Fort Mill times. (Fort Mill, S.C.) 1892-current, February 23, 1911, Image 1
The Fort Mill Times.
VOLUME 19 ? NO. 47. FORT MILL, S. C., THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 23, 1911. $1.25 PER YEAR
GOVERNOR'S VETO SAVES STATE
MANY THOUSANDS OF DOLLARS
s
Governor Blease has reduced *
the expense of the State govern- a
ment for the current year ap- [
proximately $70,000 by vetoing
certain sections of the appropria- t
tion bill of the General Assembly. | v
Items in the appropriation bill j t
amounting to about $20,000 which 1 ?
were vetoed by the governor re- 1
main in the bill, the General As- s
sembly having refused to sustain '
the veto. Governor Blease's rea- c
sons for vetoing certain sections I
of the bill are in part as follows: ?
"I do not veto the entire act. 0
but in obedience to pledges made s
to the people of South Carolina in r
my campaign for the office of r
governor, and doing what I believp
tn ho ritrhf and for the best. L
interests of all the people. I feel r
to redeem those pledges and to s
do my full duty that I must exercise
the right given me under the s
constitution. I do not disapprove ?
all of the items of said bill, but y
mention specifically those which ^
I do disapprove.
"South Carolina pays upwards b
of $20,000 each year interest for P
borrowing money to pay appro-: ji
priations which are made in ex- ?
cess of the amount which is e
collected from her levy. If you t
are going to make the appropriations,
you should make the levy t
sufficient to meet them. b
"Furthermore, South Carolina b
has to borrow from New York a
each year one-third of the money t
that is appropriated to run her t
government. Now. gentlemen, b
behold our condition in debt, s
heavily already, borrowing and t
paying large interest still mak- a
ing appropriations to do what we r
are not compelled to do. and bor- c
rowing money and paying inter- >
est to meet the deficiency. This i s
would be disastrous immediately *
to private industries and must be 1
sooner or later to our grand old 1
Palmetto State. Suppose, gen- I
tlemen, that we were to strike a 1
panic like we had in 1907 and
could not borrow this money, , t
L. what a pitiful condition our proud I
W mother would be in unable to j'
meet her obligations and unable 1 1
to borrow sufficient to meet them. <
Humiliation would follow and dis- i 1
aster would be the result. You j
may say that the panic is not '
coming. None of us thought so
in 1907. The gambling and speculation
which is now going on in
this country, with a few men
controlling the entire money in- |'
terests, may throw it upon us at j
any moment. The wise man
guards against such contingen-1 (
cies. Shall we be wise, or shall1
we be like the foolish virgins,
with our lamps not trimmed and
burning?
"See the amount of appropriations
for 1911; compare with that
the fact that your revenue for
this year from indirect sources
(estimated by your comptroller,
who should know from Ids long
experience in that olhce) is$212,700.
Your taxes, at a levy of
5 3-4 mills on $297,755,000 (ac- '
cording to the estimate by the
same party) will bring in $1,573,621.
making you a grand total
of $1,816,321. Now, gentlemen,
look on the other side of the balance
sheet and see what amounts
this bill appropriates. Where is
the money? How can we pay it?
The people of South Carolina said
to me: "Check it.' The people
of South Carolina are saying to
you: 'Relieve us from our burden;
the yoke is heavier than we
can bear.'
"Gentlemen, you have seen fit
not to do it. L do not criticise i
you. You are a separate and
distinct department of this gov-1
ernment. but I said on every 1
stump in this State that what was i
needed in the executive office was
a man who had the political cour-,
age and the backbone to veto
these appropriations when they j
were extravagant, and that if I
was elected I would do it. The ,
majority of the people of South
Carolina believed me and I must
be true to my trust, let the con
sequences be what they may. The
responsibility will not rest on me,
^ but those who have brought about
the conditions which I attempt
to avoid. When all of us again
appear before the sovereign people,
they must pass judgment,
and to their judgment I will
humbly and peacefully bow, as I
have done in the past whether it
'be in defeat or in success."
Early Gardening.
As the time to begin planting:
pring gardens is at hand, the
tulletin of Clemson college this
veek containing "suggestions to
imateur gardeners" is of timely
nterest:
Frost-proof cabbage or caulilower
plants may be planted now
vithout danger of being injured
>y cold. The plants should be
et in rows 3 feet apart and 24
nches apart in the row and in- i
erted in the ground up to the
irsi leai. leaving me enure stem
overed with soil. The frostnoof
plants or plants that have
[rown in the open ground can be i
ibtained from growers in the
outhern part of the State who
nakea business of growing these
?lants.
