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I T Established in 1891. BETHEL RESCINDS VOTE . ON REMOVAL OF CHIGORA A matter of considerable interest in this section was the acr> n lion Oi rjeinei riesu^Lcijr av a special meeting in Rock Hill _ Monday rescinding the vote * whereby it went on record some months ago as opposed to the removal of Chicora college from Greenville to Laurens. The proposition to move the college came up for consideration and determination at the fall meeting of the Presbytery held in Fort Mill in September and resulted in a spirited contest which was watched with more than passing interest not only locally but ( throughout the State. Then the Presbytery went on record as opposed to the change. A number of speeches were made for and against the removal of the college by distinguished ministers and laymen, among the number being ex-Governor Martin F. Ansel. The more recent action of the Presbytery with respect to the removal of the college and the acceptance of the offer of Laurens is said to be due to the imDression that Greenville will not fulfill the promises of financial aid which were made at the j fall meeting: of the body. Re-: cently, it is said, a canvass was j started in Greenville to raise j $30,000 for the institution, but j less than $7,000 was .secured.1 Greenville asked that the matter be left open until March, but by that time the Laurens proposi- J tion will have expired and it was feared that city would not renew her request for the college. Bethel Presbytery therefore decided that act ion should be taken at once. Want New County. The people of Woodruff, in Laurens county, are anxious to 1 form a new county out of portions of Spartanburg and Laurens counties with Woodruff as the county st-at. and the promoters are confident of access. The people of Woodruff are highly elated over the p.m)osed formation of the new county . nd i are exceedingly ambitious thu.1 the thrifty town should have the ^ distinction of being a county j seat. A long line of argument in favor of the plan is ready for submission before the proper authorities and the outcome of the matter is awaited with interest. For some time attention has been centered on the movements being made by Clinton people who are desirous to have a county with Clinton as the county seat and to be formed from parts of Spartanburg. Laurens and Newberry counties. The proposition of the Woodruff people has been kept on the quiet and few people were aware of the fact that they were get ling manei s> in onap^ iui pivsentment. Much Pellagra in South Carolina. In a report made Saturday by the national public health service figures by counties for many of the States where pellagra exists are given. Those for South Carolina, which cover the period from 1(*07 to 1911. are as follows: Abbeville 17. Aiken 106. Anderson 131, Bamberg 10, Barnwell 6, Beaufort 30, Berkeley 22. Calhoun 2, Charleston 73, Cherokee 33, Cnester 26. Chesterfield 7, Clarendon 8, Colleton 5, Darlington 10, Dillon 33. Dorchester 9, Edgefield 22, Fairfield 77. Florence 18, Georgetown 16. Greenville 145, Greenwood 98. Hampton 8. Horry 23, Kershaw 16, Lancaster 18, Laurens 95, r , Lee 10, Lexington 7, Marion 11, Marlboro 21, Newberry 35, Oco| nee 8". Orangeburg 53, Pickens. 93, Richland 51. Saluda 1. Spartanburg 226, Sumter 17, Union 92, Williamsburg 12, York 25. ) Would Extend Free Mail Delivery. ( A bill that would establish a J free mail delivery service in cities having second- and thirdclass postoffices was introduced in Congress *a few days ago by Representative Griest, of Georgia. The bill would appropriate |H $200,000 to be used by the postmaster general in inaugurating t the service in cities where there is row no free delivery. HE F What Blease Really Did Say. The Soi h Carolina pres? has during the last few days carried a stenographic report of the remarks of Gov. Cole L. Blease before the recent Governor's Conference in Richmond, the report having been secured, at a cost of $5 to the Governor, from the Richmond Times Dispatch. The following extract from the report covers the Governor's remarks as to his attitude toward the protection of negro assailants of white women in this State: By Gov. Carey, of Wyoming: "Gov. Blease, when you were sworn in as governor of South Carolina, did you not swear to uphold the constitution and laws of the State of South Carolina?" By Gov. Blease: "I did, sir." By Gov. Carey: "Don't you have a law on the statute books of South Carolina protecting the negro the same as you do the white man?" By Gov. Blease: "Yes, sir. I will answer the governor of Wyoming, as I answered this question on the rostrum in South Carolina?I wish to call upon the newspaper men present not to say that I am excited; in South Carolina, thank God, I have a record of not