Fort Mill times. (Fort Mill, S.C.) 1892-current, March 13, 1913, Image 1
The Fort Mill Times.
,< E,tttbli*hed ip 1891- FORT MILL. S. C., THURSDAY, MARCH 13. 1913.
' WEBB AND TILLMAN TALK
OF THE NEW LIQUOR LAW
"There is no amendment to the
Webb bill or any part of the bill
which forbids the shipment of
liquor into South Carolina or any
other State when that commodity
is shipped in in conformity to
State laws." This was the
statement made at Washington
to The State's correspondent by
Representative E. Y. Webb of
North Carolina, author of the
Webb liquor bill, when asked
specifically whether or not the
enforcement of this law would
forbid the shipment of liquor
into South Carolina.
"This law." Mr. Webb continued,
"only makes more per
feet the enforcement of -the
present State laws by throwing
safeguards around them in such
a way as to render them less
liable to be violated, but in a
State like South Carolina there
is nothing that will prevent the
shipment of liquor there so long
as the State permits it. There
need be no fear that the dispensaries
will suffer or that any
private person will suffer so long
as the State law is not violated."
Senator Tillman said: "The
Webb law is in effect, but not in
language, the same measure
that I introduced in the Senate
16 years ago, but on which I
failed to get a favorable committee
report. It smply provides
that liquor shall not be shipped
into any State in violation of the
laws of that State. This will
not affect the shipment of liquor
to the dispensaries nor to private
parties in South Carolina, except
for uses which are at present unlawful."
The full text of the law is as
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iouows:
"Be it enacted by the Senate
and House of Representatives of
the United States of America in
Congress assembled, That the
shipment or transportation in
any manner or by any means
whatsoever of any spirituous,
vinous, malted, fermented or
other intoxicating liquor of any
kind from one State, territory or
district of the United States or
place noncontiguous to the subject
to the jurisdiction thereof
into any other State, territory or
district of the United States or
place noncontiguous to but subject
to the jurisdiction thereof
or from any foreign country into
any State, territory or district
of the United Slates or place
noncontiguous to but subject to
the jurisdiction thereof, which
said spirituous, vinous, malted,
fermented or other intoxicating
liquorvis intended by any person
interested therein,to be received,
possessed, sold or in any manner
used, either in original package
or otherwise, in violation of any
law of such State, territory or
district of the United States or
place noncontiguous to but sublet
to the jurisdiction thereof,
is hereby prohibited."
Some objection to the bill in
Congress was based on the fact
that it provides no penalty for
violation, but it is likely that
interstate railroads and express
companies will obey the law.
notwithstanding this fact. Some
liquor has already been confiscated
under the the new law in
Oklahoma, a dry State, by State
officers.
Thousands Ask Treatment.
The widespread attention which
has been drawn to the tuberculosis
serum of Dr. Frederich Franz
Friedmann, the young German
bacteriologist, will be brought to
a climax next week. Announcement
was made that on Monday
Dr. Friedmann would open offices
near his hotel on Fifth avenue
in New York and for two weeks
conduct a public clinic, where
the poor as well as the rich
would be treated, the serum to
be administered free to those
who cannot pay for it. It is
' declared that a number of
American physicians will be invited
to atted the clinic to assist
in diagnosing the cases and to
watch them afterward and to
learn Dr. Friedmann's method.
He has claimed that within a
week the beneficial effects of
the serum will be apparent. The
doctor says that more than five
thousand applications for treatment
have been received.
Dr. Clinkscales for Governor? j
Dr. John G. Clinkscales. professor
of mathematics at Woftord
j College, has announced that un- |
i less one of the candidates for,
| governor should come out posi- j
tively and aggressively in favor
of compulsory education, he, himself,
would be a candidate on
' that platform and would preach
j the doctrine of compulsory edu-1
j cation from the mountains to
I the sea. Doctor Clinkscales is a
magnetic stump-speaker, and
has, perhaps, as wide acquaint- j
Q nnu i r\ QnnfK r? ir*o on
I > uuubii vaiuuna cio anjf
other man in the State. The
degree of doctor of laws was
conferred upon him last spring
i by Erskine College.
Sudden Death at Pineville.
Mr. Robert A. Cunningham ,
dropped dead Thursday morning
at his home at Pineville, shortly j
after he had arisen from the
night's slumber to go about the
; duties of the day.
