Fort Mill times. (Fort Mill, S.C.) 1892-current, March 05, 1914, Image 1
THE NEWS IN BRIEF
FROM AVER THE STATE
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Announcement of. the candidacy
of J. A. -Hunter, represenfflfiva
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lieutenant gdv?mor, was made
| Saturday. - He has been a mem^
ber of the lower home four years
? and is a sop of the sheriff of
Bamberg county.
t Up to Saturday the secretary
of State had received 274 acts
from the governor's office which
have been passed at this session
of the General Assembly. More
than 1,500 bills have been introduced
at this session, not more
than one-third of which will get
through.
Commissioner Watson has appointediSidney
E. Groeschel, of
Chester, to the position of State
factory inspector to succeed W.
R. Connelly, resigned.
Senator McLaurin's warehouse
measure seems to have no chance
of becoming a law at this session
of the Legislature. There
is a bill in the house to regulate
the ginning, baling, inspecting,
warehousing and marketing of
cotton and other products, which
is similar to the McLaurin bill.
J. T. Lyles, of Orangeburg,
who is serving his first term as a
member of the house of representatives,
announced Saturday
that he would not make the race
for lieutenant governor in the
August primaries, as he had
niv?r\l o t nrl
LUii w^iu
The State Senate Friday morning
overrode the veto of Governor
Blease on two matters. First
was an act giving the city of
Columbia authority to purchase
or lease a site for a public park.
The other matter was an act
permitting the city of Columbia
to sell certain property or buildings,
and this was also overridden.
r Blanket of Snow Covered South.
Beginning early Wednesday
night and continuing unabated
for twelve hours, the entire
Southeast Thursday shivered in
a blanket of snow ranging in
depth from six to thirteen inches.
The snow extended as far south
as Southern Georgia, and reached
to the Gulf States, and weather
bureau records for twenty years
were broken. Falling temperatures
accompanied the snow in
many sections, the snow turning
to sleet.
While no serious interruptions
to traffic and wire service were
reported, many of the trains
were behind their schedules in
localities where the snow was
heaviest.
Georgia, Louisiana, Mississippi,
North and South Carolina reported
the heaviest snowfall.
At Macon, Ga , the precipitation
reached a depth of six inches,
while an almost equal amount
was reported at Augusta and
Savannah. In Louisiana and
Mississippi the snow began falling
about noon Wednesday and
at midnight it had been recorded
from a trace in the extreme south
to six inches in the northern
section. Thermometers at New
Orleans, Mobile and other gulf
points hovered about the freezing
point and the snow melted
as it fell.
Pineville to Get the Farm Shool.
The town of Pineville seems
to have won out over Derita in
. the matter of securing the location
of the Mecklenburg Farm
Life School. The matter was
several weeks ago referred to
the attorney genera! of North
Carolina for an opinion as to
which of the places was legally
entitled to the school. This opinion
was rendered the last week,
f an/I in tha nnininn of this official
the Derita people cannot vote
bonds for school buildings without
a special act of the Legislature,
which effectually disposes
of the claims of the Derita people
at present, while the Pineville
district complied with all the requirements
of the law to secure
the school. The attorney general
suggested to the Mecklenburg
board that it assure the Pineville
people of the establishment of
the farm school at that place
and that the school would receive
the entire State and county
appropriation for the work.
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Willi*..* Mack, LL. D., F<
Noted Leg.
As the momentous year of 1913
was drawing to a close, there
made its appearance in the offices
of various lawyers all over
the United States a calendar?
an advertisement of a law book
firm?the most noticeable feature
of which was the striking
reproduction of a group of portraits,
men evidently learned in
the law. In that group were
the pictures of two men whose
names have become household
words wherever the great science
of English law is known. And
there was a third, none the less
scholarly and perspicacious that
he is less well known. The
group was the pictures of the
editors of what lawyers refer to
as "CYC," otherwise known as
"Cyclopedia of Law and Procedure."
The two pictures first
referred to are those of the late
Astfbciate Justice Brewer of the
United States supreme court,
and his colleague, "the great
dissenter." the late Associate
Justice Harlan.
The third of the trio, in whom
South Carolinians are bound to
feel more than a passing interest,
is the picture of William
Mack, a native of this State,
now editor-in-chief of "CYC."
Mr. Mack, as may be gathered
from a consideration of the importance
of his work, stands at
the top of the ranks of legal
authorship. He is secretary of
the American I^aw Book company,
and is editor of its other
important publication, "Cyclopedia
of Forms and Precedents."
Though not widely known in
South Carolina, even by name,
Mr. Mack is a familiar character
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I.V mo Ull? UIIIC JCIIUVY IUVVII9I1ICI1
in Fort M il. Here he spent his
boyhood days and here his little
motherless son, "Billie," is now
living and learning to follow in
the footsteps of his distinguished
father.
