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FORT MILL. S. C.. AUGUST 4. 1910.
Specify.
This paper has no quarrel with
the Chester Lantern for opposing
the reelection of Congressman
Finley. Needless to say, except
for the saying, that our contemporary
is as much within its
rights in seeking to oust Mr.
Finley as we are in urging the
voters to stand by him: but while
we cheerfully agree that The
Lantern is exercising a prerogative
not to be denied it, we
think it only fair to Mr. Finley
to suggest that if the Chester
paper knows any good reason
why he should not be reelected
it should take the people into its
confidence. Dealing in generalities
only is not enough; the people
wish to know specifically why
he should not be reelected.
Is there any better reason for
changing the congressman from
the Fifth district than that such
change would accommodate one
of the other two candidates?
Wherein could either Mr. Henry
or Mr. Butler improve upon the
service Mr. Finley has rendered
his constituents? Has Mr. Finley
neglected at any time during
the ten years he has been in
Congress the interests of the district
through inattention to the
duties of the office? What subject
has been up for consideration
in Congress on which either
Mr. Henry or Mr. Butler could
have brought to bear a greater
degree of intelligence or respect
for the public need than has been
displayed by Mr. Finley? Has
he failed in a single instance to
vote in accordance with the Democratic
platform? Not one of
these questions can be answered
to the disadvantage of Mr. Finley.
Comparison Discreditable to America.
The arrest in Canada Sunday
of Dr. H. H. Crippen and Ethel
Leneve affords an opportunity
for comparison of English and
American criminal jurisprudence
which is anything but creditable
to this country. Crippen and the
Leneve woman are accused of
murdering Crippen's wife. They
fled England on a Canadian liner
and reached the little town of
Father Point, Canada, Sunday.
Before they could set foot on
Canadian soil a Scotland Yard
detective, who left London subsequent
to their departure, boarded
the liner and arrested the accused
couple. It is stated that
the couple will be placed on trial
within four weeks.
All of which seems to bear out
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cue nuiiciiicill UllCII i 1 *_*itI t 1 III II1IS
country that once the? English
authorities undertake the capture
of a person accused of a capital
offense in that country the only
means of escape is suicide. No
sooner had the Scotland Yard detectives
learned that Crippen and
the Leneve woman were fugitives,
than a world-wide search
for them began. Detectives were
sent to every country of the
globe to apprehend the alleged
murderers. Before many days
have passed the prisoners will be
in an English jail and in the
course of a few weeks they will
be placed on trial. Every scintilla
of evidence that can be produced
in behalf of the accused
will be considered by a jury
which will do its duty. If they
are innocent, they will be acquitted;
if they are guilty, no
power on earth can save them
from the gallows.
Let us suppose that this crime
had been committed in America
and that the accused had fled the
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country and gone to England.
Does anyone imagine that American
detectives would have been
on hand to assist in the arrest of
the fugitives as they were about
to set foot on English soil? The
American authorities, if they had
cared anything about apprehending
the accused, would have left
the job to the English officers.
And if the accused had been
brought back to America, the
verdict of the jury before whom
they were tried would have depended
much upon their wealth
and social standing.
Nobody in this section objects
to the proposal of Gen. George
W. Gordon, commander-in-chief
of the United Confederate
Veterans, that a monument be
erected to the former slaves of
the South. The idea is a pretty
one, but there is nothing new in
it. A monument the erection of
which was prompted by the
desire to evince to the world his
appreciation of the faithfulness
of the slaves of this section was
put up in Confederate park, Fort
Mill, ten years ago bv Capt.
S. E. White. It is the first and
only one of the kind in the world,
but we anticipate the claim of
primacy for Gen. Gordon's
monument.
TALES OF ORR'S RIFLES
TOLD BY A SURVIVOR
At least one citizen of Fort
Mill feels more than passing interest
in the reunion of Orr's
Rifles which is to be held at Belton,
in Anderson county, on August
10 and 11. This was one of
the finest regiments which the
old Palmetto State sent to the
firing line in the strenuous days
of the early '60s and it was with
il A. Tit? tif A *
pi me i ii<ii wir. vy. a. r isner re-1
lated to a party of his friends a
day or two ago some of his experiences
and recollections as a
member of Company G, Orr's
Rifles.
The regiment was in the thick
of the dying shot and shell at
the seven days' tight around
Richmond and emerged from
that sanguinary battle decimated
in strength and worn to exhaustion
from the long hours of ceaseless
vigilance and tight ing. When
the Southern troops finally succeeded
in driving back, shattered
and in disorder, the Northern
army, rest for Gen. Lee's soldiers
was absolutely necessary.