English or garden peas may
>e planted any time during the
nonth. For best results the seed
hould be planted about 5 to 6
nches deep. It has been oberved
that the most successful
rardeners do not plant their gar- |
len pea seed more than 21-2 to
inches deep.
The following vegetables may
?e planted in the open ground
iow without danger of being
njured by frost: Beets, lettuce,
ale, onion seed and sets, radishs,
parsnips, parsley, salsify and
urnips.
After the ground has been
horoughly prepared and fertiized,
the above named vegetans
may be planted in rows
bout 24 to 36 inches apart and
he seed sown continuously in
he row. After the plants have
lecome 2 to 3 inches tall, they
hould be thinned out, leaving
he plants from 1 to 3 inches
ipart in the row. Later on, if
lecessary, they may be thinned
>ut stil! some more.
While parsnips, carrots and
?i.i i... . i i. J .1.
i<tiauj miuuui ui' piameu 111 ine
jarly spring, they are usually
lot used until the l'all. Howev;r,
for best results they should
je planted not later than the
niddle of March.
Celery seed should be sown at
:his season in a cool, moist place,
preferably on the north or west
>ide of a building*. The seed may
pe sown in rows about 6 inches
apart and covered very lightly
with fine soil or broadcast and
dightly raked in and the ground
lightly rolled or packed.
Governor Vetoes Acts.
Refusing to aflix his signature.
Governor Blease has vetoed quite
a number of the more important
bills which were passed by the
General Assembly and ratified as
acts. Among these probably the
most important was the act providing
for the distribution to the
public schools of the dispensary
fund of $100,(MX) and the act removing
ministers of the gospel,
nnivsniinni' man ,....1,
iers from the exempted list of
persons not liable to jury duty.
Another bill of importance which
the governor has vetoed provides
for a commission form of government
in certain cities.
New Telephone Directory.
Mr. S. \j. Meaeham has been
busy for the last day or two delivering
to the 400 subscribers
of his Fort Mill and Pineville
telephone exchanges a new directory
which came from the press
Saturday. The directory is carefully
gotten up and is almost free
of errors. The pages of the directory
devoted to the Fort Mill
exchange give the street, public
highway or section in which the
subscriber lives, a feature which
is a decided improvement over
former editions of the directory.
There are many new names in
the directory, indicating that the
telephone development in this
section is continuous.
Death of Mrs. J. M. McCorkle.
After an illness of several clays,
Mrs. Lucy McCorkle. wife of
Mr. J. M. McCorkle, died at her
home in the Steel Creek section
of Mecklenburg county Sunday
morning. Mrs. McCorkle was a
daughter of the late S. N. Merritt
and until her marriage to Mr.
McCorkle several years ago had
always lived in this section. She
was a member of the Raptist
church. Mrs. McCorkle is survived
by her husband and several
children. The interment
was in the Flint Hill cemetery
Monday afternoon.
LOCAL SCHOOL ACT AMENDED, 1
POPULAR ELECTION OF BOARD
By adopting an amendment introduced
in the senate by Mr. (
Stewart and in the house by Mr. 12
Beamguard to section 2 of an act 11
creating special school district, c
No. 28 in York county the Gen- t
eral Assembly has legislated out 1
of office the board of trustees of t
tlif T<Y\vt M ill nri"irlar\ cr?V?rw-?l oiirl ' 1
kliv M. VI V AM III ^iuuvm oviiwi, cum I
hereafter the trustees of the local l *
school will be elected by the peo-! >
pie instead of vacancies occuring j
on the board being filled by the <
trustees themselves as has been I
done in the past. A numerously i
signed petition of the voters of j
the district and patrons of the i
school was sent to Senator Stew- <
art several weeks ago praying t
that the law be so amended as to c
give the people the right to select 1
the trustees and the amendment c
just adopted is the result of the I ]
petition. 11
The law provides that an elec- c
tion is to be held in Fort Mill for! ;
nine trustees of the school be- ]
tween the first of April and the
first of June of the present year,
the date of the election to be
fixed by the present board. Only '
qualified electors may participate (
in the election. There is every 1
indication that the election of [
the new board of trustees, upon
whom will devolve the selection
of the teachers of the school for '
next year, will be the most spir- '
ited heid in Fort Mill in years. ;
The affairs of the school have
not been run to the entire satisfilf'tinn
l?f* till" I.'jtmno O/VM-W.
time and the suggestion is made
that changes in the teaching
force could be made with profit
to the school.
Application of First National Approved.
A Washington special to The
State Tuesday morning was as
follows: "The application of the
First National Bank of Fort Mill
to engage in business has been
approved by the secretary of the
treasury. The capital is $25,000,
and the directors are T. B.
