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FORT MILI.. S. C.. MARCH 9. 1911.
Samuel Elliott White.
On Monday, March 6. there was
interred in the cometery of Fort
Mill the body of Capt. Samuel i
Elliott White. Thus was laid to ;
rest the man who was the most
prominent and potential in the i
annals of the town. It was his (
brain that devised and his energy ]
that carried out the plans that <
changed the village of two stores
and a dozen families of 30 years <
ago into a progressive town of 1
two large cotton mills, two strong i
banks, 25 stores and about 2,000 i
inhabitants. <
Realizing that agricultural sue- (
cess was the foundation for the i
prosperity of this section he threw j
his soul into the science of farm- j
ing and his large crops inspired
many others of this section to i
stay upon the farm. ; <
Realizing that the borrower is i i
servant to the lender and hence i j
that no community could be inde- i
pendent and strong that looked i
to other places for its supply of i
money he organized wellnigh a |
quarter century ago Fort Mill's <
first bank, of which he was the j;
only president to the day of his I
death.
Realizing that manufacturing | (
is the twin sister of agriculture, i,
and that as two feet are necessa- 11
ry for the perfect locomotion of
man, so these two are necessary
in the full development of a com-j
munity, he organized the Fort h
Mill Manufacturing Co., which,
with its 850 looms and 20.0(H)
spindles, is now giving employment
to hundreds of operatives
and every week is sending a
stream of currency through the
town's places of business.
Horn in Fort Mill, educated at
"The Citadel," a State school of
South Carolina, and a soldier of
the army of the Confederacy, he
loved with all his heart the repu-;
tatior. of his town, the principles
of his State and the cause of the
Confederacy. To honor and commemorate
these he became the
chief agent in erecting the four
monuments that adorn Confederate
park in Fort Mill
The first of these is dedicated
to the "Confederate Soldier." j
The money for the monument was
obtained in a proper but unusual i
way. Not a dime was secured by
the use of lemonade stands or
oyster suppers or social entertainment
or anything of the soit, '
for the object was too sacred to1
be lowered to such a plane. Not
one dollar was solicited from anyone.
If men who had imperiled
their lives and property for the j
Confederacy were not willing to
bring their free will offerings for
this memorial of the "Lost Cause"
their money was not wanted, for
love was required to consecratethe
gift. Yet si)I the money was
quickly and quietly obtained and
a monument large and costly for
that day was erected. Has any
other Confederate monument a
record as bright and sacred?
The second monument was a
beautiful one to the "Women
of the Confederacy." Women
had erected monuments to the
Confederate soldier, but never
Deiorc had man erected a monument
to the Confederate woman,
who had toiled and suffered at
home as much as the soldier on
the tented field. Capt. White
presented this costly monument
to the "United Daughters of the
Confederacy"?and it was the
first, and for a long time the only,
tribute of this kind to vindicate
the boasted chivalry of the South.
The third monument was dedicated
to the "Faithful Slave."
No one but a slave owner can
realize the tender ties and loving
relations that oftimes bound the p
hearts of masters and slaves to- \
gether. Often the owners would s
regard and care for their slaves
as for those of their own household,
and often the slave women
would love the children of their t
owners more than they did Mieir 1
own offspring. This affection,,1
which Northern nhilant'ironhv (
sought to destroy. Cap'. White
determined to commerr ;rate, and ,
hence erected the s'we mo nil- .
ment to silently br . constantly
proclaim its truth s
The fourth monument was >
dedicate'' ?0 the "Catawba In- 1
I?.., and was erected by Capt. 1
White and Mr. John M. Spratt. 1j
The capital town of the Catawba j
Indians was situated upon the
very spot where is now the town i [
of Fort Mill. Never have these jc
people fought against the white c
man of Carolina. In the Tusca- c
rora v.ar, in the War of the t
Revolution and in the War Be- r
tween the States they have all j
and ever been on our side. It
was eminently fitting that their ^
unswerving loyalty should be jcommemorated
in marble, and s
by these two noble men it was e
done. ; s
Thus the story of the red man t
whose "home was in the wild" ? j 1"
the story of the faithful slave, ^
taken from heathen lands into %
Christian homes ? and the story j|
of the sacrifices and sufferings r
of the "Lost Cause" are told a
more fully and strikingly and j g
grandly in our little town than h
anywhere in the land of Dixie, fi
Engraved with pen of iron upon i s
tablets of stone their testimonial ^
of the past is clear, their me- a
morial in the present is unique ?
and their prophecy in regard to j,
the future is glorious. , r
Yes, the prophecy in regard to a
the future is glorious. The princi- r
pies of the "Lost Cause" are v
divine and eternal, and Capt. v
Samuel E. White felt that they I
were so and hence must at last
succeed. Therefore these tablets
of stone to bear their testimony , a
after his tongue was stilled in
death. S
The monuments in Confederate
park continually tell that on the
gravestone of the Confederate r
cause, as on the tombstone of j
every Christian, we can vs rite the v
unspeakably glorious word f
"Resurgam."
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The announcement from Wash- ?
ington Tuesday morning that '
Congressman I). K. Finley had 1
been selected by the new rules 1
committee as the chairman of the
committee on printing was in- t
deed a pleasing bit of in for- (
mation to Mr. Finley's constitu- \
ents in this section of the district, i
The work of the committee on i
printing is of vast importance to
the country and for the Fifth
district to be honored hy the
selection of its representative as (
the head of the committee is a |
matter for congratulation and - *
further emphasizes the good l
sense of the voters in returning 1
to Congress a man who is able >
to command the influence to se- ;
cure such an important chairman- \
ship.