Mr. Cunningham had been in
the best of health and the supposition
is that he suffered an
i attack of apoplexy, death follow;
ing instantly. When he was i
' found by members of the family,
he was beyond the aid of help j
and although a physician wis
summoned at once, nothing
! could be done to restore the
i unfortunate man.
Mr. Cunningham was one of
| the best known citizens of the
Pineville community. He was
about 65 years of age and was
born and reared in that par- 1
ticular section of Mecklenburg |
county.
Three brothers, Messrs. Ed
Cunningham, John Cunningham
and Walter Cunningham survive
in addition to one sister, Mrs.
T. 0. Ross, of Providence township.
Mr. Cunningham was
unmarried.
The funeral services were conj
ducted from the late residence
i Friday morning and the inter
j meni was at narnson church.
Won't Deliver Expressed Whiskey.
Acting on instructions from
the 2nd vice-president at Chattanooga,
E. T. Whitesell, Fort Mill
agent of the Southern Express
company, Saturday refused to deliver
liquor shipments to callers,
regardless of the purpose for
| which they said they had ordered
I the whiskey.
It was generally supposed that
i the embargo was due to the new >
j Webb law, prohibiting interstate !
! shipments of liquor, except for
private use, but Mr. Whitesell
i thinks the company's lawyers,
: under whose advice the 2nd vicepresident
acted, were considering
the question if it were not a
violation of the State law of
) South Carolina for the company
: to haul liquor into dry counties.
Mr. Whitesell added that the
company evidently was not accepting
whiskey for shipment into
Fort Mill, as the amonnt handled
in the local office has suddenI..
J1..J J : _ i .
i ly uwuiuieu uunug me last lew
days to almost nothing. He
thinks, however, that this falling
off may be partly due to the refusal
of the wholesale whiskey
j dealers to ship their product,
i through fear of violating the
Webb law. N
McLaurin and the Legislature.
The 1913 Legislature, in the!
opinion of John L. McLaurin, |
State Senator from Marlboro and
| former United States Senator,
was "the product of a campaign J
conducted upon a low plane of
thought," and he says is "intent
solely upon the erection of political
fences." Mr. McLaurin
simply "could not do a thing
except hope for better days to
, come;" for says he, the Legisla- j
! 1 'oo o ?1 A -
kuib c?o a WIIUIC IS upimseu LO
constructive legislation." These
opinions of the lawmaking body,
of which he is a member, were
expressed in a letter to Harvie
Jordan in reference to South
Carolina sending a representative
to Europe to study rural credits,
marketing societies, etc.
Surprise Your Friends
For four weeks regularly use Dr.
King's New Life Pills. They stimulate
the liver, improve digestion, remove
blood impurities, pimples and eruptions
disappear from your face and body
and you feel better. Begin at once.
Buy at Ardrey's Drug Store, Fort Mill
Drug Co. and Parks Drug Co.
(Advertisement.)
Vote, Vo
Saturday, Mi
FORT MIL
will j
1000
on the McEl
for each dol
subscri
C. 0. D. for Parcel Post
The postoffice department is
continuing to make improvement
in the parcel post service. Ef- :
fective March 1st, the special 1
delivery feature was added to
the service and now comes in- '
formation from Washington that
on July 1 parcel post' packages (
may be sent C. O. D. This ,
feature means further compe- (
tition with the express companies.
The fee for collections is the
same as that required to buy
a money order with which to
make remittance.. For instance,
the money order fee on one dol- '>
lar is three cents. If you C. O. D.
a parcel post package to Colum- 1
bia the amount to be collected
being one dollar, the collection 1
fee is three cents, and the post- 1
master at Columbia would collect
from your correspondent there 1
one dollar and three cents, sending
you money order for one
dollar.
C. O. D. collections will be
made only on insured parcels, 1
ami III aillUUlll not exceeuing <
$100. Insurance fee is ten cents
in parcel post stamps. This does
not mean that all insured parcels
areC. 0. D., but that all C. O. D.
parcels must be insured.
Steel Creek News.
Fort Mill Times Correspondence.
M rs. J. D. Withers and daugh-1
ter, Miss Winnie Withers, and
Miss Nannie Stroup, have been
to Matthews, N. C. where they
attended the W. M. U.
Mrs. H. E. Millwee died at her;
home in lower Steel Creek Saturday
and was buried at Steel
Creek Presbyterian church Sunday
afternoon. Mrs. Millwee
had been in failing health for
about a year and so her death
was not unexpected.