Spratt. T. S. Kirkpatrick, .1. L.
Spratt. L. A. Harris and J. W.
Ardrey."
Capt. T. B. Spratt, cashier of
the First National Bank of Fort
Mill, stated yesterday morning
that the foregoing dispatch
doubtless was authoritative, and
that the bank hoped to open its
doors for business by the first of
March. There has been some
delay in the work on the bank
building, but the building is now
nearing completion and will be
ready for occupancy in about a
week. The fixtures to he used
by the bank have been completed
and are readv for shipment to
Fort Mill.
Monday Last Day for Tax Returns.
Monday was the last day for
making tax returns for the year
and word comes from Yorkvillo
that the oflice of County Auditor
Hunter presetited an unusual
scene of activity all day. due to
the presence of many who had
failed to make their returns up
to that time. In Fort Mill Magistrate
McElhaney has been taking
the returns of those who failed to
go before the auditor for the pur-,
pose when he visited this place
i several weeks ago, and it is not
thought that the books will show
many delinquents in Fort Mill
township. The penalty for failure
to make tax returns after J
February 20 is 50 per cent, and
it is understood that the penalty
will have to be paid by all delinquents.
Not From Pineville.
I C 1 1 - _ - * ?
ii mere is any irum 111 me
story printed in a Charlotte paper
Friday that a wayward Pineville
girl was arrested in Charlotte
Thursday afternoon and,
given a hearing in the recorder's;
court Friday morning on the
charge of vagrancy, careful inquiry
by The Times of a number 1
of Pineville citizens has failed
to elicit any information as to
the probable identity of the girl. I
The story said the girl claimed
her home was in Pineville and
expressed a desire to return to
it. She was not found guilty by
the recorder, but he advised her
to return home. The girl claimed
to be a member of a good family. |
fORK COMMISSIONERS TO SELL
PART OF COUNTY HOME FARM
At the recent session of the
jeneral Assembly a number of
intendments to the laws for York
ounty were adopted and the
:ounty commissioners were auhorized
to sell to the highest
tidder 300 of the 400 acres of the
:ounty i>oor farm, the sale to be
telci during the present year, and
o purchase a new site and erect
suitable buildings for the county
tome. The poor farm is within
L 1-2 miles of Yorkville and is
>aid to be good land which should
tring about $50 per acre. An
intendment to the general law
governing cotton weighers was
idopted which includes York
;uuuiv, giving me larmers 01 tne
:ounty the right to select their
:otton weighers. The law for
ifork county now is that the
:ounty commissioners shall appoint
cotton weighers selected by
he cotton growers of the several
jommunities in the county, the
appointments to be good for two
/ears.
Rear-end Collision at Pineville.
One man was slightly hurt, a
. aboose and freight car were torn
ip and there was a delay of
several hours to Southern passenger
train No. 3f> and freight
train No. 63. both southbound, as
a result of a rear-end collission
of the trains at Pineville, just
across the State line, early
Monday morning. The freight
train reached the town first and
was on the main line preparing
to take the siding, but, according
to the statement of a member of
of one of the crews, the flagman
of the freight train had failed to
go out to protect his train against
the passenger train, which was
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um- L?J ilJI INf. IlVIlCf lllfCUIHNlUIl.
Robt. A. Barclay, a well-digger,
whose home is said lobe in Charlotte.
but who is employed near
Pineville, was a passenger on
No. 35 and was on the platform
ready to alight when the crash
came. He was slightly injured.
Boys' Corn Club Saturday.
There will be a meeting of the
York County Boys' Corn club in
Yorkville Saturday and all the
boys who expect to join the club
are urged to be present. Those
who expect to compete for the
year's prizes must become members
of the club on or before the
first day of March, as the club
roll will be sent to Washington
on March 2. All that is necessary
to become a member of the
club is for the boy to send in his
name to the Yorkville Enquirer,
the Fort Mill Times, or to Mr.
.John R. Blair, of Sharon. Boys
who cannot attend the meetingmay
send in their names on that
day. The larger the club, the
larger the prizes will be.
nu iiiu uuj o ciir: j i. * j m i ui i iu
bring ton ears seed corn in order
that they may contest for the
prizes to bo offered. A prize of
$5 is offered for the best ten ears
exhibit.
The meeting will be held in the
court house at 11 o'clock and
will by presided over by Mr. ,1. YV.
Quinn. county superintendent of
education. There will be two or
three talks along the line of seed
corn selection, corn growing, etc.
$79.50 for Clemson Baptist Church.
