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The Fort Hill Times. DEMOCRATIC. Published Thursday Mornimrn. B. \V. & W. K. Bradford ITbi.ismkrr w. K. Bradford Editor b. w. Bradford Mamaorr ? _ The Time? invites contributions on Ii\pm"' ..is. but doe* not ntrrtK* publish mmc th ^ word* on any subject. T?>.. . i ved to edit | very cwmmunii ..uumittml for publication. On application to the publisher, advertising rates are made known to those interested. Telephone. locitl and low distance. No. 112. 8uBflCHitTioN Rates: One Year SI.25 Si* Months . . ... ,fi5 | FORT MILL. S. r.. FKRRUARY 23. 1911. , Good for Governor Bleaae. However honest the daily papers may be in criticising Governor Blease as an obstructionist for vetoing certain sections of the appropriation bill passed by the General Assembly a few days ago, it is certain that if the comments one hears in this section on the governor's action are representative of the sentiment of the people throughout the State, he has done that which meets with almost universal favor. In connection with the governor exercising his veto power in paring down the legislative appropriations, the onlyregret expressed hereabouts is that he did not eliminate many other items which are considered extravagant and useless. There were not a few who hoped that he would veto the entire appropriation for the so-called depart mentoi agriculture, ior instance. But there are no grumblers; all concede that the governor has done very well indeed. Whatever the loss of the governor in a political way by his recent controversy with the supreme court, the loss has been more than regained by his liberal exercise of the veto power. Prohibition Sentiment Declining. Evidence is not lacking that the prohibition tidal wave which swept over a number of States a , few years ago and submerged the local option laws is last receding. With a hip and hurrah that was akin to fanaticism the Legislature of Alabama three or four years, ago passed a State-wide prohibition law. Within the last fortnight every vestige of the law has been wiped from the statute books and the State returns to the local option column. In Georgia State-wide prohibition i?t described as a farce and there is the promise that within less than half a dozen years will be seen the last of the law over there. For the first time in many years the usual prohibition hill was not introduced in the General Assembly of South Carolina this year. In Maine, where prohiL!i.' 1 ? ? ? union nas oeen iriett and found wanting for a generation or more, the Legislature only recently passed an act providing for an election to be held during the year to determine whether the State will return to local option. Truly the prohibition cause appears to be on the down grade. North Carolina alone seems bent on trying to deceive herself into the belief that morality can bs legislated into the people. The I Legislature of the Old North State has wasted a deal of time recently considering a bill outlawing near-beer, as if the Statewide law prohibiting the sale of the parent liquor wore effective. Office-holding Qual.f cations, I to. Anticipating the removal 1 (Jovernor llloaseo! ). W at. >>\ agricultural commls ion r. the Chester Reporter l ads ore ion to observe that the principal qualification for oilice-holding under the Blease administration is that the would-be office-holder voted for the governor. We are certain from a little first-hand information we have on the sub jeet that 1 he Reporter is in error. Governor Blea.se does not intend to appoint t<? office only those who voted for him, nor does he decide the case of this or that applicant for office upon no other ground than the mere fact that the applicant supported him. But aside from the governor's attitude toward would-be office-hold ers, why The Reporter's paean of praise to the greatness of Wat3on? Clearly it is a case of mistaken identity. Watson would not be a great man if he lived a thousand yeavs. We venture the assertain thit The Reporter and four-fifths of the other South Carolina papers which apparently never the of sinking Watson's praises either do not know the man ? ersonally or at best have only a passing acquaintance with hi' i. Instead of saying nice '.iiings about Watson which mean nothing, why doesn't The Reporter and the other papers which claim to be so well qualified to speak of what he has done for the Commonwealth cite specific instances of his result-producing work instead of dealing in vague generalities? Take the public into your confidence, Mr. Reporter; let us know what he has done of substantial, lasting worth to the State. When it is said that he has repeatedly raced from one end of the country to the other at public expense more in search of a good time for himself than to promote the interests of the Commonwealth the record of Watson's achievement is told. The annual ball of the South Carolina society is to be held this year in the hall of the house of representatives, as in the past, if in the opinion of the sergeantat-arms the furniture in the hall will not be damaged by being shifted out of position. Which is to say the ball will not have to hunt another home. Most assuredly the sergeant-at-arms can be depended upon to accommodate the South Carolina society. But there should be no dances in the St ite house. It was not built fur nnriuKu T<? nil.