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B- W. BRADFORD. . Ed. #ud Prop.
One y?'f?r Ti ooj
On npplicatlon to the p iblleher, aflvcititlnR
rote* are iu:' ie known to
Interested.
Entered at the postr dee at Port Mill,
#5. O.. as second ems' amttor,
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f'ardoning Criminal!,
Th^re is more than a suspicion
that a strong tendency exists not
only in this state but elsewhere
toward looseness and leniency in
in the matter of pardoning criminals.
The maudlin sympathy expressed
-by women and by some
men toward criminals or those
accused of some heinous crime
is usually considered as the manifestation
of an abnormal senti- j
ment which verges on hysteria,
but there is an illogical and mis- j
taken leniency toward criminals
suffering long terms of imprisonment,
expressed by men usually
of well-balanced minds.
A man who commits a coldblooded
murder and is sentenced
to imprisonment for life, should
not be pardoned. He may have
a good record as a prisoner, he
may even have honestly and
sincerely repented of his crime
and it may be conceded, for the
sake of argument, that he would
no longer be a menace to the
community if allowed to go at
large, but the argument against
his release is based upon grounds
which are not affected by these
facts. *
The purpose of punishment for
crime should never be for motives
of revenge; it should be
based upon two grounds, and two
only, the preventation of subsequent
criminal acts upon the part
-of the criminal himself and its
deterrent effect upon others.
Now it does not require any
labored argument to show that
this effect in the latter instance
is seriously weakened when a
practice is made of pardoning
criminals, and especially in the
case of those serving a life sentence.
A man who commits coldblooded
murder, deliberately
Suts himself outside the pale of
uman sympathy; he should not
be treated with cruelty or unkindness,
but he should expiate
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prisonment, release from which
should be hopeless, the results of
his crime.
The strongest argument, in
our mind, the only argument
which can be regarded as even
partially tenable, in favor of
capital punishment exists in the
fact that the frequent misuse of
the pardoning power serves to
minimize the dread of punishment
or. the part of the prospective
criminal.
Fearing not immediate death
oven if discovered and convicted,
and relying upon the probably of
pardon, after a few years he
takes chances which he would
be disinclined to take if he knew
that life imprisonmeut in name,
meant life imprisonment in
reality.
The enactment of a law to the
effect that men convicted of
murder in the first degree should
not be pardoned under any circumstances,
would be futile,
since subsequent legislatures
woujd be able to repeal it, but
if public sentiment was sufficienty
-groused and expressed with unhesitating
firmness and clearness,
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weaK-Kneea executives and careless
legislative bodies would
cease turning loose upon the
community men who have been
convicted of the crime which
God can forgive, and of weakening
the influence upon the
quasi criminal class, which is one
of the chief purposes of punishment.
Every once in a while newspapers
receive lengthy communications
from men they do not know
and perhaps never hearn of,
Stating that the writer is a candidate
for some office and any
aid the editor can bestow will be
greatly appreciated. And, no
doubt it would. On the other
hand any aid these officeseekers
i>fln hftfilnu; fho OflitAr ro/inm.
pense him for space used in his
paper would be appreciated. If
politicians want to advertise
their business, why the dickens
don't they include a check as evidence
of good faith, for the
amount of advertising they desire
and send along copy properly
signed for advertising? Talk
about business! If there is any
business in a newspaper man
giving away his space any more
than there is in a merchant giving
away his goods, we are unable
to see where it comes in.
Most merchants realize the
value of attractive, original window
displays in connection with
their seasonable trade. The
show window is at all times one
of the most valuable store adjuncts
and trade-wnLt^rs that iliu
merchant can malte use of. All
attractive window displays always
draw the attention of the
shopper, and if, besides being
atti active, it contains any sug^aEtJpQS,
it is hound to sell the
* - ftoojl If the merchant or any
of his clerks, who mny have more
wiU d>
?
vote a little earnest thought and
time to getting up a series of
attractive, suggestive and original
displays, ne will find that it
will tend to materially swell his
receipts.
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ouite oenaior tsrice, as suggested
by the Yorkville Enquirer.
would probably make a
worthy successor in the United
States jsenate to A. C. Latimer,
but we hardly believe that Mr.
Brice has the running power, or
The Enqirer the "rooting" qualities,
to unseat Mr. Latimer.
The weekly notice of services
at the First Presbyterian church
in Columbia as published in the
Sunday State reads like a page
from a grand opera programme.
As to Marriage.
