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FORT MILL. S. C.. DECEMBER 8. 1910.
The Rock Hill Controversy.
A different light is thrown upon
the controversy between the
city council of Rock Hill and the
public utilities company which
furnishes lights and water for the
city by a recent statement of the
company addressed to the citizens
and taxpayers of Rock Hill. In
the statement the company says
that the differences cannot be :
laid at its door, as it has made
a sincere effort to adjust matters
in a satisfactory way, notwithstanding
the "misrepresentation
of the position of the company in
newspaper correspondence and
otherwise." Then follows a full
recital of the position of the
company in the various futile
negotiations with the city authorities
looking to the sale of
the company's plant. The gist
of the statement is that the com
pany has been willing to dispose
of its property to the city at any
time and the reason assigned for
the failure of the negotiations is
that the city did not wish to pay j
a fair price to acquire the property.
Improvements aggregating
an expenditure of practically j
$50,000 have been made upcn the
plant since the old company was j
placed in the hands of a receiver
two years ago, and, according to
the statement, the city wishes to
ignore the cost of these improvements
and buy the plant upon
the "basis of second-hand machinery,"
"without allowing for)
interest, cost of receivership and
reorganization, and not allowing
for the exclusive water franchise,
water contract, or good will and
going business." There are, of
course, two sides to the differences
between the city council
and the water and light company.
The side of the latter has been
strongly presented in a temper- '
ate way which is certain to comjnend
itself to the people of Rock j
Hill. Unfortunately for the com-\
pany it has been somewhat slowin
taking the public into its confidence,
otherwise there might
have been less of the "misrepre-^
sen fa firm'' .?r n /?#? ?%
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A Characteristic Lexington Verdict.
Lexington county seems de-\
termined to maintain the unen-1
viable reputation which it has j
long borne as the haven for mur
derers. Some years ago a Lexington
jury defied decency and
justice by returning a verdict of
not guilty in a murder case in j
which the whole country was interested
to the extent of wishing
to see the slayer of an unarmed,
defenseless man pay the penalty '
his crime merited.
None the less excusable is the :
verdict of guilty with a recommendation
to the mercy of the
court of the Lexington jury
which recently sat in the case
against the men who killed Paul
Williams some months ago on a
circus train between Columbia
and Augusta. Instead of paying
for the crime with their lives, as
they should have to do, the mur
derers of young Williams are
sent to the penitentiary for life.
Their crime was cold-blooded and
atrocious to a degree seldom seen
in this section and that they
should be sent to prison instead
of the gallows after receiving a
fair trial in which they were
proved guilty beyond a shadow
of doubt is little less outrageous
than the murder itself.
Evidently there is something
wrong with the average Lexington
juror. He seems to have a
perverted conception of his duty.
The murderers of Paul Williams
r
probably would have received the
death penalty for their crime
had they been tried in any other
South Carolina county. It is
certain they would have felt the
halter draw in York county.
Capers Still Holds Whip Hand.
It begins to look as if John G. !
Capers still holds his job as
referee for South Carolina Federal
appointments, and the con- ;
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he had lost the ear of President
Taft,. as a result of his activity
in organizing the so-called "lily
white" convention held in Columbia
several weeks ago, appears
to be erroneous. During )
the last week two men who are !
known to have had the indorsement
of Capers stamped upon
their application for South Carolina
postmasterships have been
appointed?one at Union and the
other at Abbeville. The success
of the Capers nominees over the
candidates of the regular blackand-tan
wing of the Republican
party would seem to indicate that
the president has decided to
ignore the latter and that to
Capers will be entrusted the
selection of the men who are to
be appointed to Federal places
in South Carolina during the
next two years. If the inference
be correct and Capers was sincere
in the statements he made
before the "lily white" convention
of hostility to the negro as j
a factor in Republican politics
in this State, the poor deluded
negroes who have so readily swallowed
everything labeled "Republicanism"
are in better position
than ever before to grasp
the truth that the Republican
party, having reached the point
where the negro is no longer considered
an asset, was awaiting
the opportunity to throw him
overboard, and now does so with
as little impunity as an alligator |
swanows nies. in otner words,
the negro seems to have served
his day with the Republican
party, though it may come to pass
two years hence that he will again
get in the running as a delegate
to the national Republican convention,
for the Republican bosses
are fond of the negro about
the time they have on hands the
job of nominating a presidential
candidate, the negro being docile
and obedient to orders like the
mule he plows. Meanwhile, howhver,
it is worth observing as
more to the point that if Capers
can name the postmasters at
Union and Abbeville it is not unlikely
that Capers men will be
successful in other South Carolina
towns.
