Fort Mill times. (Fort Mill, S.C.) 1892-current, August 26, 1909, Image 2
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The Fort 111 Times.
DEMOCRATIC. '
Published Thursday Morniojp*.
B. W. A?D W. E. BRADFORD - - - rX'BLlSKERK.
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rnt.bs are marie known to those interested.
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but doej not aifrev to publish mure than JUrt words
on any one subject. The riicht is roserverl to
edit every communication submitted for publication.
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The Rage Problem.
The southern section of the.
United States is not the only'
part of the world in which there ;
is conflict of political and social
equality between the white and
black races. In far-away South
Africa, where the blacks vastly ;
outnumber the whites, conditions
are such as to demand the attention
of the English parliament,
which has just passed
unanimously the South African
constitutional bill. In the course j
of the debate last week ex-Prime
J>li?uster Balfour said that the
English public in dealing with
the question of a constitution for
the federation of South African
colonies?the Transvaal, Cape
Colony, the Orange River Kree !
State and Natal?was discussing
one of the most important events :
in the history of the British em- |
pire. He strongly denied that,
it was intended to give the
the colored races equality with
.Europeans, declaring that so
far as the government, society
and the higher forms of civiliza- j
lion were concerned it would be
impossible to give equal re-1
l? i l? i rt * U/i 1 ? ? ^
P|/ui;oii/iiti.; tu tuc tuiuicu niti; :
without threatening the whole j
.fabric of civilization.
This is the view which the j'
South has stoutly maintained as j
the correct one, and it is gratify-1
ing to read from time to time !
evidences of the light which
is filtering into the obdurate
heads of our Northern brethren.
We have not in the past been j,
willing to trust our civilization
;md material welfare in the !
hands of an inferior race and we
wi-il not consent to do so in the
future. There is no social or
political hope for the black man
in the South.
A Case for York Voters.
What is this we hear about a ''
nonirv/"?rolio /\f T ?~
uviuwiuiib uiv.itiwv;i ui iiic
Jature from York county being 1
an actjvc candidate for census
supervisor for this congressional .
district and trying to land the ]
plum through the influence of; ]
his good Republican friend, Ceif- j1
gus Director Durand, upon the
equally good Republican powers j ]
that be in Washington? It must
be true that the Hon. J. Porter :
IIollis, York county member of j ]
the Legislature, has been en-!'
gaged in such an undertaking, ;'
otherwise he has been badly j'
misrepresented by a naniber of j 1
newspapers which have pre-j3
sented him in this unfavorable I'
light.. j
What do the voters of York .
County who elected Mr. Hollis J1
to the Legislature think of 1
the consistency and party loyal- j
ty of the man who will one j
year solicit their votes as a true- j
blue Democrat and the next year 1
about face and become an ag- gressive
aspirant for a job und#r :1
a Republican administration (
which he seeks to land through , ]
Republican influence? Is this 1
the degree of Democracy which j'
trie people 01 rork county are.',
satisfied to exact of the men! <
whom they honor with their i
suffrages? We scarce think so, (
Unless party fealty is woefully
different hereabouts from what t
most of us are pleased to be- t
lieve, Mr. Hollis will find when i
lie next seeks office in this coun- t
ty that he is in the all-in, down- y
and-out class. <
We congratulate Congressman , i
Finley upon his success in press- i
jng the appointment of Mr. I
Lcroy Douglas, of Chester coun- i
ty, for census supervisor of the i i
Fifth ( ongressional district. The 11
impro.v ion that certain Rock 1
Hill partic.i have tried to create t
in connection with this appoint- 1
mentis absurd, to sav the least, i
Their suggestion that Mr. Finley i
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Vi- i
was instrumental in defeating
the aspirations of Mr. Hollis because
the latter had congressional
aspirations will not be taken
seriously. Mr. Finley has nothing
to fear in this connectior.
Mr. Finley'a Party Standing.
In the September number of
the National Monthly, the Democratic
magazine established some
time ago by Norman E. Mack,
national chairman, at Buffalo,
N. Y., there is a splendid picture
of Congressman D. E. Finley, of
this district. The picture of Mr.
Finley is one of a group of the
four members of the Democratic
congressional campaign committee,
the others being CongressT
T* T I I /if: n r
micii u. i. l-iiu.vu \missoun;, Lincoln
Dixon (Indiana) and A.
