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0 Th? Fort Mill Times. I UrLTSn~D WEDNESDAYS. Win. R. Ill/ \l?i-ORl?. Subscript io 1 price Si per year. (,n"r -so mdonoo on current subj -eta is i-ivited, b it \v d> no' ajTroa to pib'ish < nnmunicut Ions "ontaininir more than ;:00 words. and no responsibility is asnanus! f ?r tlx* views of enrrespniideiitr.. As an ml\eriisiiu; medium for i harloMe. } iucville. Fort Mill, and llock ' ilill badness !i >usosTiie Timks is nns"vpusesl. Fates made known on applieat ion to Hi paViahcr. Telnplioaa No. 20. / P.tlL II,J ?)). It is said that tlio Republicans in Congress wtTo startled and not ? ut. all pleased by the announcemoat of A'lniiral Dowry that hois a candidate for Pro-ident, and if not nominated hv one of ilie existing pirke-i is willing tit run as nn independent candidate. They know that if ho runs as an independent ennd date ho will draw his strength largely from McKinley, and they also know that McKinley has no surplus strength to 1 >so. Ct.l >nel Bryan having already been practically chosen as the Democratic candidate, the Demo, rr.ita in CongrcsR regard Dewey's announcement very complacently and rather hope that he will run us an independent. The press dispatches of a few <lnys U'4o announce that the edict lias gone forih from Hanna headquarters in Wnshiji?jton that no reduction in war taxes is to be made during the present session of Conjures-. Ami that settles it. for vhat Hanna says ^oes. lie issues bis edicts, then ?roes to the C'apitoh bull whip in hand, lierds his henchmen, and dictates their nolion with as much ease ns a Republican member of thi Supreme Court chanties his mind when the I interests of the masses are to he subverted. The people must con tinne to raise revenue with which i __ / m t in ry on a v.'itr or uggrc h ion /mil oppression against a country whose only sin is that "of wanting freedom nial the right. to govern itself, which is of course wrong, hiuco nothing is said in our Declaration of Independence about gov ernmentsderiving their just powers from the consent, of tho governed. But nothing better need have heen Imped of this Hatina administration. (irapes are not gathertd of thistles, ami the ante-bellum idea of the greatest pood to the greatest number does not now obtain in Washington. Hence a coutinua. 'lioti of this unnecessary and burdensome taxation, for which there are three reasons, nil worthy of the w ood e a - h endod h i e c i u s d oe t i u s w h o begat them. The first, is, Hanna wishes Congress to hurry and adjourn so that Republican representatives and Senators may go home and jump llieir length in effort to explain away the mistakes of his administration, to save him from the defeat which is staring him in the face; the second is, that he may have an opportunity to dicker with the big interests alfected by the war taxes for campaign contributions; and the third is, that an enormous surplus may be accumulated iu the treasury to moot the extravagant appropriations which are contemplated at the next session of Congress. Of coniso this is entirely satisfactory to llnnna, but what say the people ab ait paying in the neighb >rhood of $1 per capita in war taxes which are not necessary to run the affairs of the Government as they should be run'{ -v r * - i\ext o return clay wiil answer. Corjjre?sman Finley. Fuitou Times: Tho jolitionl pot is beginning to boil?people are talking about their favorite candidates for Congress. I'p to *4 ' " " in is unu\ however. I have liennl mention of the names of only two candidates?Mr. D. E. Fililey and Dr. T. ?T. Strait. The former is now representing this district in Congress and die latter represented U9 in that body for six yenrs, boginning with the Fifty-third Congress. Now, in writing this communication, 1 shall try not to give offense to those who prefer the doctor to Air. Finloy. Dr. Strait's ambition to again represent us in Congross is an honorable one, and if the v df*.-' of this ri:strW rorr.iu jf y *''' ' nnte him nt the August prim try 1 shall certainly support him in tli?* general election. DtU I vent nr.