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The Fort Mill Times.
VOLUME 19-lfO. 46. FORT MILL. S. C? THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 16. 1911 .. - "
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TILLMAN MAINTAINS HIS RIGHT
# TO HOLD THE TRUSTEESHIPS
Senator B. R. Tillman has^iven
the press a statement in which he
says that the word "office" where
it occurs in the constitution of
South Carolina does not embrace
that of trustee of a college, and
that therefore he is within both
the letter and the spirit of the
law in holding the office of senator
while at the same time trustee
of Winthrop and Clemson
colleges.
Senator Tillman says he assisted
in framing the section of
the constitution regarding the
right to hold two offices at once
and that the meaning of the
term 4 'office'' was discussed at the
time with the result that it was
t r\ l\n r?nf 1 r*nA?v\r\nf lUlri f a Ur*l a!
ncivi tu uc i iui 11 iK^vJiu j;anuit iw iiuiu
office and be a college trustee at
the same time. He insists that
it would have been absurd for
him to frame any part of the
constitution which would legislate
him out of the trusteeship
of a college he loved so well and
had done so much for.
Fort Mill's Live Stock Market.
The reputation of Fort Mill as
one of the best horse and mule
markets in this section has gone
abroad and within the last few
weeks a number of North Carolina,
Virginia and Tennessee
dealers have made their headquarters
in town and all have
been pleased with the amount ol
business done. While the great
er number of sales of work
animals for use in this community
have been made by local dealers,
it is a good advertisement for the
town to have outside dealers come
in and go away pleased with
what they were able to do here.
Today there are perhaps more
first class mules and horses ir
Fort Mill, town and township,
than at any previous time. The
farmer with poor stock is the ex
ception rather than the rule. As
an indication of the amount ol
business done in Fort Mill by live
. stock dealers since the first oi
1** last December, the statement is
made by one whp is in position tc
know that between $22,000 anc
$25,000 has been invested ir
young mules and horses.
Dr. Spratt Quits Militia.
Having tired of service in the
State militia. Dr. J. L. Spratl
some days ago forwarded to Col.
W. W. Lewis, of the First regiment,
his resignation as quartermaster
and commissary of the
second battalion, with the rank
of lieutenant. Notice of the acceptance
of the resignation was
received by Dr. Spratt from the
adjutant general's office Tuesday
morning. The second battalion is
composed of the Fort Mill, Yorkville,
Spartanburg and Union
companies and the vacancy will
be filled by the appointment of a
member of one of these comryo
nine T t i'o on f Lnf
I^aiucot a. l d<iiu Lllcit U1IC ui IWl
members of the Fort Mill company
would be pleased to succeed
Dr. Spratt and that their applications
will be submitted to Col.
Lewis in a few days.
New Home for Congressman Finley.
Congressman D. E. Finley has
awarded a contract for the erection
of a handsome and commodious
dwelling to be erected or
his lot on Congress street ir
Yorkville. The material is now
being placed on the ground anc
it is expected that the building
will be completed and ready foi
occupancy during the coming
summer. The building now or
the lot, which Mr. Finley anc
his family have been occupying
for a number of years, has long
been a landmark. It was erectec
in about 1810, and during the enit
me interval, wiin ine excepuor
of about 15 or 20 years, has beer
occupied by lawyers.
Convincing Argument.
Yorkville Enquirer.
We are inclined to think that a
few thousand dollars might be
invested in the court house to
A advantage in the installation of a
steam heating plant, and we
think also that a fireproof vault
might be installed in the office of
the county treasurer to advantage.
* * * At the same time it
will have to be admitted that the
present building is fully eaual to
any present, practical need.
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What Direct Election of Senators Means.
i The injection of the race question
into the debate in the United
States senate on the adoption of
the proposed ameudment to the
Federal constitution for the popui
lar election of senators has had
; the effect of making the passage
of the amendment doubtful, but
it is nevertheless interesting to
note the advantages that wouid
be gained by a change from the
present mode of electing United
States senators by the Legislatures
of the various States to the
plan of choosing them by direct
vote of the people:
It would make United States
senators more responsive to the
wishes of the people, whose
States they represent, by placing
them in closer touch with the
people.
It would prevent, to a large degree.
the corruption of Legislatures,
and particularly prevent
[ their corruption in connection
, with the election of senators, for
I they would have nothing more
to do with such matters. The
corruption of Legislatures in the
matter of electing senators now
frequently is reflected in the
5 legislative action of the legislas
tors in State matters, apart from
; the election of senators, and such
' corruption tends to the destruc
tion of the rights and liberties
? of the people. Such agitation as
- followed the election of Senator
! Wiiiiam Lorimer in Illinois, and
c which is now before the senate,
- would not be possible under a
: plan of electing senators by dir
rect vote of the people.