I "The unrestricted marriage
laws of South Carolina have resulted
in blighting the hopes of
hundreds of parents in North
Carolina who have seen the opportunities
of life closed to a son
or daughter, who at an early
J _ 1 1 .1
age, unucr h craze >vnicn tney
called "love" hurried to South
Carolina and got married when
they knew no more about the
responsibilities of married life
than a six-month-old yearling."
"If young people would alj
ways wait to reach the ages of
25 or 30 years before marriage
there wouldn't be so many examples
that furnish an argument
that "marriage is a failure."
While it is true that through
natural mental weakness a
giddy-headed pair of things, at
1 any age. that wear pants, cloth
, and calico may sometimes marry
' quickly through 'love at first
, sight,' it is not often that mari
miage is a 'failure' if the couple
| carry with them a sufficient
j amount of age and experience to
be guided by mature judgement
and common sense."?Our Home
^ York County News jj
Rock Hill Herald.
?The following York county
I boys graduated at Clemson this
| year: Mechanical and Electrical
I Engineering, W. H. Wylie, Jr.,
I of this city; Agriculture and
| Animal Industry, Preston W.
j Spencer, Catawba, and E. A.
| Crawford, McConnellsville: Civil
| Engineering, Eaton L. Sanders,
j McConnellsvilie.
?The need of a new and up-to'
date hotel in Rock Hill is a matter
in which the people are becoming
deeply interested and it
is a subject of general discussion
on the streets. An architect is
in the city now looking over the
1 situation and it is believed that
j steps will be taken toward supI
plying this long felt need in
I Rock Hill before the year closes.
?At a meeting of the Rock
I Hill Poultry association held in
! the city hall last Tuesday night
it was decided to hold the first
' annual show January 7-11, 1908.
! The entrance fee will be 25 cents
| each for single birds and $1.00
each for pens. The premiums
j will be $1.00 for first prize, 50c
i secona ana ribbons lor third and
i fourth, provided the class is
fi led. There will be no money
paid if the class is not filled, but
; the birds winning will get first
and second honor. Pen prizes
will be $2 for first and $1 for
1 second.
j.iOckHill Record.
?Miss Grace Johnston, youngest
daughter of Mr. and Mrs.
! E. H. Johnston, of this city,
j was operated on Monday at the
i Rock Hill Private Hospital, by
: Dr. W. W. Fennell, for appendi'
citis.
?An alarm of fire was sounded
i Saturday night abcut 8:30 o'clock
and the local company responded
I very promptly, but were not
I needed. The alarm was sent in
from the residence of Mr. W. H.
i Stewart. It seems that a lot of
paper in the fireplace had caught
j fire and filled the room full of
| smoke, and on being discovered
created considerable excitement
for a few minutes.
Invitations to 'the marriage
of Miss Nannie Grist, of Yorkville,
to Mr. Henry H. Crosland,
j of Bennettsville, on June 25,
j have been received here, This
I is the announced of a social event
j of more than ordinary interest
in this county. Miss Grist is the
I daughter of Mr. S. M. Grist, of
i Ynrl.'T/illo QVlo foiwrUf in
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nettsville during the past two
j terms, and while there won a host
i of friends who will gladly welIcome
her as Mrs. Crosland. Mr.
IH. H. Crosland is one of the
: leading young business men of
that section. He is general
manager of the McCall-Weatherly
Company, being largely interested
in that corporation, a
man of sterling worth and of
splendid business capacity.
?As the "Hay-Burner" line
has a franchise, as reported (not
exclusive, however, as the State
! laws would not permit this,) we
J hereby move that Council com!
pel the owners to electrify the
line; or failing this, to wake up
, the mules. So ordered.
FOR SALE?Several nice, fresh
Jersey milk cows. Apply to
J. IX Withers, Fort Mill, S. C.
The Catawba in Harness.
The Catawba River is destined
to become one of the famous
rivers of the world. Many
years ago there appeared in
Wiley's North Carolina Reader
the following description of the
Catawba:
"The Catawba runs between
the Yadkin and the Broad, and
nearly parallel with them, and,
like them, takes its rise in the
mountains of North Carolina,
and goes into South Carolina.
Its head waters come from a land
of beauty and plenty, and the
' main channel washes one of the
j finest regions on the globe.
1 r?omn io o
x. uv nuuivy AO uv& i vii vm a
tribe of Indians who inhabited
the upland distiiets of the State,
and it falls smoothly and sonorously
on the ear, one very sound
! seeming strangely blended with
vague fancies and memories of a
sweet and tender character.
