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FORT-MILL TIMES OkMOQJTAtlO . W. BRADFORD, - - IDITOR. I One year 61.00 c Six months - 60 ? 4 t On application to the publisher, ad- c veitWnn rates are made known to ^ those Interested. ^ THURSDAY, MARCH 18,1909. , md-Ui ?J LAJ1 L_ .... I. .1 ^ mmamammmmmmmm JOHN McKEE SPRATT. i The subject of this memorial t was a man of generous impulses s| and hospitable ways. The stran- e gef, even though the beggar, y never failed to find food and c shelter if he sought it at his r hands, and he was at home by j the bedside of the sick and de-! t lighted in all kinds of neigborly ! y offices. He had borne adversity j t bravely and enjoyed prosperity ; ? quietly. He had filled the various \ relations of life, as son, husband, father, brother, friend, and filled them well. Who can do more? But he is gone! Another name is stricken from the ever lessening roll of our pioneer citizens, and a solitary woman in the ' sunset of life, and a lonely home, i are left to attest how sadly they j will miss him. It must be so;! these tender human ties cannot J be severed without a pang. Yet i in such a death there is really no cause for grief. His life work was done, and well done. He had passed the noonday of life and wearied with life's duties and cares, weary of suffering , and waiting, he lay down to rest. BOOKER'S PRECEPT AND PRACTICE. ? , This paper has no grievance against white South Carolinians , who think Booker Washington a great and good man. They are entitled to their opinion and exercise a right that cannot be denied anyone in so expressing j themselves. Washington has undoubtedly done some effective work in uplifting his race, but V* i a offAt?i a r iii?9 uavi u> nvuiu noYV/ oiuv/uut^u to little had he not gained the ear of a number of rich Northerners who have furnished the mazuma to keep his school going. No one denies him whatever of credit is his due for his ability to thus influence these Northerners. What we object to in Washington's course is that he does not practice what he preaches. For one thing, he tells his negro audiences that the salvhtion of the negro race lies in work and that they make a mistake to think of holding political office or hoping for social euqality with the white man. Evidently Washington does not mean for the good advice which he gives his auditors to apply to himself. There is at least one well-known instance in which he intermeddled in Aiabama politics a few years ago by trying to defeat Congressman Heflin. The [ Southern people cannot afford to accept Washington's oft-repeated I and equally oft-belied assertion ! i that he does not wish social t tt i Ivijuuuiy iui ijib race, nere are a : r few cases in point from the rec-,' ord Washington has made as an j * opponent of social equality: i j Washington stepped at a white ] j hotel in the North and caused a v white girl to lose her place be- d cause she would not clean up ^ his room. Washington sent his son and d ughter to white schools in the North. Washington accepts invitations t m V to white people's homes in the: ^ North, eats at their tables, sleeps i \ in their beds and escorts white 1 ^ women to the dining room. : ^ \ Washington, last summer, in ri the month of August, used the t ?Ufcping car from Charleston to i Sflggusta, and the wife and ' *' ^ fltehter of a Southern white e |g|?an were in the next berth. c Imp did not know it, as Booker b flB to bed early. ||&ievery way and in every ! a he not only accepts social t but forces it if he has v ]HK>rUinity. j'/<vaon the trip which he is 0 now nking through South Car- r j|L men are riding, sleep-j b iBHHeating with and in the j, *mmmwith Booker Washing- i\ toHH^bhe other negroes who b arflsehftiim. t VV. Durant was on ; t] b' Tuo^H^Bpminated and con-1 . iirrnfttS^Kl lector of the port of j ^ Cj^BHjB'KMCceeding Crum, the " i. T " 7. Dr. Jobntoo Once More. Editor Fort Mill Times: You published an editorial alculated to arouse prejudice igainst the management of Winhrop college and when I sent a ommunication to you in reply, rou cut that communication to uit yourself, explaining that rou did not have space for all of t and yet taking considerable ipace yourself for your ex>lanation arid your comments ipon the paragraphs omitted. j f vnn tKiinlr tKof io ??;%. ! J ww? Ktdia vnuv IH> V1IV XQU I hing to do, your ideas of fairness ; ire different from those which I \ relieve obtain with the other tditors of South Carolina. You ! lad no rght to mutilate my j ommunication. If you could mt publish it as I wrote it you : hould have returned it to me. i t is natural that I should prefer o speak for myself rather than lave you explain what I intended o say, especially when you had fone out of your way to try un- ' ustly to arouse prejudice against Vinthrop's management. So you were referring in your ! ir3t editorial to the meeting of ! he National Education Assonation held last June in Cleveand, Ohio?the greatest, most iignified, and most helpful | educational association of the I vorld, with a membership of i [2,000 to 15,000, an associa- i ion of which the leading educa- j ;ors of the