only being a fighter, but a cold-blooded fighter?I answer you, sir, by saying this: that whenever the constitution of my State steps between me and the defense of the virtue of the white women of my State, I will resign my commission, tear it up and throw it to the breezes and march to the defense of her ? It - J| nonor ana ner virtue, regaruiess of what may be the consequences." A Bull Moose Paper. The progressive leaders of this State, recognizing the value of newspaper support, have decided to organize -a stock company to publish a weekly paper in Columbia for distribution throughout the State, and which will be the party organ of the propressive party in South Carolina. This paper will, according to the Bull Moose leaders, be run on the rame lines as Bryan's Commoner, its mission being to educate our people on the twop rty proposition and to familiariz?. them with the platform, and par tenets of the new white part, and will stand squarely on a . asis of absolute white rule for al. Southern States just as the D< nocratic party does. W. 1 Beard, formerly editor of the C reenwood News-Scimiter, will ed ; this Bull Moose paper, which /ill be called the Propressive Advocate. Mr. Beard is State secretary of the progressive party. Growth of the Methodists. The following figures 011 the growth of Methodism in the United States, as published in an exchange, will be read with interest: Methodism has grown and expanded remarkably in the United States since its first conference was held in 1773, when toil, dangers. hardships and privations characterized life. In 1910 there were 18 bcdies of Methodists, representing a total of 6,838,779 members. Of these bodies the Methodist Episcopal Church and the Methodist Episcopal Church South are the two larger. The former is accredited with 3,442,631 church members. 3,368,162 Sunday school scholars, and 19,^QT iifoanliprs' :<nrl flip Mpfhnrlisf Episcopal Church South is accredited with 1,817,732 church members, 6,388 preachers, and 1,258.467 Sunday school pupils. Its educational plants alone are valued at 811,978,138, to say nothing ol' the churches, parsonages, Epworth encampments, mission homes, etc.. scattered throughout the length and breadth of the land. Nor is this all. The "white banner" of peace, the bloodless emblem under which Methodism won its victories for the uplift of humanity, now floats over missions and- other church enterprises in all foreign lands, and today the prayers, hymns and supplications of 1,380,442 Methodists across the sea are mingling with those 6,838,779 in America in praises of Him unto whom each knee shall bend in worship. ORT ] FORT MILL, S. C? THIJRS TO MAIL XMAS PARCELS OBSERVE THESE RULES In order to save the public the annoyance and inconvenience of having Christmas letters and packages go astray in the mails, the postoffice department has issued the following warning as to the proper way to do up packages and what may and may not be put on letters. Postage on all matter should be fuliy prepaid. Packages not fully prepaid will be held for postage. All packages should be fully and plainly addressed, including street and number, or number of rural route, in order that there may be no delay in handling and delivering them. The sender's name and address should be placed on the upper lefthand corner of the envelope or wrapper to insure return of mail if not delivered. All mail matter should be securely packed and wrapped so as to bear transmission without breaking. Matter other than that of the first-class must be so wrapped that the contents of the package may be examined easily by postal officials. When not so wrapped, the matter will be charged with postage at the firstclass rate. Packages of third and fourthclass matter may bear, in addition to the names and addresses of the senders and addressed, a written designation of the contents, a simple inscription not in the nature of personal correspondence, the words, "Merry Christmas," "Happy New Year" "With best wishes, and "Do not open until Christmas," or words to that effect. Packages should be prepaid, wrapped and addressed, as indicated above, before being pre| sented for mailing, and should be deposited as soon as ready and as early in the day as pos| sible, thus avoiding congestion I at the postoflice. All valuable letters and parcels should he registered. The special delivery of mail by messenger may be obtained by! placing on any letter or package a special delivery stamp or 10 cents in ordinary stamps, in addition to the amount of the required postage. When ordinary stamps are used, the words, i "Special Delivery" must be | placed directly under, but not on ' the stamps. Registry stamps are not valid i for the payment of postage, but only to cover the face of regis-1 tered matter. When used to prepay ordinary