Fort Mill times. (Fort Mill, S.C.) 1892-current, April 09, 1914, Image 1
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One thousand one hundred and
seventy-five convicts have re-!
ceived clemency at the hands of
Governor Bleasc since he was in*
augurated for the first time on |
January 17, 1911. Of this num- j
ber three-fourths were released
nnHor nnrrtloc nnrl tVio root- tuuro
given full pardons, or had their
sentences commuted. These figures
were compiled Saturday
from records in the office of the
secretary of State.
Upon recommendation of the
pardon board made in January
to Governor Blease, 15 men on
the chaingangs throughout the
State, were granted their freedom
by the governor Thursday.
Approximately 100 petitions for
clemency were considered by the
pardon board at its meeting last
week. The State's prisoners now
number but 243, of whom 207
are men and 36 women.
Preparations for the meeting
of the Democratic clubs on
April 25th are being made
throughout South Carolina. The
county conventions meet May 4. ,
The State convention meets in
Columbia on May 20. The first
primary election will be held on
August 25, and the second primary
on September 8.
S. J. Hester, of Anderson
county, last week shipped 12
extra fine fighting cocks to Gen.
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v ma, uic icuci icttuci in mexicu.
The order from Villa is the sec: |
ond that Mr. Hester has filled
since Christmas, which goes to
show that Villa is interested in 1
more than one kind of fighting.
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The State department of edu- 1
cation was busy Thursday paying
all applications for rural graded
school aid on file with the State :
superintendent. Two hundred
and thirty-one schools in 37
counties received $55,000.
Villa Occupies Torreon.
The greatest and most decisive
battle of the revolution in
Mexico terminated Saturday
when General Villa routed the (
Mexican Federal army from
Torreon and took charge of the
city. The seige of Torreon by
Villa and his men had continued
for six days and nights and is
said to have cost the Rebels
something like 1,500 men, dead
and wounded. The losses sustained
by the Federal army has
not been learned. The city of
Torreon is about 500 miles from
Mexico City and about an equal
distance from Juarez. It is surrounded
by mountains and is on
a small river. The city is almost
a natural fortress. Men of the
best military training prepared
the defences of Torreon. After
months of preparation it was
supposed to be proof against
assault. General Villa probably
did not know this, because he
did not start a siege but began
an attack on the works as soon
as he was in striking distance.
His army was composed of
about 15,000 well seasoned soldiers.
The Federal army was
some smaller, but was better
supplied with arti ler.v.
A New Kind of Cotton.
A Southern manufacturer has
sent to the National Association
of Cotton manufacturers a sample
of a new kind of cotton which
has been developed in Christoba!
in the Panama Canal zone and
possessing, it is claimed, remarkable
qualities. In the letter accompanying
the sample of new
cotton the Southern mill man
says that bis friend in Christobal
developed the new species
by crossing Columbia cotton with
a native wild staple by a method
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The usual length 0f the cotton
from the Columbia seed is about
seven-eighths of an inch, but
the new cotton is said to run up
to two and one-half inches in
length. The stalks on which it
grows are taller than a man and
wider than one's outstretched
arms.
It is further stated that the
new kind of cotton will not have
to be planted annually, but can
be pruned like grape vines each
season, and that it is possible to
raise two or three crops per annum,
making a total yield of
three to four bales per acre.
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In a little American town two boj
a half centurv aaro. One was the i
his youth and young manhood in id
one heard of any worthy deeds bein
apparently no thought was ever tak
lived in the today. They were ;
scoffed at religion. More than one*
gospel had ever crossed his threshol
a waste of time to consider the here
came into possession of the estate ;
was 85 all of his inheritance was go
perhaps it was nothing more than c
a vagabond. Finally he was arrest<
victed and sent to State prison for i
The other boy was the son of a pc
hard pressed to provide for his fami
the confidence and respect of all
the wife he raised the boy in the f
by precept. Today that boy is a n
elected for his worth and manliness.
How are you raising your son? V
him? The chances are that he will
teaching him to fear God and to ear
fellowman? Do you go to church?
your son ?and the other membert
Sunday.
PUBLIC SCHOOL HONOR ROLL
Ily Prof. J. P. Coats.
A pupil must make an average
of 95 per cent on his studies,
95 per cent, on deportment, and
95 per cent, on attendance for
his name to be on the honor roll
of the Fort Mill graded school.
The following have the honor
for March:
First Grade -Nannie Lee Phillips,
Eftie Ritch, Tom Harris,
Hoyt Laney, Robt. Lee Snead.
Louise Patterson, Edith Parks,
James Ferguson, Crawford Wilson.
