Fort Mill times. (Fort Mill, S.C.) 1892-current, June 18, 1914, Image 1
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Andrew J. Bethea. formerly
private secretary to Governor
Ansel and since the expiration
of Governor Ansel's term of
office, code commissioner, has
qualified as a candidate for
^ lieutenant governor.
President Wilson has nominated
Charles E. Falkenstein to
be postmaster at Barnwell. Mr.
Falkenstein has been 1 he assistant
postmaster for many years.
It is said that the fourteen
probable candidates for governor
line up about this way: In
' favor of Blease, Irby, McLaurin,
Richards, Sims. Mullailv, Timmerman.
Against Blease, ('linkscales,
Manning, Browning,
Cooper. Non-committal, C. A.
Smith, M. L. Smith and Duncan.
W. P. Pollock, of Cheraw, has
forwarded his pledge and assessment
as a candidate for the
united States senate He stands
on a platform against the State
administration.
The supreme court in a decision
the last week placed J
Douschka Pickens Tillman and
Sarah Starke Tillman in the
custody of Senator ar.d Mrs.*
It. R. Tillman during July and
August. Sas petitioned. The
petition was tiled with the court
for the custody of the children in
the absence of the father of the
m children. P?. R. Tillman. Jr.. who
is not in the State at present.
Joseph (I. Sullivan, a young
farmer of Laurens, was indicted
by the grand jury Monday
charged with the murder of
John M. Cannon, a Laurens
attorney and prominent Democrat.
The killing occurred at
Cray Court. May 12.
At a meetinor in Snartanhnrir
Monday afternoon the Piedmont
Baseball League \vas definitely
organized and officers elected.
Gaffney decided to come into the
league, provided the other three
cities, Spartanburg, Greenville
and Anderson, would co-operate
with her in getting a team
started. It was decided to open
the season .J une 2f?.
Rev. John G. Richards, father i
of Jno. G. Richards, chairman of i
the State railroad commission
and candidate for governor, died
Friday afternoon at his home
near Blenheim, aged 87 years.
Mr. Richards had been a minister
for more than tit) years.
Reports from Columbia Tuesday
told of a secret caucus Monday
in that city of prominent,
Bleasites from different sections
of the State, among the number;
being W. 1>. Grist of Yorkville, 1
who is said to be the representative
of the governor in York
county. What transpired in the I
caucus was not given out.
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There are 11 candidates announced
for governor of South
Carolina, and it is declared by
some that this number has never
been equalled in America.
Indications are now that the
South Carolina militia, comprising
a brigade of infantry
with its complement of sanitary
troops, will encamp at Augusta,
with one North Carolina regiment
and a detachment of
regulars, August I to 14, instead
of August lb to 2"> as recently
announced. The change will
enable the South Carolina troops
to vote in the primary election
of August. 2o. t
No Bail for Harry Thaw.
Harry K. Thaw was on Monday
denied release of bail pending
consideration by the supreme
court of his extradition from
New Hampshire to New York.
The court likewise declined to
* frrant the auxiliary request feuThaw
to be tjiken to Pittsburgh |
in the custody of Sheriff Drew,
of Coos county. New Hampshire.
in whose custody he was
placed by .Indure Aldrich when
the latter held the State of New |
York was not entitled to extradite
Thaw to New York.
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Commission Not to Blame.
Editor The Times: I have read
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vuur coimmiiiicauon in tne
the last issue of the York News,
and I must admit that you have
just ground for complaint for the
Fort Mill Times was the newspaper
of all newspapers that deserved
to be placed in the cornerstone
of the new court house
building. The Fort Mill Times
was the only York County newspaper
that advocated in the I
beginning the building of a new
court house, and. has consistently
stood by the proposition all
through the agitation and advocated
its construction on the
old site; and had it not been for
the work done by the Fort Mill
Tinn-s, and its intelligently putting
before the people the necessity
of a modern new court house
and taking the lead in the matter,
and doubtless inducing and intlu<
'u?in" one of your citizens,
W. H. Windle, to strongly advocate
and work for tlie proposition
it i< doubtful if we would have
had ati> new court house building
in Yorkville, and I feel sure
that tlm omission of the Fort
Mill Times from the box of contents
in the corner-stone was an
oversight on the part of the
committee that had charge of
this matter.
