Fort Mill times. (Fort Mill, S.C.) 1892-current, December 26, 1912, Image 1
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Established in 1891.
FOR BETTER SSHEDULES
CHARLOTTE TO COLUMBIA
Although nothing had been
heard in some time of the movement
started in Rock Hill to
have the Southern railway put i
on a extra daily passenger train
between Charlotte and Colum- 1
bia or to change the schedules
of the present trains it now
seems that the mutter has taken
on new life and that the railroad
people probably will take
action in the near future. Dis- (
cussing the proposition the Rock ,
Hill Herald of Friday had this
to say:
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The greater ^narioue l,iuu j
has joined forces with Rock Hill to
secure a change of schedules |
on the Charlotte-Columbia di- <
vision, or an additional train each '
way daily. For some time Rock \
Hill has been wanting easier access
to Charlotte on the North ,
and Columbia on the South, or j
rather a schedule by which per- j
sons can leave here in the mid- j
die of the day :or each city. \
It is now proposed to have a )
train leave Columbia at 8:10 a. m., \
arriving at Rock Hill at 11:10,
making connections with the j
trains from Lancaster and York- .
ville and reaching Charlotte (
about noon. Also a train leav- (
ing Charlotte at 12:10, arriving (
at Rock Hill in time to make j
connections with the 1 o'clock
train for Lancaster and arriving
at Columbia at 4:15 p. m.
As this change of schedule or
the additional train would also l
be of service to Lancaster people <
it is expected that that city will j
also join in the enort to secure
better passenger service out of
Rock Hill.
At present one desiring to go
l to Charlotte has to leave at 8:35
land remain until4:35 p m., or go
' to Charlotte at 5:30 p. m., and
iremian until the npxt day. Or
/going to Columbia one has to
'leave at 7:30 a. m., or wait unj
til 5:30 p. m. With the proposed i
| schedule in effect a person could
/ go to Charlotte at 8:30 and re/
turn at 1. or could go at 11 o'clock
A and return at 5:30. Going to
E Columbia one could go down at
I 1 o'clock and return at 9:15. i
m Diversified Farming Profitable. j
W That the farmers of York
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J county can grow prontaDie crops j
L other than cotton was illustrated j
ml at Rock Hill Saturday in the j
W report made public by the com- |
mittee appointed by the con- (
testants in the National Un- ]
ion farming contest for the $250 <
in prizes offered in a four separate
acres contest, on which were
planted corn, potatoes, pinders |
and cotton. The prizes were
awarded as follows: i,
W. D. Dunlap, $75, first prize
for the greatest yield on four
acres; gross value of crops;,
amounted to $575.22.
S. W. Barron, $75, first prize }
for the greatest net profit on ;
four acres; value of crops after j
deducting all expenses amounted
ed to $404.12.
H. T. Zinker, 850, second prize
for the greatest yield on four
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acres; gross value 01 me crops
amounting to $470.53.
A. B. Few ell, $50, second prize '
for the greatest net profit on
four acres; value of crops after
deducting expenses, $29(5 58.
^ The prizes were paid Saturday
n morning in gold. j
Site for York Courthouse Unsettled. 11
It will be recalled, says a York-'1
ville special, that at the recent j <
general election the voters of
York County approved a proposition
to issue 875,000 worth of
bonds to build a new court house
at Yorkville. The act was <
passed at the last session of the ;
Legislature, and, while it was J
the intention ofthose who framed '
it that it should provide for dis- 1
posing of the present court house 1
and its site and to give the com- mission
named in the act authority
to select, a new site and
institute condemnatory proceed- ]
ings, provided it thought wise to i
do so, it subsequently developed 1
that the law as passed was so
defective with reference to these '
points that there was grave | i
doubt as to whether the neces-:.
sary steps could be legally taken. <
therefore for the present mat- i
Iters are at a standstill, and it is
probable that the final decision i
Here's Your Ghana
HE i'
Blease Congratulates Donaghey.
