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# T: Established in 1891. NO PROTECTION HERE FOR WONANASSAILANTS The most sensational feature, if indeed it was not the only sensational feature, of the recent "Conference for Governors," in Richmond, Va., was the speech ^ flrvtr rV\lp T. Rlpyip in whirh VI uvv( VVIV AJ. ^/IVV%WV *. .. ...... he stated emphatically that negro assailants of white women in South Carolina need not expect nor would they receive any protection of the law while he was Governor, and that the lynchers of such degenerates would go I unpunished. "I have said all over the State of South Carolina, and I say it again, now," declared Governor Blease, "that I will never order out the militia to shoot down their neighbors and protect a black brute who commits the nameless cnme against a white woman. "Tlierefore, in South Carolina let it be understood that when a negro asssults a white woman all that is needed is that they get the right man, and they who get him will neither need not receive a trial." Governor Blease justified the use he had made of his pardoning power, he said, by conditions he had found in penal institutions in this Sfato "I walked through the penitentiary of South Carolina," he said, "and found it a tuberculosis incubator, where poor devils were dying at their tasks, making money for other people; poor devils who had no choice but to stand and work or take the lash. Just the other day. Jim Roberts, a negro from Charleston, stopped me as 1 was walking through and respectfully asked perm ssion to speak to me. He told me that he had been kept in jail for twenty-two years for stealing a $27 watch. "I said: 'If vou are telling me the truth, you will eat your Christmas dinner with your folks at home.' He said: 'Governor, I have no folks.' 'Then,' I replied, 'You will eat it away from here.' And he will. Another ; negro had served eleven years I and seven months for stealing I $9; a judge wrote to me that he m. had sentenced to death a man ? l - J: J_ wnen ne uiun i uencvc mc man had been convicted beyond a reasonabledoubt. Another wrote me that he sentenced to death a man whom he did not believe should be put to death. He did not be, lieve it at the time, nor does he believe it now. "These are errors of justice I am trying to right with my power to pardon. I am proud of my record." I Big Profits from Long Staple. ^ T. M. Dilling, of Yorkville community, has made quite a success this year in growing long staple cotton. Mr. Dilling planted 10 acres this year, securing his seed direct from Mr. , E. P. Lewis of Mecklenburg L county, grower and originator I of the Lewis Long Staple. From & these ten acres he harvested five I bales, which he sold on the A Gastonia market a few days ago. H The total proceeds of the five B bales, lint and seed, was $586.76, B or an average of over $117 per ^ bale. The largest ot the five bales brought $147.80 for lint and seed. Mr. Dilling succeeded so well with the long staple variety this year that he plans to plant at least 20 acres next season instead of ten. Methodists to Raise $300,000. Among the important items of business transacted just before adjournment of the recent conference at Anderson of the Methodists of the State was the adoption of a resolution providing for a campaign to raise $300,000 for enlarging and improving the plants of Wofford College, Lander College and Columbia College. It was also recommended that a commissioner of education to supervise the work of the financial agents of the various church institutions of learning to be provided for. This was done after some debate. The conference meets next in Rock Hill in November, 1913. * \ HE F Renders Decision in Tillman Case. B. R. Tillman, Jr., and Mrs. Lucy Dugas, formerly the wife of Mr. Tillman, will share the custody of their two children, according to a decision handed down Monday by the State supreme cuuru Monday's decision was the result of habeas corpus proceedings instituted by Mr. Tillman in which he sought to secure possession of the children. I The decision of the court gives the father possession of the children during two months of the summer season, during half of the Christmas holidays and during one week in the spring of each year. The mother is to have possession of the daughters the remainder of the time. Both the father and mother are required by the decision to give $5,000 bond each that the children will not be removed from the court's jurisdiction. John Fewell Gets Pardon. D. B. Paul, of the Charlotte bar, has received notification from Alex J. Field, secretary to Governor Kitchin, that the govI avn/i?