whole country, in-1 iluding the South, are active j nembers and which is always \ ittended by hundreds of South-! ?rn teachers. I attended that j neeting last June at Cleveland, is I stated in my communication >f March 8th to your paper, vhen I stated that J attended he great national educational :onveni!ons, and so did a great nany other Southern teachers, ncluding many ladies from south Carolina and other Southsrn States, one of whom was diss Hampton, of Florida. There ' vere there such Southern lead- j ir?J 3Q Prnf AKorornmKio nf fl-x-1 ' Jniversity of Alabama, Pres. L I. Foust of North Carolina, 5res. J. D. Jarman of Virginia, 5upt. McNeill of Tennessee, >upt. Phillips of Alabama and nany other such men. There vere so many at that meeting rom the South that we came rery near making a Southern nan, Supt. Phillips of Alabama, ; >resident of the association. I ^ow, why did you not say that j attended the National Educa-; ion Association at Cleveland, )hio, instead of saying that I ittended an educational meetng in Cleveland, Ohio, last sumner? Everybody knows what he National Education Associaion is, bu; there is uncertainty, >f course, about an indefinite iducational association. The National Education Association las met in the South and has lad Southern men as officers, t met in Charleston, S. C., in 900 at the earnest invitation of he governor and many leading :itizens and officials of the State tnd, if I mistake not, of the legislature itself. It was then ittended by hundreds of South Carolinians and all of the educaors of the State know of and ippreciate its great value and lelpfulness. Now that it has transpired hat you were referring to the National Educational Associaion, which is so well known by j iur people, it is not necessary or rne to say anything further, cannot believe that any statenent made by the Associated Jress could justify you in sayng that I and others from this >tate and other Southern States, >oth ladies and gentlemen, misepresented the South in attendng a meeting of the National Sducatiunal Association. I must >e!ieve that you have been raised by your interpretation of an Associated Press dispatch and I vould be glad to have you reproluce that dispatch in full in orler that we may judge for ourelves. D. B. JOHNSON. Pres. Winthrop College. Rock Hill, March 15. Now for a few remarks from his end of the line, which we rust will be devoid of the illemper which Dr. Johnson has lisplayed for the delectation of he multitude in both his comnunications to The Times. If here was anything prejudicial rw - <" * ? - ^ me mtcicsiia ox ine manage- j lent of Winthrop college in the !; ditorial which appeared in these olumns last week, let it be j; orne in mind that the editorial j1 /as nothing more nor less than , repetition of complaint against 1 his same management which ; /as frequently indulged in by ot one but a score of members f the General Assembly at the ' ecent session of that body. We J eiieved there was something of 1 iterest to the general public in |1 he complaints which we also 1 eiieved to be founded upon fact. ( 'hat was sufficient reason for the ( ublication in these columns. If ' he present management of Winhrop college has not been bene- 1 tted thereby, that is not a mat- 1 >r which we shall sit up night 11 "i 1 bemoaning. Such occurrences are incident to the publication of every paper worthy the name. Dr. Johnson attempts to make a mountain of a mole hill because we failed?and gave good reason for the failure?to publish last week two paragraphs of his communication, which were nothing more nor less than an advertisement for Winthrop College, j "You had no right to mutilate my communication." Piffle! Dr. i Johnson knows, or should know, ! that every newspaper in the land reserves the right to edit all communications submitted for publication. We had every right to cut down the communication. We have frequently exercised the right in the past and shall continue to exercise it in the future, regardless of what Dr. j Johnson thinks about it, and it is little short of childish to say "that I should prefer to speak for myself rather than have you explain what I intended to say." Yes, we were referring in our editorial two weeks ago to the National Education Association meeting in Cleveland, Ohio, last year. That is the mteting, and we are under obligation to Dr. j Johnson for refreshing our memory. That meeting, according to our old friend, the Associated Press, was attended by a considerable number of negroes and a great many whites, among whom was Dr. Johnson. And there appears to have been at least one very distinguished pickaninny present who out-spelled a bunch of white children whose parents did not have enough selfrespect to keep them out of a contest with a coon. Dr. Johnson must have been at the meeting?he says he was there?but of course he did not witness this spelling joust of the races. Probably he turned his head and held his nose. That would have been a sensible thing to do. The Times does not care how : many professors and superintendents from the South were present at the Cleveland meet-1 ing; perhaps they had a