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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
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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.
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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
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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.
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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
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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.
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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
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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
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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.
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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
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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.
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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
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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,
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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
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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.
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$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.
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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.
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