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- -v a-- $ ' '' H . . * The Fort Mill Times. VOLUME 19- NO. 44. FORT MILL, S. C., THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 2, 1911. $1.25 PER YEAR AT LAST LEGISLATURE ENACTS LAW FOR MARRIAGE LICENSE ? ? Substituting lor the Nicholson house bill the similar measure already passed by the senate, the house of representatives passed Tuesday a marriage license law, with strict penalties, effective July 1 next. There was a long debate. For 25 years the elfort has been made each year to pass such a bill. At first majorities against it were overwhelming, but sentiment has gradually grown in its favor. Governor Blease advocated such a law on l the stump and presumably will ' approve the act. i P?V '1 u iU\ Ir\ r.1 f Un U^n.wv , J 14 v vi/V vi w W ?. /1 L I IV I lUUklL t refused to strike out the enactI ing words. The senate hill was | substituted for the Nicholson hill. m the measures being identical, and r various amendments were sent f to the desk. By a vote of 64 to 8 the house rejected a motion to continue the bill until next sesIsion. The license fee is lixed at $1. In some of the counties the licenses will be issued by the clerk of the court. In others the probate judge will issue them. York County Teachers Organize. An enthusiastic meeting of more than 80 York county public school teachers was held at Winthrop college Saturday at which the York County Teachers' association was formed. The exercises of the day were presided over by President D. B. Johnson and after an address of welcome the following subjects were discussed: "The Teaching of Primary Reading." Miss Sara Withers: "School Hygiene and Sanitation." Dr. Lois Boyd: "Phonics for Beginners," Miss Leila Cobb; "Work of D. B. .Johnson Rural School Improvement Association," Miss .Johnnie May Lynch; "School Gardens." L. A. Niven; "The Daily Programme," Miss Leila Russell. The following officers were elected: President, .J. C. Cork, j? Rock Hill; secretary and treas urer, Harvey Witherspoon, Yorkville; committee on constitution, Mr. Cork, Mr. Witherspoon, Mr. Crum, Miss Russell, Miss Bbbitt; executive committee. Miss Russell, Rock Hill; Mr. Crum, Fort Mill; Mr. Spann, Clover. No More Negro Notaries. It is stated that Governor Blease issued his proclamation revoking fVtfl 11 - - v*iv vv/iiMiiiooiuuo ui tin nuiancs public in South Carolina for the purpose of eliminating the negro. After February 10 he will refuse to issue a commission to a negro as a notary public. Hundreds of applications are being received for a commission as notary public. The most important requirement is that the applicant must prove beyond a doubt that he is a white man and of good standing. It is expected that at least 5,000 notaries public will be commissioned in South Carolina within a few weeks. Will Move to Fort M:!!. Both the citizenship and the business community of Fort Mill are to receive a desirable acquisition within a few days by the removal to town of Mr. C. M. Fite, of Charlotte. Mr. Fite has been the principal owner of the C. M. Fite company in Fort Mill since the business was established about a year ago, but has continued to live in Charlotte to trive his attention n nrAoiin^f.iin _ ? ?>/ pi vupvi VUO mercantile business he conducts on east Seventh street. Within the last few days Mr. Fite has arranged to dispose of his Charlotte business, however, and it is now his intention to move to Fort Mill to devote his entire time to the store here. Mr. Craig Fite will continue in the employ of the C. M. Fite company. Rock Hill Buys Water Plant. Tuesday the board of commissioners of public works of Rock Hill closed negotiations with Martin Maloney, of Philadelphia, whereby, for the sum of $100,000, the city of Rock Hill acquires all of Mr. Maloney's interest in the property of the Rock Hill Water and Electric company. < TWO ATTEMPTS TO ENTER ROOM OF FORT MILL TOWNSHIP WOMAN W. F. Cranford, a farmer who lives four miles north of Fort Mill, was in town Monday morn- ; ing and reported that, for the | second time within little more ; than a month, some one tried to I enter the room in which his 18 year-old daughter was sleep-! ing Sunday night at 11 o'clock. < Mr. Cranford heard the noise1 ! made by the prowler trying to! open the blinds to his daughter's room and arose as quickly as, linc^i'iln Mn<l co/niwn/l V?Jo ..Ir.4-^1 UIUI ovvuivu IIIO |JiDlUl. He hurried into the room and' shot through the window, but' his aim was poor, as there were no evidences of the shot taking effect in the human target for which it was intended. On the night of December 2G, I i last, the first effort to enter the j i young woman's room was made, ; but the miscreant was frightened i away by a noise before anything j I could be done to apprehend him. | There is no clue to the identity of the guilty party. It is not ! known whether he is a white | man or a negro. "Inexperienced Principals." In his annual report