A youthful private, a more boy, j
named Hartliss, of Company G
was ordered to guard duty and. i
overcome by the long strain to!
which he, in common with his ,
comrades, had so recently been
subjected, fell asleep. The seriousness
of Hartliss' offense was
generally recognized, but the ex- j
tenuating circumstances in the
boy's behalf did not prepare his
comrades for the four-year prison
sentence which the colonel of
the regiment imposed upon him
in lieu of a courtmartial.
Capt. Mac Miller was the commanding
officer of Company G
and he let it be known that he!
would not tolerate such severe
punishment as the colonel had
imposed upon Hartliss. The matter
was finally adjusted, however,
by swapping Hartliss to
another regiment for the late
Robert R. Hemphill, who died at
his home in Abbeville two years
ago, alter long and faithful service
to the Commonwealth and
a distinguished career as editor
of the Abbeville Medium.
Shortly after the figlu around
Richmond Mr. Fisher was captured
by the Yankees and with a
batch of 100 other Confederate
prisoners was taken to Elmira,
N. V., where he was held several
months. When he was finally
liberated from the Elmira
prison all but six of the 100 Confederates
had died, thus proving
that the alleged horrors of Andersonville,
the Southern prison
about which Nnrthtim ,i...
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have had so much to say, never
approached the sutFering and
neglect to which the soldiers of
the Confederacy were subjected
at this infamous Northern death
trap.
Price of Brooms Goes Up.
It may be true as someone has
said that the broom is a plebian
sort of household necessity, but
plebian or otherwise the thing
of most interest to the good
housewife in connection with the
broom is the increased cost of
the article. A broom that a few
months ago could be bought for
25 or 30 cents now costs (in cents
and dealers say when they have i
sold out what brooms they have <
on hand and put in a new supply
housekeepers will have to pay 1
80 cents for a broom. ;
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AN OPIUM-EATER'S DREAM
OF THE AWFUL ORIENT.
DeQuincey.
I have often thought that if I
were compelled to forego England,
and to live in China, and
among Chinese manners and
modes of life and scenery, I
should go mad. The causes of
my horror lie deep, and some of
them must be common to others.
Southern Asia, in general, is the
seat of awful images and associations.
As the cradle of the
human race, it would alone have
a dim and reverential feeling
connected with it. But there
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hi v. vcjici i car>u11?>. i\u ii.an can
pretend that the wild, barbarous,
and capricious superstitions of
Africa, or of savage tribes elsewhere,
affect him in the way
that he is affected by the ancient,
monumental, cruel, and elaborate
religions of Hindostan, etc. The
mere antiquity of Asiatic things,
of their institutions, histories,
modes of faith, etc., is so impressive,
that to me the vast age
of the race and name overpowers
the sense of youth in the
individual.
In China, over and above what
it has in common with the rest
of Southern Asia, 1 am terrified
by the modes of life, by the
manners, and the barrier of
utter abhorrence, and want of
sympathy, placed between us by
feelings deeper than I can
analyze. I could sooner live
with lunatics, or brute animals,
All this, and much more than I
can say, or have time to say, the
reader must enter into before he
can comprehend the unimaginable
horror which these dreams
of Oriental imagery, and mythological
tortures, impressed upon
me. Under the connecting
feeling of tropical heat and
vertical sunlights, I brought
together all creatures, birds,
beasts, reptiles, all trees and
plants, usages and appearances,
that are found in all tropical
regions, and assembled them
together in China or Hindostan
from kindred feelings, 1 soon
brought Egypt and all her gods
under the same law. I was
stared at, hooted at. grinned at,
chattered at, by monkeys, by
paroquets, by cockatoos. I ran
into pagodas, and was fixed, lor
centuries, at the summit, or in
secret rooms: I was the idol; 1
was the priest; I was worshiped;
I was sacrificed. I was buried,
for a thousand years, in stone
coffins, with mummies and
sphinxes, in narrow chambers at
the heart of eternal pyramids. 1
was kissed, with cancerous
kisses, by crocodiles; and laid,
confounded with all unutterable
slimy things, among reeds and
Nilotic mud.
Over every form, and threat,
and punishment, and dim, sightless
incarceration, brooded a
sense of eternity and infinity
that drove me into an oppression
as of madness. Into these
dreams only, it was, with one or
two slight exceptions, that any
circumstances of physical horror
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cnicicu. aii ueiore nail DG6n
moral and spiritual terrors. But i
here the main agents were ugly 1
birds, or snakes, or crocodiles,
especially the last. The cursed
crocodile became to me the object
of more horror than almost all
the rest. I was compelled to
live with him; and (as was always
the case, almost, in my dreams)
for centuries. 1 escaped sometimes,
and found myself in
Chinese houses with cane tables,
etc. All the feet of the tables,
sofas, etc., soon became instinct
with life: the abominable head j
of the crocodile, and his leering
eyes, looked out at me, multiplied
into a thousand repetitions; and
1 stood loathing and fascinated.