postage the matter to which the reigstry stamps are affixed will be held for postage. Greenbacks to be Smaller. With the end of preparation for revolutionary changes in the design and size of American currency almost in sight, Secretary MacVeagh, of the treasury department. expects to give the ; order for printing the new notes to director Ralph of the bureau of engraving and printing about Februarv 13. It will, however. require 18 months to accomplish the change. Secretary MacVeagh has eni gaged Kenyon Cox, an artist, of New York, to design the back of the notes, which will be the same for all denominations for all classes of notes. The design by Mr. Cox is symbolic of progress i and peace, showing the develop| ment of the nation in the lines : of labor and commerce. The new currency will be two-thirds ; the size of that now in circulation, its dimensions being 6 by 2 1-2 inches. Outdoes Governor Blease. Governor Donaghev, of Arkansas, who will retire from office January 1. issued pardons Tuesday to 316 State and 44 county convicts as a protest against the convict lease system in vogue in that State. As a result three State convict camps will be abol| ished. The convicts pardoned were serving sentences of from one to 15 years. The governor in a statement explaining his action in issuing pardons, scored the convict lease system and magistrates who imposed lengthy ! sentences for trivial offenses. * Mill >DAY, DECEMBER 19, 1912. WISHES LAW ENACTED AGAINST MISCEGENATION Denunciation of the legal procedure under which "a brownhued, black-skinned and brutalhearted African can walk into an office of the law and demand an edict guaranteeing his legal wedlock to a white woman," was one of many sensational features of a speech in Congress a few days ago by Representative Roddenberry, of Georgia, in favor of a resolution he had introduced to prevent intermarriage of whites and negroes. Mr. Roddenberry prophesied that the legal sanction of mixed marriage ultimately might bring i , a j tt 1 tnis country to a coninct. ne declared that "no brutality, infamy or degredation in all the days ol Southern slavery possessed such villainous characteristics, atrocious qualities, as the permission of that marriage by the laws ol this country." The measure, a direct result of the marriage recently in Chicago of Jack Johnson, negro pugilist, with a white girl, did not get to a vote. In Chicago, Mr. Rodden-' berry said, not only is the "whitej slave" traffic carried on, but the "white girls of this country are made slaves of an African brute, sanctioned by the laws of the State, and solemnized by a form of the marriage ceremony." . Mr. Roddenberry added: "We say this is a great country, with its morals, traditions, virtues and 1 examples deserving to be emulated and envied by the other countries of the earth, but we see an African with much brutal force, with no moral character, with no stamina, entering the office of a probating magistrate or other legal officer in that city and calling on him to issue 'to me, .Jack Johnson,' a marriagei license to wed a young American j woman, of our own blood and color." The speaker declared that "in | the fellowship between the whites and the blacks in the South, the blacks respected the superiority j of their former masters and would commit self-destruction before entertaining a thought of matrimony with a Caucasian girl." A North Carolina League. A State baseball league, to be: composed of Charlotte, Greensboro, Winston, Raleigh, Durham and Asheville, was formed at Fharlnttp Fridav. This art ion ends the existence of the Carolina league, and leaves it up to the South Carolina towns, it baseball is wanted another season, to follow the lead of the North Carolina towns, and organize within the State. (Advertisement.) Famous Sta^e Be .uties look with horror on Skin Eruptions. Blotches, Sores or Pimples. They don't have them, nor will any one, who uses Bucklen's Arnica Salve. li glorifies the face. Eczema or Salt Rheum vanish before it. It cures -ore lips, chapped hands, chilblains; heals burns, cuts and bruises. Unequaled for piles. Only 2">c at Parks Drug Co., Ardrey's Drug Store and Fort Mill Drug Co. O m JL ^ ; Oclll Itil l> 9 i "I have made all my ar] of Fort Mill at the 'Corner will find Dolls, Toys, Instr ? Trains, Animated Toys, si ^ Moving Snakes, Rats, Etc., ^ Drugets, Rugs, Pictures, L ? Nice Rockers, Clocks, Violi i> mental Goods, Flowers. Be Remember, we have a c< ^ that goes in the house, fro Call and see us before y< 1 Harris Furnit "First on t I Timi WHAT CAN AND CANNOT BE SENT THROUGH MAILS According to regulations governing the parcels post system, perishable articles may be sent through the mails only under specific restrictions as to their containers and the distance they are to be sent. Butter, lard, fish, fresh