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1| A FORT MILL
Interesting Observations an
and the German People
Trans-atla
t Written for The Time* by Prof. Fimn
I havv been asked by the editor to
write a short sketch of my trip to
Europe last summer, describing some
of my impressions of the three countries
that I visited; he thought it would
have a special interest for his readers,
owing to the fact that I am a Fort
' Mill boy. I haven't got much space at
my disposal and, according to my ideas,
the best way to make use of it is not
to give an account of all my movements
but to single out some of the things
which struck me most and which would
be most likely to strike the average
fellow-citizen of mine in Lancaster
or York county. In order to do this
i shall have to take it for granted that
the subscribers to The Times are as
ignorant of a great many things as 1
was when I first crossed over the
water; that is a pretty safe supposition,
because very few from our town
have made the ocean voyage.
The first thing which interests you
to any extent is the ship which is
going to be your home and castle for a
whole week. You may have had some
hesitation about entrusting yoursely to
any craft for that length of time on
the unknown sea; but whenever you
catch sight of the great steel monster
lying there at the pier, all your timidity
vanishes; no man in the world can help
being thrilled when he steps across the
gang-plank on board one of these
magnificent trans-atlantic liners; the
bustle and hurry of departure is going
on about you, there are countless leavetakings
amid laughter and tears, the
big whistle gives a final warning blow,
the gang-plank is pulled ofT, the ship's
band starts up a lively tune, the
steamer swings slowly around, and the
voyage is begun.
Let me say something about the
particular boat on which 1 traveled and
about ocean liners in general. The
Kaiser Wilhelm II is the pride of the
North German Lloyd, not only the
fastest in their fleet but the fastest
steamer running to the continent of
Europe. While it is exceeded in size hy
several others, the following figures
will show that it has nothing to be
ashamed of even in this respect: Length
over all, 70G feet G inches; width,
72 feet; depth under water, 29 feet
6 inches. However, speed was made j
a feature in the construction of this |
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.?^i, 11..i. > i|vit iu i_\ ner macmriery
must- be of unusual efficiency it is
cupalle of developing 38,000 horsepow?-;
the steam being furnished by
19 billers at a pressure of 213 pounds. |
; Ever! passenger who becomes as1
sociated with one of these splendid
flyers takes a personal interest in it
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id Impressions of Germany
?Life Aboard the Great
ntic Liners.
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k Potts, University of South Carolina.
and always wants to claim it as hjs
own, in away; so it is no wonder I derived
an1 especial pleasure from my
second meeting with the Kaiser Wilhelm
II vhich had carried me home so
nobly the\*sar before.
I traveAl second-class and found
plenty of tood company ?and almost
every otheiVort of company you corld
imagine; fokunately there is a third
class wheretill th?? imnnuoiiii.. -
....,?p?.upicstay,
so mos of us in second were
possible anil some of us quite respectable.
Viere are at least two reasons
why se4>nd-class appeals to me
more than firq-,; one is, it doesn't cost
as much; the ,other is, it gives me
more opportuifyies to speak German
than I should g t in first-class. Firstclass
is patroni.-Sd largely by American
business men ai j their families, while
second-class d\racts students and
teachers and the .etter foreign element
of our populatior \ especially ^-Germans
and Austrians; mAt of the latter have
come over here, 1 tanded homes, made
some money, and \e going back on a
visit to the old cc ntry. They don't
expect to stay tb?e?they feel that
America has a stro Ver hold on them?
but they have lost Otle of their native
gaiety and still reta \ that wonderful
German capacity f<.\ having a good
time, which is even geater than their
capacity for beer. Tfere is als<yqtiit?
a sprinkling of other mtionalitica,- such
as Russian, Dutch anc French.-' . I HJce j
to mingle with these tuple; they have
so much good humor a.-\ honest fun and
none of that stiffness ? \ reserve which
characterize a ve.-y \,rge ojass of
Americans. \
About, the life on bourC U ....