\v?* only the South ('-Molina society the use of the hall to woo the "muse of many twinkling feet" savors rather strongly of favoritism. Does anybody suppose th.at the Society of Village i'arheis cauhl get the use of the hall of the house of representatives for a dance? The Columbia Record enumerates as one of the prominent measures passed by the (Jeneral Assembly the adoption of Timrod's "Carolina" as a State song, and the Charlotte Observer says the song fits North Carolina as well as it does South Carolina. We hasten to assure The Observer that the Old North State may appropriate to its own use seven or eight verses of the song and the major portion of the chorus without having to answer to the charge of grand larceny. Yes. "when Judge Memminger is on the bench justice hangs like a plummet," but, confound these plummets, they have a way of always hanging downward, which fact perhaps accounts for Judge Memminger's failure to connect with the supreme court job. the Worth ot a l?ray Mule. AI>L>< villi* IVfHs and Hanner. Speaking of gray mules, one Henry Titus, colored, used to own one bet ore he passed away to the better land that in some respects is remarkable. Titus bought this mule from Walling fold Russell. 'A mortgage was taken on th<* mule and the date of the mot tgage is April P. ISS:;. The mule was fo .r yeat s oi 1 when Titus bough it. This makes the mule li'2 years old. hut it is a gray nude. Titus is von \ but the mule is still here ami the mortgage given in l.SSd i.-- *: ill on the book and liter i j)\' or. tee mule. Furtherti ore. th^ .. r- eonstruction inortg'u a !> nei'ful load for a mule to c .! "V by k.^*i;'. When we come to liguro t o atttoant of w? rk that Titus' mule has done tin ! arcs are staggering. At.(I Thus' truth* is still at work, rucnmiing his fodder and swallow ing his corn w hole. He has seen better days, but ho is not grumbling about it. He is gentle and peaceable and can . *.: 11 i i 1 1 miii urt'cw: i: p a garden a Don I as deep as any old nude. Titus and his im:i? . for a quarter of a century, wore familiar figures in Ahbevide. Koth wore reliable and faithful, U>th Idled an important place in garden economies, and now one is taken and the other left, left with a had set of teeth and straddled with a reconstruction mortgage. - I A WAR REMINISCENCE. ? By a C?i?f?lerattf Swltlitr. ^ \ On the 10th day of January. ' 1805. I was granted a 20-day ^ leave of absence, and although it was a dark, cloudy morning itj 1 was a bright one for me when; I ( fit A Icfan ^un/ln/1 ?>-><? ^ ft*** v. ? A I17WVI ? I ICU IVAVTV4 I 1 l\: tllC 1 LI I - j lough, for it had bwn nearly \ three years since I had left home; I and being so much like a terrapin just then, all 1 had was on my j back. 1 had nothing to do but bid ^ the boys adieu and start on thoi seven mile tramp to Richmond, jj There were many furloughs L granted that day and by the time j we reached our inner line ofj. breastworks, three miles away, , our squad had increased to at|r least 25 soldiers, all bearing the I paper so precious to every one, a . furlough. Every State in the Confederacy was represented in ' the squad. in which was a iieutenant from a Georgia regiment, a jolly good fellow. He said his " ma had sent him $500 from home and he was going to have a good \ time while it lasted. lie tooki'. charge of the squad and we;' pushed on and were in the city j i)y 11 o'clock. Our first business | was to get our transportation tickets. Then we learned that" i we could not catch a train south [ before 4 o'clock the next morn-" ing. Our lieutenant suggested that we go somewhere and get dinner, so he went into the Ex-;, change hotel to see what arrange- ] ments could be made for us. He 1 was soon back with the word that ' we could gi t dinner there by each man paying in advance. That was a stunner. Our lieutenant was the only man in the squad that had the price, and he decided to take pot luck with the balance ?,f us. We soon found a place where we could get a baker's loaf for $5. Eggs were the modest sum ? of $1 apiece. Other things were accordingly cheap. A number of US got a loaf lint :< Tnvsm in tin squad, having a more fastidious ' taste, said lie would take eggs for his. He stowed away nine and said he would have got a full mess, hut his dollars were running