Second Grade?Elizabeth Ardrey,
William Hafner, Katherine
Massey, Margaret McElhaney,
Mary Moore, Bertha Moore,
Stephen Parks. *
Third Grade?Willie Bennett,
Ella Mae McElhaney, Elizabeth
Mills, Mary Jones, Pauline
Robinson, Mae Thompson.
Fourth Grade?Jno. Lester
Crowder, Annie Parks, Marion
Parks, Arthur Young.
Fifth Grade?Ollie Hood, Atmar
Adcock, Harvey Wagner.
Sixth Grade?Beulah Parks,
Emma Epps, William Grier,
Beatrice Parks, Grace Erwin,
Odell Kimbrell.
Seventh Grade?tfelma Phillips,
Ruth McLaughlin, Eula
Patterson, Ola Creighton.
Eighth Grade?Andrew Hafner,
William Erwin, Robert Er
win. Jno. A. Boyd. William
Ardrey, Mary McLaughlin, Marjorie
Mills, Bernice Mills.
Ninth Grade?Mary Armstrong,
Alice Bradford, Willie K. Barber.
Tenth Grade?James Young,
Zenas Grier, Esther Meacham,
Frances Smith, Margaret Spratt.
Will Award the Prizes.
Mayor A. R. McElhaney a few
days ago named the judges for
"Clean-Up" day Tuesday, April
21. The committee appointed to
inspect the piles of trash gathered
by the boys of the town
will consist of Messrs. VV. B.
Meacham, T. B. Spratt and J. J.
Bailes. For the largest pile a
cash prize of $5 will be awarded;
for the second largest pile a cash
prize of $2.50 and for the third
largest pile a cash prize of $2
will be given.
The committee selected to
judge the premises of the town
and to award the prizes in this
contest consists of Mrs. A. O.
Jones, Mrs. W. C. Armstrong
and Mrs. Jessie Starnes. Two
cash prizes in this contest will be
allowed, a first prize of $2 and a
second prize of $1.
Already quite a number of the
boys are busying themselves
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unei Kunwi nours collecting oia
cans, bottles and other trash and
it is expected that Fort Mill will
be almost a "spotless" town
when the contest closes the 21st.
Thret York Coivicts Paroled.
(Governor Rlease Friday granted
paroles to the three following
prisoners who had been sentenced
in York county:
Dennis Wilkes, who was convicted
in 1913 on the charge of
violating the dispensary law and
sentenced to pay a fine of $400
or serve 13 months.
John Smith, who was convicted
in 1913 on the charge of
housebreaking and larceny and
sentenced to serve one year.
John Walker, who was convicted
in 1912 on the charge of
manslaughter and sentenced to
serve two years.
Forfort
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ra grew up together something like
Bon of a wealthy father and spent
leness having a "good time." No
g placed to his credit. In his home
en of tbe morrow. All of the family
>oor neighbors. The father openly
? he boasted that no minister of the
d. He taught his son that it was
after. The father died and the ron
at the age of 30. By the time he
ne. He had never had to work and
ould be expected for him to become
Hi on a serious charge, tried, coni
long term
>or father who often found himself
ly. But he was a good man and had
his neighbors. With the help of his
ear of God, as much by example as
lember of the American Congress,
Vhat sort of example are you setting
follow in your footsteps. Are you
n the respect and confidence of his
If not, you owe it to yourself and
i of your family?to go. Go next
Sad Death in Gold Hill.
John L. Ratterree, principal of
the Gold Hill school, died Friday
afternoon at 5:30 o'clock at the
home of W. H. Windle, after a
week's illness of pneumonia.
Mr. Ratterree was in his 24th
year, having been born near
Yorkville in August, 1890. He
received his school training in
the College of Charleston and
taught one year in Aiken, coming
to the Gold Hill school as principal
in 1912, where he had remained
up to the time of his
death. His work at Gold Hill
has been highly commended by
the patrons of the school and his
pleasing manner has won for
him a host of friends throughlout
the community. His father,
| J. A. Ratterree, arrived Thursday
and Saturday morning escorted
the remains to his old
home where they were buried in
the cemetery of Bethel Presbyterian
church. Besides his parents.
Mr. Ratterree is survived
by two brothers and one sister,
S. A. Ratterree, C. H. Ratterree
and Miss Mattie Ratterree.
For Others to Explaia.
The following communication,
written by a Fort Mill man, appeared
in the Rock Hill Evening
Herald of last Friday:
Editor The Herald.
On the first page of the Evening
Herald of April 1, I notice an
article relative to the vote of
Congressman Finley on the repeal
of the provision of the
Panama canal bill allowing the
free passage through the canal
of American owned vessels engaged
in coastwise trade. In the j
article the question is asked.
