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FORT MILL. S. C.. APRIL 6. 19U.
Mr. Finley' Appointments.
The Charlbtte Observer of Monday
paid this well deserved compliment to
Representative D. E. Finley:
"The Charlotte friends of Representative
D. E. Finley, of Yorkville. S.
C., were interested in reading yesterday
of his appointments to important
committees in Confess. Mr. Finley
was named for chairman of the committee
on printing and a member of
the committees on postoffices and postroads
(of which he is ranking Democrat)
and on reform in the civil service.
This is his seventh term in Congress
from the fiifth South Carolina district.
He is known in Washington for his
aggressive conservatism and judicial
temperament and is one of the most
influential of the Southern delegation
at the National capital.' .
Republicans and Democrats alike in
Congress realize the true worth of a
man of Mr. Finley's type and ability
and when the appointments come on
his friends may rest assured thct he
will tack on to some of the mo?t important
committees in the house.
It is a sin and a crime to monopolize
any of the necessities of life and then
cruelly manipulate and raise the cost
of living in order to enrich the rich
and to increase dividends. And how
^ we all shake our angry fists at such
^^^^^k|^^^?oulless trusts because of their
unholy dealing with the condenouncing
among other reasons, we
have no financial connections with such
trusts. If \\Je were stockholders and
received dividends, we dare say we
would be tempted to argue from a
totally different standpoint. Yet many
trusts, because th'yv have the advantage,
shamefully oppress the consuming
public.
Fifty years ago there was some excuse
for bad roads, for our country was
poor, but now it is rich an3Nstjere is no
excuse? A good road is alway^to be
desired and is a source of com and
convenience to every traveler. ~^ood
roads attract population, |s welK as
good schools and churches, (iood roi'ds
improve the value of property, so th>at
it io aaid a farm lying five mii^rfrom
connected bv a bad road, is of
less value than an equally good farm
connected by a good road.
The Timea hopes that the cow show
to be held during the summer in York#
ville will prove a success. It is also
hoped that this is the beginning of
what will eventually terminate in a
county fair. The cow show will be an
innovation in Sauta Carolina and the
owners of tows in tie country surround?^
ina^ Vark ville shouu-i lend their hearty
^^^P5operation in the enterprise.
Having a neighborly feeling for Mr.
. Caldwell of the Chester Lantern we
will merely intimate that he should read
the Congressional committee appointments
as announced through the press
Sunday morning.
Why Our Troops Were Sent to Texas.
Immediately after the adjournment
of Congress, on the 4th of last March,
the authorities at Washington gave orders
for mobilizing 2U,000 soldiers on
the Mexican border.
There hu? been in Mexico for the
Iiast ygaran insurrection, as it is called,
twa revolt of a portion of the Mexican
peojple/tgainst the continued domination
orpin. is an effort to secure re*Arnns
or to overthrow the government.
if**-"' Such a condition of affairs menaces
he peace of both nations to some'exHtent,
and a* u precautionary measure.
President Taft ordered the assembling?
that is, the mobilizing?of the American
army on the Mexican frontier.
This movement attracted the attention
of the world. Foreign governments
assumed that it was intended as a menace
to Mexico and much misinformation
has spread abroad concerning th^ purnost*
of this government in dealing with
the insurrectionists or rhe federalists in
Mexico.
At this time there is nothing to indicate
that President Taft has any other
. policy than one of caution; being ready
for any development. Mexico will be
allowed to settle her own difficulties
without interference as long as she
gives to American citizens and European
citizens that protection for life
and property which she accords to her
own people. But there is always the
possibility of an outbreak. March 21
the rebels, or the insurrectionists, in
Mexico raided a Texas town and terrorized
the people, driving cattle across
the Rio Grande.
Now. unless the Mexican government
can prevent these incursions, the government
at Washington will have to d<
something to put aji end to them.
Must Not Taste Liquor.
