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T Established in 1891. IN ADDITIONAL PLANT FOR SOU. POWER COMP'Y The daily papers of Saturday carried the interesting announcement that the Southern Power company will in a short time begin work on a big power dam in Alexander county, N. C. The plant will be located at Lookout ? Shoals on Catawba river, 12 miles west of Statesville and about 60 miles from Charlotte, the com pany's central distributing noint. A number of years ago the company purchased this site on the river, when it was endeavororing to secure as many suitable locations as possible. A force of workmen is now engaged in pushing with all haste the necessary surveys, etc.. for the construction work. 1L is planned to finish the plant in about a year's time, provided the weather will permit work as planned by the company. The Southern Power company will use the vertical type of wheels and generators at Lookout Shoals instead of the horizontal type as hitherto in their plants. This is a very important change and one that means a greater amount of efficiency in the service to be rendered. The Lookout Shoals plant, as ' x ?1 ? ? J **ti' 11 Uotrn o PQnflPl'. U is piarnieu, win uaib a vwpuv. ty of 16,000 horsepower. The river at this point will give a fall of 51 feet. The company will install four units of 4,000 horsepower each, totaling 16,000. The Timei' New Form. The Times this week goes to its readers as an 8-page paper instead of with four pages as heretofore. The paper will be published in this form as long as the business it receives justifies the change. In enlarging to eight pages the paper has a great deal more space to devote to local and general news and, although the cost of producing a paper of eight pages is considerably more than that for four pages, it is believed that the patrons of the * paper will appreciate the effort to give them better service and will lend their aid. Along with the change of form The Times is carrying a number of new features. Not the least important of these is the serial story, "The Girl of My Dreams," a laugh-producing comedy which is one of the most absorbingly in teresting stones written receuuj for newspaper publication. Then, there are short stories for those who do not care for the serial, and several other features of a literary and news nature, all of which combine to make the paper more interesting than heretofore. Co. K Would Attend Inauguration. Members of the Fort Mill Light Infantry, Company K, First Regiment, N. G. S. C., are anxious that their company be designated as one of the South Carolina companies which will be sent to Washington to take part in the inaugural parade of President Woodrow Wilson. The local company is generally credited bv military men of the State as being one of the most efficient units of the First Regiment and it is certain that the company would acquit itself creditably should it be privileged to assist in the inauguration of the incoming President. As yet the matter of the company going to Washington for this purpose has only been discussed informally, but it is not unlikely that correspondence relative to the trip will be taken up with the Adjutant General within the next few days. Blease for Two-cent Rate. Speaking of the proposed twocent passenger rate on railroads in South Carolina. Governor Blease reiterates his well known advocacy of this plan, and says that he will again recommend to the Legislature the passage of this rate and will insist on the measure being enacted into law. The governor has recommended this in previous messages and advocated it while in the Legislature as a member from Newberry county. This matter is going to be one of the interesting measures to come before the next general assembly. * \ - HE F SENATOR HILL FAVORS COMPULSORY EDUCATION tate Senator W. S. Hall, of Ch rokee county, will introduce in t e next session of the General Ass mbly a bill providing for com ulsory education, says a dis-1 pate sent out from Galfney. The tentative bill has a clause I providing for the apportionment; of $100,000 annually for the help ,-of weak schools of the State and for other necessities in connec UUI1 Willi lUIIipuisi/ljr cuutauuu. It sets the age limit in which; children must attend school at from 7 to 14 years, and further stipulates that the law shall not j apply in cases of families living two miles or more from a public school. The bill provides for punishment for the firsfoffense in a fine of $100, or imprisonment of not more than 30 days. Senator Hall is quoted as saying that he has read the laws of 20 States where there is now a compulsory