University of South Carolina Libraries
. I Established in 1891. BLEASITES LOST OUT IN COUNTY CONVENTION Tho n nfl-Q^minioh'oiiAr? fnw/in r ??* v> uvtujiiiioti atiuu iui V-Cr , took complete charge of the Yorh county Democratic convention at Yorkville Monday, electing a county chairman and a full set of delegates to the State convention. The vote was very close, 4 the administration forces succeeding in placing one cf their number in the chair as temporary chairman. The anti's rallied their forces, however, and afterwards had safe majorities throughout. Every township in the county was represented by several delegates. Col. W. W. Lewis was placed in nomination for permanent chairman by the anti-administration forces, while Col. G. P. Smith was nominated for the place by the administration supporters. The election by ballot gave Lewis 93 and Smith 82. John Shurley was elected permanent secretary by acclimation, while Geo. W. Williams was reelected county treasurer. The election of a county chair man to serve during the next two years again brought forth the names of Col. Lew is and Col. Smith, and again Col. Lewis was the victor, receiving 94 votes to 82 for Col. Smith. A motion was made and carried that each faction nominate ten delegates to the State convention and that a vote be taken on the two tickets. This was done and the administration forces again lost out by a vote of 88 to 77. Following are the delegates to the State convention: Bethel, G. L. Suggs; Bullock's Creek, J. L. Rainey; King Mountain, W. D. Lesslie; Ebenezer, J. F. Williams; Fort Mill, J. W. Ardrey; Broad River, W. S. Wilkerson; Bethesda, O. L. Sanders; Catawba. W. B. Wilson. Jr.; York, C. E. Spencer. County at large, I). P. Lesslie. For members of the State executive committee W. B. Wilson, Jr., and W. B. Byers were nominated, the latter representing the administration faction. Mr. Wilson was elected by a vote of 89 Jfc to 66. State Convention Anti-Blease. % Results of the county conventions held throughout South! Carolina, as compiled Monday night, show that Administration forces, those representing Governor Blease, won only in three counties out of 44 as follows: Lexington, Jasper and Chesterfield. Of the 336 delegates to the State Convention the adminisistration has less than 30. as against oy in lviz. Senator McLaurin was left at home in Marlboro, getting about 25 votes; Mendel Smith anil Johh G. Richards. Jr., candidates for Governor were left at home in Kershaw county. In Richland reform of the primary was a leading issue and delegates to the State Convention were instructed to stand by reform of the primary. In Charleston Mayor Grace led a rump convention that bolted and two delegates will come to the State Convention from Charleston. The whole upcountry, except Chesterfield, was anti-Blease, C. C. Wyche being defeated in Spartanburg for county chairman. Governor Biease was not sent to the State Convention from his county, while Senator Smith led the delegation from Lee County. Reduced the Verdict. A few days ago at Yorkville counsel for the defendants in the case of Mrs. Isabella Clinton, administratrix, against the Lancaster & Chester railway, appeared before Judged. W. Devore and argued a motion for a new trial. After hearing the rnnnopl r?n KrvtP culuo lu> ioo>i an order granting a new trial unless the plaintiffs would remit in 15 days on the record $5,000 of the recent $20,000 given by a Chester county jury. He thought the verdict excessive for actual damages. According to the custom of the courts it is believed that plaintiffs will remit the amount. Several veterans of the Steel ^J^^^HHCreek community are this week ^^^H^^^nttending the reunion in Jaek^^^^AmviUe. FU. I The ' n I ?imrnm Thinks The Times Erred. Editor Fort Mill Times: There are nearly always two sides to every question. Certainly, I think that there is another side to the adverse criticism you made last week of the Clemson College authorites in sending the 100 cadets to Rock Hill for a few day's encampment. In the first place you erred in , 11: ~ 1-> - culling jl u ween s encampment, ' when in fact the boys lost only 11-2 days from their studies, there being no school on Saturday. Again, the inference that ! the State of South Carolina or college paid the cost of the trip is without foundation. Membership