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Fort Mill times. [volume] (Fort Mill, S.C.) 1892-current, 1910-03-24
A Bale of Cotton.

The Hon. Charles R. Pendle-
ton, writing in the Macon Tele-
graph, pays the following cross
eyed tribute to a bale of cotton:
This is a bale of cotton, a
lifeless, inanimate thing; and
yet it is worth about sixty-fve
dollars - equal to big steer, a
good cow, or a fine coop of
chickens. But the three acres of
land and labor and the com
mercial fertilizer required to
produce it would make three
big steers, three fine COWS and
dozens of coops of fine chickens.
Cotton is undoubtedly the
money crop of this section. but
the money in the staple can be
doubled by dividing the area of
the farm between the stock,
grain and root crops and cotton.
The problem of the farm is to
keep up the fertility of the soil.
All good farmers agree that
there is nothing equal to a plenty
of barnyard manure, but how can
you get the barnyard manure
without raising the stock.
The old run-around has it
thus: Plant more cotton to buy
more fertilizer to make more
cotton to buy more fertilizer.
But the better plan is to raise
more stock to make more
manure to produce more cotton.
Cotton is king, the monarch of
the field, when it is made a sur
plus crop, and rotated with oats
and corn and peas and stock. A
model farm should be divided
into four parts, and under an
lmmutable rotation law the same
field put in cotton only once in
four years, and once in four
years that field should rest.
Cotton is a good crop when
it is made at a profit. 1t can be
made at a profit when it is a
surplus crop taking its turn in
the rotation and barnyard fertili-
zation scheme. But is not
profitable when the planter sends
to Chicago for his meat, to Ken
lucky for his mules, to Ohio for
his grain and anywhere beyond
his barnyard for his fertilizers. )"
Fort Mill times. [volume] (Fort Mill, S.C.) 1892-current, 1910-03-24
Little Boy Killed by Train.

Craig Settermeyer, 8-year-old
son of George Settermeyer, an
employee of the Manchester cot
ton mill, located a mile north OF
Rock Hill, was run over and
instantly killed by passenger
train No. %, from Columbia to
Charlotte, at 5 O'clock Saturday
afternoon. The accident oc-
CURED at a crossing near the
Manchester mill and was due to
the carelessness of the little boy,
according to the verdict of the
coroner's jury. The boy was
crossing the railroad track to
a neighbor's to get a pail of milk.
The engine struck him, crushing
his skull behind the left ear,
breaking his right shoulder, his
right leg above the ankle and
crushing his ankle. The train
was in charge of Conductor
Boney Chase and d. G.. McAllis-
ter was the engineer. This is
the same crossing. at which a
woman was killed two years ago.
1t is dangerous place, being on
a curve and near a cut which
Obstructs the view of approach
ing northbound trains, and should
be guarded by a watchman.
Fort Mill times. [volume] (Fort Mill, S.C.) 1892-current, 1910-03-24
Only Confederate Coin.

A silver half dollar of the Con-
federate States, believed to be
the only extant metallic coin of
the lost cause, was offered for
sale at public auction in New
York a few days ago by it's
owner, Edgar Adams, of Brook
lyn. The coin was struck at the
New Orleans mint soon after the
beginning of the war. For a
time it was in the possession of
President Jefferson Davis, from
whom it is said to have been
stolen. Subsequently it changed
hands several times, and for the
past % years it has rested in a
safety deposit vault in New York
city.
The design on the observe of
the coin is exactly like that of
the United States half dollar of
1861, and as a matter of fact one
of the regular diverse dies was
used in making the coin. The
reverse design is distinctly orig
inally and emblematic of the
Confederacy. Numismatic eX-
perts estimate the present value
OF the coin at $50
Fort Mill times. [volume] (Fort Mill, S.C.) 1892-current, 1910-03-24
NO MARRIAGE LICENSE LAW
PASSED BY THE LEGISLATURE
Considerable Interest Stirred Up in
Fort Mill Over Misleading Green
wood News Item.

