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Established in 1891.
PARDONS AND PAROLES
FOR MANY PRISONERS
As a Christmas gift, Governor
Blease last week granted clemency
to seventy-six persons in
the penitentiary and scattered
on chaingangs and in tlTe jails
throughout the State, including
one to whom a pardon was granted
to restore citizenship. The
offences for which the prisoners
were serving terms ranged all
the way from murder down to
minor infractions of the law.
The convicts to whom clemency
was granted were liberated on
Tuesday in order that they might
eat dinner at home Christmas
day.
One man was pardoned to restore
citizenship.
Seventeen were serving life
terms on the charge of murder.
Twpntv-ninp wpi-p sprvinir
terms on the charge of manslaughter.
Seven were serving terms on
the charge of larceny.
Five wer'e serving terms on
the charge of housebreaking and
larceny.
One was serving a term on the
charge of securing money under
false pretenses.
Nine were serving terms on
the charge of assault and battery.
One was serving a term on the
charge of bigamy.
Two were serving terms on
* the charge of rape.
Two were serving terms on
the charge of arson. ,
Five were serving terms on
the charge of burglary.
One was serving a term on a
charge of highway robbery.
One was serving a term on
the charge of violating the dispensary
law.
Of the number of prisoners
paroled two were from York
~ county: i urns LieiK, convicted
at the July, 1909, term of York
court of carbreaking and larceny
and sentenced to five years on
the public works of the county,
and Sam Ballard, convicted at
the same term tff court upon
a similar charge and sentenced
to seven years on the public
works of York county.
Probabiy the most interesting
case in the whole batch was thai
of J. C. Kennedy, white, of
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Duniweu coumy, convicteu <)l
the murder of a man by the
name of Usserv, and sentenced
to life imprisonment in the State
penitentiary. The kiiling of Ussery
occurred during a carnival
week in Barnwell and excited in-*
terest throughout the State.
Two negroes are now serving a
life sentences for the same offense,
and one of the reasons assigned
for the pardon of Kennedy
by the governor is the difference
in statements of these two
negroes on their two trials and
since, Kennedy having been convicted
largely on their testimony.
South Leads in Cotton Sninnint*
The census bureau report on
the supply and distribution of
cotton shows that for the first
time in the history of the cotton
spinning industry the amount of
cotton used in Southern mills
exceeded that used in all other
States in any one year, and that
the number of active spindles in
the South lias increased a ballmillion
over the number operated
last year.
The supremacy of the South in
this field elicits from The Wall
Street Journal this comment:
"Among the many phenomena
of the past 12 months which together
have made this a record
"year, so far as material growth
and prosperity in the United
States are concerned, perhaps the
most astonishing is disclosed in
the latest report of the Census
Bureau at Washington. According
to that report trie Southern
States in which the production
of cotton is the great agricultural
industry have now passed all the
other States of the Union in the
utilization of cotton for manufacturing
pui poses.''
The amount of cotton consumed
in the United States during the
year ending August 31, 1912, was
5,367,671 bales, and of this
amount the quantity consumed
in all other States, other than
the South, was 2,655,049 bales.
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State New? in Brief.
Anderson has reopened its
city pesthouse, as several new
cases of smallpox, all among- the
colored population so far, have
! broken out.
Greenville's Society for the
Prevention of Cruelty to Ani-1
mals has been organized and
formally launched and is now
, ready to discharge the duties for
| which it was formed.
The Southern Bell Telephone
i Company will begin work on the
underground wire system for
Spartanburg early in the new
i year, as preliminary arrange-!
ments are now being made to
commence active operations.
The annual report of W. W.
Moore, adjutant and inspector
| general of the State, has been1
j sent to the printer, and it dem- J
I onstrates the fact that the NaI
tional Guard of South Carolina is
I on a solid foundation and the
i general morale of the corps is
i improving in effectiveness.
The committee representing
the Baptist denomination of the
' Slate and charged with the
selection of a location for the
Slate Baptist sanitarium met in
Columbia yesterday afternoon.
[ Some seven or eight towns, bei
CI/I^C Pnlnnil .im ?V?n/In V-vij-Jc? 1
i ui\?vu v/\/auiuuiut na v v; mauc uiuo |
| for the location of the hospital. :
i State Supt. of Education J. E.
