Fort Mill times. (Fort Mill, S.C.) 1892-current, February 13, 1901, Image 2
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FEBRUARY ?:<. HHil.
The Cost of a Sonic.
Over uud ov? r ami o'*cr t lio songs of our
life are sun;.',
The same today as in ages gray when
llrst the lute was strung.
The same today as in anus gray ttio sing
er's highest nvt
Is to sing of man and the soul of man
from the depths of the human heart.
To shift the song t hat lingers in his heart
from t hat far day
When men were brave ami women fair
and life was in its May
Is the singer's part, of gladness when he
gives liis soul to inau
In a song that lives because sweet pain
has changed his earlier plan.
The husk, flu; harvest and the bin and
life's spreading plain
To the singer must be singing if he man's
soul would gain.
Man in his soul unsatisfied strives for
what etui not bo;
He grasps at u star and holds in his hand ,
a drop from the sounding sea.
Over and over and over, since t he tower's
of time wore old;
< >vor and over and over, since the cloud
gave the sun its gold,
Over and over and over, sineo the linos
?if our lives began,
Has man gone out from the marching
host losing of the soul of man.
The singer who sang of the pyramid's
prime has gone the ways of men,
Hut the sun find moon and human heart
nro just, the same as then.
The heart of man is a restless sea of varied
stur and clinic.
Ami only when its depths are stirred
comes song on the snores of time.
. Ov or and over and over, siuce wrong hud
^ realm and state;
Over aud over and over, sine* the shades
ou tho'living wait;
Over and over aud over, singing of sun
iu the rain.
The chosen of fiod are hrimriiitr tln< vnie..
of noiiy from paiu.
?J awe* Riley.
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The General Assembly of South
Carolina will adjourn this week.
And according to the Columbia cor-1
respondent of the New* and Con- |
tier, the seioiou has been hurnioniouH
and has resulted in much
good. It has emphasized the prosperity
and good will existiug be
tween the people of the State.
The general appropriation bill 1
for this year will aggregate over 1
a million of dollars. It is the maximum
amo'iut of appropriations
for current r.nd legitimate expenses
since the Democrats have taken
charge of the State, and it only
goes to accentuate the good feel-,
ing and the satisfaction with the
onward march of the State. What 11
goes more to show this than anything
else is that none of the selfstyled
economists braved the sen-!'
timeut of the day and offered a bill
looking to n reduction of the sala- '
i ies of the State officers. It is a 1
crying shame that this State pays 1
such poor salaries, and it will not 1
l>o long before justice is done, and 5
the salaries are made what they 1
ouoht to he '
The three great items of addi- 1
tion expense that were passed by
the House of Representatives are (
$100,000 to the public schools, 1
$100,001) additional to the Con fed- r
rnte^iensioners and $50,000 for the 1
Charleston exposition. The appro- '
printion bill reaches the million
dollar mark without the $100,000 '
(Confederate pensions, which the 1
House declined to put in the gen- 1
ernl appropriation hill, and which 1
will not be effective until it iH '
placed in that act. '
There has been very little postive
legislation and there is but
little prospect of any. The greater
portion of the session has been (
spent in discussing measures that '
were hilled or continued. f
As was expected, there was ah- 1
solutelv nothing dono with the 1
dispensary law. The fnndumentnl '
law remains word for word ns it 1
stood before the session began, and '
there was but little suggestion of i r
change, and the suggestions that {
were made proved abortive. The '
?>my ii'^miiiuoii in nny way atteet- "
ing dispensary matters was the bill 11
which changes the mode of tin- dis- v
tribulion *?f the fund,and in etVect "
gives the profits to the counties N
that make the diapcnanry profits, *
by minimizing the State's share of i
the profits and giving most of what F
a
li'is heretofore been i^??ito the
Slut*' fund to the county and city
ant linrit ies.
There is no doubt the desire is to
incrcasc lite profits for t he counties
and cities, find while it 'Iocs look
us if such legislation may he an
ctVort to force the dispensaries on
counties that have none, it is simply
a matter of dollars and cents,
and not and abstract polit ical issm .
The countieI that have dispensaries
outnumher those that have
none, and they want, what they
n ml am ont irnl v mil i iVn-oti t
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mm to whether other counties have
dispensaries or not.. They can continue
not to have them. and thus
do without what profit is credited.
The child labor issue was uni|tiestinnnhlv
the one which attracted
most attention and elicited the
greatest interest ami discussion. It
was made unfortunately too much
a matter for political advert iseincnl
on the one side or the other,and it
has trotten so now that political
caution will in time brin^ about
some such leuisla! ion. and when it
is passed it will lie largely a stop
to t he demands that are heini; made
from certain quarters. The Senate,
by one vote, passed the child labor
bill. The House, by a decisive
vole, killed just sin h a measure,
and has continued till next session
or killed a host of similar bills, so
it is pretty safe to say that the
House will either kill the Semite i
bill or continue it until next session.
so as to have a man of straw
to talk at.