Considerable interest was felt
in Fort Mill a few days ago over
a news item sent out from Green
wood stating that the first mar
rlage license under the new act
of the Legislature had Just been
issued a couple in that town.
Several marriages have taken
place in this section since the
Legislature adjourned in Febru-
airy and no licenses We're issued
the couples, the impression being
that the bill failed to pass the
house of representatives after
successfully running the senate
gauntlet. Naturally these newly
weds at once evidenced concern
lest all might not be well as to
their marital relations if they had
failed to meet the requirements
of the law by securing license.
The effort to pass an act re-
curing persons wishing to be
married in South Carolina to Sc
cure license attracted con-
siderable attention in this,section
OF the State at the time the mat
ter was under consideration in
the Legislature, as there are
perhaps more marriage cere-
monies of the Gretna Green
variety performed in Fort Mill
township than in any other town.
ship in South Carolina. the
township being on the border
and CONVENIENT to many North
Carolina couples who, for one
reason and another, prefer to be
married in the Palmetto State.
Inquiry of Magistrate McElha-
ney, the principal marriage
artist Of the township, failed to
shed any light on the subject.
He remembered that the senate
passed bill requiring a license
of those who wished to be mar
ried, but had not been informed
that the bill became AN act.
Unless the law passed as a
joker" to some Greenwood
local bill, applicable to Green
wood county alone, it is prac-
tically certain that there is no
such law.
Fort Mill times. [volume] (Fort Mill, S.C.) 1892-current, 1910-03-24
THE STATE SUPREME COURT
SETTLES BARBER LAND SUIT
Under the Decision 7. A. Crawford
Cannot be Forced to Pay for
Valuable Rock Hill Lot.

The supreme court of South
Carolina has handed down an
important decision involving a
part of the estate of the late
Turner Barber, of the Pleasant
Valley neighborhood of Lancas-
ter county, who, before his
death % years ago, was one of
the wealthiest men in the upper
part of the State. A number of
Mr.. Barber's sons still reside
in this section and are well
known.
The title of the case is T.
Emeline Barber ct al, appel
lants, against Thomas A. Craw-
ford ct al, respondents. The
supreme court has decided in
favor of the respondents, af-
firming the judgment of Judge
Memminger in the lower court.
The effect of the decision is that
specific performance of contract
cannot be enforced against
Crawford ct al, who bought the
land in question, a valuable Main
street lot in Rock Hill, at
sheriff's sale, the court holding
that as 1T cannot be ascertained
until the death of Turner
Henderson Barber who will take
as the surviving heirs of the
testator (the late Turner Bar
ber), the plaintiffs are not in
position to demand specific per-
formance of the contract of the
defendants, Crawford ct al. F"
The question in the case arose
from the seventh section of the
second codicil of the late Turner
Barber's will, by which it was
provided that in case any of his
children named in the will (of
whom Turner Henderson Barber
is one) should die without bodily
heirs, the property devised to
them should be divided, share
and share alike, among his sur
wing heirs. Turner Barber died
about % years ago.
The supreme court further
held that the conclusion of Judge
Memmlnger was erroneous in
certain particulars but that the
errors did not affect the general
question as to specific perfor-
nance.
Spencer & Spencer repre-
sented the appellants and Wilson
& Wilson, the respondents.
Fort Mill times. [volume] (Fort Mill, S.C.) 1892-current, 1910-03-24
Young Man Kills His Wife.

Mr.. A. A. Young received the
distressing news one day last
week that his nephew, Claude
Young, % years old, had shot
and instantly killed the wife of
the latter at their home in
Rockingham, N. C. From the
meager information which Mr..
Young was able to obtain of the
tragedy it seems that the young
man had become suddenly in
sane and in a fit of anger shot
shis wife with a shotgun. Claude
2Young was the son of Mr.. A.
"A. YOung's youngest brother,
the late James ID. Young, who
moved from Kershaw county to
Rockingham about 20 years ago.
1t is understood that Claude
Young has been committed to
the asylum for the insane in
Morganton, N. C.
Fort Mill times. [volume] (Fort Mill, S.C.) 1892-current, 1910-03-24
To Hurt Your Town
Fight on the streets.

Fight on the streets.
Oppose improvements.
Run the town down to stran-
gers.
Go to some other town to trade.
Refuse to advertise in your
paper.
Do not invest a cent; lay out
your money somewhere else.
Lengthen your face when a
stranger speaks of locating in
your town.
If man wants to buy your
property ask him two prices for
it.
If he wants anybody else's,
interfere and discourage him.
Refuse to see the merit in any
scheme that does not exactly
benefit you.
Run down your newspapers.
Run down your officers.
Run down everything and
everybody but No. /.
Talk in the barber shops and
loafing places of how bad times
are, of how everything and
everybody is going to the
demnition bow-wows.
Fort Mill times. [volume] (Fort Mill, S.C.) 1892-current, 1910-03-24
AN INTERESTING INCIDENT
OF RED SHIRT CAMPAIGN
Effort of Mecklenburg Republicans
Recalls Visit to Charlotte of Till
man and Daniel.