A substantial contribution of
$70.50 was made by the Fort Mill
and Flint Hill Baptist churches
Sunday toward the erection of
the proposed Baptist church at
Clemson college. Sunday morning
a missionary sermon was
preached to the Fort Mill congregation
in the interest of the
church fund by the Rev. T. B.
McCall, Baptist missionary pastor
? / 'I,.~ i I ..,) - Ci
*11 \ IUIIIdUIii:Ull^L't <UI<1LIJ<U <11 LCI noon
a similar sermon was
preached to the Flint Hill congregation.
For years the Baptist
congregation at Clemson has
worshiped in the college chapel,
but it is thought the church work
could be pushed to greater advantage
with an independent
building for the denomination.
The work of raising the fund is
progressing satisfactorily and it
is planned to begin work on the
building in a few months.
The highest price paid for cotton
on the Fort Mill market
yesterday was 14 cents.
An Extravagant Legislature.
Writing to his home paper, the
Lancaster News. Representative
George W. Jones, of Lancaster
county, recently had the following
to say anent the extravagance
of the Legislature:
"This is the most extravagant
Legislature that I have ever seen.
The great majority of its members
are professional men and
a lot of these young men are
fresh from college and not many
of them have any general inforni:itinn
nluinf
uuvuk I llllLlVi O \J 1 ^ciiciai
import: that is to say, they dc
not understand or appreciate the
conditions of the great mass of
the people of the State. This
fact is demonstrated by the quick
manner in which they act on all
matters and expenses of State
and county. They are ever ready
to vote on fee bills, appropriatior
bills, endowment funds, salary
grabs, increase in number o1
offices and big salaries. This ii
verified by the heavy and un
necessary appropriation mad<
j which in many instances coulc
and should have been put off unti
next session; in fact, many ol
them should have been killed ai
this session. Our higher institu
tions of learning are inveterat<
and unreasonably insistent ir
! their demands upon the State
and in my opinion this is a mat
ter that in the near future mus
strike rock bottom. The rura
schools are more the hope of th?
! country than the high school;
i for the reason that all thing;
j must have a foundation."
An Unlucky Milepoat.
Milepost No. 29. four mile
south of Rock Hill, seems to b<
an unlucky place for Southeri
railway passenger trains. Mon
day morning for the eighth timi
in the last six months an acci
dent occurred to the train o
Capt. Walter Brown, No. Mb
northbound, in the neighborhoo(
of the 29th milepost. resulting ii
a delay of several hours. For
innately none 01 tne accidents t<
the trains at this point has beei
serious.
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SENATOR TILLMAN'S HEALTH
CAUSES SOME APPREHENSION
Reports sent throughout the
country Saturday night to the
effect that Senator Tillman had
suffered a collapse in the senate
Saturday while attempting to deliver
a eulogy on the life of the
I late Senator Clay of Georgia have
caused considerable apprehension
' to he expressed on the part of
| Senator Tillman's friends in
| j Washington and elsewhere.
( While it is true that Senator
, Tillman is not near the same he
was physically before he suffered
; his severe illness last year, and
: does not exert himself in debates,
1 he is able to transact his ordinary
' business in his office and to be on
r the floor at the sessions of the
? senate. He is still a believer in
r physical exercise and takes his
F accustomed walks from the capi>
tol to his apartments, at the
- Hotel Normandie, every afteri
noon when the weather is good.
1 This gives him a walk of about
1 a mile and a half.
^ His Name Lives.
2 The official postal guide of the
i United States shows 42 towns
, and cities named Washington,
- or with Washington as a part of
t the name, such as Washington1
ville. It is said that there are
e 364 fire companies named after
s the first president. Hs is honored
s by more than 10.000 meat markets
which have been named for
him. Eighty-four steamboats are
called after this great historic
figure. If Washington had not
s been horn, five mountains, 2C
e lakes. 40 springs and seven
n rivers would have sought for
- different names. It is said that
e 4,000 children are named for
- George Washington every year,
f This makes about 150,000 George
. Washingtons living at the same
1 time. There are Washington
t halls, Washington hotels, Wash
ington clubs. Washington so3
cieties, Washington streets, and
t would-be Washington generals
and presidents.
ur Eyes
i Read
iments each week so
v just where to find
New goods are com
y day. 1 herefore, it
to watch this space
1 lie new spring
rrived this week are
)rds and Pumps in
rs and newest shapes
and children. The
1911 styles.
Shirt Waists, Muslin
Gowns at popular
> Gingham in pretty
>rns at I Oc the yard,
ng our first shipment
s* Neckwear, White
ii-ii ?
ad children s spring
ery, Laces, etc.
d keep in touch with the new
ifoung Co.
>r "Star Brand" Shoes.