As chairman of the court house
commission, I must say that
neither I, nor any member of I
the commission, was consulted in
any manner or had any knowl- j
edge of what the contents of the
box were that went in the cornerstone.
The matter was entirely j
in the hands of the Masonic;
brethren, and just as the exer-j
cises commenced the Rev. Dr. j
(Jillespio handed me a copy of I
the Christian Messenger, and
C. L. Cobb handed me a cancelled
copy of the court house
bonds, requesting that they be
put in the corner-stone, but upon 1
delivering these two papers to
the grand secretary of the
Masonic order he informed me
the box was sealed containing
the other articles and could not
he opened, and so they had to be
put outside of the box.
1 regret very much indeed that I
The Times was not put in that
box and hail I been consulted as
chairman of the court house commission.
I would have insisted
i upon a copy of every paper in
the county, and especially the
Fort Mill Times, being placed in
the corner-stone, but speaking
in behalf of the court house commission.
none of whom are
Masons. I wish to say that we
had no knowledge or information
whatsoever of the contents of
tlif box the Masonic brethren
placed in t he corner-stone.
But again, permit me to say
that 1 feel sure the Masonic committee
in charge of the matter
forgot the grand work of the
Fort Mill Times had done for the
new court house; and just as
Pharaoh's chief butler, when he
was released from prison did not
remember his good friend Joseph,
but forgot him. so these Masonic
brethren forgot the Fort Mill
Times, and. that committee
should now come forward as that
chief butler afterwards did and
declare "1 do remember my
faults this day."
J. S. Price.
Yorkville, June 9.
Ticket Collectors Taken off.
It is reported that the Southern
Railway has decided to take off
its ticket collectors. Whether
this applies to all lines or not is
unknown but it is known pretty
positively that they have been
taken oif for good from branch
lints and it is understood that
they have also been permanently
, taken off the main line.
Some time back the collectors
were summoned to Atlanta but
it was not known at that time
that they were to be relieved
from duty permanently. It is
said now, however, that this
action has been determined upon
by the officials of the road.
J. D. Grandy, a Charlotte contractor,
was awarded the contract
Monday for the erection of the
farm life school at Pineville.
The building will represent an
investment of approximately
$20,000 and will be of brick,
three stories in height. There
will Ih? 12 rooms and an auditorium
with a seating capacity
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Encamnifient at Andml*
placed in the "Sand Hill" section,
now developing so rapidly. See
Acts 1911. page 3.
He helped pass the law providing
that hop cholera serum
should be furnished to any farmer
whose hops had or were
threatened with disease and it
was to be free to those too poor
to pay for it. When understood
and applied this will save thousands
of dollars to the farmers of
the State. See Acts 1913, page
194.
He helped to established fiftyone
scholarships in Clemson
College, one for each county and
one additional for each congressional
district, to be for
boys from the farm who were to
i study only the agricultural course
and go back to the farm when
through. See Acts 1912, page
G8T>.
He helped to pass the bills
providing that at least one
scholarship in each county, in
both Clemson and Winthrop,
| should be set aside to be com|
peted for by country boys and
girls only, for the reason that
I the boys and girls in the towns,
| having better chances to prepare
themselves, were getting all the
free scholarships in those schools
and the country boys, and girls
were being left, because their
preparatory schools were not as
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! if there are less than four in a
county and two. if there are
more than that, must go to a
farmer's boy or girl. See Acts
! 1912, page t>8<>.