In connection with the more
or less serious effort which ap-
parently is on foot to send a
Republican to Congress from the
Mecklenburg district, North
Carolinian who is now residing
in Fort Mill recalled yesterday
an incident of the Red Shirt
campaign in Mecklenburg county
in 1898 which is of particular
interest at this time because it
relates to two men, at present III
the public view, of national
prominence. Both went from
their respective States to as
sist the Democrats of the Old
North State in the effort to
disfranchise the negro and there
by establish permanently in that
Commonwealth white mans
government.
The men referred to were
Senator B. r. Tillman, of South
Carolina, and Senator John w.
Daniel, of Virginia, statesmen
who have reflected credit upon
the country and who have per-
formed lasting service to the
Democratic party, but men of
different types who do not en-
ploy the same manner of address
ing audiences. Both are now
i'll and it is doubtful if either
will again be able to take an
active part in the work of the
senate. Senator Tillman is a
patient at an Atlanta sanatorium
and Senator Daniel is critically
i'll at winter resort in Florida,
little hope being entertained for
his recovery. The two senators
had been requested by the party
in North Carolina to visit Char
lotte and address mass meet
ing to be held in the interest of
party success. Both responded
cheerfully to the request, and
when Senator Tillman rose to
make his speech to the thousands
who had assembled at Latta
park for the meeting pandemoni-
um broke loose before he had
uttered a hundred words. His
sledge hammer blows in behalf
of white mans government set
the audience wild with delight
and it was with the greatest
effort that he could make him.
self heard, so great was the
enthusiasm.
After Senator Tillman had
finished his speech Senator
Daniel addressed the meeting
and his speech also did great
good in solidifying the party.
The campaign resulted in an
overwhelming majority for the
Democracy in Mecklenburg coun-
ty and much Of the credit for the
victory belongs to these two
great men who had gone to their
sister State to help in the fight
for decent government.
Fort Mill times. [volume] (Fort Mill, S.C.) 1892-current, 1910-03-24
Charlton Younts Leaves Columbia.

Charlton P. Younts, general
secretary of the Columbia Y. M.
G. A., has signified his intention
to go to another field of labor,
and the board of directors of the
association has accepted his
resignation to take effect June
l. 1t is said that there has been
some friction between Mr.. Younts
and a number of the members
of the Y. M. G.. A. and that this
is the impelling cause of his
resignation.
Mr.. Younts was well known in
Fort Mill some years ago, being
a native of Pineville and a fire.
quent visitor to this place during
his residence there. He left
Pineville when he was quite a
young man to engage in Y. Nj. c..
A. work and was for a time sec
retary of the association in Mon
roe, La, whence he went TO Co
lumbia to engage in similar work
Mr.. Younts has been regarded
as a very skillful organizer, says
The State, having rehabilitated
the Columbia association and
having instituted and caused to
be observed a number of rules
and regulations which put the
association on a business founda-
ton. Mrs. Younts has also been
successful worker for the
Y. M. c.. A.
Fort Mill times. [volume] (Fort Mill, S.C.) 1892-current, 1910-03-24
Not a Constitution Specialist.
Columbia State.

Columbia State.
Among the newspapers in
South Carolina that often exhibit
intelligence and information in
regard to public questions is the
Yorkville Enquirer and one
despairs lest some impenetrable
gloom has settled upon it, when
1t atfirms that Under the present
organization of the Federal
government, that government
can not levy direct tax of any
kind on the citizens of the
State" T" That is precisely what,
under the Federal constitution,
the government can do; that is
what the constitution declares in
so many words. But, under the
constitution, as it is now written,
such a tax would necessarily be
apportioned according to the
population of the several States,
so that South Carolina citizens
would be compelled to pay into
the national treasury about one
half as much as Massachusetts,
were an income tax law to be
enacted, though Massachusetts,
has about nineteen times the
wealth of South Carolina. The
adoption of the pending amend
ment would take from Con-
gress the existing power to
oppress one State at the expense
of another. The statement of
The Enquirer that the Federal
government must derive its
revenues altogether from indi-
rect taxes" would be absurd
were it not pathetic.
Fort Mill times. [volume] (Fort Mill, S.C.) 1892-current, 1910-03-24
Resigns Craftsmanship.