"Not to touch another drop of liquor'
is Governor Klease's explanation or rnt
terms of two paroles granted by hin
Friday in the case of the State again s
W. L. Henderson and Alf Free, o
Saluda county. "If they take on*
drink the paroles are of no effect,'
said the Governor. The two mei
were paroled during good behavior, an(
it is endorsed upon the petition tha
A they are to let alone intoxicating liquor
" from now on.
Low Rate to Confederate Reunion.
Kates have been announced vis th<
Southern railway for the Confederate
* reunion at Little Rock, Ark., May 15-18
The very low rate of one cent a mih
has been made and the round trip fron
Fort Mill to Little Rock will be abou
$16.50 The time limit for the ticket
, is May 23. but the limit may be extend
ed to June 1. Tickets will be on salt
ft \ - May 13. I t. 1"). The route from Fori
j!. \ Mill will l>o via Charlotte, Spartanburg,
A Atlanta and Birmingham. Through
Pullman cars and day coaches will l><
M&jr' operated from Charlotte.
B Will it Come to This?
I For Rent?A large set of buildings
I formerly used as a State Penitentiary
I Also one State firm and building
I thereon. Apply at Governor's office.'
A This advertisement to appear in th
papers of the State in the year 191
B nas been suggested by a Columbiar
says the Columbia correspondent of Th
News and Courier, f - L.
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THOUGHTS OF EASTER.
Written for The by J. K. H.
Back of the happiness of the season
at Easter lies the hop* of the soul,
the augmenting certainty with which
man answers this question. It is one
of the oldest of all questions. In the
morning glow of time, by the fidds of
Egypt and the plains of Chaldea. men
sougnt to solve the mystery. The Indian
talked of hunting grounds, and the
man of business in Chicago and London
drops his papers on his desk and finds
himself wondering whether he will have
any part or knowledge in the life that
will go on when he is gone.
The search favors not at all of superstition
The advent of science has not
served to make it any less pressing.
The only difference is that men cease j
to be satisfied with superficial answers.
At heart the race beats as one here; it ]
i feels that immortality is its right; its
whole theory of life is built on His; we
! live by the faith of an unending life.
TUo va'svcrl IvQOtiir ic ulmnct stmnnv- I
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mous with happiness, but happiest of
I all are those who have the Easter
: vision, which is the vision of a living
; Christ. Easter day is the celebration
! of the resurrection of our lx>rd, "who
j liveth and was dead, and is alive forevermore.
That is the old, yet ever
I new, the precious Easter truth, "a
living Christ," to give new life through 1
the hope of immortality. Where is the
sting of death or the victory of the
: grave, with the expectation of a!
j perfect world beyond?
Love is ever asking the question.
Frie ids may die, but the friendship
, lives. We have said our farewells, but ;
the longing for their faces does not i
dim. Fathers and mothers are cherish- i
1 ing the hope of a day yet to dawn when
j the old home ties will be knit again.
Hearts that are heavy with the sorrow
of a lost form and a silent voice will see
the star of hope through the blurring
1 of tears. We have written this hope
in all the beauty of our cemeteries, in
love's memorials. We accept it as our
[ every day thoughts.
In some lives, those that have meant
most for this world, there has been a
steady consciousness of another world
and a larger life?a sense of immortality.
All the teachings of Jesus
stand out with this background of a
man's life as stretching far beyond the
dust. And so, when the gloom of the
I grave gathered about Him, those who
knew Him best saw in it but the promise
of another day and soon they saw. as
never before, how glorious and how
real the fate of the life that cannot
taste of death.
Why So Many Get Pardons.
"Why do I pardon so many men who
are serving sentences at the State
! penitentiary?"
Governor Blease may have asked him'
self this question, but if he did not he
-J ?. ..Anio.Motion o four /I Q VO
UHSWereu II ill kumrioaumi a ..... ..*.j ..
ago with The News and Courier correspondent.