Mr. R. G. Kendrick died at
his home in Steel Creek Sunday
nigrn at 11 crciocK ana whs
buried at Flint Hill church Tuesday
afternoon at 3 o'clock. Mr.
Kendrick was 90 years of age
and had been in very good health
until about 2 weeks before his
death. He is survived by his
wife and the following named
children: Mr. Z. V. Kendrick, of
Charlotte; Rev. R. G. Kendrick,
Jr.. of Greensboro, and Rev.
James Kendrick, of Texas; Mrs.
M. A. Edwards and Mrs. S. M. 1
Garrison, of Steel Creek; Mrs.
J. M. Blankenship, of Atlanta,
Ga.; Mrs. Alexander Garrison,
of Oklahoma City.
Miss Anabel Neely, of Charlotte,
spent the week end with
her parents, Mr. and Mrs. J. F.
XT 1..
rteeiy.
Mr. Walter Potts who has
been sick is improving some.
Mr. Erwin Potts has been to
Matthews where he attended the
W. M. U. E. H. P.
Steel Creek, March 10.
Entertainment Friday Evening.
The young people will give an
entertainment in the auditorium |
Friday evening, the 14th, at 8:30
o'clock. The proceeds will be |
used to replace the communion
service .which was burned in the
Methodist parsonage some time
ago. Some of the best talent in
the town will assist in the entertainment.
Admission, 20 cents
and 10 cents.
I
te, Vote.
irch 15, the
L TIMES
jive
V otes
haney Piano
liar paid on
ption.
Will Not Stop Retailing.
There are a great many people
who do not understand the Webb
anti-shipment law passed by i
Congress Saturday over the President's
veto. Some think that,
according to the provisions of
the Act, it is impossible for peo-1
pie living in "dry" territory to
order and obtain whiskey from
outside territory. This, however,
is not the law.
The Webb law provides that
no liquor may be shipped from a|
"wet" State into a "dry" State j
for the purpose of sale. Hereto-'
fore, the whiskey business has
been in the hauds of the Interstate
Commerce commission, and
was ruled by that body. The
question now is governed by the
individual laws of the different
States. As soon as the whiskey
enters the border of a State, it is
ruled and governed by the laws
of that State, and not by laws of
the United States. This is done
to meet the individual laws of
the States in regards to the!
amount of whiskey that makes a
case of prima facie evidence
against a person for retailing.
The Newt of Gold Hill.
Gold Hill, March 11.?This old
sinner has been heap sick of late,
as the Indian would say, but is
feelinj? better now, and will write
you a few lines.
Mr. R. G. Kendrick, who lived
just over the State line, died on j
Sunday last, and our old chum, !
Z. T. Bailes, has been quite sick j
for some time. I learn that J. II. 1
Sutton is repairing the buildings 1
on his Latham farm and that
James Porter will hold the fort
there this year. Superintendent
of Schools Carroll has been visiting
the schools in this section of
late and it seems that he don't
have a very exalted opinion of
our school buildings. Well, of
course, they are not what they
should be. But poor folks wiil
have poor folks ways, and w?
have noticed a lot of good material
amongst the output of log cabin
houses.
We learn that Miss Winnie,
the little daughter of W. H.
Crook, just lays the Gold Hill
school on thp shplf if
comes to spelling. This is praise-,
worthy in one so young.
Last Sunday, the 9th inst., j
marked the 58th anniversary of !
the great wind storm that swept
over this country on Friday the
9th of March, 1855, when there i
were thousands of panels of |
fence burned on the plantation
where W. P. Epps now lives.
There was not a single rail left.
The dwelling of Robert Potts in
the Pleasant Valley section of
Lancaster county was burned
that day. Nearly a new genera- ,
tion has come into existence
since then. Some of our people
think that Uncle Sam should
interfere and stop that fuss out
in Mexico, but we would say
hands off, for we got into trouble
>/?i i ? i- 1 - *
in 01 anu got scarea to death a
hundred times, and even at this
late day we never hear the report
of a gun but what we want to
run or st< al something. So no
war in ours, for some one has
said that there never was a
good war nor a bad peace.
Splinter.
Don't fail to read the big offer
in the advertisement of McElhaney
& Co. Adv.