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The Rich and the Poor. <
The lights and shadows of life. <
as well as the width of the chasm ?
between the rich and the poor, '
were shown in New York a few ,(
nights ago. Uptown a social
leader was giving a ball to his
friends of the "400." stretched
now, it is said, to 900. Also uptown
tlie finishing touches were
being given to preparations for
an "international" wedding costing
a fortune. In the Bowery,
exposed to a raging snow storm,
was a line of men. a half-mile
long, receiving shoes and stockings
through the generosity of
"Big Tim" Sullivan. In all 7,000
unfortunates were thus aided.
In the crowd were many who
L. ? 1 ? - * ? ^ '
uau seen neuer nays. One man
was at one time worth several
millions. He is now an inmate
of a lodging house on the Bowery.
Wall street speculation had
ruined him. while family pride
forbade his making himself
known to friends. Tears of
gratitude came to his eyes as he
gave thanks for the shoes. Others
had been hankers, brokers, merchants
and poets. According to
those who know, drink was the
ruination of at least FX) percent,
of them. For eight years in the
winter time Senator Sullivan has
been giving out shoes and stockings
because, when he was a
kitl of seven years, as he ex
>resses it, he had to j?o to school
vith torn shoes with his toes
ticking out.
Dog Rescued 163 Lives.
Sir Edward Morris, prime minis
>CI VI Iir? ivunuirtliu, Ifl tilt;
February Wide World Magazine
i remarkable story of heroism
>n the part of a Newfoundland
isherman. The name of this
nan was George Harvey, and he
esided in a low, rocky island,
i few miles east of Cape Ray.
In those days the emigrant
?hips to Canada were crowded
vith passengers. In the autumn
>f 1832 the brig Despatch, bound
o Quebec with 1G3 souls, in a
sale of wind struck a rock about
hree miles from Harvey's home,
ie heard the signals of distress
ind immediately launched his
>oat. with his boy of 12, his girl
>f 17 and his dog and tried to get
ut to the wreck. On the deck
f the doomed ship were crowded
he crew and passengers, in imrinent
peril of their lives. A
errible sea raged between his
oat and the wrecked ship, but
cross that awful waste of water
he gallant fisherman and his
rave children urged their frail
kifT. To get close tc the strandd
ship was to court instant deduction
and the task of saving
hose on board seemed wellnigh
lopeless, but Harvey's dog. deep
liver, bold swimmer, with marelous
intelligence, seemed to
inderstand what was required of
dm and at a signal from his
naster sprang out of the boat
,nd swam toward the ship. The
eas overwhelmed him and drove
lim back, but he persevered and
inally came near enough The
ailors threw him a rope, which
te gripped with his sharp teeth
nd at last he pot back to his
naster and was drawn into the
oat almost dead from exlaustion.
Communication was
io\v established between the ship
nd Harvey's skiff, and with the
nost laborious efforts every soul
i'as saved. The dop's owner
i'as presented a pold medal from
unp William IV.
Buys Land Near Americus.
tmerieus (Ga.) Times-Recorder.
Mr. Edpar Jones, of Fort Mill,
?. C., while on a visit to W. M.
'rook, of this city, purchased a
ine tract of land throuph the
eal estate firm of W. S. & (J. W.
Andrews, known as the Amason'atton
tract, situated one mile
vest of Leslie and one-half mile
rom Parker's station.
The Seaboard railway runs
horouph one corner of this tract,
dr. Jones is so well pleased with
lis bar pa in that he contemplates
nakinp more and larper investnents
He has a line farm and
alues it at $50 per acre.
Mr. Jones is one of the model
aimers of York county, S. C.
)n two hundred acres of cultiatable
land he made last year a
dear profit of $0,000, besides
jlentv of feed stuff for his stock.
n _ J ! mi c i -
\.ocKiag main ounaay.
The more or less notorious Ed
" .atoll got his name in the Charotte
papers again a day or two
igo. This time Caton was up
'or violating the North Carolina
aw against cock-fighting. Along
vith a score or more of" his friends,
i number of whom are said to
lave been from Pineville and
Port Mill, and several of whom
,vere fined by the Charlotte recorder,
he was called upon to
mswer to the above charge Monlay.
The cocking main was held
>n Caton's farm, between Charotte
and Pineville, Sunday, according
to the Charlotte papers.
Agricultu
A few tons of .
at $10 npr fnn
w a vr VWAX*
Lumber, Sash,
Several thou;
Drain Tile at 2
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WILL A. DARBY,
Distributer for the Carolitias,
Box 212, G ffney, S. C.
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"Haile's on the Corner"
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Complele line of
Baseball Goods and
Fishing Tackie.
Full line of
Garden Seeds.
Onion Sets at Cost.
Come to see us.
Fort Mill Drug Comp y
J. R. HAILE, Prop.
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We Do Not
Claim
To have better Garden Seec]
than anybody, but we have
a larger and better selectior
nnrt thei' K,vnrl.? c-1>
Many of the best gardeners
depend on us year after yeai
for their seeds, and we believe
it would be to your advantage
to do the same.
MAY'S,
KERRY'S.
WOOD'S,
at Ardrey's Drug Store.
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West Trade St., Hear Square.
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We are getting in tremendous
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Jewelry, Watches, Silverware,
Cut Glass and Holiday Goods.
Our stock has the variety that
you want when you select a Weliding
or Holiday Gift.
Come to see us and we will always
give you the best goods for
the least money.
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Agricultural Lime
Doors and Blinds,
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