort Mill early in the fall and stayed with his sisters at the Millfort mill until Tuesday evening of last week, when he left, saying he was going to Danville, Va. Instead of going to Danville, he got off the train at Charlotte and bought a ticket for Salisbury, going to the latter city the same evening. After staying in Salisbury a few hours he returned to Charlotte and the next heard of him was that he had tried to kill himself. R. S. Wilson, of Fort Mill, brother-in-law of Mr. Guess, 'phoned The Times yesterday morning to say that the statement published in the Charlotte papers that neither he nor his family had shown any interest in Guess' condition and that they did not arrange for his burial was a mistake, as was the statement that a stranger visited the Charlotte hospital at which Guess died and furnished the money to pay his funeral expenses. Mr. Wilson says that all the funeral expenses of Mr. Guess were paid by himself and other members of the dead man's family. Women's Clubs Receive. Monday evening the women's clubs of Fort Mill gave a New Year's reception at the home of Mr. J. B. Mills which was decidedly the most brilliant social affair of the season. The guests were ushered into the reception hall by little Misses Ruth Meacham and Ethel Armstrong, where they were received by Dr. and Mrs. J. B. Elliott, Mr. and Mrs. W. B. Ardrey, Mr. and Mrs. R. F. Grier and Mrs. Effie Thompson. Receiving in the parlor, which was beautifully decorated with ferns and white hyacinths, were Mr. and Mrs. J. B. Mills. Mr. and Mrs. S. A. Epps, Dr. and Mrs. J. L. Spratt and Mr. and Mrs. A. O. Jones. The decorations in the library were green and red, holly and red carnations being used in pro ; iusion. nere tne puncn do wis ! were presided over by Misses I Lil Massey, Annie Link, Mabel i Hinshaw and Isabelle Grier. In the dining room where pink ' roses and smilax were used, Mr. and Mrs. E. W. Kimbrell, Mr. and Mrs. J. T. Young and Misses Wilson and Garrison received. After a delightful salad course was served the guests were ushered into the rear hall where coffee was served from a picturesque little booth of red and green, by Misses Yarborough, Ardrey, Nims and Carrie Kimbrell. Misses Lana Parks and Sara Culp pinned dainty little calendars for souvenirs on the men while little gold bells were given the women. Misses Kirkpatrick and Link presided at the piano and a chorus of good voices added much to the occasion. As the guests were leaving they were asked to register in a beautiful hand painted book which was carried by Misses Carrie Gulp and Dora Crier. W. 0. W. Banquet. The annual banquet of White Oak camp, W. O. W., of Fort Mill, will be held in the town hall this evening. Practically the entire membership of the camp and many invited guests are expected to be present. Preceding the banquet the recently elected officers for the ijresent year will be installed. v FOR HALF CENTURY FIGURE 1 SYNONYMOUS WITH DISASTER? Reading in The News and Courier of Sunday, "1910 a great year; 1911 a greater one,"a Fort Mill citizen recalled fhat for the last 50 years every year ending with the figure 1 had proved disastrous to the country, especially to the South. The year 1861. the opening year of the War Between the States, was the most disastrous of all for this section. Ten years later, or in 1871, President Grant suspended the writ of habeas corpus in many States of the South, in which he used United States troops to hound down and persecute the Ku Klux clans and their sympathizers, forcing many of the best citizens of this sec tion to flee their homes, at the same time placing the negroes one rung higher on the ladder of political ascendency which they presently climbed to the top. Poor crops were the rule in 1871. many negroes refusing to work the holds as they had formerlydone. Eighteen eighty-one was a notoriously dry year, no rain of consequence falling in some sections from May to September. Very poor crops were harvested as a result of the drought. Less than 9,000,000 bales of cotton were grown in the South in 1891. Nineteen one was another short crop year, the rainfall of the entire spring and summer being so excessive that farmers were able to give their fields little attention. It is to be hoped, concludes The Times' authority, that history will not repeat in 1911 and that The News and Courier's roseate forecast for the year will pan out. Y oungblood - Abernethy. A marriage of much interest in the lower Steel Creek section of Mecklenburg county on the 28th of December was that of Miss Emma Parks Youngblood, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. T. T. Youngblood. to Mr. W. T. Abernethy, of Catawba, N. C. The marriage occurred at the home of the bride's narents. tho ?f liciatin.tr minister being the Rev. Mr. Caldwell, pastor of the Steel Creek A. R. P. church. For the ceremony the bride was dressed in a traveling suit of dark blue, with hat and gloves to match, and carried bride roses. There were no attendants. The wedding march was played by Miss Mary Robinson, of Shopton. Immediately after the ceremony, Mr. and Mrs. Abernethy left for their home at Catawba. R. F. D. Carrier Resigns. Much regret is expressed by the patrons of Fort Mill rural mail route No. 1 over the resignation of the carrier, C. C. Haile, who gave up the place the first of the year. For the last five years and one month Mr. Haile has served the patrons of the route with a degree of fidelity that has won for him the friendship of all. During the entire five years he served route No. 1 as carrier he lost only four days, besides holidays and the annual leave of absence allowed by the government. Mr. Haile resigned the place with the view of moving 10 norma. The substitute carrier of the route, A. C. Sutton, is filling the place until a regular carrier is appointed. TAX NOTICE?101 O. Office of the County Treasurer of York County. Yorkville, S. C., Sept. 15, 1910. Notice is hereby divert that the tax books for York county will be opened on Saturday, the 15th day of October, 1910, and remain open until the .'list 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 ner cent, nenaltv for ;ill ? - r 'J |'?J ments made in the month of February, 1911, and seven per cent, penalty will 1)?* added on all payments made from the 1st day of Marc\i to the 15th day of March, 1911, and after this date all un, paid 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 I will be in Yorkville from Monday, No, vernber 14, until the 31st day of Decern, ber, 1910, after which day the penalties will attach as stated above. HARRY E. NEIL, Treas. of York County, j f