Born in Sumter county in 1865,
William Mack was the son of the
Rev. Dr. J. B. Mack, a well
known Presbyterian minister,
who was stationed in Columbia,
and Mrs. Harriet Banks Mack.
In his early youth he came to
Fort Mill with his parents and
here he grew up. From Fort
Mill he went to Davidson college,
whence he emerged in 1883, with
the degree of M. A., having
taken that degree along with the
degree of A. B., and having
ranked second in his class. The
call of scholarship, combined
with the independent spirit which
brooked no long waiting before
entering the world of service,
took him toAdger college, where
for a year he lent his energies
to the upbuilding of the youth of
the land, even as in later years
he lent of his brain to the erection
of a consonant and coordi
naiea siruciureoi American law.
The school room did not hold
him long, however. For a year
he studied in the law office of
his uncle, W. L. Mack, in Lamar,
Mo., leaving that to enter the
Missouri State university. There
he kept up his reputation for
promise matched with performance,
and completing the three
year course in two years, was
; graduated first in his class. Sub'
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ormer Fort Mill Citizen,
al Author.
sequently the university con
ferred on him the degree o:
LL. D.
Lamar, which had seen his
first embrace of his new mis
tress, the law, soon saw hin
again. For one year he prac
ticed there, and then went tc
the land of promise on th<
Pacific coast. In San Francisc<
he stayed ten years, leaving then
in 1900 to accept an editoria
position with the Edward Thomp
son company, publishers of lav
books, at North port, a suburb oi
New York. In this congenia
atmosphere his genius for lega
authorship blossomed into flower
The first fruits were the sever
volumes of "Rapalje and Mack's
Digest of Railway Decisions," j
standard work of great repute.
A short time later he agair
changed his residence, going t<
New York city, to join th<
American Law Book company
With that company he has re
mained for 12 years, addinj
steadily to his reputation as j
clear and forceful thinker and i
concise and accurate expoundei
of legal truth.
his service with the Americar
company early brought him t(
the very head of the company':
corps of experts. Selected t<
undertake the tremendous tasl
of directing the preparation o:
a comprehensive but convenien
exegesis of law and procedure
he entered upon his task wit!
energy and zeal. The 40 vol
umes of the "Cyclopedia of Lav
and Procedure" already puh
lished are an enduring testi
monial of his skill and industry
These, with the annotations
which also are in his charge
have assumed rank as amonj
the most authoritative of lega
works.
The "Cyclopedia of Forms am
Precedents," a like work on i
different phase of the subject, i
also well known among the lega
folk.
While he has been pursuing th<
lights of legal learning, Mr
Mack has not neglected othe
avenues of activity. He is i
member of the Sig na Alphi
Epsilon fraternity, arid presidei
at the national convention o
that fraternity in Chattanooga
He is a high rank Mason, beinj
Knight Templar and a Noble o
Kismet Temple of the Mysti
Shrine. He is a member of th
Missouri Society of New Yor
and of the Southern Society o
New York.
Though Mr. Mack's work ha
led him far afield, he has neve
forgotten the home interests
His alma mater has been the rc
cipient of many gifts of books
His home town too, and his horn
folk, know him and like him a
a brilliant man who can b
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morougniy democratic and kmc
ly.
Mr. Mack's mother lives i
Port Mill with his brother, Mui
ray Mack, and he has anothe
brother, Harry Mack, an elec
trical engineer in New Yort
and another in Cincinnati, th
Rev. Edward Mack. D. D., pr<
feasor of Lane Theological sem
nary. Mr. Mack also his tw
sisters in Fort Mill ?Mrs. Elizi
beth Belk and Mrs. W. I
Ardrey. ? The State, Thursday.
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/ STANDING of PIANO CONTESTANTS
Tuesday, March 3.
- Miss Frances Smith 167,800
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1 Death by Suffocation.
James Barnes, colored, son of
' William and Mary Barnes, reg
spected colored people of Fort
I Mill township, met death by
suffocation Thursday in the
e plant of the South Carolina
. Cotton Oil company, in Columbia,
r where he was employed. Barnes
a was at work in a seed house and
& was smothered to death when he
^ was buried beneath an avalanche
of seed. The colored man ut^
tered a cry as the mass of seed
f fell upon him and several other
c employees in the plant came to
e his rescue, digging furiously into
k the mountain of seed which
f covered Barnes. In a few
minutes after the accident the
s rescuers reached the imprisoned
,r man, and although his body was
t'_ still warm, life was extinct. That
\ suffocation was the cause of
e death was easily established by
s the circumstances and in the
opinion of a physician who was
I- summoned by telephone shortly
after the accident occurred. The
J1 county coroner was notified of
' Barnes' death and, after hearing
* from witnesses, decided that an
. inquest was unnecessary.
e Barnes' body was brought to
>_ Fort Mill Friday morning for
i- burial. #
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Reaember the Partridge Wyandottes
1. at Maney's Drag Stare, Saturday,
March thv 7th.?Adv.