meats, dressed fowls, vegetables, fruits, berries and similar articles likely quickly to decay may be sent for a short distance when securely packed. Eggs will be accepted - ? iii? i it ror local delivery wnen pacKeui properly in a container, and for any distance when each egg is separately packed in a secure manner. No restriction is placed on the mailing of salted, dried, smoked or cured meats, but fresh meat will be transported only within the first zone. Fragile articles, including millinery, toys, musical instruments and articies of glass in whole or in part must be securely packed and marked "fragile." Articles that may not be sent by parcels post include intoxicating liquors of all kinds, poisons, insects, or reptiles, explosives of every kind, inflammable articles, including matches, infernal machines, pistols, disease germs, any obscene, defamatory or scurrillous matter now prohibited by law, live or dead animals or Diras, or live poultry, raw hides or pelts, or anything having a bad odor. Books and printed matter may not be forwarded at parcels post rates, but only at the pound rates for third-class matter. Bill for 2-cent Passenger Rate. Carrying out his campaign promises. Senator-elect Wilton H. Earle, of Greenville county, announces that he will, immediately after the next session of the State Legislature convenes, introduce a bill in the Senate providing for a Hat two-cent rate on all railroads in South Carolina. Mr* F.arle says that the bill will be a general one and will apply to all roads. It is expected that a similar bill w ill be introduced in the House of Representatives although it is not known by whom. The best price paid for cotton on the locai market yesterday was 13 cents. Seed sold foi 40 cenis. ONE CENT A WORD MINIMUM CHARGE. 25C. NOTIC E?I have a complete set of Blacksmith's Tools that I will sell cheap t-< <|iiick b'lyer. A. A. YOUNO. FOR SALE?Lettuce Plants at 10 cents per hundred. M. Faris, It. F. 1). No. 15, Pineville, N. ('. | ^PHOTOGRAPHS-1 will he in Fort Mill only one mor" nay, next ouiurday, December the 'Jlst. Persons wishing Photographs should call upon me on the above date, as I will : iinish my work here on that flay. It. H. Beasiey, Photographer. FOR SALF?Two M and one Horse, for cash or ciedit. We will buy beef cattle and milch cows. L. A. HARRIS & CO. Clans; rangements for the people * Store' on Main street. You uments, Air Ships, Autos. ich as Spiders, Alligators, ? , and many useful presents. ^ lamps, Trunks, Suit Cases, ^ ins, Guitars, Banjos, Orna- ? lis, Wreaths, &c." ? miplcte line of everything ^ m a Washboard to a Piano. ^ du buy. - ore Company, * he Square." 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 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 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 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, thev will please make separate returns indicating the location of each piece of prop erty. 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, 23 and 39, in Fort Mill township; Nos. 2, 21, 22, 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.'a Store), Thursday, January 9. At Point (at Harper's), on Friday, j January 10. At Bandana (Perry Ferguson's store) j 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, ^ I January 16 and 17. At Bullock's Creek (Good's Store), 5n Saturday, January 18. At Tiizah. on Monday, January 20. At Newport, on Tuesday, January 21. At Fort Mill, on Wednesday, Thursday and Friday, January 22, 23 and 24. At McConneilsville, 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, February 6, until Thursday, February 20. 1 All males between the ages of twenty-one and sixty years, except ConfedIifotn <#,1,1 iiiro nvor tht. utri* nf Tiffw years, are liable to a poll tax of SI.00, | and all per.-ons 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 respect; ive 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. "V"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 th" 31ST DAY OF DECEMBER, 1912. for the collection of STATE, ! COUNTY, SCHOOL and LOCAL I AXbS tor ine nscai year iv:z, witnout penalty; after which day ONE PER CENT penalty will be added to all pay. merits made in the month of JANUARY, 11*13, and TWO PER CENT penalty for all pavm< nts 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 Yorkviile from Monday, November 11th, until Tuesday, the 31st ! day of December, 1912, after which date the penalties will attach as stated ; above. Not<*.?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. Ali persons are hereby warned against ! hunting, tisl.ing, or trespassing in any manner whatsoever, upon the lands of the undersigned, Mrs. HATTIE E. MACK. FOR SALE?I have several good mules that 1 will el! cm .in : r e:-..<-h or Ion time. A. R. McELHANEY.