It would prevent the improper
; use of money in the campaigns
; | before the electorate, by men
i with ambition to obtain a seat
, in the senate, frequently by men
;! without legislative experience,
11 and whose only recommendation
, i is the size of the check they are
; able to draw.
It would prevent disturbance
5 and turmoil in State Legislatures,
f | It would compel candidates to
; subject themselves to the severe
f scrutiny of a campaign before
; the people, whose suffrages they
> might seek, and tend toward the
1 selection of men best fitted for
\ the important office.
It would prevent legislative
deadlocks due to the contest
among rival candidates, such as
are witnessed almost every other
! year, when a senator is to be
- chosen in some State.
Winthrop Rejoices.
The Winthrop college communi;
ty is greatly pleased over the
- success of Senator Stewart and
> Representative Saye in getting
? a legislative anDronriation of
' $60,000 for the industrial, arts
; and science building to be erected
. at the college within the next
few months. "This building is
I needed for the proper and adei
quate accommodation of the de.
partments of cooking, sewing,
i elementary agriculture, physics,
. chemistry, geology, biology, man1
ual training and such other
practical subjects," says a Winthrop
correspondent.
An Aiken Girl's Achievement.
Aiken county has been afforded
> a great deal of advertising by
Miss Katie Gunter, a modest
- little girl of Samaria, who is the
\ champion raiser of tomatoes in
1 the world. Miss Gunter raised,
' last year, and canned on one1
tenth of an acre of land 512 quart
r cans of tomatoes, 10 quart jars
r of pickles, 8 pint jars of pickles,
r 6 pint jars of catsup. 8 pint jars
i of tomato preserves and 5 quart
I jars of peach preserves. At this
f rate Miss Gunter was raising
: 5,380 quart cans of tomatoes per
I Qprp T l-i oca
. mtoc kuniaiucs were
packed much closer in cans than
i the bought ones, and are cheap
i at ten cents each, at which rate
her tomatoes were worth $51.20,
which is $512 per acre.
"Unjast Discrimination."
, Charlotte Observer.
The Fort Mill Times wants to
? know why the train announcers
at the Southern Railway station
in Charlotte and Columbia persist
in omitting the name of that
community. We think this is an
undoubted case of uniust dis;
crimination and wish The Times
t every success in its attempt to
> bring the careless heralds to
time.
SESSION MAY BE PROLONGED
BY APPROPRIATION BILL VETO |
While it seems probable that
the General Assembly will adjourn
sine die Saturday, final ad-!
journment depends to a considerable
extent on what Governor
Blease does with the appropriation
bill and other important j
matters, says the Columbia Record.
If he should decide to veto j
the appropriation bill, as it has
been urged by several newspapers
that he should do, or if
he should veto certain other bills,
i it would require a prolongation i
i of the session. The governor 1
I i a. ^
uctn luc power 10 veto any Dill,
but in the case of an appropriation
bill he may veto any section
or item which he does not approve
and may approve the
balance of the bill. He must return
any bill that he vetoes to
the house in which it originated
within three days after its receipt,
unless in the meantime the
General Assembly has adjourned.
It is customary for the General
Assembly not to adjourn until
a message has been received from
the governor stating that he has
signed the appropriation bill.
"An Infair of 1776."
Encouraged by the success of
the ladies of the Methodist church
who gave an entertainment in
the auditorium of the graded
school building some weeks ago
from which they made a substantial
sum of money, the Fort
Mill Daughters of the American
Revolution will give "An Infair
of 1776" in the town hall on the
evening of the 23rd instant. A
small admission fee is to be
charged and the proceeds of the
entertainment will be divided between
the graded school and the
fund to erect the monument on
the capitol grounds in Columbia
to the State's partizan generals
of the Revolution. The Daughters
of South Carolina are making
a supreme effort to collect their
part of the money necessarv to
erect the monument, a legislative
appropriation for the purpose
having been made several years
ago conditional upon the Daughters
contributing $5,500 to the
monument fund. The Daughters
already have a substantial sum
in their treasury for the monu!
ment fund, but work on the monument
will not be begun until
the entire $5,500 is in hand. The
undertaking is a worthy one and
it is hoped that the entertainment
will be liberally patronized.
Hawkers' and Peddlers' License.
The State senate passed Monday
night Senator Summers' bill
amending the present laws so
as to fix a license of $500 for
"hawkers and ' peddlers" who
take chattel mortgages to secure
unpaid balance of purchase
price. This bill is a compromise
for a bill introduced by Mr. Mars
some time since to prevent the
foreclosure of a past due chattel
mortgage between certain months
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oi tne year, mat Dill was killed
but its object, to provide a means
of defense against "hawkersand
peddlers" who made a practice
of collecting their past due moitgages
during the early months
of the year, was recognized as a
good one. and Senator Summers'
bill was framed accordingly.