I Swearingen has made a reeapitI
ulation of his annual report to
the General Assembly, which
shows the facts and figures of
I the condition of the schools of
the State at a glance. The conidensed
summary of the school
| situation is valuah}e, giving the
whole educational system of the
public schools in Tabloid.
A high license whiskey meas1
lire will be introduced at the
next session of the general* assembly
by a member of the
Charleston county delegation according
to Maj. Daniel I Sinkler.
He said that the measure had
; not been drawn but that the
various provisions were under
consideration.
A bill making it a misdemeanor
to haze in schools and colleges
I of South Carolina will be introduced
at the approaching session
of the General Assertibly, according
to information front an
authoritative source. As far as
is known this is tiie first time
such a question lias been agitated
in the Slate ami it will probably
create considerable interest.
^"T^rom the industrial reports
that are being compiled in the
oflice oi Col. E. J. Watson, Slate
commissioner of agriculture, commerce
and industries, South
Carolina this year has enjoyed a
period of unexcelled prosperity
in her manufacturing enterprises.
Nearly all of them show
a decided increase. The labor
conditions also have been good.
Lancaster Man Will Administer Oath.
Governor Blease will be inaugurated
for his second term on,
January and Magistrate W.
Pink Caskey, of Lancaster, has
been invited and accepted the
'invitation to administer the oath
of oflice to the governor on that
occasion. Magistrate Dunbar ol
Barnwell county, \vno performed
this function two years ago, died
last ye ar. Magistrate Caskey,
although a resident of the county
which furnished the governor's
opponent in the late primary,
is a close personal friend
and supporter of the governor
and, in spite of the fact he encountered
strong opposition, was
reelected magistrate at Lancaster
last summer.
Gov. Blease Not in Picture.
When the members of the
governors' congress, which recently
convened in Richmond,
went to Washington to confer
with President Taft, they were
entertained at dinner by him,
and afterwards were photographed
in front of the executive
offices, the president, several
members of his cabinet and his
aides being in the group with the
governors.
After the pictures were de
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veiopeu it was iioncea mat iiovernor
Rlease, who stood ut the
extreme end or the front line of
governors, was not within the
focus of the camera and consequently
he did not appear in the
, picture.
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FORT MILL. S. C. THUR
FIFTY-TWO LYWGHINGS "
DURING TriE YEAR 8912
Only fifty-two lynchings, known
to be such beyond doubt, occurred
in- the United States dur-;
ing the year just closed. In t
previous years the number has
been much larger, 190 having
been recorded in 1894 and 170 in
tne year lolloping. The past
ten years the number has been
steadily decreasing. Only one
year, however, produced fewer
lynchings than 1912. In 1907 the
record shows 51 lynchings, one!
less than 1912.
In some ot the Southern States
there were fewer lynchings in
1912 than in almost any previous
year. The decrease is attributed
largely to the efforts made in a
number of States to prevent the
commission of the crime which!
usually precedes lynching.
Again, as in the records of
fermer years, more lynchings occurred
in Georgia than in any '
other State. Louisiana and Florida
come next in the list. South
Carolina had six cases of summa- |
ry execution last year, as against
one in the year 1911. Kentucky, j
with eight lynchings in 1911,
had a clean slaie last year. An-;
other State with a clean slate
for 1912 was Oklahoma. The
figures for Texas, Tennesse and i
Arkansas show fewer lynchings ;
than in 1911. In Mississippi, '
'Alabama and Louisiana the number
slightly exceeded that of
1911.
The States outside the South |
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vwivit; 1} 111.11111,1;^ utxuntu III
I 1912 were West Virginia, Wyoming:,
Montana, North Dakota
and California. By States the.
record is as follows: Georgia,
14; Louisiana, 8; South Carolina,
: 6; Florida, 5; Alabama. 4; Arkansas,
3; Texas, 3; Mississippi, 3;
Tsnnessee, 1; Wyoming, 1; Mon|
tana, 1: West Virginia, 1; California,
1, and North Dakota, 1.
In tlie fifty-two lynchings the
victims in all hut two were negroes.
Three negresses were in:
eluded in ttie list. Alleged attacks
upon white women and
girls and the murder of white
person's account for practically
all the cases.
Catawbas Have Christmas Tree.
Nowhere, perhaps, in this section
was Christmas Day more
i thoroughly enjoyed than at the
Catawba Indian Reservation.