in the company was voluntary and students who took the trip paid their own expenses. We think that the Clemson cbllege authorities sent the boys to Winthrop because they believed that the trip would be worth while to the college and the State. Mr. Editor, do you not really think that it would be a fine tiling to let the 700 girls at Winthrop go back home and tell the people of South Carolina i what sort of young men are being trained at their Agricultural college? And certainly, j you a*e not getting so old and : crabbed that you have forgotten that it is a natural and proper thing for boys and girls to get together as often as possible. Finally, Mr. Editor, you must not forget that the education of a hoy is not by any means al- ( together contained in the cur-; riculum. We helieve that the i boys who went on the Rock Hill trip gained more education in the two days they missed from i studies at Clemson than if they j had been there. Trusting that this may put the I matter 111 a somewhat better! light before your readers, I am Very respectfully, S. E. Bailes. James R. Miller Dead. Mr. James Ross Miller, a well known resident of the upper portion of Fort Mill township, died Saturday afternoon at his home, : after an illness extending over several months. Mr. Miller's condition became serious about ten days ago, and his death was not unexpected. The burial was made Sunday afternoon in Blackstock cemetery, in the township. Mr. Ross was a native of this i township, having been born near | his late residence in the year i 1839, being 75 years of ago. With j the exception of the years spent ! in the Confederate service, Mr. Miller's life was spent in the home where he died. He was educated at schools on both sides | of the line. When the war broke out he enlisted in Hampton's cavalry, and as a soldier was brave as the bravest. To the cause of the South he was ever loyal. On returning from' the war Mr. Miller picked up the thread of life where he laid it down and life from that time on, for him. Mowed smoothly and successfully. He was mar-1 ried to Miss Mary Anna Harris, daughter of Hugh Clark Harris. ! To them were born five children, ! all of whom with Mrs. Miller i survive. The children are: Mrs. C. M. Strong, Mrs. .1. C. McNeely, Mrs. K. E. Henderson, of Huntersville; Mrs. H. A. Watt, of Miami, Fla., and Miss Julia Miller, of Bennettsville, S. C. Mr. F. M. Crum Married. A marriage of interest to the people of Fort Mill and vicinity was that on Wednesday, April 28, of Mr. F. Mason Crum, of Orangeburg, and Miss Katherine Howell, of Walterboro. The marriage took place at the home of the bride's mother, Mrs. M. H. Howell, in Walterboro, ; mwt VVflU nf ? ivni?l iwitnl.l.i ! ?? wn\ I III IIIVPI IH'UU'lt j social events of the season in that city. The reception tendered Mr. and Mrs. Cruni im- j mediately after the marriage was elaborate in every respect and was attended by the entire social set of Walterboro. The; Rev. R. S. Truesdale. of Char-' leston, was the officiating' minister. Mr. Crum was at one time superintendent of the Fort Mill ] public school and is well known and admired in this city and vicinity. His many friends here will wish for him and his bride much happiness and prosperity. v\ t For' FORT MIL! STORES BURGLARIZED; GOODS ARE RECOVERED For the second time with'n a week, burglars were active in Fort Mill Friday night, the dry goods store of Meacham & Epps and the furniture store of the Mills & Young company being entered by the thieves. The first named store was entered by the breaking of a large plate glass J in one of the front windows. The glass was valued at about anu was uninsured. 1 he store of the Mills & Young company was entered from the rear by forcing a door. The thieves evidently were in search of cash, as the office in the rear of this building was ransacked, numbers of papers being scattered over the floor, but no money was secured. The only thing missed from the stock was a suit case > valued at $7. The firm of Meacham & Epps did not. however, i fare so well at the hands of the burglars. It was impossible to tell just exactly the articles j taken from this firm's large and varied stock, but it was ascertained that one or more pairs of ; men's shoes, a quantity of ribbon, two ladies' skirts and a ladies' hat were among the things