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Big "Booster Period
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Established in 1891.
BIG INCREASE IN PAY
FOR STATE MILITIAMEN
Following: a conference last
week ill Wnshintrtnn nnnniincp.
ment was made Saturday through
the daily newspapers that the
militia of this State will receive
yearly an additional $130,000
for services rendered the federal
government.
According to information given
out, the militia pay hill now before
Congress provides an annual
appropriation of $S,000,000
to bo used tor the pence training
of tne organized militia. As
originally drawn, the bill provided
that tins sum be distributed
according to State ami Territorial
appropriations. Had the
bill been approved containing
this clause. South Carolina v. ith
the small appropriation of $12,000
?would have received but a
meaner amount, as Now York
donates $3,jOOO.OOO for its militiamen,
and other northern and
western States also provide large
amounts. Half to three quarters
of this Federal pay appropriation
would have been utilized
in the compensation ol' the militiamen
in these States.
Under the provisions of the
bill?as it will pass, having been
approved by" the convention of
adjutants general and war department?the
militiamen will
agree to serve in reserve as in
the regular army. The $130,000
will be home service , ay. Train-,
ing at home the enlisted militiamen
will receive from the Federal
government 20 per cent of
the regular pay of the regular
army, provided theV attend drills.
This means that each enlisted
man will receive $36 for 45 drills,
or 80 cents per drill of an hour
and a half.
The commissioned officers will
receive 20 per cent of army officers'
pay for their service per
drill, providing they attend 20
drills pt?r year. The staff will
receive 5 per cent of army pay,
k excepting regimental adjutants,
1 who will get the 20 per cent.
The^oulh Carolina National
Guard now' receives an average
of $75,000 to $80,000 a year from
the Federal government.
Cnnntv's Eirn^nvp fnr 1Q12
According to the calculations
of the hoard of county commissions
it will take approximately
$59,000 to meet the
current expenses of York county
during 1914. Of this amount j
nearly $6,000 is expected to come
from fines, while the remainder
will come from taxation.
The figures show that the
chaingang expense is the heaviest
nearly $ 3 J00, v. hile cours ox:
pensts are second, about $11,000!
The poor will receive about
$6,500, including censions for
veterans.
Th.? county board of commissioners
estimates that the
snm of $58.7i4 63 will be required
to pay the ordinary expenses
of the county for the
year commencing January 1,
1914, -and of this amount $5,800
will be raised from the fines of
magistrates and the court of
sessions, and the balance^ $52,984.63,
must come from taxation.
Nay Increase Parcels Weight.
Recent experiments conducted
by the Fostoffice Department
with the aim of increasing the
weight limit of the parcels post
have proved so successful that
parcels weighing 100 pounds
soon may be shipped by mail.
The present weight limit of parcels
is 60 pounds.
"The 100 pound weight limit
has no terrors for me," said the
postmaster general. He ex-!
pressed belief that 600,000,000
parcels would be transported:
through the mails during the
year beginning July 1 next with
a revenue of approximately 10
fcents each.
Thaw Must Wait.
The question of ^granting bail
to Harry K Thaw ^will not be
W decided for several weeks. In [
| a rescri] t filed Friday with the
I clerk of the Concord, N. H.,
K federal court Judge Aldrich said
m there w< uld be no hearing on I
tie matter of bail until the final
H hearing on the question involved
M in the extradition and habeas
B corpus proceedings. I
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cost c\ $75,000.
THE CATAWBAS.
York villi! Enquirer.
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There is ever a peculiar in-;
terest attaching to the Indian, j
especially among those who see
him only occasionally and no1
matter what may be the faults j
of the Catawbas, there is a
friendly sentiment for him
throughout the whole county.
It was because of this that the,
reporter took advantage of an
opportunity last Wednesday to
have a short talk with Chief
D. A. Harris, who was in York-!
ville to appear before the legis-l
lative delegation in behalf of his
tribe.
Harris is a man of rather heavy
i build, with dark, straight hair
dark eyes and all the other distinctive
features that make the
Indian. He is about 40 years of
age, is quite intelligent and
whatever nis knowledge of his;
I native dialect, speaks very good
j English. lie was iuciint 1 to ne
I friendly and sociable and did not
I hesitate to answer any qiestion
| the reporter saw proper to ask.