?To
Raise the Maine.
Five of the American contractors
who went from this country to
Havana a short time u^o to bid on
the contract for rnisiiiir It... ? ..#.L
of the American battleship Maine
arrived in New Orleans last Welnesilay.
There were twelve bills
in all, that of a Chicago firm being
accepted. Its offer was to raise the
Maine nt its own coat and giyo the
United States goveriunont d per
cent, of the proceeds.
All the contractors agreed that
the Maine could be raised, but that
the job would be difficult. A coffer
dam must be built entirely
around tho wreck It w ill be constructed
of long pilings, and then
etnlmiiked with dirt, making it
water tight. Then the water can
be pumped out of the inclosure,
leaving the wreck exposed in the
mud. Derricks and powerful lifting
machinery will then he brought
into use anil the hull lifted from
its bed of mud. If it can be patched
up so that it will Moat, that will
be done. If it can not lie raised it
will be torn to pieces, while the
coffer dam keeps back the water.
The divers found that the wreck
had settled some forty feet, in the
soft mud, the bottom of the ship
being sixty feet below the low tide
mark. The cost of raising the ves
iel in estimated at from $200,000
to $.'100,000. Its value when raised
nn not tie estimated, lint some of
the eontractors thought it might
be worth $400,000. One of the
loutractors thought that it' the vessel
eonhl tie thiated it would lie
north $1,000,000. The general impression
wns that it could not be
ionted.
The divers found two magazines
in the vessel containing 1100 tons of
powder intact and uninjured. All
lie divers and surveyors agreed
hat the Maine had been blown up
iy a mine set otV from a land
lattery.
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Mark Twain on the Philippines.
Mark Twain is speaking his mind
m current public matters with re
resiling frankness and force in this
ra of nationalism, corruption and
ant, says an exchange. Describ
. !.. 11. ni.if .
iil; uur course m uiu lmnppiues.
n nn article in the February North
\iueric?n, he nays: "There have
>een lies, hut they were told in n
rood online. We hnve been trench
toiis, hut thnt wna only in order
hat real ^ood ini^'it eonie out of
ippnrent evil. We have crushed
md deceived a c iiTidinu people;
ve liavo turiu 1 n-rain. ! t! weak
iml the friendless who trusted us-,
ve have stamped out n just and iuellii^eut
nnii w-dl-ordered rej i!:: ;
ve have stabbed nit ally in tli" l.ri'-k
md slapp d the faee of n mv..
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hav#? b mirht. a shadow from nn onemy
that hadn't it to Bell: we have
.robbed u tiustino friend of hit*
land and hi* Wa rty; we have invited
our clean voting men to
thoulder a discredited musket and
do bandit's work under a f!a;j which
bandits have deen accustomed to
tear, not to follow ; we have debauched
A morion's honornnd black
ened her face before the world:
but each detail was for the beat." i
?As
Clirist would Run a Store.
11. -1. Norton, a grocer of Marion,
hid., is running his store "as Christ
would run it.'" and bids fair to run
all his eonip 'litors out of business. 1
Me sells strietly for cash, refuses to
deliver any floods at the houses of !
eustomers, d(splays the cost mark
on HVtry article itm! thus shows '
exactly wlint profit lif is making. 1
llf ivfuses to sell tobacco, cigars
<?r any prep t r;i) ions t lint have cider,
brandy or other lit|nor in them,
lit* carries tin a soup house for the
poor with his grocery business.ami : 1
sells all floods there at actual cost.
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Tillman ami IX pew.
Washington Post.
Two extremes in the Senate met ;
at the niollt session last Wedlies
lay when Senator Depew and Sen.
ator Tillman had the iloor at the,
same time. I )epe\v ha i just eome
from a dinner party, ami was the
picture of a man at ease with all
the world. lie was immaeulately
tlressed in evening a* lire and his
face was as smiling as a basket of
chips, 'iVnator Tillman, who rose
t
from the plow to be governor of
his Slate, and a t w ice-o!eeted Senator,
so.ol lis till' i'let;.llieics ol roei
oty, and is literally a roujjh di imoiid.
He is as frank in his speech
as he it} unci nventional in his dress. i
Senator IVpew asked the pre- '
siding otlieer to inform liini vhnl J
question was before tin* Senate.
Ho seemed to loo!: upon 11n? per* ]
fornianee as an entertainment, and J
was evidently ?;nitc ready to treat
the large audience in tin- galleries
to a witty after-dinner speech. *
Senator Tillman broke in upon 1
him. "If the Senator had b:en in
the Senate, as he was bound to be '
under his obligation to the Repob
lienn bosses h?rve,'' said Tillman to
Depow, 'die would have known i
what was going on."