Mitchell Palmer (Pennsylvania).
Representative Lloyd is the chairman
of the committee, Mr. Finley
is first vice-chairman, Mr.
Palmer is second vice-chairman
and Mr. Dixon is secretary.
The National Monthly says that
wisdom was displayed by the
Democratic members of Congress
in selecting the entire list of offiicials
of the committee. The
work of the committee is second
only in importance to that of the
national committee and extends
into every congressional district
in the country where the Democratic
nominee has opposition.
It will thus be seen how the representative
from this, the Fifth,
congressional district stands with
his colleagues and what reliance
they place upon his ability as a
campaign manager. Mr. Finley
has been a member of the Democratic
Congressional Campaign
Committee for several years and
in the work has devoted much
valuable time, without compensation
and often at personal
financial loss, to the good of the
party.
The following brief sketch of
Mr. Finley accompanies the picture
of the Congressional committee:
!!Hon. David Edward Finley,
of YnrUvilln SI (y
? ?. . .. . ...V, V. I I vpi vocuto
the Fifth Congressional district
of that State. He was born February
28. 1SG1; is a lawyer; was
a member of the house of representatives
of South Carolina in
1800-91. and of the State senate
1892-1890; was elected to the1*
Fifty-sixth, Fifty-seventh, Fiftyeighth,
Fifty-ninth and Sixtieth
Congresses, and re-elected to the
Sixty-first Congress."
Tillman Talk* on Negro Question.
Senator Tillman continues to
warn the people of South Carolina
that the negro question is
not settled. In a speech at
Heath Springs, Lancaster county,
Saturday the senator did not
mince words in discussing the
subject. He said, in part:
"The only thing that keeps the
negroes from voting or being
voted is this, the registration
law. Now Mr. Taft is very
pleasant and tactful, he has been
down South spreading molasses,
he is coming again and will see
about organising a white Republican
party, confer with Mr.
Hemphill, get some weak-kneed
Democrats to join his party. If
Lhe notion is got into their heads
30,000 negroes may be mobilized
and led to the polls and voted.
"Then what will be the result?
The 15th amendment declares
that no man shall be debarred
from voting on account of race
Di- color.
"The number of negroes is still
increasing as sure as yonder sun
shines in the heavens. Unless
we can get the 15th amendment
repealed the time will come when
these negroes will be mobilized
and voted by sharp white men.
[ tell you there is devilment
brewing when Tnft comes in
South Carolina with molasses.
His purpose is to mobilize the
negroes and use them in dominating
Democratic States. Whoever
says we have no race probem
is an idiot.. We want to be
iberal and kind to the negroes,
nut they don't know anything
tbout government and never will.
White people are going to rule
South Carolina no matter how
nany Republicans between Cape
?.od and hell say to the contrary.''
There is evidence to substan;
4 ^ o l m?n ? '
ouiuaor unman s claim
iiat the negroes are still taking
in active interest in politics, and
hat the day is coming when the
vhite people of the State will
igain have to reckon with them
is a factor* in politics, not only
n the government of the State,
Hit in the selection of representitives
in Congress. The following
item, anent the dispensary
?lection last week, sent from
'lolly llill, Ilerkeley county, to
;he Columbia State, and pubished
in its issue of Saturday, is
lot without interest in this conlection;
jt tends to prove the
| senator's claim:
"The two colored pastors did
, much good work and secured
many dry votes. One colored
man went among his people with
the advice: 'Look hvar, men,
liens done out, you'd better vote
wid de buckra!'"
The Times, along with tHe
public in general, sees the need
of an arrangement at the Southern
passenger station whereby
the crowds can be prevented
from crowding up to the cars.
At times it is wellnigh impossivble
for passengers to alight from
and board the trains on account
of the throngs which gather
there for no other purpose ap- j
parently than to see and be seen.
The autnorities should, if posi
sible, do something to remedy
this condition.
?
No Boll Weevils in This State.
j The statement of Dr. W. D. !
j Hunter, in charge of the South
ern field crop investigations by:
j the government, denying the re- '
; port that the Mexican boll weevil
j had invaded certain sections of
| South Carolina, will be read with :
1 interest by the farmers of this
section.