educational law and that the bill he has framed embraces the best points in all these. An examination of Mr. Hall's bill would seem to show that it is thorough in every rei -1 * a i - i spect ana mac cne grounu is covered in every detail. Senator Hall says that he will push the bill at the session of the General Assembly next month, and that he has hopes of getting the bill through and seeing it become a law. 7 *7 * The Old Spanish Game Again. A visitor to Fort Mill a few ! days ago showed The Times man a letter he had received from , Madrid, Spain, in which the writer stated that he was ii^ prison and wanted a "friend" to help him secure a vast amount of money, assuring the "friend" that he would receive half the ! money upon its recovery. This is the same old game that has been tried for years upon thousands of Americans, and, strange to say, occasionally i* i i - *n i*_u i. ii 1 an maiviuuai win ian to me scheme. It was only a few weeks ago that a Westerner who had saved a few thousand dollars i from his daily toil was intercepted by the police of New York City as he was in the act of boarding a steamship for Spain to comply with the request of one of these Spanish tricksters. : The Westerner thanked the New York officers heartily when he was informed of the scheme. Tillman's Committee Assignments. Speaking of the editorial in last week's issue of The Times relative to Senator Tiilman'scom, mittee assignments, the Charlotte Observer says: Senator Tillman is also to figure largely in the next Congress. The Fort Mill Times says he is the ranking member of six Senate com; mittees and that he will probably prefer the chairmanship of the Appropriations Committee, about the most important of all. The Times very properly says that "South Carolina is to be congratulated on the position of her senior Senator. Certainly not since the Civil War has any South Carolinian attained the prominence which will soon be Senator Tillman's." South Carolina has long been measly about according Tillman due praise, but the time is at hand when his greatness must be admitted by all. Preparing for Parcels Post. In order that adequate facilities may be provided for the handling of parcels post business efficiently and on a country-wide scale at the outset January 1, Postmaster General Hitchcock has asked every postmaster in the United States to obtain from the business public information as to the probable extent the new system will be used. Each postmaster has been provided with circulars which set forth in detail the provisions of the parcels post law. the rates of postage and an explanatory statement concerning the delivery of parcels post matter. Attention also is directed to the fact that such matter may be registered and also insured against loss. ORT J FORT MILL, S. C., THUR YORK COUNTY COURT MOVES UP WITH RUSH. The Enquirer publishes as fol-1 lows the criminal business disposed of since the convening" of York court: The case against Thomas Lineberger, charged with assault and battery with intent to kill, was' nol prossed by the solicitor on the payment of $50 by the defendant. The case against Leroy Hemphill, charged with assault and \ battery with intent to kill, was I nol prossed on the payment of $50 by the defendant. The case against J. A. Coley, charged with assault and battery with intent to kill, was nol prossed on the payment of $50 by the defendant. Thomas Mcllvvain plead guilty to the charge ot houseoreaKing ana was sentenced to six months. Thomas McCandle plead guilty to the charge of larceny, his offense being stealing corn from the field, and was sentenced to one year on the chaingang. The last case disposed of Tuesday was that of Billup Garrison, convicted of stealing a bale of cotton from a gin yard. Thecasaof the State against J. L. Templeton, charged with assault and battery with intent to kill, was nol prossed on the payment of $50 by the defendant. Tuesday morning the cases against William Berry, Sam and John Starne and Albert Latta, charged with assault and battery with intent to kill; William McClure. disposing of property un ' der lien, W. B. Wright and Vi| eery Led better, fornication, and ' Wm. Robinson, obtaining money | under false pretenses, were nol I prossed. In the case of Chas. E. Williamson, charged with murder, the jury, after a full and thor-, ough hearing, returned a verdict i of not guilty. In the case of Harry Wright and Dock Johnson, charged with assault and battery with intent to kill, the jury returned a verdict of not guilty. Ed Orr, charged with murder and carrying concealed weapons, was acquitted of the murder cuarge; but