Kitchener's
Iron Mand.
The following passages from a
letter of a soldier serving in South
Africa show the horrible brutality
of the British army in t hat country:
"From that on during the rest
of the trek, which lasted four days,
our progress was like the old-time
forays in the Highlands of Scotland
two centuries ago. The country
is very like Scotland ami we
moved on from valley to valley
'lifting* cattle and sheep, burning,
looting and turning out the women
n.ud children to Hit nnd cry beside
their once beautiful farmsteads.
It was the first touch of Kichners
iron hand. Aiuf we were the knuckles.
It was a terrible thins* to see.
and I don t know that I want to sec
anot her trip of the aort. AVc burned
a track about six miles through
t liese fertile valleys,and completely |
destroyed the village of Witpoort
and the town of Dulsroon. Some
of the houses that were too solidly
built to burn were blown up. Away
oil" on a think you would see a hujjfe
toadstool of dust, rocks and rafters
rise solemnly into the air and then
subside in a heap of debris. Ten
seconds afterwards a tremendous
roar would rend the air, and the
dust would blow slowly nwav. A
^rent many of the houses were sursiirrounded
by beautiful gardens
abloom with roses, lillios ami liolyhoeks,
ami embowered with fruit
trees. As we snt by the ljiiiis we
eotild see m troop of mounted men
streaming otV toward a farm. With
my glasses I eouhl so > the women
and children bundled out, their
bedding thrown after them. The
soldiers would carry it out of reach
of the dairies, and the next moment
smoke would commence curling up
from tiie windows and d ors ?at
lirst a faint blue mist, then becoming
denser until it rolled in clouds.
The cavalry would ride rapidly
away, and the p >or women and
! Id> n. utterly confounded by the
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sudden visitation, would remain1
standing in the yard or garden ;
watching their hoineB disappear in i
tire and smoke.
"The column inarched into 'A it- ;
poort, a pretty little village snr- j
rounded by hills. The ^uns wore}
placed on the hills and trained on
the place, and the cavalry and j
mounted infantry rode into it and
looted and burned every house ami
shoo, except one belonging to a
I'ritish subject. The Hour mill was
blown up. We sat on tin' hills and
watched the scene. When the
mounted troops rode back they
looked like a gang^>f dissolute pad
illers. Their saddles were limp; j
iiKv the i "iiristnias t tves with c!>ic!;s,
shawls, mandolins. lamps, tea hollies
every sort of imaginable article
besides chickens,ducks. stick- i
ling pigs. geese, and ag- I
riculturnl prod. e'.s galore.
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The Last Negro Congressman. I
Tiiero will I??? no colored men in 1
lite next House of Representatives ,
White, of Xmtl. Carolina, whose
term expires on .March o. wiii pruh
nl>Iy he 1 In hint of his race for tunny
\i nrs to occupy a seat in Congress,
l.'he restriction pluceil upon negro
mlVrage in t he Southern States will
prevent any more from being elect- ,
nl to either House of Congress,
mil they are growing scarcer in
the Stat-1 legislatures. T\ven1y-iiv?*
years ago tin re were a dozen eol?
>red men on the tloorofthe House
itit 1 two or three in tin* Senate
Mruce. of Mississippi, was the last
>f the colored Senators and White
[.'loses the career of the negro in
die House.
BARBER SHOP.
For first class tonsorial work go tot he
i?i 1*1 mi' wlii... .\l* 1? ? ? 2
........ ?' i ?v . n. * iun?nn> 111 I ill* .
ianU buildin;;. Hair Cutting, Shaving,
<hainiH>"iin>r and Sinpdnj?. l?adirs' hair
diani|MVM>d.
Mule and Wagon Cheap.
A (inc. miiind young ninle
Blimp (or cash or on lime Also
i (hrte-horse'itfitcbelP wagon.
Apply to T. M. BUGBRS.
1 1 "THE
OLD REE1
Get Our
Wliilo our hits
hotter during the
the preceding yea
tholess anxious t<
year, and if low p
modal ion count 1
will certainlv succ
We offer special
Seed, in exchange
and Fertilizers,
sell Horses and M
We have in sloe
aII sizes of "Old Hi
mont" Wni>oiis.
A i 1 wo ask of on
tumors is to ?>ivo
submit prioos bofo:
suro to soo us bo
Cotton Sood.
T. B. BE1X .nn
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Springfield Stock Farm.
(Pra^on 9581-7.)
Hereford, Short Horn, Aberdecn-An;pis
Cattle.; Shropshire Sheep; B V Kii;;hsli
Berkshire. Hn^s; Bronze Turkeys,
and Barred Plymouth Roek aiul Indian
Gaime Chickens.