"No, I do not get. to Yorkville
I often." hi' siii.l "I" ?? ????? O
~ 10 ill,) I I I L
visjtjnciv in i long time. I like
to conic whenever the oppor-'
tunny presents; bat my duties
0:1 the reservation require most!
of my time ami attention, a:i<i I
seldom leave there except when I
I have pr< ssing business on be-;
naif o! tne tribe away."
Chief Harris said that there j
are about 125 I idians, including)
65 children, on tbe reservation;!
but not nearly all of them are of
pure bluod. Some white men
have married Indian women i
and some Indians have married
white worn ?n. He claims that
his own blood is unmixed.
"Our reservat o 1 is quite
small, ' said Harris, "there being j
only about 600 acres of ir, and a
part of it is too rough and hilly!
I to be cultivated. We have some
good bottom Jands; but the river
often gets over the crops in the J
bottoms and destroys everything.
This year we made only !
about 30 bales of cotton and
very little corn."
It is generally known, no
doubt, that the Indians have;
their own civil government, and ;
are not subject to the laws of
the S:ate e*i?pt as to matters;
between them and citizens of
the StaLe, or upon appeal to the!
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otate autnormes. They hold their :
lands in common, and the chief, |
to all intents and purposes, is a
petty kit g who can do pretty
much as he will, in accordance
with pretty well established
laws of the tribe. He settles
little differences among individual
members of the tribe, and
represents the tribe in all matters
of community interest or
importance.
"About 30 of our children are
in school," said Harris, "and:
they are uot only anxious to go,
but eagearlo learn and are doing
well. We have a fairly good'
school house and we also have a1
church of our own. Most of us
are Mormons. Denominational
missionaries have done and are
still doing more or less work
amongst us; but," and he con4
nuary 24th. Send !
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Attacked on Highway. !
Fort Mill friends of Mr. J. A. '
Shannon, of Sharon, who was a
visitor recently at the home of (
his brother in-law, the Rev.
W. A. Hafner, will read with ]
interest of his narrow escape,;
from a serious injury at ther
hands of an unknown negro who j
attacked him on the public high-h
w ay near Lockhart on Sundayi
altcrnoon, January 11. Mr. 1
Shannon iiad been to visit the;
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family of Mrs. waue Osborne at I
Luckhart and was returning!
home i:t his buggy, when an J
unknown negro approached from '
the roadside and began cursing j
him. Mr. Shannon jumped from I,
the buggy and, having nod
weapon with which to defend (
himself, picked up some rocks j
and Lit. ew tnem at the negro, .
who continued to advance, t
brandishing a long knife. Mr. i j
Shannon was able to keep the ,
negro t>ack faK enough to pre- y
vent himself from getting cut,
tnough his clothing was badly (
slashed. He finally succeeded;,;
in striding the negro a blow ;
between tne eyes with the butt1,
end of his whip, which so stunned ,
tin? negro that he was unable to .
advance again. Tne negro was r
carried olF by another negro who (
came upon the set;no about this ^
time. Mr. Shannon had never r
seen his assailant before and U
"O'l'fl mti iriiui I hi, ..iR.i.iiu i?:..
w - v* ? w ? ? ?.< v iVrf 111v.-wi o 11 *r> i
name. L
Mr. Shannon's assailant was',
said to have been Sam Thomp-1,
son. a tenant on a plantation in j
the vicinity of Locknarr, and his|c
attacking Mr. Shannon was j
thought to have been due to the j v
negro's indulgence in c >c<iine or i j
whiskey, lie had not at last re- I
ports been apprehended. | j
* Suggests R.cail of Petition. J
Editor Times: I
In talking with different citi- j
zens about the proposed bond t
issue for waterworks, I have i
heard the idea advanced a num- I
ber of times, that tne petition i
would be more freely signed if I
the tax payers knew that who- I
ever handled the contract and >
paid out the money would get i
value received for every dollar i
spent. Up to the present only a i
few names have been signed to i
itf and don't you think it would
be u uuoil irl#>n t/i
petition and amend it by inserting
the names of three well
known citizens to act as a com- (
mission w iihout pay to have I
cnarge of the work? {
I would like to suggest the I
names of L. J. Massey, YV. B. ]
Ardrey and L. A. Harris for this t
commission. I am sure that the ]
town's interests would he well i
looked afterjby these three hard- I
headed business men. 5
Tax Payer. |
eluded ihe sentence with a sig- ]
nificant smile, "most of us are i
still Mormons." t
Chief Harris' father was a ]
Confederate soldier, who did 1
goo<> service in the Civil War. ]
His name is on the Confederate ]
monument in Fort Mill, and s
Cliiei Harris is quite proud of the (
fact. j
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SCHOOL NOTES.