"Announcement has recently,
been made by prominent parties .
in South Carolina," said Dr.;
; Hunter, "that the weevil was j
; present in that country, and that:
it was discovered that it was j
committing considerable damage \
throughout the cotton growing
district of that State. The dej
partment of which 1 am in charge ,
, has looked into the matter for i
j the reason that we are always
on the lookout for new weevil
colonies far ahead of a general
invasion. The result of the in- j
vestigation which we made]
brought forth a report of denial i ]
from the agent who had been |
sent to that territory.
"The insects which it was re- '
' ported were damaging the cotton ;
I in South Carolina were identified
j by several prominent people as j j
; being the Mexican cotton 1k>!1
| weevil. The report of our agent;
! describes the insect in question ;
| as having absolutely no general ]
j or other resemblance to the boll
| weevil, and says that they do j
j very little damage to the cotton 1 (
I crop.
; "We are keeping in touch with j'
j the country there, and will head j
j oif any approaching weevils that i
! may be mierratinir that wnv At I
; the same time we are keeping: up I
I our search for weevil colonies |
which may be found at any time, j
and always run down any rumors :
I of newly infested localities. In
case anything is found on which (
j to base such a rumor we under- '
take to stamp out the colony.
"At present we are getting!
j ready to make another examina-:
I tion of the cotton growing States !
! to the conditions incident to!
the boll weevil, and will have a
j report touching on the result of i
| this examination ready within a j
short time."
How People Traveled 80 Years Ago.
The Rock Hill correspondent of ^
the Charlotte Observer tells of j i
' an old copy of the Camden Jour- i
! nal, in the possession of Mr. ;
; R. B. Cunningham, of Winthrop, j
j which contains a number of j
j interesting facts concerning the !
town of Camden in the year "
1832. Among the advertisements <
in the paper the following ap- j
pears:
; Charlotte and Lancaster Four |
Horse Post-Coaches.
Leave Camden and Charlotte
every Sunday and Wednesday,
and arrive in Camden and Charj
lotte the next day in time for
j the Columbia and Charlotte.
stages, and the north stages in !
j Charleston. The stage fare is
0 1-4 cents per mile. Passengers
who take this stage in Camden
i will pass through Lancaster,
' Charlotte, Concord. Salisbury,
..Lexington, Greensborough, Caswell.
C. H., and Milton, N.' C.,
! to Fredericksburg, Va, To
1 Washington, 05 miles by Steamboat.
At Lexington the roadsi
fork, the middle one passing
j through Danville, Lynchburg,
i Chariesville, Culpeper, to Alex!
andria, to Washington, 8 miles
by Steamboat. From Lynchi
burg, a first rate line of Stages
to bweet Springs, run three
times a week. The stage leaves
Charlotte at 9 o'clock a. m. for
Lexington. artd to Salem on the
same evening."
The above lines are equal to
any Western States -they are
furnished with the very best of
horses and most careful drivers 1.
- this is a delightful part of the
world to the passenger; he has
a vie\V of the handy works of
provjdonce, of the high mountains
and the low valleys. "At
j Charlotte he has three hours for
| viewing the Gold Mines."
; ^ The stage fare is $33; the time
from Camden to Washington 6
days and a half; and the pas
senger has from 4 to 8 hours
sleep each night; he is out a day <
and a half longer than on the lower
route, but saves $4 ex- t
pense. Stages go from Charlotte
to Catawba Springs, Lincolnton,
Rutherford. Statesville and 1
Warm Springs, Va
THE GRAVE OF A CHILE*
IN THE CITY CEMETERY.
Away off in a neglected lot in
the Fort Mill cemetery is a little
grave, barely three feet in
length. The lot and grave are
overgrown with grass and weeds ;
and neither bears evidence of j
having received kindly attention j
for years. Indeed, it is probable i
that of the many who have
visited the cemetery in recent
years not more than a score have
seen the little grave. At its
head is a small wooden slab, now
all but rotted away, the only
token of a child that came into
the world many years ago to
brighten and bless for a brief
season the home of its parents.
Then the little one, stricken with
a malignant fever and unable to
withstand the emaciating ravages
of the disease, passed out into:
the great beyond, leaving be- j
hind a sorrow-stricken home.