convicted of carrying concealed weapons and sentenced to pay a fine of $100 or go to the chaingang for 30 days. John Key and Robert Weir s\ t* lovnontr , WCIC tuiit aicu ui laiv^iij. Pink Nelson, charged with arj son, was acquitted. Campbell Jackson plead guilty to statutory burglary and was sentenced to five years in the reformatory at Lexington. William Burris plead guilty to the charge of malicious mischief and was sentenced to six months J or $150. Fred Barnett, chasged with assault and battery with intent to kill and carrying concealed weapons, plead guilty to carrying concealed weapons and was sentenced to $100 or 30 days. Susan McFadden, charged with assault and battery with intent to kill, was acquitted, as were also John Good and James Nance, tried on similar charges. James Crocker plead guilty to assault and battery of a high and aggravated nature and was sen J -L c. 01AA ,*? ! tencea to pay a mie ui ?pxw ui go to the chaingang for six months. Edward Pickenback was convicted of assault and battery with intent to kill and sentenced to six months or $80. Presbyterians Raise $170,000. It was announced Thursday at the Columbia Theological seminary that $170,000 out of the $200,000 to be raised by the Presbyterian church of the State for the seminary, Chicora college and the Presbyterian College of South Carolina had been collected and that the remaining ' $30,000 would be raised during I the week. The Charleston Presbytery has I contributed $18,500 to date. Of : the amount $1,300 has been received from the First Presbyterian church of Charleston and $2,000 has come from Orangeburg. The students of the I seminary have subscribed $6o0. I The country churches have yet j to be heard from. t Mill SPAY, DECEMBER 5, 1912. INAUGURAL CEREMONY TO BE HELD IN APRIL? A dispatch from Bermuda says that President-elect Wilson is willing to take the office as president of the United States on March 4th, and that the formal ceremonies be postponed until the last Thursday in April. To that extent the presidentelect has indorsed the propaganda in favor of a later inauguration which has been advocated in and out of Congress in order that the event might be conducted at a time when the weather is usually good. Many persons have urged Gov. Wilson to sanction a postpone ment of the ceremonies without! realizing that this cannot be done without an act of Congress and that it is impossible to change the forthcoming ceremony as tar as the taking of the oath is concerned. The president-elect's statement, however, indicates his sympathy with the later inauguration movement and implies that he will gladly assent to a delay of the show feature of the event if an agreement to this end can be reached. Bond Issue Failed to Carry. Contrary to a statement made in The Times last week, the bond issue for $1,000,000 to relieve the congested conditions at the State Hospital for the Insane was defeated in the general election because the proposition did not receive the indorsement of twothirds of the qualified electors participating in the election. The vote on the bond issue as reported by the State board of canvassers was: For the bond issue 16,827 Against the bond issue__. .15,831 Jackson a Hold-out. Joe Jackson, premier outfielder of the Cleveland club of the American league, has joined the ranks of the hold-outs, according to dispatches sent out from Cleveland. Jackson is now sojourning in and about Greenville. S. C,, his home, and has made no statement as yet as to his attitude, other than that he does not consider the salary offered, him in the new contract tendered sufficient. Want Pardon for Fewell. John Fewell, a negro who was reared in Fort Mill township, is now serving a thirty-year term in the North Carolina penitent;ary for murder. The colored people of this section will, therefore, be interested in the followlowing article from the Charlotte News telling of efforts that are being made to secure a pardon for Fewell: Mr. D. B. Paul of the local bar, is making an effort to have Governor Kitchin pardon John Fewell, a negro who was convicted in Mecklenburg superior court in September, 19u3, for the murder of Robert McCain, colored, and sentenced to 30 years in the penitentiary. It is believed the governor will be favorable to the plea for pardon, since the presiding judge, the solicitor and Col. Jake F. Newell, who assisted the solicitor in the prose! cution of Fewell, have all joined I in asking the pardon. Judge ] James F. Webb, who is presiding i at this week's term of civil i.: ru... COUrt, Was at lilt; tune ui rewell's conviction the prosecuting attorney of this district