Fort Mill times. (Fort Mill, S.C.) 1892-current, December 09, 1909, Image 2
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FORT MILL. S. C.. DECEMBER 9. 1909.
A DREAM WITHIN A DREAM.
I stand amid the roar
Of a turf-tormented shore,
And I hold within my hand
Grains of the golden sandHow
few! yet how they creep
Through my fingers to the deep,
While I weep?while I weep!
0 God! cannot I grasp
Them with a tighter clasp?
O God! can I not save
One from the pitiless wave?
Is all that we see or seem
But a dream within a dream?
?Edgar Allan Poe.
J. Hamilton Bagot.
After a brief illness J. Hamilton
Bagot, for the last seven
years an editorial writer on the
Columbia, State died at his home
in Columbia Sunday night. The
death of Mr. Bagot has brought
to the lips of all his friends the
bitter cup of sorrow. It was our
pleasure and good fortune to
know him intimately as a coworker
on The State since his
connection with that paper began.
He was one of the finest
young men we have ever known.
He had always a pleasant word
for his associates and his presence
was a source of delight to
those who labored with him on
The State. He was one of South
Carolina's nobly endowed young
sons intellectually and was one
of nature's noblemen in its truest
sense?brave, generous, manly.
His was the soul of honor, and
his friends and friendships were
sacred to him. Death is a hard
master. He takes from us our
most valued friends, but he cannot
rob us of memory, which
serves as a balm to our wounded
hearts. Hal Bagot reared his
own monument in the hearts of
all who knew him. He was 25
years old and a graduate of the
South Carolina college.
Governor Ansel may possess
all the virtues and then some
more that his friends claim for
him, but it is a fact that he ignored
a communication of the
mayor of this city some months
ago directing his attention to
blind tiger conditions then existing,
and still existing, just beyond
the corporate limits of Fort
Mill. The mayor sought to have
a liquor constable sent here with
the hope of bettering conditions,
but nftry a constable has yet
showed up nor has Mayor Harris
received any acknowledgment of
his letter to the governor. Perhaps
the governor agrees with a
political dead duck who swam
around in this section some years
ago, but finally sank, that Fort
Mill is too close to North Carolina
to receive much consideration
from the South Carolina authorities.
The action of the Clemson college
trustees in electing Prof.
Wm. M. Riggs, director of the
mechanical department of that
institution, president, but verifies
the observation in these
columns some weeks ago that
it was doubtful whether any first {
class educator with a reputation ;
to lose could be induced to accept j
the place. Prof. Riggs is no j
more fitted to preside as the head !
of the State's great agricultu- '
ral college than is our plod- j
ding governor to represent this
American republic at the Court
of St. James. However, since
the trustees of Clemson college
continue to employ as the head of
the English department a man
who can't half spell some of the
simplest words in the language, j
it is really no wonder that they
%should elect Prof. Riggs president.
The proofreaders on the daily
papers probably read the president's
message.
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THE "TALKATIVE MAN"
SCENTS DISCRIMINATION
Says Fort Mill is Not Getting Her Due
From County Authorities.
"I tell you,"saidthe Talkative
Man, "the people of Fort Mill
have a righteous kick against the
county officers who are responsible
for moving the chaingang
from Catawba township to York
township a few days ago instead I
of bringing it to Fort Mill town-1
ship. Since the chaingang was |
established wellnight a score of
years ago this township has not
received anything like the proportionate
share of work to
which it is entitled. All told, it
has not been with us more than
four months, if that long, and it
seems to me high time our people
were demanding what is due
them. But it won't do any good
to complain sporadically. The
way to accomplish results to
make the show of political
strength which is here if our people,
every white man in the
township, will do his duty by
going to the ballot box on election
day and casting his vote
only for those candidates who
had pledged themselves to give
us a square deal.
"Why has the chaingang been
kept in York and Catawba township
more than in all the other
townships of the county? In
answering the question I do not
mean to accuse anyone of dishonesty,
but one can't close his
eyes to the fact that these are
the two strongest townships in
the county politically. Of course
we are largely to blame for the
fact that we have not got our
due. I doubt whether there ha?
ever been a concerted effort of
the people of this section of the
county to secure the chaingang,
and it is probable that the little
work which it has done here was
the result of the voluntary act of
the supervisor. Every public
road in the township needs just
such work as only the chaingang,
with its superior road-building
machinery, can give it. Something
should be done, some move
made, to acquaint the supervisor
with the fact that we are being
discriminated against and that
we know it PerVinns ho 1ms
not thought of the matter in this
light; let's give him the benefit
of the doubt, and see whether he
has anything to sa\ anent the
matter after reading this article
in The Times."
