Fort Mill times. (Fort Mill, S.C.) 1892-current, May 06, 1920, Image 1
Established 1891.
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DEMOCRATS OF YORK
MEET IN CONVENTION
The York county democratic- convention,
which was called to order at 11:30
o'clock thU < 1111 in the courthouse at
York by retiring County Chairman J. A.
Marion, was a most harmonious meeting
and the business of the convention was
transacted with dispatch. Only two
contests arose in the course of the meeting.
One of these was over the election
of the York county member of the State
Democratic - Executive committee, a
three-cornered contest in which W. B.
Wilson, of Rock Hill, defeated James
8. White, of Rock Hill, and Dr. I. J.
Campbell, of Clover. The other contest
arose over the resolution introduced by
James D. Crist, of York, providing that
? (he delegates to the State convention be
Instructed vto vote to admit the white
women of South Carolina to the democratic
primary this year. After a
lengthy discussion this resolution was
killed by a decisive vote.
In'calling the convention to order
Chairman Marion mude a brief speech,
in which he reviewed the seven years of
democratic administration of national
affairs under President Wilson and stated
that the party is now going before
the country to ask that the unparalleled
record of success which the party has
achieved be endorsed by the election of
another democratic president.
Following his brief speech Mr. Marion
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uucmitru INC wuTviHiuii rrmiv lift uutti*
nru. Temporary organization was effected
by the election of ('apt. B. J.
White, of Rock Hill, as chairman and
Dr. J. H. Baye, of Sharon, an aecretary.
Mr. White took the chair and thanked
the convention for the honor conferred.
A committee on credentials was elected
by the various precinct delegations, one
member from each club. The committee
on credentials retired and made up
the roll of convention membership, after
which the convention was called to order
again and the temporary organisa
tion waa made permanent.
Col T. .F . McDow moved that each
township delegation be empowered to
aeleet a delegate to tho State convention
and that the delegate from the county
^ at large be elected by the convention
The motion was seconded by T. W. Boyd.
The township delegations retired and
reported the following delegates and al
teroalea to the State convention, which
will be held in Columbia on the third
Wednesday in May, thu Itttli of the
month: . ^
Bethel?R. S. Riddle.
Bethesda?J. T. Crawford. _
Bullock Creek?R. M. Mitchell.
Catawba?J. T. Uoddey. Alternate, J.
T. Spencer.
Kbeneaer?VV. VV. Miller. Alternate.
J. H. Foster
Fort Mill?\V. R. Bradford. Alter
Bate, 8. H. Epps.
Broad River?W. 8. Wilkerson.
King* Mountain?J. D. Smith.
York?Jaraee D. Griat.
Tho convention then elected T. F. MrDow
as a delegate at large and voted to
allow each delegate to select hia own
alternate in the towmdiipa in which no
alternate had been elected.
The contest over the election of a
member of the State executive committee
then arose. T. F. McDow nominated
W. B. Wilson, of Rock Hill, for
this position. W. M. Dunlap nominated
J. 8. White, of Rock Ilitl, and R. M.
Mitch* 11 placed in nomination I>r. I. J.
Campbell, of Clover. The vote by ballot
resulted in 34 votes for White, 36 votes
far Wilson and 30 votes for Campbell.
The chairman declared no election, as no
candidate had secured a majority of the I
votes. Mr. White then asked that his
name be withdrawn, which was agreed
to, and a vote by ballot was takeu
which resulted in 04 votes for Mr. Wilson
and 40 votes for Dr. Campbell.
J. A .Marion was unanimously re-,
elected chairman of the county executive
committee, without opposition, and
the delegates to the Htate convention se
lected dames D. Grist to serve on the
credentials committee of the State convention
from York county, which action
of the del agates was ratified by the
convention.
petition signed by nearly half a
hundred voters of the Coatee Tavern club
waa presented, asking the convention to
change the primary voting place in this
precinct from Coatee Tavern to Catan
ha, and thin wan done without oppneitim
The chib roll waa called and the fob
lowug named gentlemen announced, an
tboae elected by tho various clubs to
- compose the county executive committeat
Bethany?B. 8. Smith.
Bethel?W. W. Stanton. *
k Blairnville?H. J. Rherer.
r Bullock Creek?J. C. Kirk.
Clover?A. J. Quinn.
Catawha?W. H. Spencer.
Kbeaeser?John F. Williams.
Filbert?J. Q. Hall.