And so often did this hideous
reptile haunt my dreams, that
many times-the very same dream
was broken up in the very same
wav; 1 heard gentle voices
speaking to me (1 hear cvcrv.
thing when I am sleeping), and
instantly I awoke; it was broad
noon, and my children were
standing, hand in hand, at my
bedside, come to show me their
colored shoes, or new frocks, or
to let me see them dressed for
going out. I protest that so
awful was the transition from
the damned crocodile, and the
other unutterable monsters and
abortions of my dreams, to the
sight of innocent human natures,
and of infancy, that, in the
mighty and sudden revulsion of
mind, 1 wept, and could not ,
forbear it, as 1 kissed their
faces. .
Much to the regret of his
friends, Mr. B. Magill is ill
>f fever.
Miss Julia Boyd returned to
her home in Fort Mill Tuesday,
after a visit to Blowing Rock, N.C. |
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Political Announcements.
ELECTION. AUGUST 3<>.
For Convreu 5th Diitrict.
I am a candidate for Congress, ami
will abide the result of the Democratic
primary election.
THOS. B. BUTLER.
Gaflfney, S. C.
For Houtr of Ri-prcscntntivc*.
' The Times is authorized to announce
C. W. WALLACE as a candidate for
the House of Representatives, subject
to the choice of the Democratic party ^
in the approaching primary election. ~
The Times is authorized to announce
S. A. EPPS, of Fort Mill township, a
.. vouuiuaic tor ine tiouse of Represent
utives. subject to the action of the
Democratic voters in the primary election.
I am a candidate for election to the
House of Representatives, subject to
i th" rules of the Democratic primary.
THOS. F. McDOW.
The Times is authorized to announce
J. S. GLASSCOCK as a candidate for
re-election to the House of Representatives,
subject to the action of the
Democratic party in the primaries.
The Times is authorized to announce
0. L. SANDERS, of McConnellsville.
as a candidate for reelection to the
House of Representatives, subject to
the approval of the Democratic primary.
1 hereby announce myself as a candidate
for the House of Representatives
from York county, subject to the
action of the Democratic primary.
J. E. BEAMGUARD.
For County Trc??urcr.
1 hereby announce myself as a candidate
for the office of Treasurer of
York county, subject to the rules and
regulations of the Democratic primaries.
ROBT. L. GOFr.
I hereby announce myself a sa candidate
for nomination for appointment to
I the office of County Teasurer, subject
to the action of the Democratic voters
I in the primary election.
JOHN A. NEELY.
The Times is authorized to announce
HARRY E. NEIL as a candidate for
I appointment as Treasurer for York
county, subject to the recommendation
of the Democratic voters in the primary
election.
For Supl. of Educntion.
1 hereby announce myself as a candidate
for Superintendent of Education
for York county, subject to the choice
of the Democratic voters in the primary
election.
MINOR R. RIGGERS.
The Times is authorized to announce
Mr. JOHN WARREN QUINN, formerly
of Broad River, now of York
township, as a candidate for County
Superintendent of Education, subject
to the action, of the Democratic voters
in the approaching primary election.
For County Suorrvunr *
The Times is authorized to announce
THOS. W. BOYD as a candidate for
) Supervisor of York county, subject to
1 the choice of the Democratic voters in
the primary election.
1 hereby announce myself a candidate
for reelection to the office of
Supervisor of York county, subject to
the rules of the approaching Democrat,
ic primary election.
CLEM F. CORDON.
The Fort Mill friends of JOHN F.
I GORDON take pleasure in presenting
' his name to the voters of York county
for the office of County Supervisor.
Mr. Gordon tilled this office some years
ago and his administration redowned to
the interests of the county as well as
reflecting credit upon himself.
For County Auditor.
I The Times is authorized to announce
JOE M. TAYLOR, of Newport, as a
candidate for Auditor of York county.
1 subject to the recommendation of the
Democratic voters in the primary
I election.
| The Times is authorized to announce
Broadus M. Love, of Smyrna, as a candidate
for the Democratic recommendation
for appointment as Auditor of
York county; subject to the choice of
the voters in the primary election.
I hereby announce myself as a candidate
for nomination for reappointment
to the office of County Auditor,
subject to the action of the Democratic
voters in the primary election.
JOHN .1. HUNTER.
We are authorized to announce
T. K. McMACKIN us a candidate for
appointment as Auditor of York
county, subject to the recommendation
of the Democjatic voters in the primary
election.
For MrtKiatrntr.
I hereby announce myself a candidate
for reappointment as Magistrate for
Fort Mill township, subject to the recommendation
of the I)emocratie primary
election. .JOHN W. M< Kl.HANKY.
Congressional Campaign Schedule.
The candidates for ('ongres-- from
this (I ifth) district have arranged
their schedule for Yoi m< J
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Fort Mill Wednt lay, Au ist 17.
Hock Hill Thursday, August IS.
Yorkville Friday, August 19.
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