I The day's pleasure was made
possible through the kind fore- j
| thought of Rev. and Mrs. S. R.
Brock aiui other interested
I friends. The exercises, held at
j the home of Mrs. Nettie Owl, ,
wvre much enjoyed, consisting- j
! of scripture reading, prayer, a;
short talk by Mr. Brock, hymns
1 and a special Christmas selection I
by Mr. and Mrs. Wheelock and
Mr. Harris. Chief Harris made |
| a short speech, expressing the j
warm appreciation of his people
| for this Christian courtesy and 1
j for that extended on previous!
'j occasions.
Of special interest to all was:
the Christmas tree, from which
was distributed to every man,
woman and child, a bag of fruit
and confectionery. The happy !
occasion will long be remembered
by all present. |
Mr. Brock was presented by ;
John Brown with a dressed rabbit
and a live 'possum.
The Enterprise Mfg. company,
ot Rock Hill, has filed with the
Interstate Commerce commission j
a complaint against the Southern,
Seaboard and Nashville,
Chattanooga & St. Louis rail-1
ways, charging that ihoy collect
unreasonable and unjust rates in
' violation of the law on jute bagging
to various points in the
South.
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SDAY, JANUARY 2, 19J:
YORK TEACHERS WEET
NEXT WEEK Sft ROCK HILL
The next meeting: of the York 1
County Teachers' Association i
will be held in Rock Hill, beg:in-'!
ning with an address by Dr. i
Geo. B. Cromer, of Newberry, on
Friday night, January 10th at i
7:30 o'clock.
Dr. Cromer is an able and ex- ; <
perienced educator and a former <
president of Newberry College. 1
The association has reason toi i
congratulate itself upon securing
the services of this forceful and |
eloquent speaker. !,
On Saturday morning at 10]
o'clock, the.association will meet I
again to discuss discipline and
spelling. !'
It is hoped that all of the
teachers present will participate ,
freely in the discussion of those 1
two live topics. 1
All teachers, trustees and
friends of education are invited
and urged to be present.
Rock Hill will take care of the
visitors.
Please notify Mr. E. W. Hall,
of Rock Ilill, whether or not you
will attend and when you will!
arrive. F. W. Moore,
Sec'v York Teachers' Assn.
Dec. '27. 1912.
Elections by Legislature.
The next session of the South
Carolina general assembly which
will convene on January 14, 1913. .
will be called on to liil two i
vacancies on the circuit bench.
elect a superintendent ami tlire.members
of the board of trustees!
of the State penitentiary.
One of the vacancies on thel
circuit bench was caused by thO|
resignation of Judge Robert E.
Copes, of Orangeburg, several)
weeks ago. He was elected from i,
the lirsi judicial circuit.
Two candidates to succeed
Judge Copes are being frequent-;
ly mentioned. They are i\ T.
liildebrand, of Orangeburg, so-1
lienor for the first judicial circuit,
and M. S. Connor, of Si.
George, a prominent member of
the Dorchester county bar.
The term of Judge Thomas S.
Sease, of Spartanburg, on the
circuit bench will expire soon.
So far as is known he will haveno
opposition for reelection.
it is understood mat vnpi.
David .J. Griffith, superintendent
of the State penitentiary, will
run again for the office and that
lie will l>e opposed by Sheriff
Hunter, of Bamberg, and Sheriff
Long, of Union, both of whose
terms as sheriff will expire on
January 1.
First Patron of Parcels Post.
As the clocks ticked off the!
first second of 1913. Postmaster
General Hitchcock inaugurated
anew era in the American Postal
Service by depositing in the
Washington postolfiee the fust
package to be entrusted to the
domestic parcel post service. At1
the same moment the parcel posi
service was opened for business ;
in every postolfiee in tho United!
States open at that hour.
Postmaster General Hitchcock's
package contained a silver lo\ mg
cup enclosed in a stout, box. The
package was addressed to L. M.
Morgan, postmaster of the city
j of New York.
Teaching School and Making Liruor.
W. T. Lindsay, principal of a
; common school in lilassy MounLain
Township, (jreenviile Coun|
ty, and a deacon of a little
! mountain church, and also a
1 clerk of this house of worship, is
still something more than this.