Governor Blease has sent Governor
Donaghey, of Arkansas,
who liberated 360 convicts in
that State, a telegram of congratulations,
says a Columbia
news item. "He has put me out
of business," said Governor
Blease, who was making up the
list of Christmas pardons and
paroles. "If the next Legislature
does not abolish the hosiery
mill at the penitentiary South
Carolina can look out for a similar
experience to that of Arkansas,"
continued the Governor
referring to the liberation
of the 360 convicts in Arkansas.
He says, in substance, that unless
the Legislature abolishes the
hosiery mill at the penitentiary,
which he has fought so long and
bitterly, dubbing it "a tuberculosis
incubator," he will follow the
Arkansas Governor's example
and liberate the convicts.
"You can say for me that 11
will assuredly veto any compulsory
education law that the
Legislature might pass," said
:he Governor, in commenting on
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:ion bill, which Senator Hall will
ntroduce at the coming General
Assembly. The Governor referred
to the fact that opposing
i compulsory education law was
>ne of the planks in the platform
>n which he won his race for rejection
and he said that he proX)sed
carrying out that plank.
Postoffices Will Not Be Moved.
Officials of the postoffice de- j
partment at Washington have1
ienied the report that postoffices
:n small towns must all be withn
a quarter of a mile of railroad
iepots on account of the parcel
3ost and because the railroads
vould not deliver mail to postjffices
beyond the quarter-mile
imit. The report grew out of
in interview a treasury departnent
official had with newspaper
nen relative to the parcel post
jituation. Officials of the post)ffice
department say that no
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>Mces win r>e movea so mar inev \
,vill come within a quarter of a
nile of railroad depots, and in
;he future offices will be located
is heretofore at the most convenient
place for the public. If i
it is possible to locate new post^fiees
within a quarter of a mile i
of railroad depots and still be
convenient to the public such
locations will be made, say de-;
partment officials. The interests
oack of parcel post are strong,
out they are hardly strong
enough to make Uncle Sam move
ois postoffices just for their own
convenience.
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Mrs. Mary J. Beil Dead.
Mr. J. W. Ardrey, of this city,
eceived a telephone message I
Thursday morning from Proviience
announcing the death
Wednesday night of his sister.
Vlrs. Mary Jane Bell.
Mrs. Bell had been in poor
oealth for several months. She
>vas 7G years of age. Before
oer marriage she was Miss Mary
Jane Ardrey and was born and
'eared in Lower Providence not
far from Harrison Methodist
church, with which she united
in early childhood and of which
;he was a consistent and influential
member.
She is survived by three children.
namely, Mr. J. A. Bell, of
Charlotte, of the law firm of
Pharr & Bell; Mrs. W. E. Cun
ningham, of Providence, and
Mrs. \V. S. Rone, of Durham.
She is also survived by one sister,
Ylrs. Sam Elliott, of Providence,
and one brother. Mr.
John VY. Ardrey, of Fort Mill.
Mrs. E. M. Ardrey, of this city,
was a sister-in-iaw. Mrs. Pell
for many years had lived at the
old Bell home place with her
daughter, Mrs. Cunningham.
The deceased was universally
esteemed as a woman of exceptionally
fine character, and
was noted for her charitable
spirit and regard for others.
The funeral services were conducted
at Harrison fchurch Friday
morning and the interment was
in the burying ground at that
place.
will be that if a new court house
is built it will he on the old site.
It is also possible that the law
can be so amended as to remedy
its alleged defects without affecting
its other sections, but
this is not certain.
2 to Save a Quart*
ORT '
FORT MILL, S. C., TflUR!
COUNCIL WILL PROVIDE
FOR FIGHTING FLAMES
At a special meeting- Thursday 1
evening of city council a petition
signed by a large number of
residents of the city praying that
council take some steps to pro- j
vide protection from fire was
presented. The matter was given
lengthy discussion and finally,
upon the motion of Alderman
Young, a resolution was adopted
Prmn Mpnrh- I
autliv/l vvuiiviuiiitii 4.?
am to get prices with a view to
purchasing one dozen chemical
fire extinguishers, a chemical
engine and truck, together with
the necessary ladders, axes, etc.
It is probable also that a number
of fire telephone alarms will be
installed in the homes of our
people in the near future.
