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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
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,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
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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
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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
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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.
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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.
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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
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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.
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of Tailor
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We are pleased
on Saturday and
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Cromwell, an exp<
Stromberg Custon
Baltimore, who wil
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that will be worn tl
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and Monday, Febri
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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.
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I to announce that
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Monday, February
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ert cutter from the
1 Tailoring Co., of
1 conduct our Spring
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show you more
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his spring and sumthe
date, Saturday
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