James A. Bell, for several
years county chairman of the
Mecklenburg Democracy, has
rendered his resignation to the
executive committee and it has
been accepted. Mr.. Bell is well
known in Fort Mill. He is a
nephew of Capt. J. w. Ardrey
and was raised in the Providence
section of Mecklenburg county,
a few miles from this place. Mr..
Bells service to the party had
been entirely satisfactory and
much regret is expressed in
Mecklenburg county over his
resignation. Recently there has
been considerable talk of making
Mr.. Bell the party nominee for
Congress, and his friends in this
section would be greatly pleased
to see him thus honored, for the
nomination will mean election
regardless of what the Republi-
cans and near Republicans say
about nominating as their eandi-
date representative of the bus
inesS interests. " There are not
as many gullible voters in the
Ninth North Carolina district as
some people profess to believe
there are.
Fort Mill times. [volume] (Fort Mill, S.C.) 1892-current, 1910-03-24

w: T. Steele, head carpenter
at Winthrop college, died Fri
day night of paralysis.
Fort Mill times. [volume] (Fort Mill, S.C.) 1892-current, 1910-03-24

Thirty-two alleged blind tigers
have been arrested in Lancaster
during the last few days. Three
OF these were convicted and fined
500 each.
The Columbus journal., 1910-07-13
Probably True.

Say" said the farmer. who was un.
loading potatoes at the grocery. do
you believe that story about little
George Washington and the Ratchet
and the cherry tree?"
Don't ask me-" laughed the grocer.
well. think 1t is probably true.
I've got boy ten years old at home.
and after he had teased me for q year
or SO I bought him a boys AK"
And did he cut down your favorite
cherry tree"
He did a heap better than that.
He cut down most OF the apple or.
chard orchard"
And did he tell a lie about it,"
Nope. Owned up like a little
man"
And. like Washington. you praised
him."
Unlike Washington. I didn't do
any such blamed thing. I gave him
a hiding on the spot. and have licked
him once a day since and am going
to keep it up until he is twenty-five
years old"
The Columbus journal., 1910-07-13
CHAPTER xxvIII.-continued.

The negro Cole acted as though he
had lost his mind. entirely, and after
studying him awhile l concluded to
let him do as he pleased. He ate
breakfast with the rest of us, but with
out speaking. and afterward. when We
left the table, picked up the cleaver
and made directly for the lazarette. !
called TO him. but he merely rolled his
eyes up at me from the blackness be-
low and disappeared. the icy water
slushing underfoot. We soon heard
him vigorously slashing away at the
ice. muttering constantly to himself
I went part way down the ladder, with
see him telling away at the end of the
hole the men had eXcavated in the
ice, though he paid no attention to nv
call. The water was fully six inches
deep over the lazarette deck, splash
ing back and forth as the vessel
rolled. and / could see drops of, sea
water squeezing in through the sides
of her and dripping steadily down.
There was nothing to do but leave the
fellow alone. so after telling Dade to
look down the ladder once in a while
and keep an eye on him I joined the
others on deck.
Gone clear nutty," commented Nc
Knight. tapping his head. The very
sight @ them yellow boys was too
much for him"
Il only hope 1t wasn't my bow" I
said soberly.
"Blow-hell! Why, that crack never
hurt his skull, Mr.. Stephens. The
fellow was plumb crazy as soon as the
box was open. He never thought there
was SO much money in the world.
Why. you ought to "a heard him tell
of the junk he was goin' 10 buy when
he got his share back TO the States
Oh. he'll come out Of his dream all
right if We oaly let him alone fer a
day or SC"
So We left him down there alone.
rcgsi2g away in the dark He came
up. however, at the call for dinner.
eating away heartily without utterins
word and going back TO his solitary
i0oo-. lay 4-iS nol tHS StSnleSt need
TO any Of Us. When night came | COM
PEELED him TO remove his icy trousers
and boots and lie down in one of the
hunks. When looked in a few min
ufeS later he was sound asleep.
That the wreck was Slowly settling
down under us was beyond doubt. and
laden with ice as she was the sodden
hull would probably drop at last like
stone. The thickening sky to the south
ward made me exceedingly anxious;
and just before dark We talked the
conditions ever together, each man
having his say. The decision was 10
remain on board, all alike believing
the Donna Isabel would keep afoat |
The Columbus journal., 1910-07-13