"When we fir3t approach its
banks we are pleased with the
sound of its rushing waters, and
as we ascend the blue hills along
its borders, we imagine ourselves
already in the mountains.
"We pass through scenes that
look like the dim recollections of
i happy dreams; and we are sometimes
unable to realize that we
are actually among the terrestrial
haunts of man.
"This is the country of the
faries; and here they have their
shady dells and their mock mounI
tains, and their green valleys
thrown into ten thousand shapes
| of beauty.
"But higher up are the Titan
hills; and when we get among
them we will find a difference
! between the abodes of the giant
; and their elfin neighbors.
1 ' The Catawba gives name to
j the best native grape now
"! grown on the American soil; and
i it waters a country universally
rich and universally beautiful.
"The productions are various,
valuable and very abundant; and
the population, which is becomi
ing very dense, contains in the
, highest degree, all those ele|
ments attributed to the people
I inhahitinff t.hp midrllp HiRtrir?ta nf
| the State, it is a vigorous, pro]
gressive and moral race, and it is
i pleasant to behold a picture of
: humanity so generally robust and
j happy.
"The water power on this river
is immense, and of incalculable
value and gold, iron, mar|
ble abound along its borders; and
i hence we may look forward lo a
day when factories of various
: kinds, rich farms, innumerable
herds, orchards, meadows, fori
ges of iron, mines of gold and
quarries of marble will reward
j the industry and enterprise of a
; numerous, refined and healthy
1 population,"
i Mr. Wiley was a prophet and
I had he lived until now he would
j have seen the Catawba develop
I into the great river of this section
of the South. He would
! have seen its valley filled with
j cotton mills and other manufacturing
plants.
The Catawba river has its ori!
gin among the foot hills of the
i Blue Ridge. Its source is from
a pretty mountain spring near
Round Knob, in the Western
corner of McDowell county.
Flowing down by Old Fort,
Bridge Water, Morganton, Ca
tawDa junction, thence along
the boundry lines of Catawba
and Iredell, Lincoln and Mecki
lenburg and Lincoln and Gaston
j and Meckleuburg counties it
. crosses into South Carolina,
where it flows past Fort Mill and
! Great Falls ana on to where it
becomes the Wateree.
The first plant of any conse;
quence on the Catawba is the
1 Rhodhiss mill at Granite Falls.
; This plant has developed about
! 1,500 horse power. Other
plants belcw are: The Long Is;
land Mill with 300 horse power;
I the Monbo, 150; Mountain Island,
1,000; the Tuckaseegee, 250; the
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and the Great Falls, 30,000. On
I the South Fork, which empties
: into the Catawba, in Gaston, runs
the following named plants: The
i Elm Grove Cotton Mill, 300 horse
, power; the Daniel 400; Labora1
tory, 200: Lincoln, 300; Long
j Shoals, 300; High Shoals, 500;
Hardin, 150; Spencer Mouutain,
500 and McAdens 500.
The plants named in the fore!
going paragraph, have been dej
veloped and are now in operation
Most of them are operated by
steam and water. The Spencer
: Mountain and the Southern Power
Companies are hydro-electric
plants from which the power is
being transmitted. The Southern
Power Company has a plant at
the Catawba Power plant, located
near Fort Mill running 10,000
horsepower, full blast, and is
putting the finishing touches on
j the 30,000 horse power plant at
1 Great Falls. Construction work
on the dam at the Uocky Creek
plant, located a mile and a half
below Great Falls, has beirun:
?there 20.000 horse power will be
dcvelo|)ed. Above Great Falls,
at the point where Fishing Creek
empties into the Catawba, a
! 15,000 horse power plant will be
: put in. These are not air castles
j bu^, real, plain, everyday realities.
The Southern Power Company
is putting about $250,000 a
I month into the Catawba river.
Literally the great river that
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I EIGHTY
| PER
5 Tibf the population of the
ors in Savincrs Hanks. and
J and provident class is du
J country today. All over the
J of life are taking advantaj
\ Savings Banks on deposit.
; 11 HOur Savings Department
J money may be placed in
same time be earning you
f 4 PER CENT INTEREST,
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|rock hill, - Wiley
'.vrote about before the
Civil *'ar is being harnessed for
a laudable purpose. The Dukes
and Dr. W. Gil Wylie, W. S. Lee
nnrl \\7 A T nlonrl unflr fUniv
anu lux . IT . .fx. u^iauu, ??ivu uivu |
many associates, are buckling
the waters of the Catawba down
to business.
In 1903 Messre. Thomas H.
