The Fort Mill Times.
Established"! 1891- TORT MILL. S. C.. THURSDAY. MAR^H 20. 1913. ~ Sl^PeT^T^
* NORTH CAROLINA HAZERS
GIVEN FOUR MONTHS EACH
At Hillsbsro, N. C, Saturday,
Ralph Oldham, William Merriain
and Aubrey Hatch, students of
the State University., were found
guilty of manslaughter in con-1
nection with the death of Isaac
Rand, a fellow student, and were i
each sentenced to four months in !
jail. Saturday night they were j
released by order of the Orange j
county commissioners. In pro- j
nouncing sentence Judge Peebles I
instructed the county commis-1
sioners to hire the prisoners out j
"to whomsoever they please in j
the State." Saturday night the ;
fathers of each of the students '
were permitted to pay $175 to
the commissions and secure the
discharge of their sons. This
amount would have been ob
tained if the prisoners had been J
hired to other persons in the
State.
Discharge under this arrangement
leaves the students without
citizenship. A movement
was started at Raleigh, however,
to petition Gov. Lock Craig for
their pardon.
The verdict of the jury was
returned at 3:10 o'clock Saturday
afternoon after three hours'
deliberation.
The fathers of the defendants
were in the court when the
minimum sentence for manslaughter
was pronounced. No
evidence of emotion was displayed
by them nor by the
prisoners.
An array of counsel represented
the defendants in the proceeding,
which began last Thursday.
As a result of the tragedy
which preceded the trial, 26
students in the University of
North Carolina were suspended
or expelled after a sweeping
investigation into the practice of
hazing at the institution.
Endorse Compulsory Law.
The meeting at Columbia of
^ qi I f i.* l
me oiate xeacners association
came to a close Saturday evening
with the election of officers,
A. H. G isque of Florence being
chosen president for the
ensuing year. The next place
of meeting will be decided by
the executive committee at its
meeting next November.
Compulsory education was endorsed
by the association Saturday
morning in executive session
in the Hall of the House of
Representatives. Resolutions of
thanks to the city of Columbia
and to the Legislature for the
use of their halls were adopted.
The association endorsed the
proposition to establish a State
board of examiners for teachers
and do away with the county
boards. This will be urged for
passage before the next General
Assembly.
Dr. Strait Not in the Race.
A T 4.^ 4.^ 1.1
A ljancaster umpaicu lu tiie
Charlotte Observer says that
Senator T. J. Strait has announced
that he would not be a
candidate for Governor. Senator
Strait, who has served two terms
in the lower house of Congress,
and for a number of years a
leading figure in State politics,
said that many friends had urged
him to enter the gubernatorial
race, but that hp saw no necessity
for doing so. "If there is a
change in conditions," said the
Senator, "I may cast my sombrero
in ring, but at the present
time I have no idea of becoming
a candidate."
Catawba Reached Flood Stage.
On account of the heavy rains
of the last week, the Catawba
i river Saturday morning overflowed
its banks and by the af I
ternoon a large part of the bot
torn lands along the river in this
Viption were several feet under
u\ter. It was thought by some
that the water would reach even
a higher point than that of March
* 16, 1912, but the stream began
to recede Saturday night and by
Sunday evening the water was
again within its banks. Saturday's
freshet fell several inches
short of that of a year ago.
Little damage by the water
< has been reported, other than
the washing of land which had
been prepared for the season's
crop.
THE NAN WHO IS DOWN.
The man who is caught and
held down by some bad habit, or
who sinks a little lower than
grafters and the crowd which
seeks to make money in all sorts
of ways, and becomes an open ;
violator of law, deserves more
pity and help than he usually |
gets. The very good people,
who are almost, if not entirely
bad, have no sympathy for such
violators of law. It is the humble,
modest, really good people, !
who would be willing to give
them another chance. If the
outcast, Mary Magdalene, had
been turned down, as you good
people treat lailen ones in this!
day, she would not be held up to J
all the world to teach the people
how they should deal with un-1
fortunate people. When a man
is down and bruised and helpless,
too many of us are willing*to!
cast stones at him. States like
corporations, have no souls.