He has also been persistent in
his fight for good road legislation
and although he has not
been able to get the State as a
whole to embark in this work,
his own township has, by special
legislation and taxes levied, made
model roads to the boundaries of
his township, and this plan is
spreading over the entire county.
So he has shown constructive
genius as a legislator and it has
hcen along the line of the uplift
of the farming class. His leaderi
ship has been acknowledged in
the house and is only indicative
of what he would be if in congress.
As to his ability as a legislative
debater, we cite a report of a
great debate in the house, made
by the most expert reporter of
legislative debates in South Carolina,
Mr. August Kohn. On
.January 2d, 1912, Mr. Kohn says:
i "The arguine?it of Mr. VV. F.
Stevenson, of Cheraw, was one
of the finest, one of the most
forceful and eloquent heard in
a generation on the floor of the
house. It was one of the best,
most logical and well conceived
arguments that has been heard
in a legislative bod v. It went
into current i>olitics, more or
less, but with it all it was a
masterful production and could
only have come from a mind of
unusual caliber."
Why should he not be tfiven
a chance to "put the fifth district
on the map?"
See next installment.
Mrs. Gary S. Thompson and
children, of Greensboro, N. C.,
are visiting relatives in this city.
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Who is j
W. F. Stevenson ?
(F'olitical Advertisement.)
Last week we told you who he!
was up to ltK)2 in legislative
success and experience?this
week we will give you some of
his later work as a legislator.
After being out by voluntary
retirement for eight years he
was again elected to the house ;
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in i;uu. rie nau cieveiopea as a
lawyer and legislator and his
activities showed his bent in
legislation and it tended (1st) to
building up the farming interests.
(and he is himself a considerable
farmer his entire
property outside of his home and
some town lots being in farming
lands; (2nd) to building up the
common schools, and (3rd) to
give a just proportion of the
benefits of Clemson College and
Winthrop to country boys and
girls. H?' helped to pass the
Act to provide for a crop pest
commission in the State, to fight
crop pests, especially the boll
weevil. See Acts 11)12. page 71S.
He helped provide for experimental
stations, for instruction
and development of farmincr
nnrf cncciwfloit in irnftirwr nrio
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The South Carolina militia will
encamp at Augusta, Ga., with
the militia forces of the Ninth
division.
Requesting that necessary orders
be prepared to this effect.
Governor Blease late Saturday '
addressed a communication to
Adjutant General Moore advis- ,
ing him that the war department ,
had agreed to his proposals and (
that he considered it advisable 1
that the South Carolina troops '
should encamp jointly with the
militia forces of North Carolina. I
Georgia and Florida.
In reply to Governor Blease's
telegram dispatched Friday evening
asking the promise of Secre- 1
tary of War Garrison that the
; troops would not be ordered to
(iuty in Mexico, a message from i
the war department chief was
received in Columbia Saturday
afternoon agreeing that "if your
troops are to be placed in United :
States service on account of possible
difficulties with foreign
nations, they will first be allowed
to return to their own State for
mobilization and muster into the
United States service." Secretary
Garrison assured Governor
Blease that "you need have no
fear that they will be taken out
of your control while in Geor- 1
I gia."
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McLaurin Not in Race.
John L. McLaurin will not be |
a candidate for governor of <
South Carolina in the coming
primary. The time for filing
pledges expired Tuesday at noon
and Mr. McLaurin was not included
in the number who had
qualified as candidates.
However, there are eleven
qualified candidates for the
office of governor. Four candii
dates are in the race for the
1 senatorship.
The decision of Mr. McLaurin
to withdraw from the race will
probably come as a great surprise
to many people and will
j probably cause some shake up in
the speculations as to the-probable
winners. Mr. McLaurin
has been counted by some people
as one of the candidates who
would be in the second race.