"And when we are favored hy
a visit of the ehaingang," continued
the Talkative Man. "I
beg to suggest that the first work
in the township be done on the
road leading to the old Nation
ford. Why the use of the ford
has ever discontinued has always
been a mystery to me as it has
been toothers. With the discontinuance
of the ford of course
there was no reason for keeping
up the half mile of public road between
the railroad crossing and
the ford. This short stretch of
road would not necessitate a
great deal of work to put it in
good condition and I do not think
it would require the services of
the ehaingang for more than a
week at most. Some little work
would also have to be done on
the road leading from the Carhartt
station to the west bank of
the ford, but this could be done
in even less time than the work
on this side of the river, and then
by using the new Carhartt road
which connects with the old road
aboui. a half mile beyond the
river we would have an excellent
road to Rock Hill. And just think
of the time that would be saved
in going to and from Rock Hill,
and vice versa! Our communication
with Rock Hill bv vehicle
must now be done over the road
via the county river bridge and
the distance is 12 miles. With
the old Nation ford road open
the distance would be reduced to
eight miles. Nothing can be
said against the ford on the score
of danger. In my half century
of life, ail of which has been
spent in this community, not one
accident of a serious nature has
ever occurred to any one while
using the ford. With the water
stage in the river normal, at no
point in the ford is the water I
more than two feet deep. Nation
ford should again be opened to
the use of the public, and the
sooner the better."
The Oldest Subscriber.
Mr. L. J. Massey is the oldest
continuous subscriber to "The
Record of Sigma Alpha Epsilon,"
the official publication of the'
Greek letter fraternity of that i
name, his subscription extending
over a period of 28 years, since j
h^was a student at the South
Carolina college in 1882. Greek
letter fraternities are now prohibited
at the South Carolina
college by an act of the Legisla- f
ture, but Sigma Alpha Epsilon
has continued to grow until it j
now has chapters all over the
country, numbering among its
members many prominent men
of national reputation.
The symptoms of kidney trouble are
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and twinges, pains in the groin, etc.
There is nothing as good for kidney and
bladder trouble as DeWitt's Kidney and
Bladder Pills. You may depend upon
them to give entire satisfaction. They
are antiseptic, act promptly and soothe '
pain. Sold by Ardrey's drug store.
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STEWART ROAD LAW
GIVING SATISFACTION
York Highways Being Improved Under
New Enactment.
That the Stewart road law,
enacted at the last session of the
Legislature, is a great improvement
over the old Saye law and is
resulting in the improvement of |
the public roads to an extent
heretofore unknown in York
county, is being testified to almost
unanimously. Reports come
from all sections of the county
that the people are pleased with
the new law and that its operation
is certain to mean within a
few years public highways that
will compare favorably with those
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v?x ciu^ uliici cuuiity in cne state. I
The road improvement in the various
townships of the county is '
being effected at the lowest possible
cost consistent with work
that will endure and there has
so far been reported few, if any,
cases of friction in the enforcement
of the law.
In Fort Mill township the!
work is under the direction of |
Mr. C. P. Blankenship, the township
supervisor, and the intelligent
effort which he is devoting
to the improvement of the roads
is apparent to all who have seen
what is being done. In the upper
part of the township Mr.
Blankenship has entrusted the
immediate direction of the work
to Messrs. S. P. Wilson and ,1.
M. Gamble, while south of town
the work is being looked after
by Mr. D. G. Kimbrell. These
gentlemen have rendered valuable
assistance to the township
supervisor and Mr. Blankenship i
considers himself fortunate in
having been able to secure their
services. So far, more work has j
been done north of town than i
south of town. This is due to |
the fact that there is more mile- i
age of public highway in that
section the township and that
the roads are traveled by a greater
number of people. Mr. Blankenship
has within the last few
weeks bought some road building
machinery which he says will
greatly facilitate the work in the
future.