Witn all executive officers the
case is over when sentence is
pronounced: "Ten years in prison."
When the judge utters
these words they carry no mitigation,
no promise of help, no1
hope to the prisoner. The same
want of mercy and remedial
treatment may be seen outside
of prison. Our very sober people,
proud of their virtue, have
no patience with the young man
enslaved by the drink habit.
One-half the people feel more
like kicking than helping him.
Did you notice that young man,
whose eyes were red from last
night's carousal, and who was
anxiously awaiting to repeat the
same indiscretion when night
comes again? ' Kicking will not
help him on his feet again. He
wants the touch of a friendly
hand, the sympathy of one who
really desires to help him. He
is not a bad man. He is just a
little worse than you are, or
some of you think he is. The
world, alter all temperence lectures
and denunciations of the
drunkard, is slow to learn how to
deal with the young men who
are not able to stand alone. It is
a relic of barbarism to punish
lawbreakers without any effort
to reclaim them and make men
of them. It is little better than
the Black Hole of Calcutta,
i'here are young men in every
community who need a little
propping up by good people. No
one need go at it 111 a perfunctory,
pious, professional way. That
will not uplift them. The methods
suggested and practiced by
the Great Teacher should be
practiced by every one who is
anxious to reform criminals and
to keep others from joining that
class.?Spartanburg Journal.
Tax Collections.
Tax collections have been
about up to the usual standard
this year, the receipts being
unusually heavy during the latter
part of February, and dropping
off to a lighter volume upon the
attaching of the 7 per cent, penalty
after March 1.
There has been a straggling
line of belated tax payers during
the past two weeks, coming
across with the regular assessments,
with the 7 per cent,
added; but none of these have
been large tax payers.
It is not practicable yet to
I state approximately the aggre!
gate amount of taxes that will
i be refunded on account of the
storm in King's Mountain and
Bethel townships last summer,
except that it will probably foot
?...L AAA
ujj ouniew uere uetween JJh3,UUU
i and $4,000. Most of this money
has been refunded. There is
nothing in the act to fix t e
I limit by which all applications
must be filled; but it is reasonably
safe to assume that no more
taxes will be refunded on account
of this act after the first
of next July.
It is probable that the number
of executions that will issue after
tomorrow will be about the same
as usi^al. That a large Tiumber
of double entries will be included
goes without saying.- Yorkville
Enquirer, Friday.
The regular monthly meeting
j of Catawba lodge No. 56, A. F. M.,
will be held this (Thursday) evening.
Work in the second degree
I will be disposed of.
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WILL BE SECOND PRIMARY I
TO NOMINATE MAGISTRATE
A second primary will be necessary
to determine who the
Democrats of Fort Mill desire to 1
hold the position of magistrate
of the township to succeed John
W. McElhaney, deceased. This
was the announcement made
Saturday afternoon at the close
of the election in which four
candidates sought the nomination.
Under the primary rules
of South Carolina to secure a
nomination in the first primary ;
it is necessary for a candidate to ;
receive a majority of the votes
cast, and as this was not accomplished
by any of the four in
Saturday's election, Mr. J. W.
Ardrey, acting for the county
npmnrra)i<> OVOPUHVQ nnmtvn't?/.n I
Y s called a second primary to be i
held Saturday, March 29.
The vote in Saturday's primary
was: R. P. Harris, 109; W. L.
Hall. 105; S. W. Parks, 50; Ira'
G. Smythe, 17. From these
figures it will be reen that the
second race will he between
Messrs. Harris and Hall.
An election in which more
interest centered than in that of
Saturday probably has not been
held here in a number of years.