It is the purpose of council to
erect a small building at some
point near the center of the city
in which to house the chemical
engine. The chemical extinguishers
will be placed in the
homes of different residents,
probably three to each ward, to
be named by council. The telephone
fire alarms, if installed,
will be placed in the homes
where these extinguishers are to
be kept. But before placing
these appliances council will
exact from each citizen a promise
that the property will be well
taken care of and that said citizen
will respond promptly to the
fire alarm.
Inasmuch as the chemical engine
and truck will be housed
in the center of the town and
some minutes would naturally be
required in securing these ladders,
council passsd a resolution
urging each citizen to provide
a ladder for his or her premises
in order that the first fireman to
reach the scene of a fire would
experience no difficulty or delay
in reaching- the roof or any part
of a building where the fire might
originate. These ladders could
of course vary in length, according
to che height of the house on
which they were intended to be
used. It is figured that an ordinary
ladder would cost little if
any in excess of $1 and could be
made here at home, or if preferred
could be ordered at about
the 3ame price. Councilman
Meacham will be pleased to furnish
the addresses of concerns
from whom ladders may be
ordered to each citizen asking
for the information.
It is needless to say that many
of the fires in this city in the
past could have been extinguished
had even a ladder been at
hand and it is hoped that every
citizen will at once comply with
council's request.
False Statement About Baptist Bible.
When we admire people it is
always a cause of worry when
we hear that they have done
things that seem to us unfortunate,
and for this reason, when
we saw in some of our exchanges
that the Baptists had gotten out
a Baptist Bible, we were deeply
grieved.
Of course we recognized the
right of every church to place its
own construction upon Bible
doctrines, and to translate the
Bible so as to conform with their
construction, but we regretted
that they should raise any barrier
between that fellowship of
the saints which we have enjoyed
with them.
Brother Johnston, of Charity
and Children, than whom no one
in the State is better posted on
Baptist doings, has assured us
that the reports were twisted,
that the Baptists as a denomination
have done no such thing,
but that some enterprising Philadelphia
firm has gotten out such
a Bible in order to turn an honest
penny, and that the great Baptist
Church, while believing that
Immerse is a better translation
of the Greek than Baptize, still
hold to the old Bible.
We are not surprised to hear
this, for they are a fine folk, and
love the old Book too much to be 1
tinkering with it.?Presbyterian
Standard.
Paid Your Taxes?
Next Tuesday, the 31st, is the
last day on which State and
county taxes may be paid without
penalty.
sr: Send in Subscri
Mill
5DAY, DECEMBER 26, 1912.
Where Will Baptist Sanitarium Go ?
Baptists throughout the State
will await with interest the decision
of the committee to selec
a location for the Baptist saniturium
at its meeting to be held
in Columbia December 31. A
number of cities of the State are
said to be anxious to secure the
hospital, and the committee will
consider the proposition of each
city at its meeting the last day
of this month.
The proposed hospital is to be
a big thing, but as yet no figures
have been given as to the probable
cost of the institution. Baptists
hospitals in other States
range in value from $100,000 to
$450,00 and it is not believed
that the cost of the South Carolina
institution will fall short of
the first-named figure.
Nsxt Attraction at Auditorium.
The next attraction to be given
in Fort Mill by the Radcliffe
Lyceum bureau will be on the
evening of January 1, when the
Floyd Company, a trio of refined
entertainers, will appear at
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LUC ClUUitUl IUIII. JL lit J. luj uo C4X v.
highly spoken of by the press.
The company has been in the
front rank of lyceum entertainers
for more than 20 years, and
have kept abreast of the times j
by inventing and presenting the j
most startling novelties in their
peculiar line of work. An i
evening's entertainment by the
Fioyds is said to possess every:
possible point of excellence,
beautiful and expensive paraphernalia,
rich costumes, brilliant
stage settings, etc. The
auditorium management feels
sale in endorsing these artists
as strictly first-class in every
way.
Admission to the entertainment
will be 3-5 cents for adults;
20 cents for children.
The Cost of Education in This State.
The taxpayers of South Caroi
? ?<?iq no t^y.
Illia lllia .VCrtI fJcliu ipio.vii iwi |
each white child enrolled in t he |
schools of the State, which is
a gain of 40 cents over last
year, according to statistics con- (
tained in the annual report of
the Slate superintendent of education.