State High School Inspector Hand has the j following to say of the practice of putting inexperienced princi; pals in charge of schools employI ing a number of teachers: "Some successful experience is | demanded in undertaking the management of everything?but I a school. To put a wholly inexperienced teacher at the head of a school is hazardous and may i be ruinous. To put a principal! without a day's experience in a school room in charge of from three to ten assistants, as is fre-1 quently done, is to invite disaster 1 to Doth the school and the princi-' pal. This raw recruit is often i put in charge of the work of assistants who know more of; teaching and school management t than this novice will know when he is ready to leave the school room for some other vocation. | The inconsistency of the thing ! becomes the more glaring when ! he is paid twice the salary' of his most experienced and successful assistant. Here are i two instances for illustration: A : school board put at the head of its school with ten teachers and I 850 pupils, a young man who had i been graduated from college in June prior to taking charge of , the school in September. Another board put a June graduate in charge of 5 teachers and 175 pupils. Two of his assistants had had more than ten years' experience. "Some of the blame for this playing with fate rests upon over-zealous and indiscreet college presidents and professors who recklessly recommend their raw graduates for these positions. Some of their letters of recom- i mendation have fallen into my hands, and it is hard to understand how men, with a proper sense of their responsibility, can give such endorsements to wholly untried men for positions so responsible. In bold contrast stand other college professors who absolutely refuse to recom-1 mend any inexperienced young graduate to any but subordinate positions. May their tribe increase. '' Telephone Under Your Hat. The "telephone trust" will shortly be throwing fits of alarm if the wireless telephone of two Oregon men is successful commercially. They claim to have the most remarkable wireless telephone in the world. Already tests have been made which seem to prove that a telephone message can be sent 40 miles without wires, that messages can be distributed from an automobile in the heart of a city 1 1-L A ' 1 - ** aim mat me outnt can be made so compact that it can be carried under a derby hat. Their latest step has been perfecting a wireless telephone outfit compact enough to be carried in a common derby hat. It consists of a common tipped walking stick for the ground connection and instruments that enable the operator to talk in the field to distant points. ! DOES BLEASE INTEND TO OUST COMMISSIONER E. J. WATSON? Indications seem to point to the probability of a change in the office <>f commissioner of agriculture. As was forecast in The Times a few days after Governor Blease received the Democratic nomination last September, there need be no surprise if Commissioner E. .1. Watson's resignation is asked for by the State's new chief executive. The Times knew from remarks made by Governor Blease during the campaign last summer that the work of the department was not satisfactory to him. The governor thinks that too little has been accomplished by the V4V"|icii LIIIVI1L 1UI LIIC cMUUUIll UI money it has expended. He is also of the opinion that the most J effective work can be done by a commissioner who is less a whooper-up and shouter for himself and devotes more time to advertising the Commonwealth along lines that cannot be characterized as hot air. Governor Blease has not stated positively that he intends to ask for the resignation of Mr. Watson. but if straws show which way the wind blows it is the pur-1 pose of the governor to do so. Some days ago Mr. John G. Richards, Jr., railroad commissioner. called at the governor's office to pay his respects, and j while there the governor is! quoted as saying he was sorry Mr. Richards had accepted ai place on the railroad commission, as the governor had a better job | for him. Upon inquiry, Mr. Richards learned that it was the ! intention of the governor to' appoint him commissioner of agriculture. Mr. Watson was appointed commissioner by Gover-1 nor Heyward when the department was created several years ago. He was reappointed by Governor Ansel two years ago and his term of office expires in 1912. Miss Lona Tillman to Marrv. Saturday Senator and Mrs. Tillman announced the engrave-! ment of their daughter, Miss Lona. to Charles Summer Moore, ; of Atlantic City. The wedding will take place in April, at Trenton. Senator Tillman's South Carolina home. Miss Tillman is the eldest daughter of Senator and Mrs. Tillman. Mr. Moore is the son , of Mrs. Hannah Moore, of Mays Landing, N. J. He is a wellknown young lawyer and is prominently connected throughout that State, being a nephew of Judge Joseph Thompson and a cousin of Judge Allen B. Endicott, of Atlantic City, and Rear