* the assertion that when our preliminary buttle of ballots is at an end Mr. Finley will be the nominee. There is not. a man in this Congressional district who . possesses the intellectual qualifications for this important. othee that Mr. Finley does. Equipped by nature with a noble form and pleasing address, he lias added to those the experience of several years in our General Assembly. I > J A I ? * * urn iin* new nicmner, wnaiover mis qualificationsmay ho,is for the lirst term almost, as helpless as a babe, ami if there bo any who are disappointed in the Congressional service of Mr. Finley I wonlil ak them to consider the fact that he has not yet been in the halls of Congress six months. It- takes time for a man to become acquainted with the party loaders of power and prestige, and there isn't a man in'the whole country who c aid make a nut ioual reputation or ho of great service to his constituents in so short a time. Our people make too many changes in their public offieinls, especially in the matter of sending representatives to the National Legislature, and we could with profit to ourselves emulate the example of New England in this particular. Since the formation of the Government it has been the policy of that section to send to Congress only nit 11 of experience ami thought, and to coutiuuo sending thorn as long as) their capacity and health stayed with them. And I believe that unless death intervenes i\lr. Finley will be re-elected. VoTEU. Mr. John Temple Graves, of Georgia, who is a close obsi rvor of men anil events, predicts the defeat of th a Ropublicaus in the coming Presidential election. Writing from Rochester N. Y., he says: "In the midst of much that jastties pessimism in the forecast it is as refreshing as a west wind?this protest of the whole country against the treatment of Puerto Rico. I have never seen anything to ciptal the scoi>e of the protest or the extent of the revolution it has wrought in public sentiment. For these four years gone, and up'to six weeks ago, to mention the name of Mr. MeKinley in a public audience in the Northern or Middle States was to create a whirlwind. Now it moans silence? absolute silence everywhere?broken only by tlio lonesome clatter of su:io blind and expectant partisan who sees nothing bat the office ha ho|N>s to get. From a proud and happy position of a l*?pnlar idol the President has fallen, for u time at least, into desuetude and distrust. Bryan has risen as high as his rival haH fallen deep, and discounts tho President in the favor of every popular audience that 1 have seen from Minnesota to Rhode Island. When Restate of Iowa, which in tie- memory of living men, has never been anything but radically Republican and has for seven years fallowed the fortunes of Mclvinlev with a devotion that was almost blind and servile?when Iowa boldly vises up in tlie^mi^ht of u strong conviction and expresses, throayh h r legislature, a free trade resolution that contains an almost imssionnio rebuke to the Puerto Kicnu iniquity of its party it is indeed a matter of amazement and alarm. Hut when a conference of Northern Methodist ministers?the most fanatical partisans that the President has in the country, holding session in the State of Pennsylvania, with its'J >.\<>00 Kepnbliean majority?deliberately ami repeatedly hisses th Miame of MeKinley, it is time to look for the falling of the stars or the, collapse of the lie puh'ican party. It may 1?.> that 'the K>ds do not design to destroy'the liepublican jiarty, but they have certainly i*i ww t lv ? ?o..J i .... - * 1 .... j? <ii in ill.I. > HI lllllKlll^ it mad.' With the sialic exception of three colossal trusts, the whole green country from Colorado to Maine is ui?in arms against this Puerto Kican infamy. Men who have been life long friends of the President like Kohl salt, of Chicago, and a score of others in j inriialisui ami public life, have openly protested against the recent action. Osio of the most significant straws in the whirling t? iii|icst is the ease a ml grace with which the Democrats here in northern and west" tern New York have reversed long-standing majorities in mnnicipal and county elections and swept the Held clear for November. I think the hope of the i?iinntvvf *?% o??l? * -? : '* ..j j.mi nil* 11 U n|IUll US 11 S moved this insurrection. I bolievo in parties just as I believe in churches. It is impossible to curry principles forward without organization and co-operation, bat somehow \ always thank(5ol when I see, in a crisis of national h >nor or national danger, men by the thousands rising up to declare that truth towers mountains high above all jxvrtio >, and that by oomnurisrm parties arc nothing and onv cmnitry and r> -hf overythui..: T\ir;v i; - ivs .r - . y . , tln> fj.Mnfc b ) ly of the people tlr\< days, and the organization th >' thiuks it can eoinn.nnd iniquity in the nur.o of loyalty is j' e'i-T to realize the real calibre of a ft.v.at a.ul noble people. Of coarse the plain i lea of the tros.s is that their money can bay back in November tb>* confidence their .selfishness has oairmjjcd in March. It is