Fort lflll?C. P. Blankennhip.
Forest Hill?8. 8. Uletyt.
l(lckory drove?J. 8. NVilkeraon.
Hopewell?J. W. Smarr.
Leslie?D. P. Leslie.
McOoaneltsville?W. B. Kerr.
Newport?No report.
Now Zion?No report.
Ogdcw?W. 8. PereinU.
Rock HiU No. 1?W. M. Dunlap.
Koch Hill No. S?W. B. Wilson.
Sharon?J. H. Saye.
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W. BLACKBURN WILSON
DIES AT ROCK HILL HOME
W. Blackburn Wilson, Sr.,' widely
known and highly esteemed York county
lawyer, died Friday morning at his
borne in Kock Hill, following an illness
of some months.
Colonel Wilson was taken ill early in
the year, but some weeks ago appeared
to be slightly improved. Last
Wednesday he grew suddenly worse and
continued to sink until the end came.
The funeral of Colonel Wilson was held
Sunday afternoon. Following a short
service at the home, the funeral was
held at the Church of the Good Shepherd,
in York, and was conducted by
the Rev. T. Tracy Walsh. The interment
was in the family plot in Rose
liill cemetery, York.
Moving to Rock Hill from York, his
native town, in 1876, Colonel Wilson at
once identified himself with the spirit
of the community and was always an
ardent advocate of forward movements
for the town. He was one of the men
who worked successfully to have Winthrop
college located in Rock Hill.
He was a devoted member of the
Episcopal church, a Mason and a member
of the State Bar association. At
one tiire Colonel Wilson represented
the county in the Legislature and later
was a candidate for Congress.
In December, 1875, Colonel Wilson
was married to Miss Isabella H. Miller
of Raleigh, N. C., who survives him,
together with the following children:
Mrs. J. W. C. Johnson of Gastonia,
N. C., W. B. Wilson, Jr., Miss Fannie
Wilson, Miss Mary Wilson, Mrs. W. M.
Wylie of Rock Hill, W. M. Wilson of
New York, Dr. Oscar B. Wilson of
Spartanburg, Mrs. C. P. Walker of
Charlotte, Mias Louise Wilson of Raleigh,
York Wilson of Lancaster, and the
following brothers and sisters: Dr.
Stanyarne Wilson of Richmond; Va.,
Mrs. Alexander Long, Rock Hill, James
Wilson, whose home is in the West,
Dr. de Foix Wilson of Spartanburg,
Misses Annie Latta Wilson and Florence
Wilson of Rock Hill.
Manorial Exercises Monday.
Confederate memorial 'exercises are
to be held af the Presbyterian church
Monday afternoon at 5:15 o'clock under
the ahspices of Florence Thornwell
chapter, U. D. C. FollawinS the services
at the church the graves of the
veterans in the city cemetery are to be
decorated. Members of the chapter
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i - . ..... bo ...oiijt as coil uu hu contribute
flowers.
Kentucky for Cox.
! Louisville, Muy 5.?The Kentucky
tate convention today voted to send n
lelcgation of 24 democrats to the n:?I
tional convention, all pledged to (loverior
Cox, of Ohio.
Smyrna?C. (1. Castles.
' Tirzah?W. K. (lettvs.
York No. 1?\V. R. Lfctta.
York No. 2?A. T. Hart.
The second fight in the convention
'hen aro<e over the resolution introduced
by James D. Crist, providing that the
delegates to the State convention be intructed
to vote for the admission of
white women to the democratic primary
next summer..
The introduction of this resolution
precipitated the mo-t protracted fight
of the convention. Many talks wenmade
for and against the resolution
After the discussion had proceeded for a
diort time, John T, Roddey attempted
lo shut off the discussion by a motion
to table the resolution, which was seconded
by Col. W. W. Lewis. These gentlemen
finally agreed to withdraw the
motion to table and allow the discussion
to proceed. Among those who favored
the resolution w^jre Senator J. E. Beamguard,
Representative W. R. Bradford,
Col. T. F. MeDow, J. B. Creighton, .J. C.
Wilboin, and others. Some of the gentle
men speaking against the resolution
were J. A. Marion. John T. Roddey, Dr.
F. W. Oregg, W. M. Dunlap; and there
were several others who opjtosed it'. The
vote indicated that the convention was
overwhelmingly opposed to the resolu
tion.