take too long if I tried toVgo inHo details;
accordingly 1 shall rifo* only lo
the most important occurrences, namely,
the meal times. It is iiwyii known
fact that the fare on boardVhip is always
excellent; and I will akf that this
is true of the second cabin 4* well as
the first on the North GyUat) Lloyd
line. There is not much tfiw^for you
to do than eat. so th- v feed
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early morning to bed-time^ vjpCoju art1
awakened about half-past aeVeri and
provided with a most appetizing break- |
fast- if you took everything on the '
bill-of-fare it would last seversl hours;
about ten o'clock the deck iteward
brings around a cup of bouill n with
sandwiches; about half-past tw t-ve you !
are summoned to a bountiful dinner;
at half-past three you go down to the
dining room and partake of cl>fTee or
tea and cakes; about half-past) fiveyo\j
are expected to eat an elaborate sup-!
per; then?as if that were not dnough? |
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this the
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I ? our store in a conspi
ith each cash purchase of 50 cent
1 which corresponds nearest to th
<t or the second, tl ird, fourth, fif
T
about bed-time the Bteward comes into
the smoking room ami the ladies' room
with a large assortment of sandwiches
?principally ol | sausage and cheese, so i
dfaf to the Geafnan heart and at the
Istme tme aodJilicult of digestion. We
were naver aMe to figure out exactly
I\ow .air m^ro prosperous fellowvoyag-rt
iu the first cabin managed to
do justice to their bills-of-1'are, for they
' werelongec than ours and much more
formllable .hy reason of the French
namei.
I hive a lot of sentiment and love of
nature, b^t it is an actual fact that on
boan ship you spend a great deal more
1 turn-chinking" about how long it is before
the ne*t meal-time than you do in
observing thei beauty of the sea and
clouis; that is a shameful confession to
mak\ but.I don't make it for myself
alor.; it implicates an astonishingly :
larfe number of apparently wellregulated
tourists.
' Ve landed at Bremerhafen, which is
th.' harbor for the city of Bremen and
th? second largest port in Germany.
| A*er a long delay in consequence of i
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Layd's special train which took us to i
tie city; this is situated several miles
u,> the river Weser. On the way I met
American gentleman whose face was
<,itirely unfamiliar to me; he told me
h? had come second-class on the same i
i rteamer with me, and I could -hardly
| .relieve it. Then he added, by way of
explanation, that he had been on deck
, jnly once during the entire voyage, the i
rest of the time he had been down in his
!cabin sea-sick. i
Bremen, of course, i9 one. of the
great wholesale markets of the world,
being a distributing point Fof tobacco
and imports of all kinds, but to the i
tourist the most interesting*hing about i
the city is the Rathaus or city hall, i
?md the most interesting thing about the i
Rathaus is the Ratskeller, jhobably the
most famous of all wine-ct/lars. The 1
original house was built fr>m 1405 to '
1410; the present beautiful front was
added about 1610, and the eldest barrel 1
in the cellar dates back to 1653. Thpse i
figures are impressive ani make the 1
wine taste much bettor then it other- <
wise would. In one of th< rooms there <
is a little bronze group of the Bremen 1
Musicians which attracts everybody's 1
attention. Who doea n<t remember J
the story of the donkey, he dog. the 1
cat, and the rooster; how they became i
discontented with their lo and decided *
to go down to Bremen aid try their <
fortune as musicians; and the wodder- 1
ful adventure that befell hem on the 1
way? ?
Berlin, the capital and lirgest city of ' t
the German empire, vas my rTeal ?
