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"x' > l' . 1 ' "IiKST WE FORGET." c One does not hear so much nowadays of Ben ("Beast") Butler as he did- a-third of a century ^and more ago. Butler \fcas a general In the Union army during the War Between the States and afterwards was elected to Q'ongress from a Massachusetts ^ district. When New Orleans was captured l>y the Federal forces Butler was put In command of the military district of which the city was a part und It wns while In command . vof the district that he Issued his in famous order directing his soldiers to treut n? "women of the town" any lady "who by word or gesture expresses contempt for any Federal of nc-er or souiicr. i ne orucr rumcu for Butler the contempt "and execration of the clvtlir.ed world outstde the flutes of the North, the Bondon Saturday Keview saying at the time that !t was "read In England with a hor^ ror which no other event In this deplornle Civil war has created" and that nutler was "the most ruffianly commander the world ever saw or dreamed of." A writer In the Now Orleans Pleflvtine said that "he was In all truth the most ferocious, cruel and vulvar henst that ever figured In human form In this country. Hiving or dead * the truth of history must he written of him and It is not worth our while to soil the mantle of charity !>v spreading It over his beastly record?" But it remained for John Young Brown, n representative in Congress, in the decade following the War Between the States, to describe Butler "as brutal in war. pusillanimous In pence and Infamous In polities." Butler's chardcter was painted as vile and his fentures as hideous and repulsive* "He was unable to understand an honest man's thoughts or n gentleman's feelings, and lie therefore glortlicd In his villainy and boasted of his nhnmc." rtrnwn's speech in Congress created n sensation and ho was said to hnvo liorn tlio only man who over sue. rrortfi?i In piercing tho think hide of Butler. The speech was as follows: "Mr. Speaker: Tho South is broken. It Uoh In helplessness un<l , * despair, with homes dilapidated, villages wasted, its people bankrupt. Itthere nothing In that situation to touch yoti with pity? If vrfur magnanimity cannot be touched will you not be moved by the sense of- Justine? By n eonspiraey between tho attorney general and Kellogg ami a drunken federal Judge. ,the sovereignty of State was overthrown. That usurpation has been perpetuated s'lioe by bayonets. But recently one / of your generals entered the legislative halls, ns Cromwell entered the English parliament with Colonel Pride, and ruthlessly expelled the ooe a pants. Onward and onward you "go in defiance of the sentiment of the country, without pity , and without Justice, remorscly determined, It seems, to drive the Southern people to destruction, to givo their roofs to tho (lames and their flesh to the eagles. "A federal general Hteps on the scene and- sends a dispatch to the world that the people of the State are banditti. We have heard It echoed everywhere that they were thieves and murderers and nightThe Palme koc:k ii "Where Everybody * ~ toi We present the stai Anita ? Supported by the greatest of the s< "Her Kingdoi A picturization of L novel in seven exquisite p; That PALMETT * i NOTE?We are always glad people. Come over more ofte acquainted. . ! Announ i Our new building ^ pletcd and we wish 1 are now equipped to? < ? of Automobile Paintii We also make Seat la t Curtains and Signs. | Pyramid P ROCK HI * I Overhead Bridge I * riders. The clergy of that State, Jew and Gentile, have denied It. The business .men and Northern residents have denied it. A coipmlttce of your own house, a majority being Republ'.'cans, has given its solemn and emphatic contradiction, and roiled the slander to the counter "Now what should be said if that accusation should come froin one? peak not of men, hut of language within the rules of this house?if 'hut accusation against that people should come from, one who Is outlawed In his own home from respectable society, whose nnnt% Is synonymous with falsehood, who is the champion and hns been such on nil occasions of fraud, who is-the apologist of thlovps. who Is suelj a nrod'gy of vice and meanness that to describe l\ln? imagination would sicken and Invective exhaust itself! In Scotland. vf>ars ago. there was a man whose lrs.de was murder, and he earned his Ivelihood by selling the hoiTles of his \ ictlms for gold. "'This man's name was linked to his crimes, and today throughout the world la known us 'Burking.' If T were to characterize all that was pusillanimous in war. inhuman in peace, forbidding in morals una i.. politics. I shottUL cull It 'ButlerlxIng.' " Speaking of the effect of Younn? remarks, a newspaper writer gave the following descriptive