W. R. .Bradford introduced a resolution
strongly endorsing the Wilson administration
.which was unanimously
adopted, as was also a resolution introduced
by J. A. Marion calling for
improvement in our school system and
for an effort to stamp out illiteracy
in South Carolina.
J. A. Barrett and R. A. Jackson, of
Clover, presented a resolution endorsing
W. Q. McAdoo as the deocratic candidate
for president and asking that the
county delegation he instructed to go
to Columbia pledged to work for McAdoo,
hut that an uninstructed delegation
lte sent from South Carolina to the
national convention. The convention
appeared to be aomewliat at sea as to
what course this resolution should
take, and the matter was soon disposed
.of by the adoption of a motion to adjourn
the convention, which was carried,
and there was no discussion of the
McAdoo resolution.
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FORT MILL, S. C.t TWO
SCHOOL BOARD ELECTS
NEXT YEAR'S TEACHERS
Thursday night at a meeting of the
board of trustees of the" Fort MUI
graded school the election of. teachers
for the 1920-21 term was entered into
and before the board 'adjourned the
corps was Oiled with the exception .of a
principal for the school. It is understood
that the superintendent was instructed
to secure the services of a
male principal, if possible,' who will be
formally elected at a meeting of the
board. _
The trustees, The Times is informed,
are expecting to see the work beirun
on the unfinished school auditorium
within the next 30 days, so that the
building, in which there will be five
class rooms in the basement, will be
ready for use at the opening of the fall
session the first of next September.
Bids already have been invited for both
this work and the installation of a modern
sewerage system for the use of the
school. The statement also ts made that
the completion of the auditorium and
the installation of the sewerage system
are not dependent upon the immediate
sale of the $20,000 in school bonds voted
at the recent election, the trustees having
arranged otherwise to finance both
undertakings and sell the bonds at a
later date if it ip thought advisable.
Meanwhile, however, the bonds are
offered for sale and are considered a
first-class investment.
The teachers elected at the meeting
of the board Thursday night .are: Miss
Marv Stribling of Gaffney, Miss Elizabeth
Hutto of Denmark and Miss Min-nie
Garrison of Fort Mill, first grade;
Misses Julia Armstrong and Agnes Link
of Fort Mill, second grade; Misses Es
ttier Meacham of Fort Mill and Lucile
Gibbons of Springfield, third grade;
Misses ThelmaOtt and Ethel Armstrong
of Fort Mill, fourth grade; Miss Carrie
Spencer of Rock Hill, fifth grade; Miss
Dorothy Bergstrom of Fort Mill, sixth
grade; Miss Carolene Carothero of Fort
Mill, seventh grade. ,
In the high school during the nextyear
there will be four grades, the Uth
grade, which the trustees hope to make
permanent, being added and necessitating
the employment of another teacher.
Miss Margaret Boyd of Cornwall will
be one of the high school teachers.
W. H. Ward some time ago was reelected
superintendent of the school
and has signified his intention to actept
the position for another year. Bruce H.
Stribling has been reelected as instructor
of the agrictulural department and
Miss Valindo Hamilton of Pacolet the
home economics department. Hereafter
in the Fort Mill school, as in the other
public schools of the State, a condition
precedent Co the employment of teachers,
beginning with the term opening
next fall, is yearly attendance at an
accredited summer school, with a report
by the summer school authorities to
t.he public school of satisfactory jvork
done.
The Indian Idea of Justice.
W. H. Meacham, Sr., was telling a
day or two ago' an interesting story of
an incident alleged to have Occurred in
this section during the early days of
colonial life in whic^i the noted Catawba
chieftain, King Haigler. in response to
a protest made to him by colonists over
the death of one of their number, said
to have been killed by one of Haigler's
braves, exemplifled the Indian idea of
retributive justice. A party of white
men went to Haigler's village, located
a few miles north of Fort
Mill, and asked him to punish the
allege murderer. Haigler readily
agreed that the request was a reason
able one which would receive his immediate
attention. Suiting hia action
to the words, he went to the opening
in his tepee, rifle in hand, and gave the
war cry of the Catawbaa. A band of
braves at once came bounding out of
the underbrush tdwird his tepee,
Haigler raised his rifle and fired at the
foremost one of the Indians, killing
him instantly. Then he turned to the
colonists and said he had repaid them
for the loss of the pale face. Investigation
disclosed the fact that the
Indian killed by Haigler had nothing to
do with the death of the colonist.
Indian Charged With Desertion.