He is a manufacturer, at least he
is so termed by agents of the
internal revenue office. Lor
manufacturing certain products, ;
to wit "iicker," he has been I
summoned to appear at a preliminary
hearing before United
ShitHS Commissioner K. M. I
Blythe to answer to the charge
of "illicit distilling."
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THIRTY-ODD DYNAMITERS
GET TER&SS IN PRISON
Seven years in the federal penitentiary
at Fort Leavenworth,
Kansas, was the heaviest penalk..
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iy uupuscu oy juuge Anderson
Monday at Cincinnati on the
thirty-eight labor leaders who
were convicted Saturday of the
charge of being implicated in a
conspiracy to carry dynamite in
violation of law. Seven men got
If with suspended sentences,
while other sentences ranged
from a year and a day to seven
years.
Frank Ryan, president of the
International Association of
Bridge and Structural iron Work- ,
ers, was the man receiving the
heaviest sentence, getting one
year more than was meted out to
other men considered as Ryan's
chief lieutenants in destroying
the works of the American Bridge
Company throughout the country.
Other chief sentences were
six years, imposed on John T.
Butler, of Butfalo, vice president;
Eugene Clancy, of San
Francisco; 01 f Veitmoe, secretary
Calilornia Building Trades
Council; Herbert Hockin, former
secretary Iron Workers, Detroit;
Michael Young, vice president,
Boston; John Munzy, organizer,
Salt Lake City.
The prisoners handcuffed to
officers were marched Monday in
the rain from the county jail to
the federal building. Some of
the men showed much worry and
none were cheerful.
Wage Increase for Telephone Men.
More than 1.500 Bell telephone
linemen employed by the Southern
Bell and Cumberland Telephone
companii s in nine Southern
States received a substantial
Christmas present in the shape
of an increase of approximately
15 per cent, in their wages.
This increase was voluntary on
the part of the two telephone
companies and follows closely
the announcement of a pension.
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?MVI? MV.uv.lll, UV.V. lUV.lit <11.M (I surance
fund of $10,000,0(10,
which is said to bo the most
liberal plan adopted by any corporation.
Under the new v.'a fro scale,
iinenu n who now got $2.70 per
day will got $3 per day, and
every grade ol linom n will be
increased proportionately. The
increase will benefit families
throughout the- cut ire South from
North Carolina to Mississippi.
The News of Gold Kill.
Fort Mill Time.; Correspondi-nce.
The Christmas holidays of 1912
haw ]>aal away quite pleasantly
in tiiesediggings. Everybody
seems to have had a pleasant
time and a lot of it. As tor this
old sinner, he lias fared sump
tuously and lias be en the recipient
of many nice presents,
for ail of which wo arc unite
thankful. Among them w is a
tine hat, a box of cigars ari'l a
vial of "chill tonic" and wi.iie
we have no chills we thought ii
best to take a sup of the "tonic"
along for tear ol accidents. And
now as to cigars, an old s.ildier
who lias long since ?>as. d away,
told us that it looked too much
like poor loiks to be smoking an
old clay |>11 and as the cigars
were a present we have been
sitting here cross-legged for a
vvhoie week smoking them trying
to act the gentleman like ricn
folks.
Miss Mayo Coltli: rp. ol'Lykesland,
spent the Criristmas holidays
with her parents here and
has returned to her work.
And 11>12 is passed and gone
gone like the water that passes
down the stream?gone to return
no more, and with it some
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nave passed away that were
very near and dear to us, and
now let us all stop a while and
think how much good we have
done since last Christinas, how
many times have we tried to
make our kindied happy, rot
only our kindred nut our neighbors
and companions.
Splinter.
Gold Hill, Dec. 81.
No man who indulges a taste
fur intoxicating liquors will ever
amount to much as a real man,
wherever he may be or however
hitfh he may rise for a time.
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TAX RETURNS FOR 1913.
Office of the County Vurlitor of York V
County, S. C. ^
Yorkviile, S. t\. Nov. 29. 1912. '*
As roqum i by statute, my booka
will be opened at niv olliee in Yorkvillo
on WEDNESDAY, .) A NI * A K Y 1. 1913,
ami kept open until FKliUl'ARY 20.
r.'i;;, lor the purpose of listing for taxation
all l'KRSONAL and KF.AI. Property
held in York county on January 1,
All returns must he made in regular
form and it ;s preferable that they ho
made by the property owner in person
to me or my assistant, direct, on blanks
provided for the purpose. The returns
must l>e duly sworn to either before mo
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 b\ registered mail before February
20, 1012, will be aeeeptid.