Each of the four candidates are
popular citizens of the town and
the friends of each were busy
during the entire day in behalf
of the candidacy of their reI
spective man. The polling of
I a total of 281 votes was a sur,
prise to many, considering the
very bad state of the weather
Saturday. The poll list of Fort
Mill township contains the names
of something over*' 400 voters
and the total of Saturday was
pronounced a heavy vote, conditions
being considered. It is
believed that the second primary
will bring even a larger
number of voters to the polls if
the weather is good, as thej
interest which was so much
manifested during the first race
seems not to have abated since
the primary of last Saturday.
The Aliens to Die.
T^l 1 All I 1
rioyu mien, leader 01 tne outlaw
band in Carroli County, and
his son, Claude Swanson Allen,
will be executed in the State
Penitentiary March 28. for their
, part in the Hillsville court house
| murder March 14, 1912, Governor
Mann having refused to commute
the sentence to life imprisonment.
The prisoners were
to have died March 7 although
the Governor granted a respite .
of three weeks. The respite
was accepted by the Aliens as an 1
indication that the Governor
would extend mercy. The rejection
of the petition, however,
means that the case is officially
closed, as there is no way by
which it can be again opened.
Miss Nellie VVisler, a mountain
girl to whom Claude Allen was!
engaged, made an unsuccessful!
effort to see Governor Mann with
a final plea for commutation.
The News of Gold Hill.
Gold Hill, March 18. - An oyster
supper was given at the
home of W. H. Windle Friday
evening for the benefit of Gold
Hill school. Considering the I
inclement weather, there was a
large crowd on hand to enjoy :
the hospitality which is always
found at Mr. Windle's.
The roads are muddy, muddy,
; muddy and then muddy some; j
| although, a good per cent, of
Gold Hill's politicians were able ,
to get to the polls to cast their i
ballots Saturday.
For several days the good people
of Gold Hill have quit farming
on account of so much rain, |
and have been spending their
time indoors, reading the Pro- [
gressive Farmer. When reading
would become tiresome they
would ring up their neighbors,
and discuss everything, even to
the last sermon they had heard.
The students of Gold Hill are
1 working hard on their exercises
for the close of school. They
are anticipating a nice time and
1 expect to have with them several
prominent men, among whom
will be Gov. Hlease. J. L. R.
Miss Nora Hamilton, of Union,
is the guest of her sister, Mrs.
: Kenneth Nims, of lower Fort
' Mill.
SUPT. J. E. CARROLL'S VISIT
TO FORT MILL'S SCHOOLS
Yorkville. Maich 18. ?Contin-|
uinj? my journey, I next reached
Gold Hill, which is also in Dis-,
trict No. 39 and under the supervision
of the same board of
trustees as Flint Hill. Mr. John
L. Ratteree and Miss Inez Smith
are the teachers in charge. There
were some fifty or sixty pupils
in attendance ramrinp: all the
way in size from six-vear-old
tots to grown-up boys and girls.
The building is above the average
in size and arrangement but
it needs a fresh coat of paint inside
and out. The grounds
could be improved wonderfully!
with a little work, and the heating
is poor. In the primary
room the stove was out of commission
and an open fire-place
was carrying 95 per cent of the
heat up the chimney. The open
fire-place is fine for ventilating
purposes but for heating a good
sized schoolroom it is just about
as effective as a ten-cent brass
lamp. New blackboards and
more books for the library would
aid the teachers in their work.
So far as I was able to judge in
the short time at my disposal
the teachers are doing their
work intelligently, and the number
of children in the higher
grades is encouraging. I would
like very much to see the local
improvement association get busy
and stir up the enthusiasm of
former years, when Gold Hill
was the leading country school
in this section of the State. I
can rcmpmhpr n tima u-Vinn
commencements were the bis:
event of the year for the surrounding
country.
Eureka was the next place
inspected. There I found Miss
Mabel Smith with ten or twelve
children in attendance. This
little school is down among the
river hills in District No. 26.
The trustees are Messrs. W. H.
Jones. S. P. Sutton and R. S.