Yorkville Enquirer.
Richard J. Harris, a Catawbajfncllon.
was arrested in Rock Hill Wednesday
by Constable Frank Allen charged with
desertion from the medical corps of the
United States army at Camp Jackson.
Harris, who is the son of D. A. Harris
of the Catawba tribe, is charged with
having deserted at Walter Reed Hospital
in Washington, on April 3, 1920.
He enlisted at Camp Meiritt, N. J.,
on September 18, 1919, according to
the record. ,,
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BSDAY7 MAY 6, 1920.
METHODISTS GIVE FUND
TO BUILD NEW CHURCH
Following the congregational mating
of St. John's Methodist church last
Sunday morning, the pastor, the Rev.
W. R. Bauknight, stated that the
liberal subscriptions of the members,
together with subscriptions voluntarily
made by members of other denominations,
assured the erection Nat an early
date of the new phlirph KnilAnn
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the congregation has had under consideration
for some time. Two Rock
Hill architects are drawing plans for
the building and it is thought that these
will be in the hands of the building committee
within the next ten days. The
contract for the building is to be
awarded as soon thereafter as a satisfactory
bid can be secured.
Following an inspiring service Sunday
morning at which eight children were
admitted to membership in the Methodist
church, Mr. Bauknight stated
that it was his purpose to immediately
call a congregational meeting to solicit
subscriptions for the church building
fund. After stating that the congregation
had outgrown the present
building and that unless the usefulness
of the church was to be hampered, a
newN and more commodious building
was necessarv. a buildinc rnmmitt?o
composed of the following members of
the church was appointed by Mr. Bauknight:
A. O. Jones, chairman; E. T.
Whitesell, secretary; L A. Harris,
treasurer; A. C. Ly tie, Lee Armstrong,
C. W. Eason and N. L. Carothere, with
the Rev. Mr. Bauknight and T. F.
Lytle, ex-offlcio members. Subscriptions
were then called for and the responses
were gratifying alike to the
committee and the pastor, who had
stated that he would rather be pastor
of St. John's church than a bishop of
his church and that he would not exchange
places with the president of the
United States. Practically the entire
amount sought?was subscribed before
the congregational meeting was dissolved
and all doubt as to the ability of
the congregation to erect the new
building was dissipated, Mr. Bauknight
stated, though he added that the subscriptions
of many doubtless would
mean a sacrifice for themselves and
their families.
It is the purpose of the building committee
to utilise as much of the present
chlirch structure as can be satis
factorily daaic in the erection of the
new church, which is to be of brick
veneer construction, of attractive design,
with an ^auditorium seating 600.
The building is to contain 14 Sunday
school class rooms and the heating
system is to be of modern design. Much
credit is given Mr. Bauknight by members
of St. Jphn's for his apparently
successful efforts to provide the congregation
with a modern, attractive
and commodious church building.
Goermey Calf Added to Premium.
It will be of interest to those interested
in the York county butter-making
contest to know that a pure-bred
Guernsey calf will- be awarded to the
contestant making the highest total
score. The calf will be taken from
the Carhartt farm, near Fort Mill, and
was donated by Hamilton Carhartt.
Mr. Carhartt has a fine herd of Guern
sey cows on his farm and take* great
pride in having the very best bree<
that can be got. The calf is a valuable
prize, said to be well worth $200.
Miss Juanita Neely, home demonstration
agent, says she has the best list
of premiums for a contest of this kinc
in the State. Miss Neely also sayssh*
is certain no other county agent has
had better cooperation than she hah
received from the people of York
county.
The Fort Mill women who have thub
far entered the butter-making contest
are: Mrs. W. H. Windle, Mrs. K. G.
Faris, Mrs. W. J. Colthurp, Mrs. F. M.
Wilson, Mrs. J. P Crowder, Mrs. A. O.
Jones, Mrs. J. T. Garrison and Mrs.
J. W. H. Dyches. , *. I
Committed to luuc Asylum.
William Steele, well known carpenter
who made his 4*me in Fort Mill at 1
one time but who had lived in Rock '
Hill in recent years, was committed to
the insane asylum in Columbia a few
days ago. Steele is said to have de- 1
clared that his family wished to get
rid of him because of domestic troubles <
and that his commitment to the asylum i
was a frameup. Steele is a member 01
a York county family that at one Lime
was considered wealthy, his father 1
having owned a lurge tract of land <
opposite what ia now the canipua ol I
Wmthrop college. Steele himself is
said to have owned a valuable farm
which he received from the estate ol
hia father.