The average amount paid
for the education of the negnv
children was $1.98, which is an
increase of 27 cents over last
year. The average for both
races was $7.18 or a gain of
$1.22.
Taft Accepts Yale Professorship.
President Taft has made up
his mind to accept the proffer of I
the Kent professorship of law at
Yale, recently made him approving
his acceptance of the duties j
at New Haven early next spring.
The position carries a yearly salary
of $5,000. 9
In discharging his dutiOs at
Yale, the President will not be
restricted merely to lectures to
Yale students, but will be per
mitted to lecture, if he desires,
in other law schools, or upon the
platform, or to engage in any
other occupation he sees fit.
The best price paid for cotton
on the local market yesterday
was 13 cents. Seed soid foi 40
cents.
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of Fort Mill at the 'Corner
will find Dolls, Toys, Instr
Trains, Animated Toys, su
? Moving Snakes, Rats, Etc.,
^ Drugets, Rugs, Pictures, L
? Nice Rockers, Clocks, Violi
mental Goods, Flowers, Be
Remember, we have a cc
^ that goes in the house, fro]
Call and see us before yc
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YORK COUNTY SCHOOLS
WIN IH STATE CONTEST
At the meeting in Columbia
late Friday evening of the committee
of the State Rural School
Improvement association the winners
of the various prizes of the
several counties of the State were 1
announced. The value of the
first prize for the county is $25;
second prize, $15, and third
prize, $10. In York county the
school at India Hook won first
place; Hickory Grove, second 1
place, and Hopewell, third place.
Frizes were also awarded to the <
three rural schools of the State
showing the greatest improve-j!
ment during the year, but the I,
York schools failed to share in :
these prizes.
In several counties of the State '
no schools entered the contest
for prizes for improvement. In
most of the counties, though, the
contest for the prizes was close.
Miss Lelia Russell, superintendent
of the York county association,
attended the State meeting
Friday.
ONE CENT A WOKDI
MINIMUM CHARGE. 25C.
FOR RENT?One Four Room House
on Confederate street, healthy location,
good well water, garden and outhouses.
Apply to Mrs. R. H. Mills.
FOR SALE?Registered Berkshire
Pigs, $10 each or $15 for pair. The
dam of these pigs was sired by Lee
Premier III, Moore's $1100 Boar, and
has taken prizes at Greensboro and
Charlotte Fairs. Elmwood Farm, S. E.
Bailes, Proprietor.
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 NIVENS.
NOTICE?I have a complete set of
Blacksmith's Tools that I will sell cheap
to quick buyer. A. A. YOUNG.
FOR SALE?Lettuce Plants at 10
cents per hundred. M. Fans, R. F. D.
No. 15, Pineville, N. C.
FOR SALE?Two Mules and one
Horse, for cash or ciedit. We will buy
beef cattle and rniich cows.
L. A. HARRIS & CO.
COUNTY COMMISSIONERS.
Annual Meeting to be Held on January
2, 1913.
Yorkville, S. C., D c. 4, 1912.
Pursuant to law as set forth in section
970 of the Civil Code, notice is
hereby given to whom it mav concern,
that the ANNUAL MEETING of the
County Board of Commissioners of York !
county will be held in the office of the 1
County Supervisor at York\ille, on!
THURSDAY. JANUARY 2. 1913, commencing
at 10 o'clock a. m.
Under Section 974 of the Civil Code,
all clfeims against the county not previ- j
ously presented, mu3t be filed with the i
Ch rk of the i<o:ird on or before Janu-,
ary 1, 1913, and holders of claims will;
take notice that if the same are not
prese ted and tiled during the year in
which they arc contracted or the year
following such cla.ms will be forever
barred.
Ali claims against York county must
be itemized, and they must be accompanied
by affidavits of the claimants
setting1 forth that the amounts ciaim< u
are just, true, due and owing ar.d that i
no part thereof has been paid by discount
or otherwise.
Ail persons authorized by law to administer
oaths, are required to probate
claims against the county free of
charge.
Bv order f the Board.
TH?;S. W. BOYD,
County Supervisor.
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angemcnts for the people ?