destination and permanent stopping t
place for the summer. Ve Americans I
hurrllv ei?oli?n? '
.j .v?>u.c uiai merer sucn a place c
as Berlin, and it opens on?'s eyes very
wide when he finds himsef in themidBt c
of this young metropolis of a young j
and vigorous nation. Wepre prone to a
think that Germany is an bid. decrepit c
country not stopping to consider that s
it has been a united empirt leps than *
thirty-nine years and being ignbrant of r
the fact that within the last fifteen s
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our thoughts wander t
will claim your attenti
merriest of all Chri
verything for boys anc
and holiday departmei
n, our entire stock ha\
erests are guarded wl
the best?for the least
>stpone making your p
I p. m. we are giving away to our c
icuous place is a large clock, whict
3 we issue a card on which is stami
e time indicated by the clock receh
th, or sixth time. Your ticket is g
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years there has been an awafcasrfa|
among the people such as was! mwim
seen in Europe and perhaps anywhere
cities have doubled and trebWd A
population, industry has developed a
an astounding pace, and Germany
with her splendidly trained an<
equipped standing army of six hundre<
and twenty-one thousand men, de
mands recognition as a great world
power. Berlin contains in itself th?
essence of this new spirit. ' Its growtl
has been marvelous, and a statement
of its present size will astonish anj
reader. According to official count
there are over 9 inn nnn
awvivw ptvpic W I Villi
the incorporate limits; counting th<
suburbs, there are probably 3,000,00(
or more. As meanB of transportatiot
Berlin boasts of elevated railroads,
Bubways, electric street-cars, and
automobile omnibuses. Can New York
make a better showing? All the street*
are paved with asphalt, and the city
fully liveB up to its reputation of being
the cleanest in the world. There are
no sky-scrapers in Berlin; the building
of these monstrosities is not allowed,
the Germans having artistic sense
enough to know that a thirty-story
building next door to a two-story
building does not contribute anything
to the architectural beauty of the city.
Practically all houses are from four tc
six stories high and must conform tc
certain specifications so as to fit in
with a general plan and harmonize with
their fellows. The outskirts of Berlin
are not disfigured by cheap, dilapidated
looking buildings, but?being newerset
a very high standard of construction
and beauty. On the whole, the impression
one gets from an inspection ol
this great capital is so powerful and so
refreshing That the inspiration of it can
never be lost; you' retain an infinite
respect for this people which, with all
its material prosperity, takes time to
think of other things than mere moneymaking
and tries to carry out tHe very
lighest ideals.
There is another aspect of it too. As
Germany has the best educational
Bystem of all countries and as Berlin
ias the greatest university in the
empire, it is but natural that the
:apital should be ranked as one of the
ki/ArM'o
nV4w ? mu ur inree great clearinghouses
of culture. The University of
Berlin has more than 8,000 students
during its winter term and over 6,000
in the summer. In addition to this,
there is the Technical college with
1,000 studentH. Here I was enrolled
for a second time in a German university,
and, as I attended lectures day
ifter day, I began to understand what
:he spirit of Germany is and to feel
tome of that enthusiasm for work and
:hat thirst for knowledge which have
>een such factors in the development
>f the nation.
This has been a very rambling sort
>f article; but I have been rambling
iround so much myself recently that
can't get out of the habit. When I
itarted out, I was to tell about three
ountries, and as'it is, I have told only
i little bit about one. That is not my
ault; my subject was too big, and I am
latistied if 1 have convinced some
eaders that Europe is well worth
leeing. <
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0 the spirit of good i
ion. For weeks w<
stmas seasons for t
1 girls suitable for gii
it but throughout the
ring been bought less
len buying here?in
price.
purchases until the stc
:ustomers absolutely free a beaut
i will be wound up and allowed t<
>ed an hour, minute and second <
/es the dinner set. If your tickc
rood while we are giving Dinner
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T^ar
r NOTICE OF ELECTION.
Be | it ordained by x the Mayor and
Aldermen of the city of Fort Mill, S.
C., npw sitting in open council, and by
? authority of the same:
, Sec. 1. That an election for mayor
] and six aldermen for the town of Fort
. Mill for the years of 1910 and 1911 is
hereby ordered to be held in the town
* hall in said city on Tuesday, January
11, 1910, the polls to open at 8 a. m.
, and remain open until 4 p. m., during
which time all qualified voters shall be
entitled to vote,
t Sec. 2. That each qualified voter
r shall be entitled to cast one ballot for
I mayor and one ballot for alderman in
the ward in which said voter resides,
and one ballot each for two aldermen at
- large.