acount: "Bufler himself was not one of the first to catch the meaning of the hot, biting words which ran* out so clear and distinct that not one syllable was unheard In the. farthest corner of the hall. Butler clutched nervously at his desk, and leaned forward, as if he wanted to drink In the fearful arI relgnmnet to the full. Brown was | evidently deeply In earnest, and after the first interruption i?y Hale of New j York hsjd' the benefit of an exceedingly attentive audience, every one. both on the floor and in the galleries, ! having turned to hear what he Intended to say. He is one of the best speakers in the house and gifted with a tenor voice which sounds with all the .clear ring of silver. Ho has a leal of warmth and earnestness In his manner that makes his delivery unusually Impressive under any clr u instances, and this Increased today as he neared the climax of his characterization to a pitch of hot. passionate utterance that made him more eloquent than any one who has spoken In congress for yenrs. As the mi imcm or nis words became apparent, the speaker rattled savagely with his gavel. But Brown was no mere to be stopped than a whirlwind lie leaned forward, his face erimson with passionate determination that moved him, and his hands clenehed together as If t/> force the* scathing words out faster and still more forel- | l?ly. As his voice died on their ears, the first Impulse moved every one to a long breath of relief. Such stinging words, such terrible denunciation, put with so much of real eloquence, are rarely heard, and could not hut have moved the most stolid auditor." Brown was ceusured by the speaker. and wore it as a hndge of honor. He was the only man who ever pierced the rhinoceronian hide of Ben Butlei. Armenia Once Great State. While Armenia generally now Is regarded as a country full of starvtto Theatre ILL, S. C. Meets Everybody" : ^ )AY ' of Old Keutucky? t* ? >tewart all-star cast in the history 3reen, in II of Dreams" I ouise Provost's powerful arts. 0 ORCHESTRA 1 to WELCOME you Fort Mill n to see us; let us f?et better > I Rfiment I ^0 ^0 III ^0 III ? .. I ; is now about com to*aniiounce that we + M | do the highest grade t\ lg and Top Building. | Dvers, (Cushions, Side | * * * > < 'aint Shop iM-? s. c. i:1 Look for the Sign. ? \ A 0 FORT MILL TIMES 111 _ ing, oppressed people It w^s once a great state. Its people were one of the few ancients that did not come' under the Hellenic influence during the palmy days of the Qreclan empire. As early as 1000 B. C. a distinct Armenian pebple dwelt on the tablelands near Mt. Ararat. Having no definite boundaries the state was seldom Independent, being subjugated by Babylonia, the Medes and Persians, the Seleucidae and the Itomgns. Conquest in those days, meant little more than tribute, however. In the early middle ages Armenia attained its highest position through Christianity. In 310 A. D. Gregory the Illuminator arose and attached himself to Tiradates, who soon became king. After much persecution Gregory Christianized the whole state** The worst enemy Armenia met was the religion of Islam, during the seventh century. In the old days the state stretched from the Caspian' sea to the -Mediterranean, and at one time reached from Persia to Syria. The Armenians have a strong business instinct and a talent for languages, und have learned to bend, instead of break, before their persecutors. WHICH? pure i cheap . i OEVOE BADULTCRATrO paint Mpaint It's foolishly extravagent to pay out good money for cheap paint. A gallon of good paint will cover twice as much surface as a gallon of cheap adulterated stuff. DEVOE Lead and Zinc Paint is good paint. The guarantee formula on every < on shows thot it is absolutely pure. AnO we guarantee D?VOE to wear I years longer. , Lytle Drug Company FORT MILL, S. C. Remember?Paint Devoe Paint ' 1 Ice Ceam D Sunday Moi We re now p: Sunday morning Cream for houselr Let us have your ore % ______ The Candy H. CARRQS, ] ________________________________________ * Vacatioi HRFORE STARTING ON YOUF YOUR DRUG STORE NEEDS IT FREQUENTLY HAPPENS ' | TOMERS ARE UNABLE TO GET PLIED AND IT WILL ADD Td WENT OF YOUR VACATION IF WITH YOU. WHILE YOU ARE AWAY IF A ! ORDERS TO US. IT WILL TJE YOU THE SAME DAY. WE WILL GIVE PARTICULAR FINISHING. MAIL YOUR FILM THEM DEVELOPED AND R HTll PENDING YOUR ARRIVAL. THE DRUG STORE OF Lytle Drut Phon? mmmmmmmm I, FOET MILL. 8. 0. I Why No I I A Vacant i YOU N I NEED NEEDS WE H , NEED I Everyth I I Fort Mi IF< j elivered nings * repared to make deliveries of Ice old consumption. Jers on Saturdays. ' Kitchen Proprietor. i Needs l VACATION, LET US SUPPLY ' THAT WHEN AWAY OUR CU81 ALL THEIR WANTS SUPTHE COMFORT AND ENJOY- , YOU HAVE THOSE NEEDS . 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