Muskogee, Okla., May 5.?The town
of Pogg*. Oklahoma, destroyed by a tornado
Sunday sustained a death lint of
6A persona.
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OFFICERS CAPTURE STILL
FOUR MILES FROM TOWN
Following the discovery yesterday
afternoon at his home in the upper section
of Fort Mill township of a 25-gallon
liquor still by Sheriff Quinn, H. L.
Johnson, State constable, and J. F. Lee,
magistrate's constable, George Blackburn,
white farmer, about 60 years old,
paid to the State a fine of $260, after
admitting to Solictor Henry over the
telephone that he was guilty of violating
the prohibition laws and promising not
to do so again. The officers visited
Blackburn's home, on the nlar.e former
ly owned by Bowman Merritt; and
there discovered the still rigged up for
business. The still was seised by the
officers, then brought to town and later
?aken to York. It consisted of a galvanized
iron tank, which was set up in
the fireplace, a mash barrel of 50 gallon
capacity, the necessary doubler?a
10 gallon keg?and a copper worm.
Constable Johnson Baidthe still was one
of the most ingenious devices for liquormaking
he had seen and gave it as his
opinion that the best corn whiskey
could be made with it. Very little
seems to be known in Fort Mill about
Blackburn, who is said to have moved
only recently to this community from
North Carolina. Less than a quart of
liquor was found at Blackburn's home
by the officers.
Winthrop Teacher* Get Increase.
The board of Winthrop college, in
order to meet competition of other
institutions in securing and retaining
instructors, and to enable the professors
and instructors of Winthrop
to meet the high cost of living, has
raised salaries to equal those paid by
the other State colleges and institutions
similar to Winthrop elsewhere.
The salaries of the men heads of departments
have been raised from $2,400
to $3,000 and a home, or $300 for rent
of home; of women heads of departments
from $1,000 to $2,000; of assistant
instructors from $1,000 as a
minimum to $1,200 as a minimum, and
from $1,200 as a maximum to $1,400
as a maximum. No assistant will be
paid less than $1,200 hereafter. The 1
salaries of the matrons, housekeeper
bookkeeper, secretary, registrar, librarian,
stenographers, nurses and other
officers and workers about the college
lave been raised on an "average of
169 per cent.
Suggests Pavilion on Catawba.
"There is an excellent opportunity
for some enterprising citizen to make
money for himself and at the same
time provide the people of this section
recreation and pleasure by building a
pavilion and running a soft drink Btand
and confectionery in connection with it
at the Rock Hill en\i of the Catawba
river bridge." said a Port Mill citizen
a day or two ago. "There ie an ideal
site for such an enterprise in the grove
near the banks of the river and 1 dare
4ay hundreds of people would patronize
it during the summer months. Already
many automobile parties drive out from
Rock Hill and Fort Mill to enjoy the
cenei^ and bathing and Ashing in the
river near the bridge and I dare say
their number would be greatly augmented
Bhould such a pleasure resort
as 1 have in mind he built. Another
inexpensive luxury could be afforded
the people of this section by a number
of motor launches being put on the
river in connection with the pavilion."
Fleming Taken to Asylam.
R. M. Hogue, an attendant at the
omk nuspiui in v^oiumma, came to
Yorkville Thursday night for Monroe
Fleming, who was arrested in Fort
Mill last week on a charge of passing
worthless checks and later committed
to the county jail in Yorkville, says ,
the Yorkville Enquirer. Fleming escaped
from the State hospital some |
Ume ago, according to Mr. Hogue.
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Emigration Exceeding Immigration.
Emigration is exceeding immigration
.11 the United States for the first time (
ince 1907, figures compiled by the i
Immigration bureau show. In July, i
August, September, October and No- 1
vember immigrants to America num- 1
bered 125,000* while the emigrants
totaled 144,000. The same tendency (
existed in November, incomplete figures
show. During the five months
1,060 Greeks landed in America, where- i
M 11.500 of this race returned to the I
old world. Emigration to Italy is also 1
heavy. >
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Washington, May 4.?Rear Admiral I
Benson, chairman of the shipping board. <
today told the senate naval investigating
(ommittee that all preparation* for i
war, ''short of mobilising the fleet," were i
made hy the navy department before 1
hostilities with Germany were commenced.