right to be there. Undoubtedly the newspapers have a right to criticise them for misrepresenting the feeling of the Southern people by going. We refuse absolutely i to consider any lady as a party to i this controversy, but we venture the assertion that any and all Southern ladies who attended the meeting did so under a misapprehension, that they did not know ' in advance that the meeting was to be made up in part of negroes. Sorry we can't accommodate Dr. Johnson by publishing in full or in part the Associated press dispatch from which we gathered all this valuable information ?our space is limited; but it probably is in the files of all the daily papers which take that service. Certainly it is not inaccessible. Dr. Johnson admits he attended the Cleveland meeting; negroes also attended, beyond doubt. Tf'c r? .? A??? * it o nine jui us to ring' on ana conclude an interrupted game of checkers with our little friend j Clarence H. Whose move, not ours. j TAFT'S PROSPERITY PROMISES. If there is any improvement in the dopressed financial conditions which have been general throughout the country since the fall of 1907 one can not learn of it by reading the daily papers. In the coal regions of Pennsylvania a strike of hundereds of thousands of miners is imminent because of the refusal of the! operators to renew the wage scale which has been in effect r 1.1 i ?A a i lur vne last inree years, in the great steel mills in Pennsylvania and elsewhere the pay of the workmen has been decreased several times since the election last fall. There are more than 300,000 idle freight cars on the sidetracks of the various railroads throughout the country and in New York city alone there are over 200,000 men and women without employment. If it were possible to enumerate the unemployed in the whole country, a conservative estimate would place the total at 3,000,000. All this, too, in the face of the positive assurance of the Republican candidate in the recent presidential election that if his party were again successful times would at once become easier, that universal prosperity would be restored. Of course the promise was nothing more than bun combe, made only as a votegetter; but it is illustrative of Republican sincerity generally. The South has felt the "hard times" along with the other sec- j tions of the country, to be sure, ! but the depressed conditions have ; not been as acute here, and every day we read of some great industrial enterprise being launched south of Mason and Dixon's line, in spite of Republican success. It must be gratifying to the Republican president and his chief lieutenants to observe that the South is today in better financial condition and more progressive than any other section of the country?the South, the Democratic South, that has refused in the\ past and will refuse in the fu- j ture to sacrifice principle for the promise of a few Federal offices. CHARLESTON AND PROHIBITION. It was with much interest that we read in the News and Courier a few days ago an editorial upon the question of prohibition for Charleston, the decision to be reached in an election next August. Editor Hemphill has a way of getting inside informa- ; tion about Charleston affairs, and in his prohibition article he points out very forcibly that the city would lose a vast amount of revenue annually by closing out, the dispensaries and substituting prohibition. For instance: "Last year, or from January 1, 1908, to January 1, 1909," says the article, "the total revenue derived from this (dispensary) source in Charleston aggregated $118,061.49," and "in addition to the | revenue from the dispensary the city obtained a supplementary! revenue of something like i $21,000, from fines imposed on those engaged in the unlawful sale of whiskey." Farther on the article points out that if pronibition is adopted "the taxpayers will have to make up by increased taxation the revenue of $118,000 now derived from the sale of intoxicating beverages through the dispensaries. That will mean an increase of something like five mills in the tax rate of this city." Aside from our belief that prohibition could not be enforced in Charleston to such an extent that the city would be morally benefitted, it appears to us from facts and figures in the News and Courier's article that, from a financial viewpoint, it would be a little short of suicidal to vote the city "dry." We also notice that the Columbia Record, probably for the same reason, does not think prohibition is the proper thing for Columbia at this time. The Anti-Cigarette La\|. Following is the law as to selling cigarettes to minors and it should be carefully observed by | dealers in cigarettes and to-; baccos: Section 320. It shall not be | lawtul tor any person or persons, j either by himself or themselves, to sell, furnish, give or provide any minor or minors, under the age of 18 years with cigarettes, tobacco, or cigarette paper, or any substitute therefor. Any person or persons violating : the provisions of the preceding section, either in person, by agent, or in any other way, shall be held and deemed guilty of a ' misdemeanor, and upon indict- ' ment and conviction therefor. ' shall be punished by a fine not exceeding one hundred dollars, ; nor less than twenty-five dollars, ' or by imprisonment dor a term j of not more than one year "nor less than two months, or both, in the discretion of the Court; one-half of the fine imposed to ' be paid to the informer of the offense, and the other half to be paid to the treasurer of the ' county in which such conviction , shall be had. ( House Your Cotton. Of all the inexcusable practices in American farming, the mAC?f innvonooUlA *U?i. " iuvoi iiicAvu.