> lioe pnnHiHnnn 11V I 1JU1 liac pui UViJVU vviivnv*vMv?.v J | John Fewell, colored, convicted in Mecklenburg criminal court of September, 1903, of the murder of Robert McCain, colored, and sentenced to 20 years in the penitentiary. Another negro who was afterward convicted of complicity in the death of a negro woman confessed that he was with Fewell the night he was alleged to have slain McCain and that Fewell only took hold of McCain to stop his outcries and that another 1 negro, who struck McCain in the head with the chair post, was the slayer of McCain. The trial judge, the prosecuting attorney and others who , were present at the trial of Fewell joined in the plea for pardon, stating that if the defend, ant was guilty of anything it was nothing wDrse than manslaughf ter and that the defendant had already served beyond the usual term imposed for that offence. Feeds Mules from His Bedroom. Mr. W. H. Sell, a thrifty farm1 er of Goose Creek Township, has j invented a contrivance by which he can remain in bed on a cold morning and feed his mules at the barn if he wishes to, says the Monroe Journal. And this is not a lazy man's, invention, either, for Mr. Sell is an energetic citizen. He lately built a large barn. Then he got to figuring on a feed arrangement. The result is that he has a contrivance in the barn from which a wire runs to his house. This he can yank hold of when he jumps out of bed, turn the feed into the mules and have them ready to hitch up by the time he has turned around a few times. The arrangement is something on the principle of a rabbit box that the boys make in winter. A trough holds the morning's feed and the same trap throws the corn in and drops the fodder down. Mr. Sell ought to work out his idea well enough to have a patent on it. Shower for Methodist Parsonage. A promiscous shower will be given today (Thursday) at the Watson home on Ciebourn street for the benefit of the Methodist parsonage. The shower will begin at 9 o'clock a. m.. continuing through the day. Any thing for housekeeping will be very acceptable and much appreciated. Short Items of Interest. Miss Clara Culp has been ill for several days at the home of her parents, Mr. and Mrs. W. M. Culp. She was reported as slightly improved yesterday. Mr. C. C. Haile, of Tampa, Fla., and Miss Lula Haiie, of Albermarle, N. C.. have returned to their home in this place. The little four-year-old daughter of Mr. Walter Bailes, of Pineville, was painfully injured a few days ago by a fall from a pile of lumber, a nail in one of the planks penetrating the child's side to a depth of an inch or more. The child was taken to one of the Charlotte hospitals for treatment and is reported to be getting along well. ORT ; FORT MILL, S. C., THUR! HOOKWORM TREATMENT FOR PEOPLE OF YORK Dr. L. A. Riser, of the State board of health, was here the 'last week in the interest of a movement to conduct a campaign in York county against the hookworm. This campaign will be a thorough one and will include illustrated lectures in various points of the county and free examination and treatment for all persons afflicted with the disease. It is planned to start the campaign about January 1, and continue for several weeks. Rock Hill will most probably be selected as county headquarters and dispensaries will be lnnafoH in RnfW Hill Fnrf Mill. Yorkville, Hickory Grove and I Clover. A member of the State Board of Health will be at one of these places one day each week during the campaign for the purpose of examining those who call for treatment and prescribe treatment. Free treatment will be given to all who apply. The county has agreed to donate $50 for the purchase of medicines and each town in which a free dispensary is located will be expected to provide a place for the office. Dr. Riser, in discussing the campaign against the disease, gave out a number of interesting facts. So far campaigns have been conducted in practically all the lowland sections of the State, Chester being the only county in the Piedmont section entered so far. In some of the counties located in sandy districts 80 per cent of those examined were afflicted with the hookworm dis-1 a a 1.1 1 a. I I ease, i^nesier naving me luwesi 1 percentage of cases so far. Here 19 per cent of those examined had the disease. In all about 30,000 persons have been treated by the health officials. Prominent Lancaster Man Suicides. A. J. Clark, a prominent citizen of Lancaster, and for two years manager of the Lancaster < News, committed suicide in the Lancaster cemetery early Thursday morning, using as an instrument of death a32-calibre pistol, with which he shot himself througli the neck. From the nature of the wound it was thought that death must have : been instantaneous. The body of Mr. Clark was j found Thursday afternoon about 2 o'clock by parties walking; throbgh the cemetery. It was! under a large oak tree near the ! rrvnxm rwf V<{<3 whfl flipfl U1 AllO HIlV, M uv wivm about 18 months ago. No probable motive has been assigned for Mr. Clark's rash act, which has caused much sorrow and regret in the Lancaster community where he had lived the greater part of his life. Gcod Way to Save Birds. In Lancaster county a number of farmers who own adjoining farms are joining together in posting their lands. They agree , to kill no birds themselves and j to insist that no one else kills any , on their lands. If they will not break this agreement, and will demand their rights as guaranteed to them by the game laws ' of the State, they will soon have | enough