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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
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: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.
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*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.
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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.
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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,
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