Store' on Main street. You *
uments, Air Ships, Autos,
ch as Spiders, Alligators, ?
and many useful presents. ?
amps, Trunks, Suit Cases, ^
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n a Washboard to a Piano. ^
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$1.25 Per Year.
TAX RETURNS FOR 1913.
Office of the County Auditor of York
County, S. C.
York%ille, S. C., Nov. 29, 1912.
As required by statute, my books
will be opened at mv office in Yorkville
on WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 1, 1913,
and kept open until FEBRUARY 20,
1913, for the purpose of listing for taxation
all PERSONAL and REAL Property
held in York county on January 1,
1913.
Ail returns must be made in regular
form and it is preferable that they be
made by the property owner in person
to me or my assistant, direct, on blanks
provided for the purpose. The returnR
must be duly sworn to either before me
or my assistant, or some other officer
qualified to administer an oath.
All items of realty, whether farms
or town lots, must be listed separately.
Returns made on proper blanks, and
?worn to before an officer qualified to
administer an oath and forwarded to
me by registered mail before February
r>n liilO ...ill
JJio, win uc
All taxpayers are particularly requested
to inform themselves as to the
number of their respective school districts,
and where they have property in
more than one school district, thev will
please make separate returns indicating
the location of each piece of property.
The school districts in which
there are special levies are as follows:
Nos. 22, 23 and 27, in Bethel township;
Nos. 6, 13, 14, 29, 33, 43 and 51 in Bethesda
township; Nos. 9, 20, 38, 40 and
44 in Broad River township; Nos. 9, 15,
20, 38, 40 and 48 in Bullock's Creek '
township; Nos. 12, 45, 46 and 52 in Catawba
township; Nos. 7, 12, 32, 35, 36
and 43, in Ebenezer township; Nos.
26, 28 and 39, in Fort Mill township;
Nos. 2, 21, 22, 37, 41, 44 and 49 n
King's Mountain township; Nos. 11, 20,
21, 33, 35, 42, 43, 47, 4$ 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 Closer, on Tuesday and Wednesday,
J^fruary 7 and 8.
At Bethel (Ford, Barnett & Co.'a
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, onTuesciay, January 21.
At Fort Mill, on Wednesday, Thursday
and Friauy, January 22, 1:3 and 24.
At McConnellsville, on Monday, January
27.
At Ogden, on Tuesday, January 28.
At Ccatcs's Tavern (Roddey's), on
Wednesday January 29.
At Rock Hill, from Thursday, Janu
ary ;;U, to Wednesday, rebruary b.
At Yorkville, from Thursday, February
6, until Thursday, February 20.
All males between the ages of twenty-one
and sixty years, except Confedetate
soidiers over the age of fifty
years, are liable to a poll tax of $1.00,
and all persons so liable are especially
requested to gi\e 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">l?ys.
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 he opened on TUESDAY, the 15TH
DAY OF OCTOBER, 1912, and remain
open until the 31ST DAY Oh DECEMBER,
1912, for the collection of STATE,
COUNTY, SCHOOL and LOCAL
TAXES fur the fiscal year 1912, without
penalty; after which day ONE PER
/ l'v't ........ ? ;m k,. t,> .,ii ,,o,.
v L*k\ l ['t'UUltJ will ?yr; uwm u iv on uav*
ments made In the month of JANUARY,
1913, and TWO PER CENT penalty
for ,j.'l payments made in the
month of FEBRUARY, 1913, and SEVEN
PER CENT penalty will he added
to all payments made from the 1ST
DAY OF MARCH to the lf>TH DAY
OF MARCH, 1913, and after this date
a!l 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, November
11th, untii Tuesday, the 31st
day of December, 1912, after which
date the penalties will attach as stated
above.
Note.?The Tax Books arc 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
_ i: _ i * .1
properties is locaien.
HARRY E. NEIL,
Treasurer of York County.
TRESPASS NOTICE.
All persons are hereby warred against
hunting, fishing, or trespassing in any
manner whatsoever, upon the lands of
the undersigned.
Mrs. HATTIE E. MACK.
FOR SALE?I have several good
mules thai I will ell cheat" for ca-'n or
on time. A. R. McELHANEY.
.ng 1913 for $1.00.
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