short. The repast was soon over and our leader suggested that as we had the ene- | my before us we see the sights' of the city. The first place we visited was Capitol hill, where . we saw the State house, monu- | ments, statues, etc. We then ' passed hy 1'resident Davis' mansion, and from there we went to Auctio: On Saturday, Ma p. m., I will sell at the highest bidder the head of Main st 3-4 acre and has bl it. I his lot su business or resident J. J. BAILE m rfe W: I Gnlv 3 rvt '*V< ft ^ uays c j COST | at FITI wwmmmmmm mi iell Isle, whore wo saw several lores of Yankee prisoners. Next ve visited the great iron works vhere we saw them molding )omb shells arul preparing other var material. From there we vent to the navy yard and saw n the course of construction an ron-clad. Thence to old Lihhey irison, where we stopped for the light in the Soldiers' home, being >romised shelter. In goi ng dirough the form of giving us >upper a large howl was placed before us in which there seemed :o he soup. The principal ingrei: a . ? ueru was water, witn a dash ot aread crumbs ami some I tones. Phe Texan declared that the hones rtad heen in service lor years t he lad eat the meat oil" them in 'til. ivhile passing through the city, rhis repast was soon made way with, so there was nothing to do itut wrap onr blankets around us md lie down on the floor for the tiiyrht. Rain set in early in the uitfht and when we jrot on the street next morning to go to the :rain the water seemed to be omintr down in sheets. That dorm covered the whole country md was called "Sherman's freshit." [Note to the Editor: When I jcgan this letter 1 intended divine: in account of the trip from Richttoud to Fort Mill, but 1 am tired, please excuse me fortius time. ] S. FOR SA1.K Rhode Island Rod chick ns. Also ejfjfs for hatching at Si Pull'. Kanilaloshurtf Store, K. F. 1). 1 ">, fiiK-vlllf, X. <\ 2-2d-2t "Haile's on the Corner" For Sale At Cost Eight bushels of Onion Sets, Yellow Danvers and Silver Skin varieties. Call on us for ~.1 n x via j o uiiu uiajf 3 Garden Seeds Fort Mill Drug Comp'y J. R. HAILE, Prop. n Sale. i rch 4, 191 1, at 4 : public auction to the Bailes Lot at i I reet. Lot contains acksmith shop on itably located for ial purposes. S, Broker. fS* 6' T$<t W o n m More I >f the 1 aK SALE | 1 -A hj "" "" m Just as We Our Hi<** Cut-Price Sale lias at t raeted t lie ? ladies in t liis eonnnunit TllC sules in this nnrlimilnr fit gone far ahead of our expectatio these pretty garments yet. The quality is there. Ask your neij Sale Began Sat and Continues Throui One Week Skirts trom 5Gc to Gowns from 50e to Corset covers from 15c to Pants from 25c to Combination S uis (Corset C together) from 75c to Princess Slips from $1 to Shirtwaist Goods in lace sti nt. per yard. 10c to Extra Special fo Something nice in ready-made E. W. KIMBREL "The Flacc Where C r 11 o f-^jfflhSgEC V^^/R-QCK Proof of the Pudding of Chewing Uock Mill Huggy (V.. !! ck Hill, S. C. Gentlemen: Knowing that you are ii guiding your buggi?*s. I deein it my duty t< buggy I am now running. This buggy was bought in Hawkinsv been in constant use since. I lin ing this tin five or six times a distance of J00 miles eu this job until last year. Your "Long Distance" axle lasted tl gy, and t ti? springs did likewise. It has always been the lightest runnii ever ridden in, and the wheels you use can' 1 gladly volunt* er this testimonial making what I honestly believe to be the b Your buggies are "A Little Higher I I have ever used. Wishing you eontimied success, and ; b Mister from conviction, I am, Mules and if^L We have just received a new souri Mules and Horses, the be ever had. Come and buy your until spring you certainly will best posted stockmen of the W< mules will be higher in the sprii and get your mules before the \ mm i Mills & Youn Expected. II Muslin Underwear 1 I it tent ion of all t lie H jpartmcnt this week have I us. But there are lots of 9 ; prices are right and the nvrl o?r II ui viaj ^ iUllly i I Saturday, 25th, \ : Only. $2.00 S2.00 SI.00 $1.00 overs and Pants $1.50 SI.75 ipes and cheeks 30c j r This Week Sheets and Pillowcases. LCOMPANY Luality Counts." HILL^Kp/ g After 18 Years the Bag. I.ake I'ark. (Ja.. Feb. 10. 1011. 11 -rested in hear'r |-r:i.sun^ re wrilc you relative to a Hock Hill ilit*. (la., 1". years- ago, and it has ac it ha- been run to liawkinsville ,ch trip. 1 never had any repairs on trough the whole service of the buglit' and easiest riding buggy I have t be beat. as 1 am confident you merit it by est boggy made. n 1'rice Hut " far superior to any assuring you 1 am a "Hock Hill" Very truly yours, K. VV. MASON. TV Tf Morses r shipment of choice Misst to r.< lect from we have mules i:ow. If you wait nav more for them. The ?st toll us that the prices of ng than ever before. Come ^ >ricos advance. g Company. k