1 he Scrappy Earth.
Bedlam down in Mexico,
Country in a stew;
In Brazil.
.Matters ill,
Nicaragua, too. I
Portugal still ia a mess,
Spain dead scared of riot;
But around these old U. S.
Things are pretty quiet!
Suffragists in London town
Sniashimr statesmen's mans.
in the air
Everywhere
Sounds of fervid scrape.
Things arc getting hot, oh, yes.
Useless to deny it
All except these old U. S.
Here we're pretty quiet!
True, 'tWas not so long ago
We'd our little rowDecent
fu3s.
Peaceful muss,
And it's over now.
So we scan the storm and stress
(Though we scarce decry it) ,
And give thanks these old U. S.
Are so calm and quiet!
What's tho matter vi-.lh the earth?
Why's the whole world itching?
Making kings
Take to wings,
| All the bosses ditching?
When is peace once more to Mess
All these scenes of riot'.'
Anyhow, these old U. S.
Still are calm anil quiet!
? New York World.
Saved Her Own Life
Lebanon Jet., Kv. Mrs. Minnie
Lamb, of this place, says, "I
believe I would have been dead
by now, had it not been for Cardui.
1 haven't had one of those
bad spells since I began to use
i your medicine." Cardui is a specific
medicine for the ills that
women suffer. Cardui is made
from harmless vegetable ingredients.
It is a safe, reliable medicine,
successfully used by women
for more than fifty years. Try
it today. For sale at all druggists.
SPECIAL NOTICES.
FOR SALE?One milch cow with
young calf. Price, $30. S. E. Bailee
U. F. D. 2, Fort Mill, S. C.
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Qj large and must be reduced if
JH Greatly reduced prices on
jyj Shoes and Boys' Work Shirts
gardless of profit.
j{] Men's and Ladies' Underwi
|j) few of those Heavy Drop Ski
[f] Blankets and Counterpanes
Ijjj 1 still have some Dry Goodt
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jjjj Overalls, for old and young
Nice line Four-in-hand Ties
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The One Woman, The Clansman
Nancy Stair, The Shuttle, Judith c
Port of Missing Men, The Westeri
Mystery, Cowardice Court, The
Crow. Graustark, Gordon Keith, ]
Rock, Her Prairie Knight, The !
Chickamauga, Abner Daniel, War
Shepherd of Kingdom Come, The
ALGER'S BOY!
Rough and Ready, Ragged Die'
the Luggage Boy, Mark the Match
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With Lee in Virginia, The B
Young Naturalist, Frank in the \
in the Pampas, Frank on the Lo'
of the Brave, The Dragon and tl
Vieksburg, The Young Colonists
Under Drake's Flag, By England
All these books are by well kn
and printed on good paper. The;
gifts. Of course we have many i
Parks Drug Co.
1 Blank Mortgages, Liens, Note
LRYTHING IN RE;
"BIGGEST
lirls :
a3 his entire force of ei
ind nice Gifts for Xmas.
ipany to be with them on
1 girl in this community
jr grown-up person with t
years of traveling nevei
1 Gifts been shown me the
if on display at KIMBRELL*
[i making headquarters at
"istmas.
Be sure and meet me at ]
j afternoon or Saturday m<
1 get that nice Xmas souv
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Yours for a Merry Ch
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lers, The Iron Heel, The! ?j
Daughter of Anderson/ a
Medra, The Traitor, Redf ? ^p *
Sky Pilot, The Rock of ' Q
ds of Liberty, The Little ^ W f\
Leopard's Spots, Etc I fi
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k. Rufus and Rose, Ben I j|
Boy, Fame and Fortune /
oy Trapper, Frank the J
Voods, Jack Archer, Out/ f
wer Mississippi, Bravest Jl^ J
le Raven, Frank Before; ?m\3 C
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own authors and are well bound %
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other books in stock. j
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OPENINGS
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nployees busily engage
I have made special a)
Friday and Saturday of
under the age of 14 to
,hem and get a nice Xma
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tn the beautiful line
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Mr. Kimbrell's this
KIMBRELL'S either Frisrning
of this week
enir. I'll be lookiristmas,
always,
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j will be to your interest to
( your Christmas Groceries.
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