Mrs. J. K. Roach and Miss
Florence Thornwell of Rock Hill, i
were guests at the home of Dr.
and Mrs. J. B. Elliott during the i
past week. i
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THE HAYOR OF SUMTER
IN RACE FOR THE SENATE
Mayor L. D. Jennings, of SumC?4-..?J
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in, ociuurua.v announced nis candidacy
for United States senator.
Mayor Jennings' friends have
urged him for some time to enter
the race, and now that he
has consented to do so. they feel
that he will make a formidable
!\nd aggressive opponent. Mr.
Jennings gained considerable
prestige in the recent State convention
by an eloquent and fearless
speech advocating primary
reform.
As mayor of Sumter under the
old political form of city government.
as a leader in the fight
for the present combination of
the "modified commission citv
manager plan," and as the first
mayor under this new form of
city government, he has distinguished
himself by his progressive
leadership for municipal
progress and fearless enforcement
of law.
Mr. Jennings is prominently
identified with all movements
for the development and progress
of the city of Sumter and his
county, and was for two terms
president of the Sumter chamber
of commerce. He is president of
the People's bank, a lifelong
farmer and is also identified with
general business interests. He
is a church. Y. M. C. A. and
Sunday school worker, and is
one of the leading and successful
attorneys of the State. He
is a forceful and tireless debater
with a "from Missouri" inquisitiveness,
and his opponents will
find themselves compelled to
prove everything they say upon
the hustings with Mayor .lennings.
May Put on New Trains.
At a conference of officials of
the Southern Railway at the Isle
of Palms last week the matter
of additional passenger service
was discussed, and it is possible
that a through train between
Augusta and New York will
shortly be put on. This train
will pass Chester going south
about two o'clock in the afternoon,
and going north about
four-thirty, it is stated, and will
to some extent at least meet the
demand of the Chester public for
better and more convenient accommodations
and schedule on
the Southern ?Chester Reporter.
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Campaign Opened Yesterday.
Candidates in the State and
the senatorial campaign had
their initial innings Wednesday,
the former at Sumter and the
latter at St. Matthews.
Fifty-three candidates had
entered the lists when the time
limit for filing pledges had, expired
Tuesday. In spite of this
| avalanche of political aspirants,
four State officers, ono onn.
! pressman and one solicitor are
without opposition. These are
i R. M. McCown. secretary of
' State; J. E. Swearingen, State
superintendent of education;
S. T. Carter. State treasurer;
E. J. Watson, commissioner of
agriculture, commerce and industries;
A. F. Lever, congressman
from the Seventh district,
and L. M. Casque, solicitor for
the Twelfth judicial circuit.
Interest will focus chiefly in
the senatorial and the gubernatorial
races. In the former
there are four competitors. L. I).
Jennings of Sumter and W. P.
Pollock of Cheraw, the governor
and Senator E. D. Smith. In the
race for governor there are 11
; candidates, as follows: Lowndes
J. Browning, Jno. G. Ciinkscales,
R. A. Cooper, Jno. T.
Duncan. Wm. C. Irby. Jr..
Richard I. Manning, Jno. B. A.
Mullally, Jno. G. Richards, Chas.
Carroll Simms, Chas. A. Smith
and Mendel L. Smith.
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Trouble at the Dam.
Only about half of the Catawba
Power Co's plant is now in
operation, due to several of the
water wheels being broken
down. The plant is borrowing
power from Great Falls and
other plants. Additional help
has been secured, and the whole
force is quite busy. It will take
some time to complete the repairs.
?York ville Enquirer.
Death in Providence.
Mrs. Rebecca Cooper, the aunt
of Mr. J. O! Hall and Mrs. J. W.
Hall, died at the home of the
latter in Providence community
Friday afternoon, and her remains
were interred the next
day at the Harrison Methodist
church, after funeral services
conducted by her pastor, tne
Rev. W. A. Hafner, of Fort
. Mill. Mrs. Cooper resided in
J Fort Mill for a number of years
and many friends here learned
j with reprret of her death.
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