^auic lUliy IS lllilt Oi | allowing cotton to stand out in the weather. The buyer always i makes allowance for the damag- i ed condition that results; he f knows that a damaged bale must 1 be re-handled at considerable ex- t pense and the injured lint sold 1 at a lower figure, and what is \ more, he always estimates this i loss at a figure high enough to 1 put him on the safe side, both for dampness in the good cotton t and for the loss through the poor 1 and for the expense of rehandlir.g s the bale. The farmer bears the s loss of all this?and perhaps goes 1 home thinking that the cotton r buying world has no more sense s than to pay him for letting cot- \ ton rot. All such ideas are rot? a rot of the worst kind. i Pleasant Valley. Quite a number of people have been ill with pneumonia and lagrippe. Mrs. H. N. Patterson, who has been very ill with pneumonia, is now convalescent. Mr. Grover Norman, who also has pneumonia, is critically ill. The following attended court in Lancaster this week as jurors, witnesses, etc: Messrs. D. K. Hall, J. K. Hall, J. Z. Bailes, T. W. Gulp, N. T. Pettus, S. J. Patterson. Hon. 0. W. Potts is a juror for the second week of court. At the last meeting of the Pleasant Valley Local Farmers' Union the Keitt plan for financing the cotton crop was thoroughly discussed, and a unanimous vote was cast for its adoption. While some defects were found in the plan, it was considered the best one that has yet been presented to the Southern farmer, and we believe that - *11 1 - ' ' 1 ' it win ue a move in me rignt direction. Our farmers have not yet done much work owing to the wet weather of the last several weeks. Quite a good deal of fertilizer has been hauled, and we note a progressive move among our farmers in that the most of them will do their own mixing of the fertilizer. After one of the tenants on Mr. J. O. Hall's place had failed to kill a rabid dog after having fired two shots with a shot-gun. Mr. Hall concluded that he would see what virtue there was in stones. With one fell blow he crushed in the canine's head, and his life of misery and danger was no more. It is a rather remarkable fact that, although Mr. Hall is nearing two score years and ten, he has never killed anything with a gun. It is said that when one of the five senses is destroyed, the others are developed to an unusual degree. So we suppose that Mr. Hall, having been denied any shooting ability, his rock-throwing propensity is something marvelous. S. E. B. in Lancaster News. Flint Hill. Times Correspondent. Our sick people don't improve. Mrs. Miller and the little Catoc boy are very ill. The wet weather continues, and if the rain doesn't soon stop 1 think I will change my prophecy for this year from success to failure. A 1 * kjui community nas a iate enterprise in trapping, banting and gold mining combined. A Canadian gentleman of good appearance, who has spent all his life trapping, buntingand mining is in plying his trade in this vicinity. His game is muskrats, minks and other varmints whose hides are valuable. It anyone lias a mine which they wish tested, this gentleman would be of great benefit. He has had years of experience in the Western States. Little Miss Mattie Bailes celebrated her 14th birthday Friday by entertaining a number of her young friends. Besides the pleasant games indulged in. a bountiful supper was spread and the children all greatly enjoyed the evening. This vicinity is still the dumping ground for runaway marriages. There has been little improvement, in my opinion, since the great marrying artist decamped for parts unknown. The runaways can always find someone to tie them up. 1 understand they now have a place they call Pleasant Grove, near the State line, where they come and subscribe to the marriage vows, regardless of qualifications. For this reason, it would be a good thing for our State to have a marriage license law to protect our children. Some mav say I am grumblesome, but I hope such is not the case. A short while back there came four perL . v _ - - -unsju u one-norse carriage irom above Chai iotte looking for someone to marry all of them. It was late at night and pitch dark. The 2rowd lost their way and got into the creek which was greatly s woolen. The writer went to the rescue and they were gotten jut after much trouble and started to the nearest officer, where they got what they wanted. It does seem to me .hat all this could be remedied. Let us hope so, at least. Z. T. B. B;rs Liquor Drummers. A bill of more than ordinary nterest that was passed at the ecent session is one