Admiral M. T. Endicott, United States navy, retired, of Washington. ''Ovcr-snperviied Schools." Commenting on over-supervised schools, Prof. W. H. Hand, State high school inspector, says in his i annual report: "A few schools are over-supervised. By this is meant that the ! best paid teacher in the school i spends more time than is necessary in supervising his underpaid assistants, instead of giving an inspiration to them by doing more superior teaching himself. An overworked woman trying to manage and to teach forty restless boys and girls, is in danger of losing her poise when she remembers that every minute of the day has its assignment in her schedule, and that she gets $40 a month, while the principal teaches about one-half his time at a salary of $100 a month i These over-supervised schools are usually found in the smaller towns employing from five to ten teachers. Here are a few rather extreme cases: In one school there are 6 teachers. 9 grades, and about 190 pupils. The principal in this school is paid more than twice as much as any one i of his assistants, but has no regular schedule of classes, although he does some teaching every day. In another school there are 7 teachers, 10 grades and approximately 200 pupils; the principal teaches less than one-half his time. Others might be cited." FOR FORMER PINEVILLE WOMAN DIVORCE AND ALIMONY GRANTED Practically the entire town of Pineville, N. C.. was excited with curiosity last week over the progress of the suit of Mrs. Neola Taylor for a divorce and alimonv from her husband. Guy Taylor. The case consumed several days in the superior court for Mecklenburg county and early Saturday morning tne jury returned a verdict for the plaintiff. A former hearing of the case resulted in a mistrial. The plaintiff and defendant are well known in the Pineville community, where both were living when they were married in Charlotte in August. 190(>. Young Taylor is still a resident of Pineville, but Mrs. Taylor, who was Miss Neola drier, has made her home with her parents in Charlotte for several years. They have one child, a boy 4 years old. The couple have never lived together. Taylor claiming that he was forced to marry Mrs. Taylor by her father, Lewis drier, and brothers. He also claimed that one of Mrs. Taylor's brothers personated him to secure the marriage license. Taylor slipped I away from his wife within a few hours after the ceremony and returned to his home in Pineville, where he has since lived, working a part of the time at the Chad- j wick-Hoskins mill. The judge before whom the case was tried has not yet fixed the amount of alimony, but is expected to do so during the i week. The first issue submitted to the ; jury was, "Were the plaintiff and j the defendant married as alleged in the complaint?" The answer was, "Yes." The second: ' 'Was the defendant forced to enter into the marriage by force and duress as alleged in the defendant's ans"W? " The third issue was: "Did the defendant abandon the plaintiff as alleged in the complaint?" The fact that he had left her was not denied by the defendant, so the jury answered this, "Yes." The Weather for January. The daily mean temperature j for January was above the 32-year average on two-thirds of the days, the excess in temperature reaching as high as 20 degrees a number of times. The accumulated excess for the month reached about 150 degrees or nearly 5 degrees a day; in fact, there has been but little cold weather since Christmas, al- j though December up to that time was the coldest on record at the Charlotte office of the weather bureau. There were 18 cloudy days, with numerous fogs; and j but 7 clear days. And yet the ; total rainfall for the month was slightly less than two inches against a normal for the month of four and twenty-nine hundredths inches, giving a deficiency of nearly two and a half inches. The Spread of Pellagra. "Statistics that are available indicate that the disease is still increasing in the number of eases and in the territory involved." In this way Surgeon General Walter Wyman, of the public health and marine hospital service, discusses pellagra in a report just submitted to Congress. In this report he also says: "Statistics that are available indidate that the disease is steadily increasing in the number of cases and in the territory involved. It has been reported from at least 30 States and the District of Columbia, and practically it may be said to exist over the entire country. Less than three years ago there were only a few cases reported from two or three insane asylums, and although the total number of cases at the present time is unL' nAllfn it" 1C LM/vnifirtr?rxf < L? mvnii r 10 oi^iniiLaiii iiictk Lilt: health officer of a Southern State has recently estimated that his State alone carried 50,(MM) cases. One officer in the hygienic laboratory. who has been designated to study the disease, reports that it is undoubtedly increasing. "The nature of pellagra, both as to its cause and transmission, is obscure." f FORT MILL CITIZENS PETITION I FOR CHANGE IN SCHOOL LAW Within the last month a considerable number of patrons of the , Fort Mill graded school and other ( citizens of the community have ( signed a petition to the General Assembly requesting that the act creating in York county special ( school district No. 2X, the Fort : Mill district, be so amended as to i provide for the election of the trustees by popular vote. Under 1 the present law, the board of : trustees till all vacancies on the i board. 