By Supt. J. P. Coats.
The enrollment of the Fort
Mill schools has reached about
280, .with 44 in the high school.
This is the largest enrollment
in the history of the institution,
joth in the grammar school and 1
in the high school. This means
i great responsibility for the
trustees,, teachers and parents.
The enrollment of the first
jrade alone is 82. Of necessity,
his grade is divided into two '
sections. During the session,
jegiuners have been allowed to
start at any time they saw fit.
This caused several divisions in
lie work o.i this grade, one <
troup a few weeks behind
mother, etc. The hoard ol 1
rustces has b< en compelled to
jass the following regulation: 1
io pupil who cannot be put in a
trade or class, a1 ready formed,
an enter school after the month
?f January. This is no hard- 1
diip for anyone. A beginner
,vho would start after this lime
vonld have to do the work over '<
icxt year, for no pupil w ill be |
ible to do a year's work in four
nor.ths. Besides this, the
eacher needs ail of her time to I
ry to get her regular pupils
eady for the next higher grade.
Phis regulation has nothing to
lo with new pupils who may
:ome from other schools. The
UlPtu\cn nf fliu r\ueoi?.i^ *1..
'Ui |/wov Ui tui- imroing Ul I.IIO I
'emulation was to keep from
laving to form any more now
dasses. If the pupil can be put
n a class already formed, the
school will lie giad to have him
it. any time.
The work of planting thirty,wo
nice trees is no little job.
Last week .Mr. Carothers and
he Boy Scouts planted thirty-two
ine trees upon the school
grounds. We wish to heartily
hank these public spirited persons
for this work. It is the
beginning of a work that is
leeded as much as any in Fort
Vlill. 'We have a nice school
juilding, but the grounds are in
?reat need of improvement. This
s the property of every person
n town. Then let us try to
nake it the most attrastive place
n town.
Masonic Banquet Friday Evening.
Invitations were issued Monlay
afternoon to J he annual
banquet of Catawba lodge No.
>6, A. F. M., which is to he
leid Friday evening in the
Masonic hall. All members with
.heir families are expected to be
present and a large number of
nvitations have been issued to
friends of the lodge members.
Supper will be served in the
;own hall adjoining the Masonic
odge room. Several prominent
Vlasons have been invited to
id dress the assemblage, among
:he number being Hon. Geo. W.
Dick, of Sumter; H'?n. 0. F.
Dart, of Columbia; Hon. Sam'l
E. McFftdden, of Chester; Hon.
B. J. White, of Rock Hill. Besides
these, several members of
Batawba Lodge are on the program
for speeches.
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"BOOSTER" PERIOD ENDS 1
SATURDAY, JANUARY 24TH
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"Strike while the iron is hot,"
is a time-worn adage, containing
rnnvn tr-nHi i ?
~ uKui pvjfiry, wnicn i
should be observed bv candidates
in The Fort Mill Times'
piano contest.
The interest in tins big con-i
test is becoming more intense!
each day. Each day many read-,
ers of The Times discover they ,
have a favorite candidate in the j
contest. E ?ch day more and
more friends are becoming interested
in the race being made
by the various contestants.