All taxpayers are particularly requested
to inform themselves as to tho
number of their respective school districts,
and when 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. 22 and 27, in Bethel township;
Nos. t!, 12, 11. 2'.?, .'52, 42 and ">1 in Bethesda
township; Nes. 20, 2s, 10 and
4 1 in Broad River township; Nos. 9, 15,
20, 28, 40 and lv in Bullock's Creek
townshin: NTs. I1' l"? m -n.,1 v> ;. > is.
tawha township: Nos. 7. 12. 32, 35, 3G
ami 13, in F.henoy.or township; Nos.
20. 28 and 39. in Fort Mill township;
Nos. 2. 21. 22. 37. 11. I S and 49 In
King's Mounta n township; Nos. 11, 20,
21. 33. 35, 12. 13. 47. 4s and 49 in York
township.
For tin- purpose of facilitating the
taking of returns, and for the greater
convenience of taxpayers, 1 will be at
tin- following places on the dates
named:
At Bethany (Mctlill's Store), Monday,
Januar\ G.
At Clover, on Tuesday and Wednesday,
Jaruary 7 and 8.
At Belhei i Ford, Harnett & Co.'a
Store), Thursday, .January 9.
At Point (at Harper's), on Friday,
January 10.
At Hand, lie (Perry Ferguson's store)
on Satur uv, January 11.
At 8u:\ ma, on Monday, January 13.
At ihekorj drove, on Tuesday and
Wednesday, January Hiatal lf>.
At Sharon, <?n 1 nursday and Friday,
January id and 17.
At Hulloek's Creek (Hood's Store),
on Saturday, January Its.
At Tiizal., on M<xuiay, January 20.
At Nov port, u:i'i tiesitay, January 21.
At Fo. t Mill. .11 Wtdnesdny, Thursday
and Fra ay. la.tuary 22. 3 and 24.
At Met ottn? llsvnle, on Monday, January
27.
At <>e ion. on Tuesday. January 28.
At (' aiesV Tavern (Uoddey's), on
\\ dm sdny January 211.
At Hook II I:, Horn Thursday, January
20, to Wednesday, !' 1 >ruary f>.
A. , fr-.m Thursday, Fcbruary
('?, unnl '! I ui ...lay, February 1:0.
All inal< 1 t\v on the ays of Iwonone
and \ i\ a is, i xcept t'onfedotato
soldiers ovir the ay of fifty
years, are liable to a poll tax of $1.00,
and all p r. on- o liable are especially
requested ti ? I lie numbers of their
re.-.pective s.< hooi district- in making
heir return;.
It will be a matter of much accommodation
to me if as many taxpayers as
possible will inert me at the respective
appointments mentioned above, so
as to : void ti e rush at Yorkville during
tne closing (lavs
BilOADUS M. LOVK,
County Auditor.
A MESSAGE
To Feeble Old People.
As one grows obi tho was to of tho
system becomes lnorc rapid than re]..ir.
the organs aeL mor. slowly anil
) ..s effectually than in youth, tho circuit'ion
is poor, tlie blood thin und
uig( stion weak.
Vinol, our d.-llclous cod liver and
iron tonic v.; out oil, is the ideal
uviigilH s? i' and I al.'-buiiuer for old
folk.-., f->r it contains tho very elements
ti nned : > rebuild was ing t'at
uts and i* dec - weal n a with.
Ktrong'h. Vim! also fort 'fie . the syst
in ar-inrt col ia and thus pn ventd
pneumonia.
A grandnelee of Alexander ITamllton,
over (. .iiy years of a-*-, onro
ren arkc 1: "Vinol is a godsend lo oid
people. \ hanks to Vinol, f havo a
iioarty appetite, F'eep Roundly, fool
nclivo and well. It is tho finest tonlo
n T.n sueuKiu-treaior 1 navo ever
u. (;<!."
If Vii.nl fail3 to build up the
feeble olil people, mid create
gtrcn/tth, wo will roturn your i ioaey.
W, II. AitbKEY, 1 >iu rijist,
KQRT MILL. S. C.
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