Shortly after the death of the
child the parents, compirarive
cf rnn(Tpvc rwAt'n.l
nvii., unnv-UiUi (1\ , tlllU I
not until a few days ago had any- :
thing been heard of them in this J
community; so far as the peo-j
pie here knew they had gone j
the way of the child. Few
remembered that the family i
ever lived here and they were I
as seldom thought of as the
child's grave was seen. But the :
grave was not forgotten ?by one. j
It is the last resting place of a!
child whose memory is loved as;
devotedly by its father as it was
on that far day, 20-odd years
ago, when the little one was
taken.
Late one afternoon some weeks
ago I was standing in the shade
of a tree on the lawn in front of
the Presbyterian church, watch-1
inga number of little boys play- j
ing ball. My attention was di- >
verted from their play by the'
approach of a buggy, whose oc- j
cupant drove up to within a few j
feet of where I was standing
and hitched the horse. The
man's face did not seem to be
that of a stranger--1 thought I
bad seen him before?and as is
the custom of South Carolinians, !
I said good-evening. The man
returned the civility and presently
we were in conversation, I
doing most of the talking at first,
for it was evident the man was
none too glad again to meet with
Dne he had known here many
Shoe Sale!
We have placed cn ?ale cu
Fords at a tremendous reducti<
Edwin Clapp's $6.00 Oxforcla
Bostonian $5.00 Oxfords at__
4,00 " " .
3.50
" 3.00 "
Oxfcrcs wrrth $2.50 at _____
" 2.25 at
This is certainly your chanc<
low class prices. You can, a
rxear Xmas, so come on at one
MEACHAM
ll _ iTN _
|i & ne
afi Of the town is under th
|i handsome Soda Fountair
?{? for suffering from heat wl
Ij tion and we serve you
Ice Cream, C
and Crust
|| to be had anywhere. W
|| refreshing drinks and sen
| to-date manner. Our Fc
8 and sanitary in every resp
| Try "Fa
>3 The popular new drink
I Parks Dm
Sw nam ?'<B nil > TTBfnHI I m
CAR LOAD RECE
We have all kinds of Bugg
^ide or End Spring, Open cr T
>n a Buggy. Come and see tf
Our livery is complete and p
W. F. HARRIS & S<
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/ears before. This discovery ^
wa3 enough to arouse my curiosity
and to impel me to continue
the conversation.
After we had talked for a fewminutes
the man, noticing that I
had observed a 3mall buneh of
flowers which he carried, ap i
parently from a sudden impulse
began to tell me of his life since
he resided here and of the purpose
which brought him. back
not, however, before expressing
the hope that I would not mention
his name to any one in connection
with his visit. j
"Perhaps you will recall," |
said he, "that I, with my wife
and child, resided in Fort Mill
some years ago. After the death I
ai i r* * > *\r \tt nn/1 t 1 i
VI VUl VL1I1V4| IIljr >> 1 I v UlIU 1 \
decided to make our home in
another section of the country.
Less than a year had passed;
after we left here when I went;
home one night to find that my
wife was missing. Of course I;
was terribly distressed over her j
disappearance and at once began '
a search for her which has not i
ended to this day, but my ef- 1
forts have gone for naught, fori
I have not been able to find the j
least trace of her.
"Why she left, I have never i
known. We had had no dif- j
rerences to which I could at-,
tribute her reason for going \
away. The mystery which sur- j
rounded her disappearance, to-'
gether with the irreparable loss i
we had so recently sustained in
the death of our only child, all
but overcame me. I determined J
to leave the town in which we j
were living at once and have
since been as 'a rudderless ship
on a shoreless sea.' never stay-1
ing in one place longer than a
few months. No one could know :
the sorrow her disappearance:
has caused me. Now I am old [
and almost worn out, but-1 have
come back to this place once'
more to visit the irrave of mv;
child. Through all the years ,'
that have passed since my home I
was broken up I have had my (
face and "heart turned full to the i |
imperial glory of the Master's',
throne and some day I shall '
find that for which I have so '
long looked in vain on this (
earth." (
Take Kodol at tho time when you feel I .
what you have eaten is not digesting. (
Kodol digests what you eat so you can /
eat sufficiently of any good, wholesome .
food, if you will just let Kodol digest it. I (
Sold by Ardrey's drug store. ! {
Shoe Sale! |
" |
r entire line of Mens' Ox- (
:>n. Note the following: i
i at $4.90
3 90 I
2.90 M
2 50 i!