stolen. The thieves tried the safe in this building, but were unsuccessful. An old cash draw- i er which the firm does not use was opened, but contained nothing of value to the robbers. A small amount of change which had been left in an open cash register the evening before was _ii .i ? i i mi uie casn secured, r rom the jumbled condition of the stock and the large number of burned matched scattered over the floor it was evident that the thieves were inside the Meacham & Epps store a considerable length of time. The officers of the town were on the alert all Saturday and Sunday for a clue to the thieves or stolen goods but learned nothing. Sunday afternoon, however. Mr. Chas. W. Eason was strolling through the woods north of town and unexpectedly came across a suit case hidden in a thick clump of bushes near the railroad's spur track to the "old mill." He immediately reported the discovery and an employe of the Mills & Young company identified the case as that taken from the store j Friday night. The case was' opened and inside was found all : the goods missed from the stock of Meacham & Epps. This was taken as conclusive proof that the two stores were entered by one and the same parties. The j contents of the suit case were returned to the owners, but the case was left in the bushes and and guard was secreted nearby in the hope that the party who placed the case there would return for it. but in this plan the officers were unsuccessful and as yet no clue has been discovered as to who committed the robbery. Death of a Young Lady. Miss Bennie Osborne. 15-yearold daughter of Mr. and Mrs. J. M. Osborne, died Thursday mnfninii' nf iiivi iiiu^ at u \j t'luciv, iiiltT Ull illness of only a few days. It was thought by the attending, physicians that Miss Osborne's death was due to blood poisoning as the result of an injury to one of her hands about ten days ago, although apparently this disease had not fully develoyed. The burial was made at Flint Hill Friday morning after services at the home. Local Bank Buys Bonds. At a meeting Friday evening of the board of commissioners of public works consisting of Messrs. J. J. Bailes, W. B. Ardrey and S. L. Meacham, bids for the purchase of the $15,000 Vl'nlfVlvnt'L'C l\rw?fJcs ronorvflii lac././! .. ..WI uv.in.' iM.jmoUVCIIU.y i^^uru by the town of Fort Mill were taken up for consideration. There were a number of bidders for the bonds, but the offer of the First National bank of Fort Mill, which was par for five per cent, bonds, was considered the best offer in hand and this bid was accepted. It is stated that the contract for the installation of the water system will be let as soon as specifications are complete and the bids of a number of con; tractin# firms have been investiprated. r Mi S. C., THURSDAY, MAY PUBLIC SCHOOL HONOR ROLL By 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 April: First Grade?Juanita Parks, Effie Hitch, Dorris Hoagland, Kate McLaughlin, Louise Patterson, Midas Link, Fred Newton, Edith Parks, D. C. Patterson. Crawford Wilson. Second Grade?Margaret McElhaney, Olin Hood, J. P. Mills, Jr., Gertrude Broom, William Hafner. Third Grade?Willie Bennett. Ella Mae MeElhaney. Janie Bayne, Pauline Robinson, Mae Thompson. Fourth Grade ?Annie Parks, Marion Parks, Ruby Plyler. Filth Grade- Ollie flood, Atniar Adcock, Hattie Belk, Sophie Link. Sixth Grade?Lillie Hoagland Sadie Rodgers, Grace Erwin, Beatrice Parks, William Grier, Malcolm Link, Odell Kimbrell, Emma Epps. Seventh Grade?Zelma Phillips, Ruth McLaughlin, Eula Patterson, Ola Creighton. Eight Grade?Barron Bennett, Jno. A. Boyd, Robert Erwin, William Erwin. Ninth Grade?Alice Bradford, Willie K. Barber, Ernest Patterson. Tenth Grade?James Young, Zen as Grier, Esther Meachani, Margaret Spratt, Frances Smith. The Evils of Dancing. (Published by request.) I had not been at a fashionable hotel for some time, and when the dancing began I watched the movements for awhile. It was shamefully and shamelessly suggestive in the infamons two step dances known as the "tango," "turkey trot," etc. All round dancing is a temptation to the flesh, for it brings the bodies of men and women in unusual relations to each other. There may be some persons who can engage in it without any known excitation of the sexual appetites, but there is no question but that it is