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if The Fort Mill Times. VOLUME 19?NO. 45. vm?t tltttt o n 7 -?-? ? ? -? ? 0RT MILL' S C THgBSDAY' FEBBPABY 9. 1911. $1.25 PER YEAR" * GOVERNOR BLEASE COMMENDS I WORK OF LIEUT. COL. LINDSAY The disappointment the friends of Col. John R. Lindsay, of York- ' ville, disbursing officer of the National Guard of South Carolina, felt over the announcement some days ago that Governor Blease had decided to appoint Col. Charles Newnham, of Columbia, the successor of Col. Lindsay, instead of reappointing the popular York man, is certain to be largely dispelled by the kindly consideration shown Col. Lindsay by Governor Blease during the last few days. As will be seen from the correspondence which passed between the governor and Col. Lindsay following the announcement of the selection of Maj. Newnham, the governor certainly was not influenced in refusing to reappoint Col. Lindsay by the unsupported stories of extravagance, etc.. circulated against Col. Lindsay, j Governor Blease was requested! some months ago to appoint! M.,; .. 1 : iuaj. 11r \> 1111 c? 111 uiouuioiu^ um- j cer. Without Riving the matter < much thought the governor 1 agreed to do so, knowing that ] | Maj. Newnham was a militia i ' officer of years' experience who would fill the office with credit to k himself and in the interest of the \ service. That the governor rek gards Col. Lindsay very highly W is evinced by the tender of a 1 staff position to the former since L the decision was reached to ap- j J point Maj. Newnham disbursing | officer. The following corres- j pondence recently passed between Governor Blease and Col. j Lindsay: \ State of South Carolina, Executive Chamber. Columbia. Jan. 25, 1911. Col. J. R. Lindsav, Yorkville, ; S. C. Dear Colonel: Just after my nomination for governor, 1 prom- ! ised Maj. Charles Newnham that W I would appoint him disbursing officer, and I have done so. and wish to assure you that from whkt I have heard of you through our mutual friends and from re-, ports that have come to me from militnrv nffimalc T t-wilrt vnn in the highest esteem; that I do not think you have intentionally done any wrong in the discharge of your duties in this position, ' and the change is certainly no J reflection whatever ui>on you and cannot and must not be so con- j strued. On account of this appointment, there is a vacancy with the rank of colonel on my military staff which I now beg leave to tender you, and it will give me pleasure to send you a commission if you will accept same. With kindest regards, Very respectfully, I Cole L. Blease, Governor. Yorkville, Jan. 30, 1911. Hon. Cole L. Blease, Governor, State of South Carolina, Columbia, S. C. Sir: I have the honor to acknowledge receipt of your letter of Jan. 25, 1911, and to state that the reason I did not make imme diate reply was because I was away from my office and did not get the letter until yesterday. I desire to express to you, sir. my great appreciation of, and sincere thanks for, your expressions of esteem for me and your commendation of my work as United States disbursing officer for South Carolina. The tender of an appointment on your military staff, with the rank of colonel, contained in your letter, is an honor which I appreciate highly, but as its acceptl ance would necessitate my resig^ nation as lieutenant colonel of ^ the First infantry. National J Guard of South Carolina, and, jg?' therefore, take me out of the active militia of the State, I would prefer, if it meets your approval, to decline the staff apW pointment. A mi !_ - / inanKing you again ior your kind letter, I am, Very respectfully, John R. Lindsay, Lt. Col. First Inf., N. G. S. C. State of South Carolina, Executive Chamber. Columbia, Feb. 1, 1911. Col. John R. Lindsay, Yorkville. Dear Sir: The governor diitt JNUSUAL AMOUNT OF WORK DONE ON MANY YORK FARMS If good crops are not made in fork county this year the failure vill not be due to lack of early 'arm work, according to statenents made during the week by armers from diffent sections of he county. Not within several fears has the month of January seen as much plowing and other preparatory work done for the fear's crops. The weather has peen almost ideal since the first pf the year for all kinds of outloor work and the farm on which idvantage has not been taken of .1 : :?s i-v A - ? ,nc* mviung cunaiuons 10 prepare ands thoroughly for the reception of the seeds that will be put n a few weeks hence is the exoption rather than the rule. In the Fort Mill section of the county, as perhaps in other seclions, farm work has gone along so steadily for the last six weeks :hat not a few laborers are idle this week because there is nothing left for them to do. But the enforced idleness will last only a few days, as the season is at band for hauling commercial