1 The petition requesting the change was forwarded to Senator VV. H. Stewart a few days ago and he has introduced in the senate the following bill: "A hill to amend section 2 of an act entitled 'an act to establish a special school district in York county to be known as "the Fort Mill school > district" and to authorize the levy and collection of a local tax therein,' approved December 23, 1899, by providing for the election of the board of trustees." Long Staple in Anderson. S. A. Burns, a prominent Anderson county farmer, has sold seven bales of long-staple cotton, grown on his farm in Rock Mills ( township, to Lewis W. Parker of Greenville for 18 cents per pound, i The bales averaged 500 pounds , each. Mr. Burns says that the i long-staple cotton grows just as well as the ordinary cotton, mak- ( ing the same yield to the acre. , and with no more fertilizer and < cultivation than is needed for the ] short-staple. He expects to plant . his whole crop this year in longstaple. This particular cotton is known as "Burns' long-staple," and it has been grown with success at Clemson college for two i years or more. Mr. Burns three ' years ago noticed a stalk of cotton in his held that was larger than the rest, and with a finer < grade of lint He preserved the : seed, and from this has been developed the long-staple cotton, i in which he intends to plant his whole crop this year. THE F Regarding the I The "Pure Shoe Law" w erts, Johnson & Rand Shoe "Star Brand" Shoes. All secure was brought to bear to get it passed in the Stat sent samples of pure leathc substitutes for leather shoe turers, to the State Legislat for examination. After these efforts the R ceeded in convincing the needed a "Pure Shoe Law, the house. The fact that i combined political influer who use substitutes for le< of shoes. But the Roberts, Johns given up the fight for the have sent copies of the of other States and have th introduced. Hon. Champ Clark, of IV the manufacturers of "Stai to introduce the "Pure Sh Congress. "Star Brand She | Mills & Y Fort Mill agents for * MESSAGE HOLDS THAT COURT IS NOT ADHERING TO THE LAW Charging that the supreme court itself is careless of obedience to the constitution, and declaring that many members of the General Assembly violate the constitution by holding their seats and at the same time serving as trustees of State institutions, Governor Blease sent to the General Assembly Saturday afternoon a special message suggesting appointment of a joint committee to ascertain what persons, in the Legislature or holding other official positions, are trustees of State institutions. Owing to the fact that few trustees trouble to take out commissions as such, the records in the office of the secretary of state do not show just who are trustees of State institutions and so are of little help in determin ing just what persons are referred to by the governor. The records do show, however, that State Land Agent D. W. McLaurin is also a trustee of Winthrop college. Judge Robert Aidrich, commissioned in HR)6 as a trustee of Clemson. is still carried on these records as a trustee, but in fact he was succeeded on the Clemson board by Mr, Rawl of Batesburg. Railroad Commissioner John G. Richards. Jr.. is also a trustee of Clemson, though not so commissioned. Another Clemson trustee not commissioned is Senator Alan Johnstone of Newberry. Still another member of the Clemson board who is without a commission is Senator B. R. Tillman. Chief Harris on Hand. Dave Harris, chief of the Catawba Indians, is in Columbia to look after legislation for his people. There is a proposition before the General Assembly calling for an appropriation of $60,000, to be used in providing for the tribe, which numbers about 100. The appropriation would provide permanently for the tribe. :ACTS Pure Shoe Bill. as prepared by the Rob; Co., makers of the famous the influence they could on the bill in their desire e of Missouri. The firm ;r "Star Brand" Shoes, and s made by other manufac;ure at Jefferson City, Mo., J. & R. Co. finally sucsenate that this country but the bill was killed in t was lost was due to the ice of the manufacturers either in the manufacture ion & Rand Co. has not "Pure Shoe Law." They law to the Legislatures leir promise that it will be lissouri, has, according to Brand" Shoes, promised oe Law" in the National >es Are Better." oung Co. I 'Star Brand" Shoes.