"I know that 1 am easily moved,"
said Governor Mease. "I know that
when a woman and little children come
into my office and ask rne to release
their sole support 1 am prone to forgive
the prisoner in the State penitentiary
and let him go. If I err I am glad to
err on the side of humanity."
Just at this time when t he question is
asked every day, "How many men has
the governor pardoned today?" Governor
Blease's remarks Jjion his own
' pardon record are of great interest,
j "Just let those people who are so
j quick to criticise go into the communi!
ties in which I have grunted pardons
and ask the people there what they
think about the matter.
"Those who live in Charleston cannot
know the sentiment of the people
of Chester county; likewise the people
who are in Marion, for instance, are in j
no pos'ion to judge of the situation
each in the other's county. Therefore,
if I grant a pardon in Marion, how can I
the people of Charleston criticise, or I
! the people of Dorchester? All 1 ask [
i is tnat the community in which the I
1 pardon has been granted be consulted ,
1 and many of my critics will lind that 1
am upheld in tno.se communities wm-ie
the petitions are granted."
Governor Blease cited several in
stances of pardon petitions that had
been granted by him. It so happened
i that he mentioned the -ase of W. 0.
] Carpenter. He spoke also of "old man
Jacobs," whom he paroled a few days
According to Governor Lllease it is
I an extremely hard rate to be sentenced
I to prison for life. "There's Carpen|
ter," he mused, "that man went to the
penitentiary when he was n mere bov,
say about 17 or 18 years of age. He
has been in prison about 20 years.
I There you are. the best part of his life
' is gone. Why shouldn't he now be
given a chance? Probably he will make
a good citizen."
Governor Blease thinks that one who
has been in prison, 15 years say, ought
j to be released. The man has had his
: punishment, is the governor's view;
i then why continue to torture him by
! keeping him from among his fellow
beings'.'
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Commission for New Asylum Building.
Governor Blease signed Monday the
resolution relating to the new auxiliary
State Hospital for the Insane and announced
the personnel of the new commission
in charge of the development
of this plant, as follows: I)r. J. W.
Babcock, Columbia; Dr. Robert Wilson,
Jr., Charleston; Mr. Libert H. Aull,
Newberry; Mr. John F. Floyd, Spartanburg;
Mr. J as. M. Payne, Anderson.
The commission will now proceed with
the erection of the buildings on the site
of al>out 2,00b acres recently acquired
in Richland county at a cost of $200,000.
Drs. Babcock and Wilson are members
of the commission by virtue of
their offices, the former being superintendent
of the State Hospital for the
Insane and the latter chairman of the
State board of health. Mr. Aull, formerly
a member of the house of repre11
sentatives, is proprietor of the Newberry
Herald and News and head of several
| other Newberry county entetprises. He
was for years president of the State
> Press association. Mr. Floyd was
formerly mayor of Spartanburg. He
is a brother to the former Columbian,
Mr. Mart Floyd, who is now postmaster
at Spartanburg. Mr. Payne, not now
' in public life, was for nearly 'JO years
? i treasurer of Anderson county.
James H. Tillman Dead.
.. Col. James H. Tillman, once lieuten'
ant governor of South Carolina, died
i ; suddenly Saturday night in Asheville,
j N. C., whither he had gone six months
l before in the hope of regaining his
s health. The remains were shippedSun:
day to Edgefield, Col. Tillman's home,
for burial.
James H. Tillman was the son of the
late George D. Tillman and a nephew
e of Senator B. R. Tillman. He was a
e graduate of the Virginia Military Institute
and studied law with his brother*
in-law, the late Judge 0. W. Buchanar
^ of Winnsboro. In 1898 he became lieut
tenant colonel of the First South Caroi
lina Volunteers, appointed by Governor
Ellerbe. In 1900 ne was a candidate
, for Lieutenant Governor and was elected
* by a good majority. Governor Blpase
was one of his opponents.
j In the campaign in 1902 Col. Tillman
, was a candidate for governor and was
defeated.