fertilizers to the farms and if the weather is favorable for the next ten days many car loads doubtless will be hauled out of town. Already the shipments of fertilizers to local dealers has been unusually heavy and the indications are that the amoui.t used this year will likely exceed that of any previous year. Very few of the many freight trains which pass through Fort Mill fail to leave a consignment of fertilizer for some local dealer. One School Board Resolution. At a meeting of the board of trustees of the Fort Mill graded school held about live weeks ago a resolution was introduced by Mr. L. J. Massey providing that a statement of the cost of the new school building and equipment be printed in The Times. The resolution was agreed to after the adoption of an amendment to the effect that the statement would be made public if The Times agreed to print it without cost to the school. Afterwards a committee of three trustees was appointed to prepare the statement, but if the work is under way The Times is not so informed. Certainly no request has been made of the paper to publish such a statement, which would have seemed the primary step toward letting the public know the cost of the building, equipment, etc. Charged With Forgery. In default of a $200 bond, Grover Porter, a 20-year-old Fort Mill negro boy, was committed to the county jail Sunday morning by Magistrate John W. McElhaney. Porter was arrested SaturJ - r. * - > > ? uity aiturnoon at tne piant oi tne Charlotte Brick company, two miles south of town, where he was at work, charged with forgery by J. P. Billue. Tuesday, Wednesday and Friday evening of last week Porter presented to Mr. Billue for payment three orders, aggregating in amount $8.90, and purporting to be signed by J. H. and S. P. Sutton, well known farmers of the community. The full amount of the orders was paid the negro in cash by Mr. Billue, but upon mentioning the transaction to the Messrs. Sutton Saturday morning Mr. Billue was informed that the orders v. ere forgeries. The arrest of Porter followed. Forgery in South Carolina is a serious offence, punishable by from one to seven years' imprisonment. rects me to acknowledge receipt of you letter of January 30, to which he has given very careful consideration. He would not want you to make any sacrifice to accept the appointment on his staff, as much as he regrets your not being able to serve. He further directs me to express his sincere appreciation for the kind words you have to say in his behalf and to assure you of his high regard. Yours very truly, Rowland, Private Secretary. GRAVES OF SOUTH'S SOLDIERS DESIGNATED BY IRON MARKERS An appropriate iron marker, beautiful in design and ornamental in appearance, now distinguishes the gave of every Confederate soldier sleeping the last long sleep in the Fort Mill cemetery. The thoughtfulness thus displayed in marking the graves of the soldiers of the South is the conception of the Daughters of the Confederacy and is another evidence of their untiring effort to perpetuate the memory of the men who wrought so mightily to establish a permanent place in the family of nations for the dead republic so dear to the hearts of all true Southerners. For the success of the undertaking to place the markers upon the graves of the soldiers verylittle credit is due anyone other than the Daughters; with the exception of the contributions of _ / n / i ? * - ' a iew ^onieaerate veterans they have received little financial aid, though the undertaking was most laudable and the cost of the markers considerable. The work of raising funds for the undertaking was begun several months ago. The marker is a maltese cross in design and is one foot square with a supporting spear 18 inches in length. On the face of the marker appear the Latin words "Deo Vindice" (God vindicates), surrounded by a laurel wreath. Below the wreath is a star, in the points of which are the years of the war, 1861-1865: On the reverse side of the marker, in large letters, is the C. S. A., also surrounded by a laurel wreath. The following is a list of the soldiers on whose graves the markers were placed: Stanhope Harris, John Robert Harris, - - . Wilkinson, J. C. Jones, W. I. Jones. Win, Gibson, D. D. A. Belk, A. J. Downs, Thos. Thomasson, Col. John M. White, L. S. White. Thos. Wolfe, Parks Hunter, Columbus McDowell, Sam'l Blankenship, W. R. Freeman, W. H. Mangum, Wm. Wright. Thos. Hannon, Hugh Gibson, Rev. Wm. Banks, j Dr. S. A. Kell, Wm. Wilson, i J. 1). Johnston, D. G. Bennett, { Rev. J. H. Thornwell, D. D., L. N. Culp, A. J. Patterson, R. E. Lee, John Gordon. Lerov Kimbrell, P. K. Mull. Dr. T. B. Meacham, Green Burns, S. J. Ormand, Wm. Mack, Capt. J. J. Drakeford, Capt. M. M. Wolfe, John Thompson, T. C. Spratt. Work of the Graded School. In the January report of the work of the pupils of the