and was assisted in this particular case by Mr. Jake F. Newell. Judge George Brown, now of the supreme court bench, was at that time a superior court judge and presided at Feweli's trial. A 481-pound Porker. There will be no scarcity of hog meat in the home of Mr. James L. Lyles, on East Booth street, for several months to come. On Wednesday of last week Mr. Lyles slaughtered two hogs which netted him 786 pounds of meat. The larger of the hogs was 15 months old and weighed 481 pounds, while the smaller hog was about one year old and weighed 305 pounds. In hog raising Mr. Lyles has established a record which is r.ot likely to be broken in the comi munity this season. TlMI THIRTY-TWO PRISONERS WERE GIVEN FREEDOM. As a special Thanksgiving present Governor Blease on Wednesday filed with the secretary of State paroles for 29 prisoners i and full pardons for three. The nature of the crimes for which paroles and pardons were given, range from larceny to murder. Many of those paroled were incarcerated for life, while others had extremely short sentences. One of the most noted of those paroled was W. H. Mills, who was convicted of the murder of Frank Deal in the July term, 1907, court of general sessions and common pleas for York county before Judge John S. Wilson. The killing took place in Blacksburg. The parole holds good during good behavior, but specifies that if Mills desires to live with the woman about whom the killing occurred he must do so outside the State. Another noted person who was given a full pardon was J. Stobo Young, who was convicted of breach of trust in the Richland county court of general sessions I T ana common pieas, January term, 1910, before Judge Prince. Young was mixed up in the famous Seminole case with John Y. Garlington and others. He was previously paroled. Among the other prisoners who were paroled was Will Dunlap, convicted of murder with recommendation to mercy, court of general sessions and common pleas for York, April term, 1908, before Judge R. C. Watts. Sentenced to life imprisonment in the penitentiary. Jennie Hicks, convicted of larceny of a bicycle, court of general sessions and common pleas for York, July term, 1910, before Judge S. W. G.. Shipp, _i? u;?i,0 was aisu paroicu. mcno ncio sentenced to pay a fine of $5 and spend three years in the reformatory for colored boys in Lexington county. First Snow of the Winter. People of this section, or a majority of them, were greatly ! surprised upon awaking Thursday morning to find the earth } covered with two inches of snow which had fallen during Wednesday night. The snow followed a cold rain and doubtless would have attained a greater depth had the rain not preceded it. The snow of Thursday was not confined to this section. The press dispatches told of snowstorms in Atlanta, Birmingham, Memphis, Chattannooga, Watertown, N. Y., and other cities. Several places in New York State reported 14 to 24 inches, while out in Texas the snow, driven by a sixty-mile wind, covered the plains in a snort time. Thursday temperatures were below freezing in all the Southwestern States and considerable damage to the sugar and trucking industry was reported. Popular Lancaster Couple Wed. Fort Mill people generally will be interested to learn of the marriage recently of Mr. W. McD. Jones and Miss Louise Taylor, two popular young Lancaster people. The marriage took place in Baltimore, Md.. at the home ^ C i-L/x /vffi/tinfivinr rv? 1* r? i C " ?? T* RpV Ui U1C Ullltiailll^ lliiiuovvi ) aw ? Mr. Ballentine. As Miss Taylor, the bride is pleasantly remembered in Fort Mill, having frequently visited her sister, Mrs. W. M. Carothers, and cousin, Mrs. Fred Harris, in this city. Mr. Jones holds the position of cashier for the Jones Mercantile company of Lancaster. ONE CENT A WORD MINIMUM CHARGE, 25C. NOTICE?Ail persons are hereby warned agair.st hunting or trespassing on the lands of the und? rsigned. We need our birds too much to have them killed. Birds help us make good crops. B. M. LEE. FOR SALE Thoroughbred Berkshire Sow. J. Bailes, phone oO-f. FOR SALE Two Mules and one Horse, for cash or ciedit. We will buy beef cattle and rnilch cows. L. A. HARRIS & CO. FOR RENT?I have several farms to rent to good tenants. Call or 'phone and I will show you a farm and state terms. * BERT NIVEXS. * IS. < $1.25 Per Year. TAX RETURNS FOR 1913. Office of the County Auditor of York County, S. C. Yorkville, S. C., Nov. 29. 