birds to destroy all bugs I and insects that might harm their crops and in this way gain many times the price of the few birds thut may be on their lands now. Postal Cards Little Used. The public appears to have forsaken the government's sober postal card for the gaudier production of the souvenir shop, for the report of Public Printer Donnelly shows that only 770,253,399 cards were printed in 1912, while in the preceding year the big establishment turned out 1,280,865,840. The printing office is run on a cost basis for Congress and the government departments. Its business for the past year amounted to $6,775,825, the largest in its history, and the public printer promises a reduction of 5 per cent in its charges for the next year. Speaking in typographical terms, theprintery produced 1,002,078,306 "impresi sions" during the year. I Mill 5DAY, DECEMBER 12, 1912 FORT MILL'S MONUMENT TO BLACK "MAMMIES.'" At a meeting of the United Daughters of the Confederacy in Washington recently a plea for "old mammy" was read, and Southerners will be asked to contribute to a fund for the erection of a monument to the memory of the "mammys" of the antebellum days., says the Anderson Mail. The plea said in part: "We know well who was so often left to care for the helpless family when father, husband and brother went to war. We know the trust was never betrayed. "Her virtues have been told in song and story, and every Southern heart is stirred when she is named. But time passes and tradition fades into the gray of the past?let us see to it that she is not forgotten." As a matter of fact a monument has been reared. to the memory of the slaves. It stands in Confederate Park, at Fort Mill, and is the expression of a gallant, knightly son of the South for his old slaves. There was no sentiment in this act of the late Samuel E. White. It was an exhibition of devotion. He was one who detested the North so sincerely that his last attempt to cross the Mason and Dixon line was under a Confederate banner. Though a cosmopolitan in the broadest sense, he never visited the North. He loved the negroes, and cared for them on his plantation as long as he was in active life. The monument which he reared is to the memory of the male slaves as well as "mammys." For in those dreadful days when our homes knew not the tread of the master?who was away on distant battlefields?the negroes were faithful to every trust and no case of assault was ever recorded. And the singular thing is this. The ante-bellum negroes appreciated the act of Capt. White, but the younger generation seem ed to resent the perpetuating of a recollection of parc conditions of servitude, not realizing that their present estate is more honorable in the comparison than otherwise. Mrs. Catherine Massey Dead. Mrs. Nancy Catherine Massey, whose extreme illness was mentioned in last week's Times, passed away Monday morning about 6 o'clock at her home on Booth street. Mrs. Massey had been feeble for several years, but her- last illness extended over a period of only about two weeks. For several days her condition had been extremely grave and her death Monday morning was not unexpected by the family. The funeral service at 11 o'clock Tuesday morning was conducted by Rev. W. A. Hafner, of the Presbyterian church, from the late residence of the deceased and the burial was made in the city cemetery. Mn Mnsspv was horn in k'er shaw county, May 20, 1827, the daughter or Col. James Haile. In 184p she was married to Capt. Benjamin Harper Massey, a prominent figure in Legislative affairs during the reconstruction period of the '70s, who died in this city in 1838. The surviving children are: Dr. J. E. Massey and Henry Massey, of Rock Hill; \V. T. Massey, of Tampa, Fla.; L. J. Massey, B. F. Massey, Mrs. J. W. Ardrey, Mrs. Susan Spratt, and Mrs. T. S. Kirkpatrick, of Fort Mill. Besides these there survives three sisters, Mrs. Laura Drakeford, Mrs. Emma Shannon and Mrs. Rebecca Mills, and a large number of grandchildren, great-gruridchildren and other relatives in this section. The venerable lady died as she had lived, in peace and comfort, and constantly attended by the loving care of her children and grandchildren. She had 1 >ng been identified with the Presbyterian church, and was a strong adherent to its standards. Her life was full of purpose, full of kindness and good deeds. She was loved by the entire com; munity and her passing has i caused deep sorrow. I / % Timi PARCELS POST SYSTEM WILL AID MERCHANTS It is now little more than three weeks until the parcels post mail system will be in operation in all sections of the country. This system will mean much to the public generally and the merchants in particular, for the latter can then really have a mail order business at home. Parcels weighing 11 pounds or less can be sent by the mail man. The housewife in the country can telephone to the store for a dress pattern, a hat. or any of the thousand and one things that are needed in the home, and at a I very small cost have it sent to ; her door by the carrier on his next trip. The rates