responsible for the downfall of many souls. Thousands who never yield to the temptation in a physical way are condemned by the Master's utterance, "Whosoever looketh upon a woman to lust after her hath committed adultery with her already in his heart." The imagination runs riot and pictures scenes of indulgence which the individual fears for various reasons to put into physical actuality. But the infarrwHis twostep dances of the past few years exhibit publicly the filthy imaginings of the heart. They are, indeed, manifestations ol "the earthly, the sensual, the devilish" in human nature. The movements of the body are sc suggestive as to be an insult tc the woman were she not herseli engaged in responsive movements. It really bewilders ar onlooker of normal mind thai persons can engage publicly ir such suggestive actions and expect to retain the respect ol decent society, to say nothing ol their own self-respect. Certainly, if men and women assumed such attitudes in private with no music, and were snapped by kodaks, and the pictures were exhibited to a jury in a suit foi divorce, there would be no eloubl of a verdict. And yet our social life is in such a condition that m f n nnrl uiAr??ri ? -1~ lL ? > unu ii which vet 11 III) llll'St indecent things and walk off the ball room floor and speak tc other men and women as though they had done nothing shocking and degrading. And society swallows the insult in silence, and in so doing pronounces its own condemnations. "Society" is rotten to the core. The question is, how long will the Church of God allow persons who engage in such conduct publicly, who flaunt their indecencies in the faces of all beholders, also to call themselves publicly members of the Church and to partake of the body and Iflood of Christ in remembrance of Him who sets as a standard for His Church, "Blessed are the pure in heart for they shall see Cod. "? Rev. James Cannor ' in Richmond Christian Advocate. [LL 1 7. 19X4. HOMES OF 1 Residence of W. B. Ardre Will Consider Primary Reform. It now seems certain tha? primary reform and the abolition j of the county-to-county canvass t will be among the most im- .] portant questions to be eon- j side red at the State Democratic j convention which meets in Co- j. lumbia this month. x The movement for primary | reform was launched by reso- ( lutions in many of the recent ; club meetings. A large number \ of county conventions are ex- c pected to indorse resolutions ? of a similiar nature. According jj to reports received from various j sections of the State, there will ; be a number of contests to be t decided by the State convention, i At the last convention there , was a resolution passed providing for a ccmmiHee of seven ] to investigate and make sug- i gestions for charges in the f pri mary rules. This committee ; will report at the next conven- , tion. The personnel of the t committee has not been an- j j nounctd by John (lary Evans, \ the chairman of the State | evecutive committee. j ( """ I Rainy Weather this Week. * The weekly forecast of the na- 1 ' tional weather bureau, issued t Sunday night, said that indica- < . tions were for temperatures above the normal in the Southern States and that the precipitation would be general over this sec- , tion during the week. I An area of low barometric ? pressure which Sunday covered | i the Plain States was moving , eastward and was expected to I, , reach this section Tuesday or Wednesday, attended by showers . , over all the territory east of the Mississippi river. . ^. i Next Sunday, May 10th, is I Memorial Day. i ; p51BSagaga5Z5g5a5HSH5H5^5H57 I IF " ^DO 1VIO There's no tonic that will BRELL CO.'S Clothes. Sc a general "sprucing" up pi fellow who imagines he is A SLUGGISH CLOTHES ON THE SCRAP THINGS COM! NE\ S, I Then a snappy pair of Ral will begin to take on new Lad We have just received n ton, ranging in price from excellent values in Ladies Brocaded Cotton Crepe, and light blue, yellow, grr See our 36-incli Serge S E. W. "W lBlgzsasasasasgsESHSESgSBgasi nTMES FORT MILL. y. Confrdrra' r t1 * t. The Population of Mexico. About 10,000,OOO people live in dexico. Nineteen per cent of he population are pure white, i.'t per cent mixed bloods and 88 )er cent Indians. Very few oreigners. excepting those encaged in lending branches, are veil educated. Illiteracy