Until this year the public roads
of York county had been looked
after and worked generally in
name only by the county supervisor
and county commissioners:
but at the last session of the
legislature Senator Stewart and
the York members of the house
so amended the old law as to provide
for the working of the roads
by township supervisors and paid
overseers under them; also to allow
each township its proportionate
share of the funds raised
from the two mill tax levied by
the county and the $3 per capita
tax upon each male between the
ages of 21 and 55 years, except
those in the incorporated towns.
The township supervisors are
appointed by the governor, upon
the recommendation of the
county delegation, serve for three ?
years and have full jurisdiction "
over the roads in their respective i
townships. In reply to inquiries!
these supervisors, without exception.
expressed their hearty !
approval of the present system
known as the "Stewart law."
One of them said: !
"The new road law has given j
entire satisfaction. There is no
comparison between it and the j
old law. The people are well
pleased with it." J
Another says: "As to how the
new system compares with the j
old, I will say that there has been
more work done since August i
than has ever been done before 11
in five years." L
Another goes further and says ; jj
that "more has been done than j J
in 20 years past." \
Senator Stewart, who travels j j
over the roads of the county'*
every two weeks getting up his j
cotton ginning report for the !
United States census department, l
when interviewed on the sub- t
ject, said that in his opinion the jj
roads have been greatly improved I
and that the spirit of rivalry be- !(
tween the supervisors is bene- j
ficial in a great degree. The *
opposition to the new law was f
considerable when it was lirst !
introduced; but since seeing the ?
amount of work done and the *
quality of it, that opposition has |
died out. ^ i
When asked to what ne \
attributed the success of the {
system. Senator Stewart replied; *
"First, to the high character f
{ind business qualifications of the !
supervisors and the selection by ?
them of good and competent men j|
as their overseers. {
"Second to lnenliyinor th
so that each township's roads are !(
under the direction of its own *
supervisors, personally interested r
in their township's roads. The
paid overseer idea also works
well as does the plan of Riving
each township the benefit of its
own money to be expended. c
"I am satisfied that no public 1
funds of this county have ever
been more wisely, more j udicious- ?
ly or more economically expended
than have the road funds by
the several supervisors."
It is Senator Stewart's intention
to consult with these }
supervisors before going to Co- ii
lumbia this winter, and to secure :l
their suggestions for improve- 1
ment of the system, as he be- .
lieves that "an ounce of experience
is worth a iiound of theory." t
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i packages 10c
* Best Cleaned Cur. ants, 1 pound
J packages... 10c
Best Citron, free from sugar,
per pound 80c
}rmost Juried Figs, pr r lb. 20c
Best Dates, 1-lb package. 10c
J -IX Powdered Sugar, per lb. 10c
S-Crown California London LayIer
Raisins, per lb. 12?c
Choice Cranberries, per qt. 12?c
| New Almonds, per lb. 20c
New Walnuts, per lb. ...20c
1 New Butternuts, per lb. IRe
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Political Announcements.
FOR MAYOR.
I horpliv jinnnnun^ muo-.H' ? ?^ '
- ;? -7 .' ? "cmw
ratio candidate for reelection to the
ifflce of Mayor of Fort Mill. If elected
promise the people tin- same progresive
administration that I have tried to
five the city (Hiring my present term
>f office. Election, Jan. 11, 1910.
I.. A. HARRIS.
At the solicitation of friends, 1 here>y
announce my candidacy for Mayor
>t" Fo?*t Mdl for the term Iwginning in
anuary, 1910. If the people see fit to
avor me with their suitrages, I promse
them a clean, progressive, business
idministration. I am a Democrat.
Election Jan. 11, 1910.
K. SHANNON.
See Mills & Young for free subscripions
to the Fort Mill Times.
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Mince Meat, per lb 15c Q
Sweet Florida Oranges, per du?. gr
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Finest Celery, stalk.. ^ 10c M
Apples, per peck 115 to 60c X
Fine Assortment French Candy, Q
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Peanut Brittle, per lb 20c fl
Crystalized Pineapple, per lb 50c 3
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NOTICE
Hunting Ground*, ReienratiM of Fort
Mill, South CtrnliM
A Tribe of Red Men will be instituted
at Fort, Mill, S. C., Saturday
night, December 11, 1909.
All persons wishing to join
will do well to be present at
that time.
J. J. HARDIN,
Organizer.
LOST?Large black Gordon Setter
I)og. Answers to nam* "Waadon."
Information leading to recovery will
be liberally rewarded. J. G. Anderson,
Rock Hill, S. C. I
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