Torrence. The building is comfortable,
but there is no equipment.
The children need the
broadening influence of large
numbers. They should be transported
to one of the neighboring
schools at the expense of the
district. It is impossible to get
up the necessary enthusiasm
among eight or ten pupils.
At Riverside, my next and
last stop, I found a modern
building, very well arranged and
properly equipped with good
desks, globe, maps, blackboards,
etc. The trustees have done
well by this school and it is up
to the patrons and the teacher
to do the rest. With anything
like regular attendance Miss
Epps ought to get good results
this spring. I believe she will.
n ? i. ? i * *
vienerauy speaKing, mescnoois
of the township are about on an
average with the country schools
in other parts of the county.
There is much room for improvement
but the conditions are
favorable, and Fort Mill is too
progressive as shown by her
improved roads, good churches
and well-tilled farms, to allow
her schools to lag.
I thank you, Mr. Editor, for
this opportunity to reach your
readers and tell them frankly my
impressions of their schools. it
would have been easier perhaps,
to quietly pass from school to
school, praising the efficiency of
the teacher ai.d the brightness
of the pupils, interspersing it
all with a few idle compliments
lor the trustees and the neighborhood
in general, but 1 prefer to
point out defects and suggest a
remedy. John E. Carroll.;
County Borrows Money.
The Peoples National bank, of
Rock Hill, Friday made a loan of
$80,000 to the county commissioners
of York eounty, the rate
of interest being 5 1-2 per cent,
j This loan was authorized by the
recent Legislature of this State,
so that the county could pay ofl
its current accounts, which haci
been standing for some time or
account of the county being with:
out funds to meet them, this being
caused by the loss sustainec
t by the county last year frorr
freshets, there having been 6i
| bridges washed away.
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HISTORY OF LETTER POSTAGE i
I
It will probably surprise some
of our readers to learn that it is
only since 1863 that the postage
rate letters in the United States
has been uniform for all distances.
The first postage law,
that of 1792, fixed the rates according
to distance, and according
to the number of pieces.
A "single letter" was one
piece of paper. Envelopes were
wholly unknown. The sheet of
paper was folded and the address 1
written on the back. For a I
single letter sent a distance of j
30 miles or less the rate was 6
cents. This rate was increased
to 8 cents for distances of 60 J
miles or less; to 10 cents for 100
miles or less and so on.
The system was continiiprll
with unimportant changes which
increased rather than reduced
postage, until the year of 1845,
when part of the present system
came into use. A letter which
weighs less than one-half ounce
was to be deemed a single letter.
The postage was made uniform
at 5 cents for distances of 300
| miles, and 10 cents for all
greater distances.
In 1851 prepaid single letters
were charged with 3 cent post|
age, and letters on which the
receiver paid the postage with
| 5 cents, for all distances under
3,000 miles; double rates for
greater distances ?which referred
only to letters sent to and
from California.
In 1855 prepayment of postage
i was made compulsory and the
rate was fixed at three cents for
less than 3,000 miles. Finally yi
1863 the uniform rate of 3 cents
was fixed, and a few years later
this was reduced to two ctnts
and now we are promised the
reduction to one cent in the very
near future.
Eye-Glass Swindlers.
Reports in the papers indicate
I that there are eye-glass swindlers
at work in some sections of
the State. The man posing as a
specialist goes around and persuades
some one to have a new
pair-of eye glasses and offers to
take old frames as part payment
on new gold ones. The new
trold ones n?'?? mifo hfooc ^.^1
c, ~?-?? -w f/wi v mi auu
his prices are outrageously high
for plain spectacles.