last I saw Of him. sir. but it's q sure
thing he amt here"
De Nova had hold of the tiller, and
l sprang forward. pushing past San
| chez, who was in the bow.
Lay her nose close In where I can
jump for the chains" l ordered sharp
ly. I'VE can't leave Cole behind to
drown"
1t was bit Of a ticklish Job the way
the sea was running. and that Jumping
wreck sagging under. but the mate
knew his trade. and. as the boat rose
high on the swell. I leaped and hung
on. my feet dangling in the froth. As
the sodden hull swung Keeling over I
clambered up. and dropped to the
deck. The missing negro was nowhere
in sight. leaned over. staring down
at the bobbing boat being hurled back
by TIE rebound of the surge. yet see
ing only the white face of Doris up
turned appealingly toward me.
Pull out. boys; strong. now! Give
her plenty OF room SO she won't suck
you down when she drops. I've got
to try the cabin"
got aft that far. I even got fair
ly within the door, and my ears caught
the dull. mufIled sounds Of blows be-
tween decks. My God! the fellow had
actually gone back into that icy hold
to dig for gold. As stood there, trem-
bling. wondering il l could dare the
passage. felt sudden culver of the
deck. heard a sharp. ripping sound
forward. yell Of mingled voices. and
turned and ran for the rail. With all
my strength / flung myself forth
straight out into the gray sea. / went
down. down, down. feeling as il the
very life was being sucked out OF me.
every muscle paralyzed by the icy
coldness of the water. AS I came up.
gasping. struggling. scarce able to
move a cramped limb. the suction
caught me. dragging me back and
down again. I battled against 1t like
a mailman. every instant an agony;
and then. all at once. found the crest
and breathed in the welcome air. nv
ulOSiuS AUTOMATICALLY.
my brain thrObbing with pain. could
see nothing until huge roller flung
me upward. buffeting my face with icy
spray. and there. below in the hollow.
tossed the long boat. every paIlid face
staring up at me. ! saw them fran
tically back water. as the great surge
hurled me down headlOns. I was be-
side them: they clutched at me and
missed. The stern. swung suddenly
about by the blow of the sea. loomed
over me. and then my fingers gripped
a dripping oar blade. God knows how
ever chung to it. wrenched by that
the strength remained in
my rumbed hands: but some enc
twisted bOathook in the collar Of nv
jacket. ard so they hauled me. drip-
ping and halfccnscious. over the gun.
vale. l saw Doris. I looked into her
eyes. / felt her bare hands on NV
wet cheek. l think II was the simple
touch of her that gave me back life
The Columbus journal., 1910-07-13
CHAPTER xxx.
In Which We Fiaht Death.


remember distinctly enough the
first six days of that boat voyage; II
seems as II every detail was burned
upon my brain with fire. I see the
faces of the men constantly becoming
more haggard and hopeless as they
stared. dull-eyed and aimlessly. out
over the endless waste of water to the
dun sky. We were SO tired of II: It
had grown SO hateful in its pitiless
vacancy. its dull. dreary void. It
seemed to me that with every re-
curing dawn those within the boat
appeared older. grayer. more deeply
lined: their exposed flesh caked moro
heavily with the salt spray: their
limbs cramped from confinement and
cold: their eyes luster!ess and heavy
with despair. They conversed with
some effort at cheerfulness at first.
figuring on the speed with which We
sailed. dividing up the treasure. count
ing the gold pieces. and specializing
upon their probable value. But de-
preston followed swiftly as day
merged into day. with only that Same
desert OF tumbling waters stretching
about us. that same wild sky over
head. Finally the growing voices
ceased entirely. the fellows becoming
moody and sullen. scarcely answering
even when addressed.
Cro BE CONrINUED)
The Columbus journal., 1910-07-13
Judgment of Human Nature

heavily TO your halfdozen benevolen mt
schemes in your inside pocket. Then
again a face SO bland you think you
could say "Brickelb-it" to II. and see
il cough up specie. like the donkey in
the fairy tale. will cough up nothing
A man tells me that to study human
nature in the wood you need to be
person Of little influence. and to go
around with subscription paper for
some religious or charitable object.
Then you find out. Because you have
no personal influence the cause looks
the giver Cor the non-giver) right
smack in the face. and the nature of
the person concerned will be as evil
dent as an open-faced watch. Whether
much. little or nothing be given mat
ters little. but the spirit matters .
whole Iot-so the informant tells N