Thirty Days for Selling Cocaine.
Police Officer Potts did a clever
piece of work Thursday afternoon
in arresting Jess Brockman,
a negro who said his home was
in Charlotte, on the charge of
selling cocaine in Fort Mill. The
negro was given a hearing before
Mayor Harris Friday afternoon
and fined $60 or 30 days on the
chaingang. He was taken to
thechaingang Saturday morning.
tsrockman came to Fort Mill early
Thursday morning and the police
officer decided he would bear
watching. Later in the day he
was seen in company with two
negroes who are known to be
cocaine fiends. These negroes
admitted they had bought the
drug from the Charlotte negro
after Officer Potts discovered
traces of it in their nostrils.
When Brockman was arrested he
had a bottle and two packages
labeled cocaine in his pockets and
this circumstance together with
the testimony of the Fort Mill
negroes was enough to convict.
PLOT TO RUIN COTTON CROP
WITH BOLL WEEVIL UNCOVERED
An alleged conspiracy by crooked
speculators to ruin the South's
cotton crop by secretly distributing
thousands of live boll weevils
in the fields under cover of night
was brought to light in Atlanta
Saturday when Governor-elect
Hoke Smith made public a letter
of warning, sent him anonymously
by a New Orleans business
man. This man called at Mr.
Smith's office Friday afternoon,
made known his identity and
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good faith, and corroborated all
the statements in the letter.
Two men approached him in
New Orleans a short time ago,
he declares, and solicited his help
in a diabolical scheme to curtail
this year's crop by inundating
Georgia and South Carolina with
the weevils, buying great quantities
of October cotton now. and
selling when the crop shortage
sent prices higher, making a fortune
for themselves, at the awful
expense of devastating one of
the richest agricultural sections
of the Union, not only for one
| year but for years to come.
The author of the letter says
he swore to the two men that he
j would not disclose their names,
and insists that his own be with|
held from publication. He went
from Birmingham to Atlanta Friday
to assure Goverrtor-elect
1 Smith of his good faith. He
convinced Mr. Smith that he was
not a crank, and not a grafter,
for he wanted nothing. He simply
felt it his duty to make the
matter public, just as Mr. Smith
now feels it his duty to give the
contents of the letter to all the
farmers of the South, through
the newspapers. Both he and
Mr. Smith are inclined to believe
i that the widespread publication
! and exposure of the scheme, putting
the farmers on notice, and
uiuusuiK iiicm lu proicci ineir
' fields, with armed force if necessary,
will force the conspirators
to abandon their plans.
Court House in the Country.
Mr. V. B. Blankenship returned
to Fort Mill Sunday from a prospecting
trip to Sanford, N. C.,
and the country roundabout,
whither he had gone with a view
of moving to that section and
engaging in the lumber business.
Sanford is almost in the central
part of North Carolina and is a
: progressive town of 2,500 people,
to which it has grown from 900
five years ago. An odd and interesting
thing noted by Mr.
Blankenship on his trip through
the country near Sanford is that,
the court house of Lee county is
in the country midway between
Sanford and Jonesboro. Sanford
and Jonesboro are rival towns,
two miles apart. Both are in
Lee county and when the formation
of the county was under way
a few years ago neither would
give way to the other as the
most suitable place for the county
seat, so a compromise was effected
by locating the court house
m irl u'Oi' Kof -~ 4 * c
Illurioj ucmccil tue luwns. 1V1 r.
Blankenship is undecided whether
he will move to San ford, but
thinks that the town has a promising
future.
Campaign for Farmers' Union.
Beginning Monday, February
27, a two weeks' campaign is to
be made in York county in the
interest of the Farmers' union
by J. B. O'Neall Holloway, deputy
organizer for the State. The
purpose of the canvass is to revive
and strengthen the local
unions in the county and to organize
new local unions, with a
view to putting the union in a
position to do more effective work
in the future than it has been
doing in the past.
"Nice Looking People."
Jesse J. Russell and Miss Nora
Davenport, a North Carolina
couple, drove through the country
from Charlotte to Fort Mill Saturday
afternoon and were married
by Magistrate J. W. McElhaney.
When asked by the magistrate
to give their residence, Russell
replied that it was Charlotte, but
Magistrate McElhaney remarked
to The Times that he did not believe
their home was in Charlotte
? "they were nice looking people."