Important to Baptists. |
An important measure passed
by the General Assembly this
session effecting the Baptist
denomination in this State was
the bill that will allow the incorporation
of the South Carolina n
Baptist hospital. The committee ,
named will have the authority to ,
establish at some point or points
in the State, a hospital and
sanitarium, either separately or
together, for the treatment of
all diseases of the human body;
to train nurses and to confer ,
diplomas upon tliem.
At the next meeting of the c
State convention of the Baptist ^
denomination in South Carolina, j.
that body is vested with the .
authority to create a board of j >
trustees to govern the proposed "
hospital, whose number shall not j
exceed 18 persons nor be less j
than nine. The board of trustees j
of the hospital may be given the ^
power delegated in the act to L
the State Baptist convention, in |.
that they may have full control ]
of the hospital. ^
Yorkville Watchman Murdered. J
Yorkville was all agog Sunday t
with the excitement of a murder i
mystery?at least it is supposed i
to be a murder, said the Hock \
Hill Herald of Monday. i
James Ramsey, the Sunday t
watchman, at the York Cotton i
mill, began the turmoil when he i
found the body of the night t
watchman, Sam Smith, negro,
cold in death, 011 the boiler room
floor of the mill on coming on
duty Sunday morning. <
Smith's lower jaw was shot (
away. It is supposed that the t
assailant hid behind a door in the j t
boiler room and, using a shot t
gun loaded with No. 6 shot, fired t
on the negro from the rear and 1
on his left side.
The watchman's clock showed >
that he had made his 3 o'clock t
morning round and it is thought >
he met death soon afterwards. .
Coroner L. W. Louthian em- ]
panelled a jury at once. They ?
sat Sunday and Monday but up
to the time of going to press The r
Herald could get no reliable in- |
formation as to what was done j
or would be done. t
The dead negro was con- (
sidered dangerous and it is |
thought that some person with
whom he had brawled, took this <
way to "get even." | j
ARE YOU
FOR TH
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1.25
50
LEATHER Hj
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/ETERANS WILL 6ATHER
AT AIKEN NEXT MONTH
April 23 and 24 have been
lefinitely set by Gen. B. II.
reague, commander of the South
Carolina division. United Conederate
Veterans, as the dates
>f the 1913 reunion to be held in
\iken, says a special to The
state. Gen. Teague has so
lotified Mayor Gyles and the
:ity council, in a communication
iddressed by him to the mayor
n response to a formal invitation
signed by the mayor inviting
he South Carolina veterans,
hrnnrrh Taomio
i ut, IU IIUIU
heir annual reunion there this
rear, and asking what dates
would best suit the veterans.
Gen. Teague states that he
rhose April 23 and 24 with the
?nd in view of suiting the convenience
of as many veterans
hroughout the State as possible,
md because he realized that ^
ater in the month many people
would be deterred from attendng
on account of the business
lecessity of arranging for the
irst of the month. April 23 and
14 fall this year on Wednesday
ind Thursday, which as he
jointed out, will eliminate the
lecessity of any of those who
nay be opposed to doing traveling
on Sunday either coming to
\iken or returning home from
he reunion.
Big Increase in Fertilizers.
Figures in the office of the
State Treasurer show that to
late the sales of fertilizer tax
ags show a great increase over
he sales to March 6 last year,
hough the sales were not nearly
;o large as they were in the
ecord year of 1911. -
To date since January 1, the
lales of fertilizer tags have
staled $140,608 as compared
a*ith $110,525.60 between Janu,rv
1 nrul fi of loci \roo*>
- ^ ^(i v/ v/4 IUUW jcait
For the same period in 1911 the
iaios amounted to $175,447.50.
It was explained in the State
IVeasurer's office that the reason
tor the big increase in sale of
fertilizer this year was due to
the fact that the weather and
consequently the roads had been
much better this year than last
and that the farmers had accordingly
been able to haul their
fertilizer earlier.
WAITING
IS AD?
ek and buy the BEST for the
eek of the special Spring
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5 for waists and underwear,
rd.
id Childrens' Ready-to-wear
in Plain. White and Fitrured.
children's dresses and ladies'
es, Beadings and Torchons,
ice. in White and Cream for
>idered Lawn, 30 inches wide,
Serge Silks for waists and
e very latest Silk for your
32-inch Gingham ?the kind
\ BARGAIN at 10c yard.
SAGS.
Bags, now onlv $2.00
1.75
1.50
1.00
.85
.39
\ND BAGS.
now onlv $ .98
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