Col. Tillman married a Miss Norris,
of Edgefield county, a beautiful and
accomplished woman. They have ont
child. His brothers ?are Capt. B. J
Tillman, U. S. A., George Tillman, ant
'ja sister at Spartanburg, Mrs. Bunch
? J Col. Tillman was about 45 years old
e
3 Wofford college has received a checli
i. for $20,000 from Andrew Carnegie as t
e contribution to a proposed endowment
fund of $300,000
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The Blockade of the Sooth.
"The blockade," says Dr. Schwab in
his "Financial and Industrial History of
the South during the Civil War,"
which appears in the American Review
of Reviews for April, "constituted the
m<?st powerful tool at the command of
the Federal government in {its efforts
to subdue the South. The relentless
and almost uniformly successful operations
of the navy have been minimized
in importance by the at times more
brilliant achievements of the army; but
we lean to ascribing to the navy the
larger 3hare in undermining the power
of resistence on the part ot the South.
It was the blockade rather than the
ravageB of the army that sapped the
industrial strength of the Confederacy."
The South was thus beaten by want,
and not merely by force of arms. A
nation of well on to 6,000,000 could never
have been conquered on its own ground
by even the great forces the North
brought against it but for this failure J
of resources which made it impossible
to bring its full fighting strength into
the field.
We know that there was a total of
2,841,906 enlistments and re-enlistments
in the army %and navy of the North,
representing some 1,600,000 three-year
enlistments; we shall, however, never
know the actual forces of the South
on squint of the unfortunate destruc
tion of the Southern records of enlist- j
ments and levies. That some 1,100,000 :
men were available is, o* course, patent
from the fact that the white population
of the seceding States was 5,600,000, J
and to these were added 125,000 men,
who, as spmpathizers, joined the South- j
ern army. The South fought as men i
have rarely fought. Its spirit was the
equal of that of any race or time, and ,
if the 325,000 Boers in South Africa
could put 80,000 men into the field, the
5,600,000 of the South would have furnished
an equal proportion had there1
been arms, clothing, food and the rest i
of the many accessories which, besides 1
men, go to make an army. The situa-1
tion which prevented an accomplish-1
ment of such results as those in South :
Africa, and it was impossible in the'
circumstances that they could be, was |
the result of the blockade of the Southern
coast, a force the South was powerless
to resist.
The Newt of Gold Hill.
Correspondence t ort Mill Time*.
Mrs. Lucir.da Coltharphas been quite
sick the past week, but is better at
this writing.
An old soldier. Mr. Broom, is lying
very sick at the home of his son-in-law,
Mr. Gordon, at the Graham place.
The ladies of the Gold Hill section
have organized a Rural Home Improvement
club and have elected Mrs. Bud
Smith, president; Mrs. Blackwelder,
vice president, and Mrs. Will Coltharp,
; secretary and treasurer. They propose
meeting with some member of the club
once every two weeks to discuss home
improvement matters. We think it
quite likely that they will wish to keep
in touch with their city cousins and will
j be passing around a little cake and
wine at their socials. So mote it be!
Old soldiers will notice that this week
marks the 46th anniversary of Lee's
I retreat from Kichmonil. uur corps
(Longstreet's) occupied the line seven
> miles east of the city. We vacated
i that line on Saturday night, April 1st,
at dark and it was sunup when we
reached the city Sunday morning. Trains
were ready for us and we were soon
landed in Petersburg, where we skir|
mished around until night, when we
evacuated the Cockade city.
Mr. S. C. Faris returned last week
from the "Land of Flowers," and we
suppose has got down to his knitting
ere this.
"Cold Blaze," indeed! Who ever
heard of the like before.
Gold Hill, April 4. S.
Lard Sale.
Saturday morning at 9 o'clock we will
offer the people of Fort Mill a large
quantify of Lard at the lowest price
offered in many months. See us for
prices. C. M. FITE CO.
WHITE LEGHORN EGGS.