Write for prices.
J. P. CHOWDER. Sept.,
FORT MILL, S. C. '
Notice of Election.
An election will he held in the town !
ol Fort Mill (S.C.I ou the 18th day of
February, 1901, for the purpose of electing
a Warden to till the vacancy caused
hv the resignation of T. S. lvirkpatriek.
T. 1). Faulkner, .1. C. Hughes at ml
(?. Culp have been aipi?ointed managers
of the election.
By order of the Town Council.
J. W. MeKl.llANKY. lutemlaiU.
IK A SMYTHK. Secretary.
.T T1 TvnrrTTinlr i/v fra
\J . U JL 1 CLJ VVl^n. UO l(U., .
DKALKKS IN
FIXE LIQIJOKS
AN J) "U'lXES,
No. I I Kust Trade Si.
( HARLOTTE, - - - X. 0.
WOOD WAWTEDJ
WANTED AT ONCE ?ONE j
TIIOFSAN D CORDS OF FOPRFOOT
WOOD AT OFU YAliI)
NEAR FORT MILL.
CHALOTTE BRICK CO.
UMSE
)J< promptly procured. OK HO FIX. 8euU sketch.Br
vjtf *>r plioto for free report oq p*4eatahilU) . D"<k ?*Hco W
t.? Obtain U.H.ind Voevifm Intern* u.?Tr?U.? XI ark ?."(*)
FREE Fairest t?rins ever offered tu iin?ul??r? (t
JJPATEHT LAWTf.RS OF tft TEAKS' PRACTICE A
$ 20.000 PATENTS MWCURfD THROUGH THEM. 0?
j All bauuMi ranhoeiitikl. Hven4 advice Keithfuinl I
TjienrlcA. MndomU herjree flj)
t*?-C. A. SNOW & CO.g
? Op* 0.1 P?i?M OMm, WASMMWT0N. a t.sf
ABLE STORE/" j
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Prices.
iness avhs much
year HHK) than in
j
ir, we are never>
increase it this
rices and accointor
anything we
I
eed.
prices for Cotton
V T r . . 1 I * a
mr nuns, meal
SYe also l)iiv and
ules.
k and on 1 he way
ckorv" and "Pied
r friends and casus
a chance to
re buying, and be
fore selling your
PROPRIETOR
= 01.0 RELIABLE STORB.*'
GARDEN
.. SEES)!
I hnve just received my FllDSH
SEFD. Each paper is dated and
an old paper can not he sold oy I
mistake,
(iood Seed in neceseary to se- ^
cure n good stand. Do not iniy I
cheap Seed. They may he ex pen.
sive la the end.
A. 0. J OSES.
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THE FORT MILL
DIG-STORE, '
OPPOSITE THE F WINUS b v.-.k. jj"
Is the place at which you can always
tiiill everything usually kept
at a first-class apothecary O?op. y
1 nut running a drug store, in
every sense of the word.
1 ran prescribe for you, till pre- I
script ions, auil sell you drugs. I 1
have had years of experience and fl
am thoroughly acquainted with I
the drug business. I
A full line of the best? 1
C1U A US, C1G A UETT ES, K
AN*1> J
SMOKING and
CT115WING TOBACCO
Evkythinu in STATIONERY. ]
T. tt. MEAIHAM, M. D. |
It s a Waste of Words
t?> argue with the patron* of the
M<xlol Steam laundry. Charlotte. N. C.
?they know full well that washing
and ironing of everything cleausible in
the line of wearing apixirrel is done
properly hy us. What we want is for
you to know it. Henee this advertiseinent.
Will you favor uu with a trial
order? We will 1m> happy t(# call for
and to deliver anything you may want
laundered.
We make a specialty of lauutleriug
window eurtaius.
Ed. L. ncELHANAY, Agent.
Fort AMU. S. C.
w. n. IIOOVEK,
LIODOR TVF.AT.P.ft
CHARLOTTE, N. C. /
We look especially after the ship*
ping trade and below quote very cloaa
figures. Will be glad to have yoar
orders. Terms cash with order. '
Corn, per gallon. In Jug (boxed),
$1.50, $1.75 and $a.
All flrst-cla?s goods at $1.75 and $3
VERY OLD.
t
Ryes from $1.60 to $3, $3 50 and
$.1 50 per gallon.
(ilns from $1.60 to $3, and $3.50.
MCMUing im ported "Fish din" ml $j
per xtllon.
Apple Brandy, $2.35 per gallon.
Peach Brandy $3 50 per gallon.
No charge for )ug and box on above,
and no charge at these prices for keg
when wanted In such quantities.
Let us have your orders and oblige,
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