is very )revalent and little has been lone to educate the Indians. The Catholic faith is the pre;ailing religion, but there is no onnection between Church and state; and the constitution guarmtees the free exercise of all eligions. Protestant missionInnns 1 I T ? ?t .wl M ?? ivu a i will i uu I UllVU Cllered the country in 1S(>7. The lumber of Protestants is now nore tiian 50,000. The largest city in the repuhic of Mexico is the capital, VIexico Citv. It contains nearly iO0,000 people and its area is ibout 20 square miles. It is 202 niles by rail from the seaport own, Vera Cruz, and S00 miles rom the nearest town on the Jnited States frontier. Vera Cruz, located on the iulf of Mexico, is the most imlortant port of Mexico. The situation of the city is very unlealthful and. because of the irevalence of yellow fever, it is ailed the "City of the Dead." Kicked By a Horse. T. A. Mills, carrier of mail on rural route No. 2, has been nursing a very sore arm since Sunday morninjr, when his old 'amilv horse, "Charlie," decided o despatch a red calf with a ;wift kii U. but instead of injuring said calf, one of the torses shoes caught Mr. Mills squarely on the right forearm lecessitating the services of a jhysican and rendering the arm iseless for several days. sasH sbsh sh szsii sasagas VOU'RE WN IN THI >UTH do you so much good as a in ientific proofs show conclusi uts ginger in the blood and e down and out, and thinks tl LIVER ON THE INSIDE A THE OUTSIDE WILL PI PILE QUICKER THAN 3INED. See Our V SPRING SL pecial values, $10 to $lt ston Oxfords and one of our life right away. Hncipfv W i big shipment ot Ladies' Hoj 10c to $1.00. This shipme Hose. Special 50c value fc SPECIALS really worth 60c the yard, oi ly and white. ilks at only 85c, 90c and $1j Kimbrc 'here Quality Reigr isasasBsasasasasBSBsasas $1.25 Per Year. STATE NEWS ARRANGED 1 FOR QUICK READING. I Sevcntx-five petitions ?arrry- B ing approximately 2,000 signa- a tures were filed with Super- 1 visor King asking him to order I an election on the question of Va dispensary or no dispensary for Anderson county. Madison is the name of a newtown in Aiken county that has applied to the secretary of State for papers of incorporation. The new town is located between Graniteville and Warrenville on the Augusta-Aiken railway. Governor Blease has received from the Mother's Day Memorial association a request to ask the people of this State to observe the second Sunday in May, the 10th, as Mother's Day. There will be a general observance of this day throughout the country. Two score farmers of Marlboro county have shipped more than 6,000 bales of cotton direct to the textile centers of Europe. The shipments were arranged by the Marlboro Cotton association. Spartanburg county is confronted with an election on the liquor question. Petitions containing approximately 3,000 signatures. asking for an election on the question of the establishment of the dispensary were filed with the county supervisor. Governor Blease has named Kurtz P. Smith of Anderson as solicitor of the Tenth judicial circuit for the term provided by ^ law. Mr. Smith takes the place of Proctor A. Ronhnm who hns become solicitor of the newly created Thirteenth circuit. A new method of flood protection is to be tried on the Taylor plantation in Richland county. Several hundred willow trees are to be planted on the banks of the Congaree river in the hope that the roots will prevent the banks washing away and protect the bottom lands from being flooded. York Convict is Paroled. Governor Blease has granted a parole to John Harden, who was convicted in this county in 1900 of murder and sentenced to life ; imprisonment in the State peniI tentiary. In January Governor ! Blease reduced Harden's senI tence to 20 years, on condition that the prisoner be sent from the penitentiary to the county | chaingang. : U 1 ??-nn ? ' iveuu mccjinaney s aavertisement on page 3. lS5a5H5E5B5B5H5H5g5asOa5Bf5 P P a 1- P a a a sw, stylish Suit of KIM- j| vcly that a new suit and n lasticity in the step of the j{] he world is against him. jQ m ND "SEEDY" S JT A MAN ON B ALL OTHER 3 H JITS g 4. <3 new Straw Hats and you jjj eek | jc in Silk, Lisle and Cot- 9 nt contains hundreds of (jj r 39c, this week only. Gf ir price only 50c. In pink Dj 00. jj ill Co., 18." | aaa_BBi ^