to make it i misdemeanor to solicit orders *ji x ue uni auirieu in he senate to provide for a fancy icense to solicit orders, but it vas changed so as to make it a nisderpeanor to solicit orders, rhe act as approved reads: "Section 1. That each and ;very person, whether acting for umseif or as agent for any person, firm or corporation, who ihall conduct the business of iquor drummer, soliciting or re ecejying orders for interstate ihipment within any county vitbin this State, except as now luthorued by law, any spirituous, najt. vinous, fermented, brewed, PREPARE! g It is now time ; <g around for things ? the house-furnish 8 will Son IT ho lioro ? g will be in order. Co baps be a number ? <>o need to make your ?? through the loi X months soon to fo !We have the go need and want yc before you buy. WE HAV stacks and stacks < tilizers to the faru during the past fe I still in position to anything you may MILLS an I (???@@?G?@???@i Better Dysp If you can help it Koc effectually helping Natui But don't trifle with Indi; A groat many people who have trilled with indigestion, havo been eorry for It?when nervous or chronic dyspepsia resulted, and they have not been able to cure It Use Kodol and prevent having Dyspepsia. Everyone Is subject to indiges tlon. Stomach deraugement follows stomach abuse, just as naturally and just as surely as a sound and healthy stomach results upon the taking of Kodol. When you experience sourness of stomach, belching of gas and nauseating fluid, bloated sensation, gnawing pain In the pit of the Btomaeh, heart bum (so-called), diarrhoea, headaches, dullness or chronic tired feeling?you need Kodol. And then the quicker you take Kodol?the better. Eat what you want, let Kodol digest It. urainary pepsin "dyspepsia tub lets," physics, etc., are not likely to be of much benefit to you. In digestive ailments. Pepsin Is only whether lager or rice beer, or other liquors or beverages, or any compound or mixture which contains alcohol and is used as a beverage, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor, and on conviction fined in a sum not exceeding $1,000, or imprisonment for not exceeding six months, or both fine and imprisonment in the discretion of the court. THANKS ? We thank our friends for the liberal patronage given us since opening our drug business. We take this as a mark of appreciation from the public for our efforts please them, and to us it I is a strong incentive to strive even harder to merit the good will and patronage of all. Our line of Drugs, Medicines, Perfumery, Toilet Articles, and the like, is first-class and complete, but is being replenished every day. Especially do we call your attention to our iine of Pipes and Tobaccos, Cigars and Cigarettes. Our place is the smokers' headquarters. Call at our fountain for a cool, refreshing drink; it's good when you get it here. Fort Mill Drug Comp'y J. R. HAILE, Mgr. I \ A -? .. )???@G X> ^&*e &Q ?r SPRING | jrou were looking g you will need in g ling line. Spring ? uul house cleaning x There will per- @ of things you will ? ' home enmfortiilJ^ rei lg, hot summer jjl Mow. | ods that you will S ? >u to see our line ^ IE SOLD i [>f commercial fer- ^ lers of this section ga w weeks and are ? furnish you with ? ? want in this line. ^ a vmiMr. s IU I <U"UiVU g i????????????? Not Get >epsia lol prevents Dyspepsia, by re to Relieve Indigestion, ^estion. ( a partial digester?and physics aro i not digesters at all. Kodol is a perfect dlRCstor. If I ycu could see KodoldiRestfnKever? , particle of food, of all kinds, in tho ; glass test-tubes in our laboratories, you would kuow this Just as well . as we do. t Nature and Kodol will always . cure a sick stomach?but In order [ to be cured, tho stomach must rest. , That 1b what K?dol doo.^?rests the stomach, while the stomach acta , well. Just aa Btmple as A, B, 0. Our Guarantee I Oo to your drnpplst today and pot a dollar bottle. Then after you have used t:o? entire contents of tli? bottle If joit r . rv honestly say, that It has not done .. nit n i v good, return tlie bottlu to the di-UR^ist t> ! he will refund your money without <11 I Honor delay. We will then pay Mm dri.pRlst for the bottle. non't hesitate, ?.l araggiits kuov tluttonrpinrauko h F'>< !. This offer applies to the iarRe bottle on y , und to but one in a family. The lsr? " !*?? tie contain* 2u limA. ..- ? >-- ?? " tm ? ? ? as VliU li 11 / ' cent bottle. i Kodol is prepared at the lebnratoriesof K.C.DuWitt &Co.,Clilti4'o. IF YOU WANT-A Steak or I Roast that is tender, sweet and juicy, I can furnish it. I have Steak, Roasts, Chops, Ham and Sausage, the best that money can buy. I also handle Heavy Groceries and all kinds of canned goods. See me before you buy. Peas, Beans, Cabbage and Potatoes on hand a* all times. See me, it's mv trial. W. L. HALL. Phone No. 29. NOTICE We Exchange MEAL FOR CORN, Toll same as that charged By Grist Mills. Bring us your corn. The Cotton Mill Store, L. A. HARRIS & CO. t * f Everything That's Good to Eat- * THE PARLOR RESTLURART, J Ben David, Proprietor, ? d Next to Skyscraper, Columbia. S. C. DeWitt's Kidney and Bladder Pills FOR BACKACHE