The time is "ripe" for results
now. The iron is hot. The contestants
should lose no time
"striking" their friends and
acquaintances for subscriptions':
and votes. Everybody in York ;
county and vicinity is willing to ,
help the candidates secure oneof!
the beautiful prizes that will be
given away. But in order to!
get this assistance, which is!
here for the asking, the candi-1
didates must let their friends |
l/n?aur fUAtt " * ** 1 11 *
uiivu \,nK;y wctiit it. i'copiG are
glad to help those who help
themselves. If candidates want
the "golden apple" they must
go to the garden to get it.
The "Booster Period" the great
special vote offer which was
announced in The Times a few
days ago, is now on and will end
Saturday,# January 24th. The
candidates can turn in a twoyear
subscription and secure
12,000 votes, as explained elsewhere.
It is not necessary to
wait. Start out after subscriptions
to The Times today.
The "Booster Period" of the
contest should be of almost as
much interest to readers of The
Times as it is to the candidates. |
It means that you can help your
favorite now with a subscription
and the same will count more
than at any future time in the
contest.
New candidates can enter the
contest now, today, and with a j
few hour's work secure enough
Votes to place their names among
the leaders. You stand an excellent
chance of winning a!
prize if you enter now, as there j
is plenty of room, and subscriptions
wili come easy during;
the "Booster Period."
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For men. wome
We are compel]
for our big line of i
Oxfords and are
line of Die s Shoe
count. You'll find
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fortable fit today at
ductions.
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$1.25 Per Year.X x
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May Oppose Mr. Finley. \\
A Columbia dispatch q?i&^g| A
day says that VV. F. Stw^^H X .1
of Cheraw, who has V
Chesterfield county in \ \
of representatives for tl^^^Hk \
17 years, said Friday \
intended to run for \
next summer against \
Finley in the Fifth congre^^^^Ht ~
district, unless somethingj^^^Hb K.. X
pened which would make^^^^B X
I change his mihd. ! |
Report also has it j>*-" * I
Sapp. member of the \ H
from Lancaster county. has^Sn- \ 1
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... ilmi ur win maiie cne V"
race for congress against Mr.
Finley.
New Couacil Assumes Duties.
The newiy elected city council
assumed their ollicial obligations - 'If
Friday night, llesides the standing
committees, appointed by
the mayor, the council elected
C. S. Link city clerk and treas- ~
urer and 1). N. Gaston chief
police. Among the more
portant matters considered was^B^P|?,*
the proposed issue of bonds for
waterworks, and the mayor has I
issued a call lor a public mass
meeting on the night of January 1
2d for the purpose of getting an
expression from the people.
STANDING of PIANO CONTESTANTS vV ;
Tuesday, January 20. " r'
Miss Fraiices Smith ........ .. 76,000 * <s
Lessye Epns, K-l, 68,000
" Nannie Stroup, K-l, 10,500
" Miss Emma Epps. 33,500 .
" Myrtle Patterson 10,000
" Eulah I'atteraon 10,000 -^?mSR|
" Lizzie Blackwelder, R-2 10,000
" Annie Patterson, R-2, ... 10,000
" Itertie Coltharp 10,000
Miss Marjorie Mills 1,000
" SarahCulp 10,000
Miss Blanche Moser 1,000
" Grace Erwin..... 1,000
" Mury Carothers ..... 1,000
" Ola Cray ton 1,000 sj
" Daisy Robinson 1,000
" Bessie A rmstrong .. .. 1,000
Mrs. ThoS. Bailey 1,000
" M. J. Adcock ... ... 1,000
Miss Edna Ferguson .. . 10,000
" Ocie Hood 38,250
" Jessie Baker ... 78,[50
" Bleeker Parks, Pin?\il!? 10,000
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mi?. v . ?v. ivit-iNeaiy 1,000
" G. W. WilkerBon 47,500 ^
" W. M. Darnell, K 4 1,000
" Fred Rogers 10,000
" Sargent Kimbrell 1,000 ' ^
Miss Carrie Merritt, Charlotte. .... 1,000
" Minnie Wallace', Fi.btrt, 1,000 _ ^
" Mary Campbell, Horn. 10,000 .
" Mamie Therrell lu,000
John Carothers, ol' Great Falls,
was a visitor Saturday and Sun- >
day at the home of his futher,
VV. i\I. Carol hers, in this city.
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Spring and Summer
offering our entire
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