) Sec. 3. That A. A. Bradford, Sr.,
i T. A. Mills and J. H. Patterson are
hereby appointed managers of said
' election.
I Done and ratified this 15th day' of
: December, 1909.
, L. A. HARRIS,
Attest: Mayor.
A. R. McElhaney, Clerk.
J COMMISSIONERS' MEETING.
The annual meeting of the County
! Commissioners of York County will be
' held in their office in Yorkv'lle, S. C.t
' on Friday, December 31, 1909.
All persons holding claims against
' the county will present then} to the
undersigned or to the supervisor on or
> before said day.
i All claims againBt the county must
, be itemized ana contain an affidavit to
the effect that the account is just-and
1 true, dut and owing, and no part
i the reof.bvs, been paid by discount or
I otherwif#Sbd that the supplies were
actually furnished or the labor and Services
actuAlW rendered.
1 Claims JK"presented the year they
are contractosp^or the subsequent year
, All persons authorized to administer
oaths ar^'jMnallrcd to probate claims
1 against thai Couhty free of charge.
By ^ HAZEL NEIL,^
T E ACKERS' kx A M I N ATI oN .
Office Superintendent of Education!
for York County.
York virle, S. C., Dec. 15, 1909.
A special-Teachers' Examination for
certificates teach in the public
schools of Yon* county will be held in
the court house at Yorkville on Friday,
January 7, 19110. The examination will
open at 9 a. ni. and close at 4 p. m.
Teachers who! have no certificates or
those whose certificates have expired
will do well to littend this examination,
as no teacher ciin be legally employed
or paid unless nhey hold valid certificates
either frosn the county or State
board of education.
IT. E. McMACKIN,
Col Supt, of Education.
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SOUTHERN RAILWAY
The following ls\ the correct schedule
of the arrival of tlhe Southern railway
passenger trains s^t Fort Mill. Trains
29 and 30 do not stjpp at this place except
upon flag: *
NORTHlBOUND.
No. 30 1 J 10:38 p. m.
No. 36 J 8:50 a. m.
No. 28 J .., 5:15 p. m.
SOUTKioUNP.
No. .29 4:00 a- mNo.
35 1 v (5:47 a. m.
No. 27 -LJlr.5:15 p. m.
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will and deeds Wiicl
s have been prapari
he little folks in[ thi
t-giving is here, and
i entire store is r
5 than three montH?#!
uic vaiucs you fjn
)ck is picked ov4n|r<
iful 40-piece Dinner Set.
) run down each Saturday.
jf the day. No cards bear ?>||
it does not secure a set for ySidH
Sets Free on this plan. jP
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V globus Yulet
S ing anSSfl|nriust not forget tl
2) those b|fl|Hbd girls who are c<
fn holiday^mppyou. They are i
^ outlay oSHt. Groceries. Nut
are not gc|ra^idisapboint thei
!v Phone J^rN$?i, the grocer, w
m
care and promptness,
g A single trial convinces.
JONES T
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To give us your order fo
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now in stock, all thing
I Christmas time V\app>
? London Layer Raisii
| Malaga C
1 Oranges, (
I Lemons,
t Bananas,
Bushels and barre
I sorted Nuts
BEAUTIFUL AND TEIV
CANDIES AT 10c TO
FIREWORKS HEADQURTI
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not only in
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yining rresn
r?always as
tome today.
liner sets are ffiven away on the fo
Ice of the clock is covered, so that n<
hie time. When the face of the Hoc
brst time the clock is uncovered, sa
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Specials^!
ide is rapidly approach- ^^^^B
le folks at home, and
aming in to spend the 2#
all expecting an unusual
s. Fruits, Etc., and you ^
ti, are you? ^
ho fills all ord^^^^y|th ^
? ill $
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he Varoctei^ k
r Christmas goods.
RELL CO. has ?
;s that go to make H
irapes,
Concord Grapes, I
Apples,
Cocoanuts. |
sis of fancy as- |
IPTING LINE OF
75c PER POUND.
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