The Fort Mill Business School. J
A splendid opportunity will be
offered the ambitious boys and
girls of this section to gain a
business education at home by ]
the opening of the Fort Mill ,
Business school, on the evening
of the 20th inst., with Prof. J. J. J
Bailes as principal. The school j
will occupy rooms in the Ardrey
building, which have been nicely t
fitted up for the purpose, and the c
classes in double-entry bookkeep- 1
ing, business arithmetic, spell- i
ing, ornamental and business t
penmanship, etc., will be taught j
from 8 to 10 o'clock on Monday, i
Wednesday and Friday evening, t
As soon as the machines can be ^
- secured it is the purpose of Prof. r
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canes 10 enroll classes in short- ;
hand and typewriting. In this <
work he probably will be assisted (
by M. S. Young, bookkeeper for \
| the E. VV. Kimbrell Co. Prof, j
Bailes has had wide experience c
as a teacher of modern business
methods. He is a graduate of <
the Eastman National Business i
college, Poughkeepsie, N. Y., j
where he won first prize for ex- <
pert penmanship over a large |
number of competitors. Since j
graduating at the Poughkeepsie l
school Prof. Bailes has taught i
successfully in one of the largest <
business colleges in Pennsyl- j
vania. The outlook for the Fort <
Mill Business school is encourag- <
ing, a score or more students <
having already been enrolled.
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Ernest Whitesell Station Agent. '
Capt. T. B. Spratt has been *
succeeded as Fort Mill station |
agent of the Southern railway by .
Ernest Whitesell, who has held j
the position of assistant to the ^
agent for several months. Tues- j
day morning Auditor Bethune
Glass came from Columbia to j
Fort Mill and spent the day |
checking in Capt. Spratt and
Wednesday morning Mr. Whitesell
assumed the duties of station
J agent. Mr. Whitesell has had
considerable experience in rail|
road work and his friends are '
confident he will fill the position i
satisfactorily to both the company <
and the local patrons of the road. I
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I Keep You
Open and
Our advertiser!
that you will know
I what you want. N
ing in almost every
is to your interest tc
anrl inoif no
imu VIOil UO U1U II.
goods that have arm
600 pairs of Oxfor<
all the best leathers
for men, women a
shoes are strictly I 9
One lot ladies' Sf
Underwear and G
prices. 50 pieces (
bright spring patterr
We re expecting
this week of ladies'
Goods, misses' anc
DrpQCPC F mkfr?ir]pr
I??A v-'vyv/v,/*-* y M 4 JL A A Ky A 1V4V/ X
Come to see us often and 1
things for Spring.
Mills & Y
Fort Mill agents for *
AMENDMENTS TO MILITARY CODE
ADOPTED BY THE LEGISLATURE
Members of the South Carolina
National Guard have watched
vith considerable interest the
progress before the General Assembly
of the bill, recommended
Dy the National Guard associa:ion,
amending the military code
)f the State in several important
espects. Of particular interest
s the amendment providing for
.he bonding of the adjutant
general in the sum of $1(),0CH)
md that with reference to
.he compensation of the militia
,vhen on duty aiding civil officers.
The bill has passed both the house
md senate and only lacks the
signature of the governor to become
law. The section of the
jill relating to the pay of officers
md men engaged in the service
>f the State is as follow:
"When the militia are ordered
\1 if tr/\l?iw?f ? J
;ub, ?ji uavc vuiuiaCCICU 1UI UIIU
Yvhile they are in active service,
is heretofore specified, or are in
:amps of instruction, they shall
ae subject to the same ruies and
irticles of war as troops of the
United States, and during their
:erm of service be entitled to the
*ame pay, rations and allowances
for clothing as are, or may be,
established by law for the army
)f the United States. When
lalled upon as a military organisation
to aid any civil officer in
:he execution of the law or the
preservation of the peace, each
officer and enlisted man of the
militia so engaged shall receive
:he sum of $1.50 per day and
actual expenses, to be paid by
:he governor, through the commanding
officer of the organiza:ion
so ordered out. When the
National Guard and the Naval
Militia are on duty together at
fhe same time, the commanding
officer of the National Guard shall
command the whole force."
The next meeting of the County
Teachers association will be held
n Yorkville March 11. An inter?sting
program has been arranged
for the day 's exercises.
ir Eyes 1
Read
lents each week so
just where to find
ew goods are cornday.
Therefore, it
) watch this space ]
The new spring I
ived this week are
ds and Pumps in
and newest shapes
nd children. The
11 I styles,
lirt Waists, Muslin
iowns at popular
jingham in pretty
is at 1 Oc the yard.
\ our hrst shipment
Neckwear, White
I children's spring
y, Laces, etc.
ceep in touch with the new
oung Co.
'Star Brand" Shoes.