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BAPTISTS BRING TO END
COUNTY CONVENTION
The twelfth annual meeting of the
York Baptist Sunday School convention m
<jame to a close at 4 o'clock Wednesday
afternoon, after being in session two
days. About 15 of the 20 Sunday
Schools in thn Ynrlr ??*
represented either by letter or delegate.
A number of the schools sent
full delegations. The Rev. J. W. H.
Dyches, pastor of the local Baptist
church, performed the double duty of
host to the convention and presiding
officer. In the absence of the secretary,
the Rev. G. M. Rogers of Lowryville,
who now lives outside the bounds
of the convention territory, W. G.
Reynolds of Bowling Green was elected
secretary and treasurer.
A number of topics of vital interest
to Sunday school workers were well
discussed by the convention pastors and
others. Among the speakers were the
Rev. B. H. Waugh, pastor of the First
Baptist church, York; Prof. W. H.
Ward of the Fort Mill gradtd schools;
the Rev. C. E. Thomas of Park church,
Rock Hill; the Rev. F. A. Lyles of
Charlotte Street ohutch, York; the Rev.
J. R. Smith of Flint Hill church and
the Rev. S. F. Conrad of Charlotte.
Able addresses were delivered Tuesday
night by Miss Elizabeth Nuckols,
J. L. Corzine and Dr. C. E. Hurts of
Columbia. Special music was rendered
by the choir. Miss Nuckols and Mr.
Corzine also delivered addresses at
other sessions of the convention.
Devotional periods were led by the
Rev. S. F. Conrad of Charlotte,^!. D.
Harkey, the Rev. J. R. Fizer of Columbia
and the Rev. F. A. Lyles. The
following departmental superintendents
made reports: Home department, the '
Rev. J. R. Smith; the organized class,
S. L. Meacham; teacher training, the
Rev. J. W. H. Dyches. Diplomas conferring
the degree "King's Teacher"
on Misses Marian Parks, Elizabeth
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miiis, MHrmu uycnea ana r?Biner Meacham
were given by the BaptiBt Sunday
School board at Nashville for the completion
of a thorough course in theNew
Normal Manual. These were dolilforA^
fho TiloarJo ? ni<*k#
Under the supervision of the Rev. J.
R. Fixer the book depository of the
State mission board mude a good display
of boo'- 8.
The following officers were reelected
for the ensuing term: The Rev. J. W. '
H. Dyches, president; W. A. McAfee
and the Rev. B. H. Waugh, vice presidents;
W. G. Reynolds, secretary and
treasurer. The next meeting will be
held with Park church, Rock Hill, Tuesday
and Wednesday, following the first
Sunday in May, 1921.
Yankee Soldier Killed in Fort Mill.
"Not very many Fort Mill people
perhaps know that a Yankee soldier
was killed here during the War Between
the States," yesterday remarked J. P.
?pps, a Confederate veteran of the
community. "The killing occurred
near the depot," Mr. Eppe continued,
"and was little short of mprder, I have
often heard the late T. D. Fanlkner,
who witnessed it, say. A train bearing
Yankee prisoners from Columbia to a
camp in North Carolina passing through
Fort Mill stopped at the depot here
and the guard on one of the coaches
allowed an old soldier, who was ill, to
get off the train. When the train
started off the old fellow made every
effort to again get aboard, but being
weak did not do so fast enough to
suit the guard, but ran along beside
the steps, all the time holding to the
hand rail and endeavoring to mount
the steps. The guard either through
cowardice or fear that the old man
would escape, shot him to death and
the body was buried beside the railroad
track a short distance from the
depot. There was nothing in the pockets
of the old man by which any one
here could identify him.'
OPPOSE SECONP CLASS
POSTAGE RATE INCREASE
Washington, May 4.?The house postoffice
committee today went on record
as opposed to the automatic increase
in second class mail rates to become
effective in the next two years. Final
action on a substitute measure was deferred
however, !>y the committee.
As a substitute for the bill, introduced
by Representative Fess, republican,
Ohio, at the request of the
American Newspaper Publishers' association,
the committee adopted a motion
offered by Representative Madden,
republican, Illinois, to fix a flat charge
of one and one-half centa a pound ?>n
reading matter aad from one and onehalf
to five and one-half cents on advertising.
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Later the committee decided, 8 tb 7, that
the Madden substitute would remain
on the table as unfinished business
and subject to future actien. i
Mr. Madden said he expected to have
a final committee vote soon.