I have for 9ale for hatching
purposes pure Wycoff
strain White Leghorn Eggs
at one dollar for 15.
D. A. LEE,
Fort Mill, S. C.
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j^j We are distributors
p Reach's Baseballs,
11 Bats,
I Mitts,
Gloves,
Masks and
Uniforms.
jj Get your Baseball
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J. R. HAILE, Prop.
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Notice to Creditors.
i In the Court of Common Pleas-Z. T.
' Bailes, as administrator, etc., vs.
J. C. Glover et al.
j Notice is hereby given to all of the
creditors of L. B. Glover, deceased,
that their claims must be established
before me, on or before the seventeenth
(17th) of April, 1!?11, or be forever
burred.
Bv order of court.
J. A. TATE.
C. C. C. 1'ls.
Yorkville, S. C., March 18, mil.
FOR SALE 200 bushels of pure
t'nlpi-[)(*r Cotton St*eu at n>c per oumifl.
Apply to E<lj;:tr Jones.
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>r a solid cadoad
retail from $3.51
rhese we expec
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Pump at a ver
:ore buying.
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i> Hardware Store in town. J
0 We use the chisel to shave down our prices when 0
w we first mark our goods. *
<> We don't bore those who come in to look; we do 0
J not have to?because we only need to show our goods J
0 to those who know. Our goods sell themselves.
J When you need Hardware, come look at ours? ?
0 you'll find the "best you ever saw." 0
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! ^ "Just across the street." ^
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I)rink puns clean Coffee like
CARA.JA COFFEE,
Largest seller in theCarolinas
WHITE HOFSE COFFEE
is the world's best.
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ARTMENT ST'
CHARLOTTE - - N. C.
1 Of Sample Oxfoi
At Efird's Dep
sal with the Geo. H. Snow Shoe
of Men's Oxfords. This includes
3 to $5.00 a pair; also 3,000 pairs
t to reach us in time for the Frida
fill Be Less Than One-Half
not an old Oxford in the lot, and if
Y low price, it certainly will be tc
DEPARTMEN'
CHARLOTTE, N. C.
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YOUR CHANCE TO SEE
THE SWELLEST LINE OF LADIES'
! ? m ? i?r rnmrrn <i mm mi,, m mu^ L*s
HATS TO BE SEEN ANYWHERE.
Our Hats are trimmed especially for us by
Miss Margaret Warlick. of Charlotte. Miss Warlick
is well known in this section and has
achieved to the highest point in originality of de- ^
sign. The beautiful line of Hats she shipped us
last week more conspicuously display that won- jjj
derful individuality of taste, this season, than (T
ever before. Drop in, we will take pleasure in
showing you our Hats, and if we haven't in stock
just exactly what you fancy, tell us. and we will
have Miss Warlick trim it for you and send it to
us at once. LISTEN: We can save you some
money 011 your Spring Hat. See us.
Irving Drew Shoes For Women
This season, as heretofore, show all that's r2
"classy," and combine with it tne most important
of all?Comfort.
Ladies Ready-made Skirts
Our Spring line of Ladies' Ready-made Skirts
is attracting considerable attention. Numerous
styles and patterns to select from, ranging in
price from $2.50 up.
E. W. KIMBRELL CO.,
"The Place Where Quality Counts."
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Special displays of all the new ideas Q
in Pattern Hats, both French and 6
American styles; also the New Gage
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I ailored Mats tor street wear. *
MISS LILLIE B. THOM, j
Rock Hill, S. C. jj
Rooms upstairs in Mutual Dry Goods Co.'s building I
By appointment ! will meet I*<>rt Mill ladies who come y
to Rock I lili on the early morning train and wish to re- j|j
turn home on the o'clock train. *
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Company, or Droc.Kton,
everything in an Oxford
: of Ladies' Sample Oxy
and Saturday Sale, and
the Original.
you want a stylish Ox?
your advantage to see I
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Stores also Concord and Gastonia