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HOMES OF
Residence of Alex. Hart
Welfare Work Progresses.
Welfare work amonu the mills
in South Carolina is progressing
well under the guidance of Prof.
James L. Carberry, of Hock
Hill. Professor Carberry has
oeen making a trip through the
mill towns of the State and giving
talks to the children to
ornanize them in the work.
Already 13 mills have signed up
for the work and 21 more are
desirous of joining. Demonstrations
are appointed to carry on
the work.
The work started a few years
ago in Rock Hill among some of
the mills there has made wonderful
strides. Tomato clubs
are organized among the girls
and corn clubs among the boys.
The work done by some of these
children as shown in the fair in
Rock Hill on October 12 of last
year was indicative of the progress
that has been made among
the children, as their display was
one of the most attractive features
of the exhibit hall.
Constable J. F. Jackson Dead.
Yorkville people were shocked
this (Thursday) morning when
they learned that Mr. James F.
Jackson, a well known resident
of this town had died last night.
Mr. Jackson was apparently in
his usual health yesterday, and
had spent the day in Rock Hill
attending to business, returning
to Yorkville in the afternoon.
He was suddenly seized with
sickness at about nine o'clock,
and although prompt medical
attention was given he grew
steadily worse and died at
11:30 o'clock, death "being due
to heart trouble. Mr. Jackson
had been a resident of this town
for a number of years and had
a wide circle of friends. He
was forty-two years of age, and
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>er, Confederate street.
was a member of the Yorkville
Baptist Church. He was appointed
a dispensary constable
in May 11)11, and had made a
reputation for being a faithful,
efficient officer. He was a member
of the local camp W. 0. W.,
[and an Odd Fellow. The deceased
is survived by his wife
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Bank Has New Officers.
At a meeting last Wednesday
afternoon of the directors of the
Savings Bank of Fort Mill,
W. B. Meacham was elected
president of the bank, succeeding
Col. Leroy Springs, of Lancaster,
and W. B. Meacham, Jr.,
was elected cashier to succeed
his father. In tendering his
resignation as president. Col.
Springs explained this action
was necessary because of the
constantly increasing demands
upon his time from his other
business. Col. Springs had been
president of the Savings Bank
since the death of Capt. S. E.
White, some three years ago.
Mr. Meacham, the new President
of the bank, became its
cashier in 1897, succeeding the
late J. M. Spratt, and has held
the position continuously since.
Under his supervision the instihas
afforded the people of Fort
Mill and vicinity a great convenience
in the transaction of
business and has paid uniformly
good dividends to its stockholders.
It has suffered only one
serious reverse, that of a robbery
in 1908 when the safe was blown
open by professional cracksmen
who were then operating in this
State and about $4,500 stolen.
W. B. Meacham, Jr., the new
cashier, has been assistant
cashier ct the bank for about
two years.
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RAGE FOR THE SENATE
It is rumored in Columbia that
John Gary Evans of Spartan
burg, who succeeded Governor
Tillman in the executive mansion
back in the nineties, and who
was perhaps the youngest man
who ever held that office, will
make the race for United States
senator next summer before the
primaries, in opposition to Governor
Please and Senator E. D.
Smith, who will also be candidates
for that place.
Former Governor Evans was
in the capital city several days
ago and paid a visit to the legislature
v. hile in' session. He was
asked concerning his intentions
as to the senatorial race, but
responded only with an enigmatic
smile.
He has been closely identified
with South Carolina politics since
his election as governor, and has
made the race for United States
senate. Though unsuccessful in
each efFort, his races have always
been hard fought and only
by a small margin has he been
defeated. He was in the second
race for this office with Senator
E. D. Smith in 1908, the latter
winning by a small margin.
Mr. Evans is rhnirmnn r?f
State Democratic committee,
and enjoys the friendship of
President Wilson, Secretary of
State Bryan, and other men of
national notes closely associated
with the present Democratic administration.
Attesting to the
friendship for him held by Mr.
Bryan was the honor the secretary
of State paid him by having
him at dinner at his home when
Mr. Evans was recently in
Washington.
Mr. Evans is an able and courageous
campaigner and his entry
into the race would mean a
spirited.political fight this summer
with the victory one of considerable
speculation.
Judge Gary's Son[Drowned.
Ernest Gary, the 17-year-old
son of Chief Justice* Eugene B.
Gary of the State supreme court,
was drowned Sunday while testing
ice on a pond, one mile from
Lexington, Va. Gary ventured
too far on the ice and iwas precipitated
into 12 feet of water.
Cadet Smith, a classmate, made
a brave effort to^rescue young
Gary by'pushing a plank^to him
over the ice, but the unfortunate
young man was too weak to grasp
the plank and'sank. The body
| was recovered and shipped to
I Abbevillejlor burial.
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