tho same brutal estimate of I lie people 0:1 which Mark 1 [:1:11m?iacaruate spirit of aivoy.mf and uuscriipalonn politics?has predicated his whole career. Whv.i that nam falls, as hn surely will, te detuns should b; sutu; i:i tho chore lies, raid the day sii >ahl ho made a national h diday. No figure more uioaslro is ami baneful h is ob.vrured t ii*5 i>olitioal sky i.i this Reneratio.i. I should blash f ?: my country if 1 permitted my sell' to believe that the money of the trusts could bay anotli.il* iudrrseueut of this man at tiic ballot b>c. * * ' it srmis to me that all alon;~ the skies are brightening for tlie eanxo that lirynn will lead to victory in November. The issues which ha represents uro so far above party, or spoils, or money, or expansion, that no true man can hesitate wham to stand and where tofij-tlit. I said it ten months a^o and I say it now that the issue of this I resident ial year is a death grapple, fateful and final, between the olcl-fashioned 'power of the jicople' at id the throned and bloated insolence of the colossal tras's. It is a crisis in which men should go from their knees to the ballot box, and if need bo, from the ballot box to the battle Hold." When General Robert K. Loo left his beautiful mausioa at Arlington and liastoned to Richmond to assume command of the troop* of his native tstato at the outbreak of the Civil War, lie loft one of the most beautiful and pic. ares-pie homes of the many for which the fc'outli is noted. The house and land have been in possession of the Government almost from tho outbreak of the war. It was when Lee resigned his commission in the Federal army nn.l liastened to Richmoud with his family that the Federal authorities, realising* that tho war was o 1 and that tho national capital, standing so close to tlie borders of one of the seceding States would bo a cliiof point of attack by the enemy, determined to gain a point of vantage by occupying the hills that border the l-'otouiac oil the Virgina shore. Then and there Arlington passed into tho Government's hands. It was used for hospital purposes during the war, and later, at . 1 - < r\ in ;..i;, 01 v^unricrillUSlCr-l iC-llir.tl Meigs, made to President Lincoln, the magnificent Southern estate was converted into a military comet' ry. One can sou Arlington House from Washington. I' Ins a history which Is very interesting. The house was built in IS.>2 by Uoorge Washington 1 urke Cnstis, son of John 1 arkeCustis. wh >se widowed mother became Mrs. Martha Washington, wife of (renege Washington. When Colonel Cnstis died during the Revolutionary war, Washington adopted the two children as his own, and thenceforth they were members of the Washington household at Ml. Vernon. When Washington die.l, however, young Custis removod to tin Arlington estate. There he lived like a South rn gentleman, en ertuing friends of prominence and of fame, aud enjoyed dis taction boeauso of liis close relation In th > famous general \vl? > had a do pknl liim a a his son. 1: is said That atuoug the distinguished icon who woro guests at Arlington was Lafayette, who, whoa ha stood in the shadows of tho Doric columni that form tho front portico and gazed as far as the eye could sic, pit 11 i.incvd tho scguc as ono of the mosi beantiin' he had ever looked upon. Visitors to-day t<> tho historic spot say likcwis1. Mi hough tho estate was hold by tho Oovcriiiiiout from tho time it first took iKtss 'ssio'i at tho outlircak of tho war, the nation had not it lo to it until it was purchased]) for the paltry a 110 of l>i, when it was sold for delinquent taxes. That was in I8d4, before the end of the war, and the fact that it was purchased, lying n Virginia as it doe.;, indicates the deep abiding faith tin Lincoln and his followers heat for the suceessfall outcome of the war, for Oiherwiae it is not possible that they would have pareliasod the site to l>e used a national burial ground, in which were to be internal the remainsof some 10,000 men who ?liod to prevent the land wherein the estate lies from bec nning a foreign territory. Years after the war was over, and the hitter feeling that it had engendered had died out somewhat, (Jcorge Washington Custis 1 cc, heir to the estate under the C'ustis w ill, sne.cc.aifally established his title to th * property and a generous government readjusted a se-tlement by paying him thr sum of $150,00'.). The fallowing article is a part of a f h 1 \ 11 .? \ ie!' VV'.od.l Pretoria by Howard C. Hillogas: The world knows no flnor cxnmplo of heroism than that exhibited by fourteen women 011 one of thy live days' fighting uronml