"How will Representative Finley
explain his vote?" It would
seem to me to be more to the
point to ask, "How could Mr.
Finley salve his conscience and j
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for the repeal bill?"
In the Baltimore platform
under the subhead, "Panama
Canal." we find the following
plank: "We favor the exemption
from tolls of American ships engaged
in coastwise trade passing
through the Panama canal." In
the sixteen years Mr. Finley lias
represented this district in Congress.
he has not refused to lie
governed by the party platform
in a single vote he has cast, and
none of the many candidates who
has opposed him since he wasj
first elected in 1898 have been
able to point to one lapse in his
allegiance to the Democratic
party. It is up to those who
voted against the Baltimore platform
to do more explaining than
it is to those who remembered
that they were under obligation
to support it.
W. R. Bradford.
Daughters Have Scholarships.
For South Carolinians who are
descendants of Confederate vet-<
erans and unable to afford a college
education, several oppprtunities
for obtaining scholarships
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wucieu mis year inrougn tne
United Daughters of the Confederacy.
The scholarships are to
be given in the leading institutions
of the State and country at
large. The committee on education
of the South Carolina division
will give any information desired
and receive applications.
This committee consists of Miss
Armida Moses, chairman, Sumter;
Mrs. S. I. Copeland, Clinton;
Mrs. Maria Tillman, Edgefield.
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BROWNINfl FOR QOVERMOR!
IS STRONGLY ENDORSED
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Farmer, Active in Halls of ,
Legis'ature.? Brief Sketch of
His Acts as Public Servant.
(Union Times, March 13, 1914.)
The writer had the pleasure
sometime ago of visiting the
farm of Hon. Lowndes Brown:ng
in Cross Keys township.
Years ago, Mr. Browninp
realized that the one crop, all
cotton, theory of farming was a
delusion and a snare, and he began
raising his own meat and
corn. It has been 24 years since
he has had to use any cotton
monev t n huir moot f,w
plantation. Not that he has not
bought bacon all these years,
but each year he has sold more
than enough hogs, hams and
lard to buy all the meat needed
on his place. He has a very nice
bunch of short-horn cattle and a
fine flock of Rambaulliet sheep.
In fact, he lives at home.
He is president of the County
Farmers' Union, and during his
administration, this organization
has put on new life, and is proving
quite beneficial to its members
in the purchase of fertilizers,
and other farm supplies.
Mr. Browning is very much
interested in the education of
| the rising generation, and he
takes great pride in the consolidated
school that has been established
at Sedalia, largely
through his efforts. As an incentive
to agricultural development,
he has given the use of
several acres of land adjoining
the school lot, on which the
school board will have an experimental
farm for three years,
| profits to be used for the school.
He has served several terms
in the house of representatives,
during the session of 1911-12
being chairman of the Ways and
Means committee, and the two
appropriation bills introduced by
that committee were only amendi
ed by the house to the amount
! of $83.75. This is a record that
has never been equaled by the
Ways and Means committte of
any other term. The senate
made few changes, and the
I vetoes of the governor were al|
ways opposed by a majority of
1 the house,in most instances, by
the necessary two-thirds maI
jority.
Mr. Browning was the author
of the refunding bill of 1912,
and while this bill involved about
$6,000,000.00, one of the largest
financial measures ever handled
by the State, the house of representatives
passed it without ^
dissenting voice, even without
an aye and nay vote. When it
was vetoed by the governor, it
was passed over his veto in the
house by a vote of 79 to 10, and
an equally large majority in the
senate. This act, if placed in
operation, should save the taxpayers
of the State around
$100,000 per year for twenty
years.
I He was also the author of the
asylum bond issue joint resolution,
submitted to the people at
the last election. While this
resolution received a majority
of the votes, it did not receive
the two-thirds vote which the
resolution called for, therefore,
did not become law. Had this
been enacted into law, it would
have proved a solution of this
very difficult problem, which is
still unsettled.
He was the author of the bill
which placed the selection of
the commissioner of agriculture
in the hands of the people, thus
putting this important department
of the government on a
parity with the other departments
of the State government.
Hewasthe author of a number
of other bills of benefit to the
State, but too tedious to mention
here.
Mr. Hrowning will be* in the
campaign this summer as a
candidate for governor, and of
the numerous candidates for this
position already announced, he
is the only one who, so far, has
dared to outline a platform of
constructive legislation for the
future. He hns Hnnp thic
cause he is very anxious for the
people to have ample time to
study and digest the changes he
proposes. In other words, he
does not want this high position
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HOMES OF .
Residence of T. B. S}.
To Extend Street Work.
