The Fort Hill Times.
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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.
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A WAR REMINISCENCE. ?
By a C?i?f?lerattf Swltlitr. ^
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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
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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. ]
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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
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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.
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SALE |
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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
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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 \
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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.
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