1912. As required by statute, my books will be opened at my office in Yorkville onrWKf)NESDAY, JANUARY 1, 1913, ami kept Open until FEBRUARY 20, 1913, for the purpose of listing for taxation all PERSONAL and REAL Property held in York county on January 1, 1913. Ail returns must be made in regular form and it is preferable that they be made by the property owner in person to me or my assistant, direct, on blanks provided for the purpose. The returns must be duly sworn to either before me or my assistant, or some other officer qualified to administer an oath. All items of realty, whether farms or town lots, must be listed separately. Returns made on proper blanks, and sworn to before an officer qualified to administer an oath and forwarded to me by registered mail before February 20, 1913, will be accepted. All taxpayers are particularly requested to inform themselves as to the number of. their respective school districts, and where they have property in more than one school district, they will please*make separate returns indicating the location of each piece of property. The school districts in which there are special levies are as follows: Nos. 22, 23 and 27, in Bethel township; Nos. 6, 13, 14, 29, 33, 43 and 51 in Bethesda township; Nos. 9, 20, 38, 40 and 44 in Broad River township; Nos. 9. 15, 20. 38. 40 and 48 in Bullock's Creek township; Nos. 12, 45, 46 and 52 in Catawba township; Nos. 7, 12, .12, 35, 36 and 43, in Ebenezer township; Nos. 26, 28 and 39, in Fort Mill township; Nos. 2, 21, 2i2, 37, 41, 44 and 49 in King's Mountain township; Nos. 11, 20, 21, 33, 35, 42, 43, 47, 48 and 49 in York township. For the purpose of facilitating the taking of returns, and for the greater convenience of taxpayers, I will be at the following places on the dates named: At Bethany (McGill's Store), Monday, January 6. At Clover, on Tuesday and Wednesday, Jaruary 7 and 8. At Bethel (Ford, Barnett & Co.'s Store), Thursday, January 9. At Point (at Harper's), on Friday, January 10. At Bandana (Perry Ferguson's store) on Saturday, January 11. At Smyrna, on Monday, January 13. At Hickory Grove, on Tuesday and Wednesday, January 14 and 15. At Sharon, on Thursday and Friday, January 16 and 17. At Bullock's Creek (Good's Store), ; on Saturday, January 18. At Tirzah, on Monday, January 20. At Newport, on Tuesday, January 21. At Fort Mill, on Wednesday, Thursday and Friday, January 22, 23 and 24. At McConnellsville, on Monday, Jan uary 27. At Ogden, on Tuesday, January 28. At Coates's Tavern (Koddey's), on ! Wednesday January 29. At Rock Hill, from Thursday, January 30, to Wednesday, February 5. At Yorkville, from Thursday, Febru ary 6, until Thursday, February 20. All males between the ages of twenty-one and sixty years, except Confedetate soldiers over the age of fifty years, are liable to a poll tax of $1.00, and all persons so liable are especially requested to give the numbers of their respective school districts in making their returns. It will be a matter of much accommodation to me if as many taxpayers as possible will meet me at the respective appointments mentioned above, so as to avoid the rush at Yorkville during the closing days. BKOADUS M. LOVE. County Auditor. TAX NOTICE?1912. \ Office of the County Treasurer of York County, S. C. Yorkville, S. C., Sept. 13, 1912. N'OTICE is hereby given that the TAX BOOKS for York County will be opened on TUESDAY, the 15TH DAY OF OCTOBER, 1912, and remain open until the 31ST DAY OF DECEMRF.R. 1912. for the collection of STATE. COUNTY, SCHOOL and LOCAL TAXES for the fiscal year 1912, without penalty; after which day ONE PER CENT penalty will be added to all payments made in the month of JANUARY, 1913, and TWO PER CENT penalty for all payments made in the month of FEBRUARY, 1913, and SEVEN PER CENT penalty will be added to all payments made from the 1ST DAY OF MARCH to the 15TH DAY OF MARCH, 1913, and after this date all unpaid taxes will go into executions and all unpaid Single Polls will be turned over to the several magistrates for prosecution in accordance with law. For the convenience of taxpayers, I will attend the following places on the ! days named: At Yorkville from Monday, No vember 11th, until Tuesday, tfie 31st i day of December, 1912, after which date the penalties will attach as stated above. Note. ?The Tax Books are made up by townships, and parties writing about taxes will always expedite matters if they will mention the Township or Townships in which their property or properties is located. HARRY E. NEIL, Treasurer of York County. TRESPASS NOTICE. AH persons are ht reby warned against hunting, fishing, or trespassing in any manner whatsoever, upon the lands of the un lersigred. Mrs. HATTIE E. MACK. FOR SALE I have several good mule that 1 will ii cheap for cash or I on time. A. R. McELHANEY. ? /