Vandeford, of Salisbury, and
W. M. Cooper, of Statesville,
bought what is known as the
Lookout Shoals in Iredell and
Catawba counties. Eight months
later they sold the property for
$13,000, making what they considered
an immense profit and a
fine trade. Recently Mr. Vandeford,
representing certain capitalists,
offered the Dukes $76,000
for the same power. This
will give an idea of the present
value of water powers on the
Catawba.
It requires about 250 horse
power to operate 10,000 spindles
or one horse power will
operate about forty spindles.
The average mill in the State
has about 15,000 spindles. Within
70 miles of Charlotte within a
few years 140,000 horse power
will be developed and this
should operate close to 6,000,700
spindles.?Charlotte Observer.
No greater mistake can be made than
to consider lightly the evidence of Sisease
in your system. Don't take desperate
chances on ordinary medieiues.
Use Hollister's Rocky Mountain Tea.
V) ceuts- Tea or Tablets.?Parks Drug
Co.
?
The Knights of Pythias of
South Carolina are talking about
erecting a hospital in this State.
If it's made of iron and it's
out of shape, take it to Young's
shjp. ? Adv.
Dr. J. H. Hunter, a well known
physician of Rock Hill, died in a
hospital in Baltimore, whore
he went for treatment.
The contract for erecting a
new court house at Abbeville, has
lieon tnuafr?
shall*. The building will cost
$46,100.
Prompt service and satisfactory
work at reasonable prices is what
you get at Young's shop.?Adv.
NOTICE
All persons 'iving within the
town of Fort Mill, S. C., are
hereby notified to get their hog
i pens in first class condition.
Any person or persons failing
I to comply with tnis notice will
! be dealt with according to law.
V. D. POTTS
Chief of Police.
jjHELLO CENTRAL,!
I give me No. 11, j
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|| Laundry Agency. i|
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injr. Let us know early in |j
!| the week and we will call J*
!lj at your door and get your JI
||( laundry. Give us a trial, and |>
pj if the work is not satisfac;
11 tory, it cor.tr. you nothing.
11 It satisfies everybody, why J>
: \ \ not try a bjindle? All work j>.
J | guaranteed. *
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Just Received. 1
Plenty of Flour,
Oats, Meal, Corn,
and all kinds of
food stuffs on hand. j
A. O. JONES,
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HARRISON'S AUTOMATIC
OIL-GAS STOVLS.
WloKless, Smokeless, Odorless.
An ideal stove for summer and
winter. Splendid . for CookingMeats,
Vegetables, Etc. Bakes
finest bread, biscuit, cakes, pies,
etc. With radiator attachment =
makes fine heating stove for ?
;x. riv i m
winter, oimpie m construction
and cheaper in every way than
Oil or Gasoline Stoves.
Call at Hall's Market and see it
operate.
J. R. HAILE, Jr.,
Agent.
AN ORDINANCE.
Bo it ordained and enacted by the
town council now sitting in common I
council and by authority of same;
That after the passage of this ordi- i
nance it shall be unlawful for any per- |
son or persons to loaf on any street in
tho town of Fort Mill, SS C.. after 12 !
p. m. without a reasonable excuse.
Section 2, That any person or ]>er- :
sons violating tho above ordinance shall |
be puni-hed by a fine not exceeding I
$25.00 or less than (2.50 and cost, or j
more |than 25 dnysj work upon the
streets nor less than S days work. i
Done and ratifiod in counc il ussem- i
bled this 12th day of .Tune 1907. ,
W. L. HALL.
Attest: Iut'd
A. II. McElhauey. Clerk. j
CLEMSON AGRICULTURAL
COLLEGE^
Scholarship aujgflffance Examination
^^pP^nmen Class.
T^^Wfmination for the award .
'"ipRiolarhips from York County '
and ADMISSION TO FRESH-1
MAN CLASS will be held at the
County court house on Friday, , *
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juiy o, at y a. m. Applicants lor
scholarships may secure blank ;
application forms from the county
Superintendent of Education.
These blanks must be filled out
properly and filed with the county
Superintendent before the be- ,
pinning of the examination.
Those taking the examination for
entrace to the Freshman class
and not trying for a scholarship
should file their application with
the President Mell. The scholarships
are worth $100 and free
tuition. One scholarship student i
from each county may select the
Textile course, others must take
one of the Agricultural courses. I
Examination paper will be fur- \
nished, but each applicant should <
provide himself with scratch pa- t
per. The number of scholarships \
to be awarded will be announced . \
later. P. H. MELL, Prest. j *
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