There's S<
in
A perfect hurricane of the t
Spring Goods at
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We are opening up every da
exclusive patterns in the newt
MARCH 15
Beautiful Ramie Suitings, s]
I the yard. Wonderland Suitin
15c the yard. Linen Crash,
Coat, Separate Skirt, and a sp
es' Coat, at 30c yard. A coi
suitable for all occasions in tht
Pretty patterns in French C
\ and 25c. 32-inch Gingham fo
| quality for 10c. Good qualit
1 bargain, at 7 l-2c yard. Pret
cales, light and dark, 36-inch
Our 5c
Have pou seen our 5 cent co
gains in fadeless Gingham in
terns, good Window Curtain
various other bargains. Ask
Our Silk business has been
ever before, but we still hav
Striped Serge Silk and Pretty
at a big reduction.
i We are this morning openii
.Tolinta m nrl Pnllni?o In
IV MMV/W J UIIU V7U llfll o. All I rttl,
that a well-dressed lady could
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"THE PLACE WHER
YORK BAPTIST ASSOCIATION r
TO MEET AT ROCK HILL
The fifth Sunday meeting of
the York Baptist Association will
be held with the Park Baptist
church, Rock Hill, on March 2930.
The following program has
been arranged for the meeting:
Saturday?2 p. m., Devotional
Service, Roll Call and Organization.
2:30, State Missions. (1)
The Sunday School and State
Missions, Jackson Hamilton.
(2) State Missions Among Our
Mill Towns, S. R. Brock. (3)
State Missions and the Rural
Churches, J. H. Machen. 3:30,
Home Missions. (1) Work among
the Negroes, S. M. Grist. (2)
Work Among the Aliens at Our
Doors, W. J. Nelson. (3) Work
gv?.: 1* rr"
vti vyui i luiiuii, u. vv. i nomssson.
(4) Housing Oar Homeless
Churches, S. P. Hair. 5:00, adjournment.
Saturday?8:00 p. m., Foreign
Missions. 1. Missionary Education.
(a) The Religious Press,
a Factor, W. S. Walters, (b)
Mission Study, W. E. Lowe.
2. Missionary Activity, (a) Enlistment
of OurForces,L. Gunter,
S. P. Hair, (b) The Best
Plan to Raise Our Apportionments,
S. R. Brock, W. J. Nelson.
9:30, Adjournment.
Sunday? 10:00 a. m., Stewardship,
Jackson Hamilton, W. J.
Nelson, S. P. Hair. 11:15, Missionary
Sermon, Rev. J. H.
Machen, Yorkville.
W. J. Nelson,
S. P. Hair,
Committee.
ONE CENT A WORD
MINIMUM CHARGE. 25C.
FOR SALE?About 80 bnshels of
Providence Yam Seed (Sweet) Potatoes
at $1.25 per bushel.
J. L. K1MBRELL.
EGGS ?From my pure bred White /
and Brown Leghorns and Rhode Island
Reds at 15 for $1.00. Fawn Indian Runner
Dnck eggs at $1.00 per dozen.
T. E. MERR1TT.
FOR SALE? I have several good
mules that I will sell cheap, for cash or
on time. A. R. McELHANEY.
WANTED?You to add 625 votes to
your standing in the Piano Contest by
sending in a new subscription or a renewal
subscription to Tne Times on
next Saturday. Offer good for one
day only.
)mething
the Wind
>reeziest and most up-to-date
LELL'S.
y big shipments of the most
?st fabrics. Read this list of
SPECIALS:
pccial value, only 20c and 25c
gs, best ever, at 121-2c and
for the Norfolk Suit, Auto
lendid cloth for the little Missmplete
line of White Goods,
newest and prettiest fabrics,
iingham, extra value, only 15c
r aresses, last colors, a 12 l-2c I
y ,'JO-inch Dross Gingham, a [
ty patterns in the New Per- *
width, at 10c and 12 l-2c yard.
Counter
unter? It is loaded with barApron
Checks and Dress patScrim,
Calico, Sheeting, and
to see this counter.
bigger this past season than
e on hand several pieces of
Wash Silk that we are selling
rig up a new lot of Ruffling
l -1
we nave in jsick'k everything
wish for SPRING.
>reil Comp'y
E QUALITY COUNTS."
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