One of the proposed amend
ments to the State constitution
to be voted on at the election
next November provides that the
corporate authorities of Fort Mill
may levy an assessment upon
abutting property for the purpose
of paying for permanent
improvements on streets and
sidewalks or streets or sidewalks
immediately abutting such property.
The improvements are to
be ordered only upon the written
consent of two-thirds of the
owners of property abutting upon
the streets or sidewalks, and
upon the condition that the corporate
authorities shall pay at
least one-half of the cost of such
improvement.
The resolution proposing the
amendment was introduced in
the House by Representative J.
R. Haile at the recent session of
the General Assemblv.
District Meet of U. D. C.
Members of the local chapter
of the United daughters of the
Confederacy are engaged in
making arrangements for the
entertainment of the delegates
and in mapping out a program
for the Ridge district meeting of
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held in Fort Mill probably on
April 23. There are 12 chapters
in the district which are located
in Richland. Fairfield. Chester,
Lancaster and York counties.
The program will be published
as soon as the exact date for
the meeting has been decided
upon.
The State meeting of the
U. D. C.'s will be held in Yorkville
during the coming fall.
Fort Mill friends of Mr. B.
Frank Merritt will regret to
learn that he is ill of pneumonia
at his home south of Rock Hill.
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An Approaching Marriage.
Of interest to the people of
Fort Mill and vicinity is the announcement
of the engagement
of Mr. Mason F. Crum, of
Orangeburg, and Miss Katharine
Howell, of Walterboro. The
date of the marriage, as stated
in the Orangeburg Times and
Democrat, will be April 22. Miss
Howell is a daughter of the late
Madison P. Howell, a prominent
lawyer of the Walterboro section,
and onetime State senator. Mr.
Crum is one of the best known
young educators of the lower
section of the State. He was a
few years ago superintendent of
the Fort Mill public school and is
pleasantly remembered in this
city and section.
Will Run for Congress.
W. F. Stevenson, of Chesterfield,
Saturday made formal announcement
that he will be a
candidate for Congress from tlie
Fifth district. The announcement
was made while Mr. Stevenson
was spending the day in
Columbia. It is also understood
that I). K. Finley, the incumbent,
will offer for reelection.
The Fifth Congressional district
embraces the counties of
Chesterfield. Cherokee, Chester.
Lancaster. York and Kershaw.
Mr. Stevenson said that he was
a Woodrow Wilson Democrat and
heartily with the president in his
tight for the repeal of the canal
tolls exemption.
At a meeting of the Mecklenburg
county board of education
held Monday morning Pineville
was formally awarded the farm
life school, thereby bringing to a
close a long drawn out fight in
that county over the location of
that institution. It is presumed
that work on the school buildings
will begin in the near future.
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BOND ISSUE CARRIES
BY 5 TOJ MAJORITY
That a very large per cent, of
the citizens of Fort Mill feel the
need of water for protection
from fire and for domestic use
was established Friday in the
election upon the question of
issuing coupon bonds in the sum
of $15,000 for this purpose. The
movement for a water system
began several months ago when
The Times, after a number of
articles agitating the system,
succeeded in interesting several
citizens in tne waterworks and a
petition asking for the election
on the question was signed by
the required number of freeholders
and presented to council.
The election was duly ordered
and Friday when the votes were
counted it was found that of
the 64 voters who had cast ballots
53 favored the system while
11 were opposed to it. The total
vote cast Friday represented
only about one-fil th of the town's
voting strength, but was about
what was expected by those who
have kept tab on former special
elections. At the election Friday
a board of commissioners
of public works, whose duty it
will be to negotiate the sale of
the bonds and make all arrangements
for the installation of the
water system, was also elected.
Quite a number of the town's
citizens were voted for. but it
was found that Messrs. W. B.
Ardrey, .1. .1. Bailes and S. I..
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mcaciium iicid received a larger
number of votes than the others
ami they were declared elected.
This commission will at once
take up the matter of having the
bonds made and placed on the
market. The bonds, it will be
remembered, are to bear interest
at a rate not to exceed six per
cent, and the board of commissioners
anticipate little trouble in
disposing of them.
April Gardening.
While the farmer is planting
his principal field crop this month
he should not neglect to give
some attention to his vegetable
garden. There are several important
vegetables which should
be planted in April, such as
cucumbers, muskmelons. okra,
onions, salsify, squashes, tomato ?s
and beans of various kinds.
Clemson College will furnish free
and full information on the subject
of gardening, as well as
directions for controlling some of
j the common insects and fungus
diseases. Applications for this
information should be made to
Prof. C. C. Newman, Clemson
I College, S. C.
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