high school department of the Fort **:ii i ?l ~_i 1 ivAiii &iuueu stiiooi uiere are no narres on the honor roll, not one student having made the general average of 95 necessary to secure a place on the roll. "But there are," says Prof. Crum, "a number of pupils who have done exceptionally good work and deserve special mention." It has been decided in connection with the work of the high school department to create a "distinction list" on which the names of pupils making an average above 90 will be placed. The following is the distinction list and honor roll of the various grades of the school for the month of January: Distinction List,Tenth GradeAline Barber, Ola Crowder. Ninth Grade?Monroe White, Mamie Jack Massey, Lana Parks. Eighth Grade ? Ike Yarborough, Ethel Armstrong, Sara Culp. Seventh Grade, Honor Roll ? Frances Smith. Distinction list, Violet Culp, James Gaston. Clar ence Link, Esther Meacham, Margaret Spratt, James Young. Fifth and Sixth Grades?Nc pupil in these grades made an average of 90. Fourth Grade, Honor Roll ? Eula Patterson, Malcolm Link, Ruth McLaughlin, Marjory Blankenship, Mary Spratt. Third Grade, Honor Roll-Atmar Adcock. Second Grade, Honor Roll ? Pettus Blankenship, Blanche Moser. Distinction list, Hattie Belk, Floride Flemming, Ethe Hughes, Vernon Plyler, Roberl YVri^ht. First Grade, Honor Roll Lil lie Epps, Elma Bradford, Bessie Crayton, Marion Mills, Sam Ma gill, Willie McKain, Vallie John son. Marion Parks, Hallie Grigg Charlie Moser, Bennett Hoag land. \ t WINTHROP'S PICTURE HOUSE VOTED $60,000 BY THE SENATE When Senator Stewart's bill, providing for the erection of an industrial, arts and science buildj ing at Winthrop college, and apj propriating the necessary funds, was reached in the senate Tues: day. Senator W. L. Mauldin, of Greenville, moved after a brief statement of his position to strike out the enacting words. He stated that he would vote against ; appropriations this year for any | State institution. "If we accede I to all requests for appropriations 1 for State schools, the tax levy will bo 5 3-4 mills and over," said Senator Mauldin. "and I think the taxpayers of the State | are entitled to some relief." He stated that he did not intend to single out Winthrop but was opposed to these appropriations this year. Senator Stewart made a strong argument for th?> hill to the Columbia Record, and his motion to table the motion to strike out the enacting words , prevailed. The bill was then ; passed to the house. It provides an appropriation of $60,000 for this building, to be divided between the years of 1911 and 1912. ? Mr. Finley's Vote for San Francisco. Some surprise has been expressed at the fact that Congressman Finley, of this State, voted for San Francisco rather than New Orleans in the exposition tight on Tuesday. Mr. Finley explained his vote at the time, says The News and Cou[ rier. He and Mr. Johnson both answered the criticism of Mr. Gillett, of Massachusetts, who stated to the house that South Carolina, after giving assurance that no appropriation would be I asked of Congress, subsequently log-rolled such an appropriation , through Congress. Mr. Johnson declared that there was no logrolling about it. He and Mr. Finley both declared that no appropriation would have been made for the Charleston exposition had not Congress desired to ; make a deficiency appropriation lot $500,000 lor Buffalo. Mr. Fin; ley, who led the fight for the ! Charleston appropriation, declared that he did not raise his voice in its behalf "until it was ; settled and sure that Buffalo j would get the $500,000," and that then he did all he could "to have fair dealing prevail, that fish should not be made of one and fowl of the other." "I won that fight for Charleston," he continued, "because the house of representatives, because the speaker at that time, Mr. Speaker Henderson, because the membership of this house, almost without exception, realized they could not decently give to Buffalo $500,000 and then refuse | $160,000 to Charleston." Mr. Finley declared, however, that | he had made up his mind then | never again to vote for another | appropriation to any exposition company and that his reason for 11 supporting San Francisco against ' XT r\-1 i ?i- -. e- . i - . new wneaiiH lay in Liie iact mat New Orleans was asking for $1,000,000 and San Francisco for not a cent. No Graft in County Dispensaries. The intimation of corruption in | the county dispensaries, while ; not widespread, has been heard ! in this State; therefore, the report of Dispensary Auditor Dan iels on this subject is of particular ! interest, especially at this time, when again the State dispensary m is in the limelight, i' Mr. Daniels reports: "The writer has been present ! ?i. iL. * L!J_ -s. 1 at me opening 01 uius at several of the board meetings, and has I had opportunity