will be very \ low, and the use of the parcels post will become more and more common. It will revolutionize the express business, and while the express companies doubtless will cut their rates to those of the government, yet to anyone in the country the parcels post will be of more benefit because of the fact that their parcels will be delivered to them instead of having to come to town for them. The new arrangement will necessarily do away with the use of motor cycles as well as buggies by the rural carrier, for the parcels to be carried will be of such a nature that many times they cannot be loaded on to either class of vehicle. The carriers probably will be compelled to use two horses and a light wagon. However, with the advance in salary made them a few months ago and the probability of a still further advance in the not distant future, the carriers in the long run will be benefited. ' New Methodist Pastor Arrives. Rev. F. L. Glennan. who has been assigned by conference to i the pastorate of the Fort Mill Methodist church, comes to Fort Mill from the Van Wyck circuit. He succeeds Rev. T. J. White, i the latter having been transferred from Fort Mill to Harleyville, after serving the Fort Mill church well for the past three year3. Rev. Mr. Glennan is a young man, but an able preacher, and the members of the local church, while they regret the departure of Rev. Mr. White, are well pleased with the appointment of of Rev. Mr. Glennan to serve , the church here. Rev. Mr. Glennan and wife are residing temporarily among the members of his church, but will begin housekeeping within a few days in the Watson cottage on Clebourn street. Crum, Roosevelt's Pet, is Dead. William D. Oum, colored, United States minister to Liberia, died in Charleston Saturday from African fever contracted at Monrovia. Crum's appointment as collector of the port of Charleston by President Roosevelt stirred the whole South to hitter protest. President Taft deposed the negro after he had served two terms as collector. In an address at Monrovia some time ago Crum nearly caused international complications through indiscreet remarks. He was in Charleston on leave of absence for his health. Thank You, Brethren. The Fort Mill Times, just across the line, has enlarged from four pages to eight, and announces that the enlargement will stand as long as the business justifies. With The Times pulling its community forward, we trust that the business will. ? Charlotte Observer. The Fort Mill Times looks mighty prosperous these days, having1 been enlarged to eight pages.?Rock Hill Herald. ONlT I;KS 1 A WORD MINIMUM CHARGE, 2f>C. f\IOTOGRAPHs"-TTvilTbe Tn' Fort Mill only two days more. Saturday next, and Saturday, Dec. 21. Persons! wishing Photographs should ea,l upon me on one of the above dates, as I will lini-di work iiere on the 2!st. It. II. Beasley, Photographer. FOR SALE?Two Males and one Horse, f r cash or credit. We will buy beef cattle and milch cows. L. A. HARRIS & CO. # rc $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 on WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 1, 1913, and 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. All 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 Mantes 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 flanks, 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 dis tricts, 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, 32, 35, 36 and 43, in Ebenezer township; Nos. 26, 28 and 39, in Fort Mill township; Nos. 2, 21, 22, 37, 41, 44 and 49 m 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, Rarnett & 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, onTuesuay, January 21. At Fort Mill, on Wednesday, Thursday and Friday, January 22, 23 and 24. At McConnellsville, on Monday, January 27. At Ogden, on Tuesday, January 28. At Coates's Tavern (Roddey's), on Wednesday January 29. At Rock Hill, from Thursday, Janu ary 30, to Wednesday, February 5. At Yorkville, from Thursday, February 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 scnool 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 Trea?urer of York County, S. C. Yorkville, S. C., Sept. 13, 1912, VOTJCE is hereby given that the ^ TAX BOOKS for York County vill be opened on TUESDAY, the 13TH DAY OF OCTOBER. 1912, and remain ! open until the 31ST DAY OF DECEMBER, 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 JANOARY, 1913, and '1 WO PER CENT penalty for ail 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 I Ul" 1310, anu tinci una i.aic i ai! unpaid taxes will go into executions and alt 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, November 11th, until Tuesday, the 31st day of December, 1912, after which (late the penalties will attach as stated above. Note.?The Tax Hooks 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. All persons are hereby warned against hunting, fishing, or trespassing in any manner whatsoever, upon the lands of ; the undersigned. Mrs. HATTIE E. MACK. I FOR SALE?I have several good i mules that I will sell cheap for cash or | on time. A. R. McELHANEY.