2.35
1.75 ;
1.50 i
1 f
i . . i i ! <
e to get nigh class goods at ^
nd do, wear Oxfords until ^
e before sizes are broken.
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ol Spot J
mumujuw.ui 1 ii ? ii iia?PJI P
e big Electric Fan at our I
1. There is no excuse I
len the big fan is in mo- I
with the most delicious
>eam Soda t
H i
ied Fruits
e serve all the popular ||
re them in the most up- |1
untain is handsome, new |1
ect. IS
n Taz," I I
of the baseball fans. E
g Comp'y. 1
s!
BUGGIES,
Surries, Wagons U
and Harness. |
'IVED TO-DAY.
;ies Rubber or Steel Tire,
op. We can save you $10
lem.
rices reasonable.
TELEPHONE NO. 28.
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| The Peop
9 The Fastest Growing ,
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gj is J)U lents Worth
5 We give you a <
g cash purchase and
? worth of coupons
U 50 Cents
0 (Wholesale bills
0 This includes (
g Dry Goods and Gr
0 except Feed Stuff,
g oats. If the pi
0 you get a coupon;
q get a coupon, and
0 alike. Come in an
g the big cash registi
0 the trade checks w
g The Best goods i
g Highest prices
? produce. Come to
| The Peoj
? MILLS & YOU
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? v-,
S" i~> ?
1 tor all t
V August is the long, di
the grocer sells the ch
Canning Time is Her
W We sell the best F ru:
db at the lowest prices.
R Absolute cleanliness i
R part of our Meat Mar
R nice Steak or Roast.
| JONES
$ "Everytliiri
That Lame
jvidney
And to Relieve the La
You Must First Re
There is no question about that |
at all?for the lame and aching
bark Is caused by a diseased condition
of the kidneys nnd bladder.
It is only common senso, nny way
?that you must euro a condition
by removing the cduso of. tlio Condition.
And lame and aching back
nre not by any means the only
symptoms of derangement of the
kidneys and bladder. There are ft
multitude of well-known and unmistakable
Indications of a more or
less dangerous condition. Pome of
these are, for instance: Extreme
nnd unnatural lassitude and weariness,
nervous Irritability, heart irregularity,
"iforvos on edge," sleeplessness
and inability to secure
rest, scalding sensation and sediment
in-the irrine, Inflammation of
the bladder and passages, etc.
DeWitt's Kidney and Bladder
Tills are nn exceptionally meritorious
remedy for any and a~l affections
or diseased conditions of
these organs. These rills operate
directly and promptly?and their
beneficial results nre at once felt.
They regulate, purify, nnd effectually
heal and restore the kidneys,
bladder nnd liver, to perfect
and healthy condition?even in
some of tho most advanced cases, 1
Sold by Ardrey
INSUR
FIRE, LIFE am
I represent only the
Give me a share
B. W. BRADF
>0? ?e?<s?&??es|
Ae's Store
Store in York County
THING 1
W I
Anything To Yg?i ? ^
coupon with each ^
when you get S20 ^
we give you free
in Trade |
being excepted) ?\)
?
werytliing in our &
CO
ocery Department,
such as corn and O
ircliase is 1 cent %
if it is $50.00 you ?>)
everybody shares g
id lfet us show Yvm Jjj) .
cr and explain lunv g
^ 1 ' A ?* ?l
it Lowest prices. p
paid for country $
* see us. ?
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NG, Proprietors. (Oj
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Month |
he Folks. ;
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"y, dull month when
eapest.
&
e* oj
it Jars and Rubbers
| |
s demanded in every
ket. Try us for a ft
i
the: grocf"r -x
phone; no. 1^ &c
tg to Eat."
Back Means
Disease
me and Acjiinc: Back,
ilieve the Kidneys ^
want every man r.r.rt woman who
havo the ieast suspicion that they
uro afflicted with kidney and bladder
diseases to at once write them,
and a trial box of tbc.se Pills will bo
sent free by return mail postpaid.
r\s Drug Store.
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ANCE,
J TORNADO. I
best cf Compaies.
of your business. fi
ORD, Agent. |