of witnessing i the breaking of the seals on hun dreds of bids, but so far has failed, after careful scrutiny and most open and free access to all - papers and figures, to discovei i any direct or indirect reference, 1 hint or suspicion of any kind or t sort of collusion between dealers or bidders and the county board - members. The task of selecting i suitable quality and quantity ol - liquors to meet a future demand - of three months is no small one, . but, nevertheless, it seems tc - have been carried forward in ? , masterly manner." SCHOOL TRUSTEE NOT AVERSE TO PEOPLE ELECTING BOARD At least one member of the board of trustees of the Fort Mill graded school. Mr. L. J. Massey. does not look with disfavor upon the proposition to submit the selection of the board of trustees to the voters of the district instead of the present board continuing in office and electing trustees to fill vacancies as they may occurr from time to time. In a statement made to The Times yesterday morning Mr. Massey said that while he did not sign j the petition to the Legislature praying that the law be amended to give the voters the power to name the trustees, he could see no objection to the change. "It would seem to me," said Mr. Massey, "that the voters are entitled to a voice in the selection of the trustees. If they are competent to select our town officials, they are certainly equally competent to select the board of trustees of the srVinnl far as the proposed change in the law might effect my connection with the board, that is a matter of little concern to me. I have been a member of the board a long time and am ready to give way to someone else when the people decide the interests of the school demand such a change." To Leave Fort Mill. Contrary to previously formed I plans, Mr. Craig Kite has decided to give up within a few weeks the position he has held i with the C. M. Kite company for the last year and is arranging to accept one of several places he has been offered as traveling salesman. Mr. Kite's decision to leave Fort Mill will be regretted generally. He is one of the town's most popular young business men and since he moved to Fort Mill about a year ago has built up a splendid business and by his obliging disposition has attracted to himself a wide circle of friends who will wish him well in anything he undertakes. ? I?HI I Fit lor a Prince. Spring < of Tailor ??? We are pleased on Saturday and 1 1-13, we will hav Cromwell, an exp< Stromberg Custon Baltimore, who wil Opening of made J inor fnr mpn AAAg A V/ A AAA V A A A IV/ than 500 of the v that will be worn tl I mer. Don't forget and Monday, Febri Every suit bear for a Prince/' is gu T X . r rices are reasoi ij ? | Mills & \ Fort Mill agents for i \ COTTON EXPORTS LAST YEAR REACHED HALF BILLION MARK Cotton exports reached highwater mark last year. While the number of bales exported was not so high as in some past years, the returns were very much more satisfying, $531,000,000 being the value of the raw product sent to foreign lands. This was $62,000,000 better than the total price .innn IC^CIVCU HI LOW. So far as the quantity of cotton exported is concerned. 11)08 has the high record to date, but the export price that year was only 10 cents, as compared to an average price of 14 1-2 cents a pound last year. This was an unusually high price. In the single month of December, 11)10, the value of the cotton exported amounted to $103,000,000, the average price being 14.8 as compared to 15 cents in the months of July and August. When it is recalled that the cotton exported is about twothirds of our total production, the total value of the crop, including the value of the onethird retained for home consumption, amounts to the impressive total of $800,000,000. Why Overlook Fort Mill ? In the opinion of at least one Fort Mill man the officials of the Southern railway at Charlotte and Columbia should direct the attention of the train announcers in those cities to the fact that in calling the stations between Charlotte and Columbia, and vice versa, an inexcusable oversight 1*1 i 1 it. i* M is <iaiiy practiced in me ianure to include Fort Mill as one of the towns on the line. Fort Mill is the third most most important town on the road and it is believed that the passenger business of the town is second only to that of Rock Hill. Why the announcers fail to name Fort Mill as one of the towns to which the trains go and invariably announce Winnsboro and Ridgeway is a bit incongruous to say the least. Opening ed Goods ?? I to announce that iv n 1 i Monday, February e with us Mr. E. B. I ert cutter from the 1 Tailoring Co., of 1 conduct our Spring -to-measure Clothwill show you more ery latest creations his spring and sumthe date, Saturday nary 1 1-13. ing the mark, "Fit laranfAArl LtAA IA1 1 LVyV/U lable, $ 1 5 to $50. oung Co.