Spina's kop, the socotid Ma j aba. A strictly family party of Boors, fonrt?xm men and their wives, were intrenched in one position and held it with amazing bravery against a small force of British. For a long timo tho mon f.night incessantly and kept their wives busy reloading their rilies Finally it? iirhis'i -?ildlers, with fixed bayone* nhr.rged on the ItitrcD hmcut. As til-y r. - clo tlio P.'icr -nr.; crept I ? -v over the ep.rthvrorks end. while the wotnen bctf;u; shoot iujc, tried with the hntts of their rir'.cs to hummer bar.l: the British. Before their wives' eves every o;io of the fourteen L'-o'rs was killed? bayonet tod or shot. The fourteen women, > ) quickly widowed,ne> er th myhf of surrender, but foarjUt mos \aliantly and coolly for half an hour. The British surrounded thorn: not 0 :0 of them survived to mourn her htisb iud. Two days later when tha British forces retired across the Tnyla twenty-eight <">"pes, fourteen men, fourteen women, w?uv found within a radius of loo feet. Now there is !i !>! ' 1imo? inivrnl wlmm rest flii' bodies of n.i bravo a baud a.*' ever f uvjhi for freedom. FOR SALE.?A quantity of cord ami short rope. r.st fnl to farmers, is oifcred cheap at this office. Ring Up No. 12 And at 11:o other end of the lino front your '[dunso there will ho awaiting your order lite most complete stock ( f Groceries i:i town; in fact, there tiro few tilings for table use which you would go amiss in ordering from up. This week we are making a specialty of our high-grade Fancy Patent Flour, for which 'twould bo money in your pocket to reo us'before buying. Not only do we handle everything in the way of Heavy Groceries, but we also cany in stock at all times a complete line of table luxuries ?for instance, California Dessert Peaches (the finest to be found anywhere),' Boston Maked Beans, host quality Columbia ltiver Salmon, Sweet and Sour Pickhs, ?Tt Hies and Pre. I serves (all kinds), Ilams, Breakfast. Paeon, Canned Goods. Cakes, ' j Crackers, choicest Cream Cheese, and the best assortment of Candies in Fort Mi'l. And you will e.lso find at our place any kind of vegetable that may be obtainable at this season of the year. Shoes, llats, Gents' Furnishings, (all kinds), Trunks, Pants, China ware. Glassware, Tinware, Garden Seeds, and Irish Potatoes (for; planting and table use). Highest nwrket price pnul f??r country produce, I'ki^s I>11 tl? r. Chickens, Vegetables, nml Fruits. Huglic-s & Ycurg. W. 51. HOOVER, LIQ "OR DEALER, cuiRLonr, n. c. We lootc especially af:er <h?? ship ping ir#Ji ao?l below quote very close figures. Will b-j glad to have your order*. Tcrmrcaeh with order. Corn, per gallon, In jug (biwed). $i?5r? 5i 75 nod $2. All fir.?t-clti#s goods at $1.75 nnd $2 VERY OLD. Ryes from $1.60 to $2, $2.50 and ?3 50 Per Rollon. Qlns from $1 60 to $2, and $2 50. Genuine Imported "HaIi Gin" at pet gallon. Apple Brandy, $2.25 per gallon. Peach Brandy $2 50 per g-lh?n. No charge f >r jug and box on rbove, ard no charge at thrse prices for keg when wanted In such quantities. Let us I ave your orders and oblige, W. II. HOOVER. fl^9 (x w*iV> r J l?** \ ^ *fi M yr CxK W- j> x C M ' b r! - i' ^ In a pood humor? Yes; nnd ' you would ho, too, if yourclothinp were laundered I>y the Model Steam Laundry, Charlotte. X. ( Collars, cutfrt, ehirts. laoies' shirt waists, and overythinp else that can be washed is laumh rial at the Model Steam Laundry. Kd. L. (IfEU1%N*V, A?ent, Fort v?ill, S. C. (KT <r~ " , V IOW.N UW I) i NANCE. Fnc. 1. ro it o.V.a'iietl by tb> Tritom!antan'l Yv nrdeus of tho tow a of Fort Mill. b. C'., in oovmoil assemble;!, That, all i>< vsoas subi ".'! to street duty under tbo laws of booth Carolina, lvr.iiliiu; 5a tho said town of Fort Mill. S. C., saau oeiween mo nrst iiny <n 31 av, 1900, ami the fifteenth day oF May, 1 pay to tho treasurer of said town a commutation tax of two dollars or \>orfonu fonr days' wo'k on the street# of said town nailer tho direction of the projienuith unties. hfi"i*. 'I. 1 hat till t?er.-ons liable to work on said streets and failiny io pay sai i commutation tax or labor as above required on or before the lifteentli day of May, 1'.).)!. slial! jny a (u.lunula! i >n tax of two dollars and lift y eetii s or perform five days labor o:i the stree?s of said town, provided such tax be paid or labor 1* rfo.uued on or before the first of June, 1900. t r.r\ ". That after the first day of June, 1900, all d< linqueuts nailer this ordinance shall bo arrested and lir-night before the lutendaut for trial and if convicted shall pay u fine of five dollars or he imprisoned ten days or sentenced to perform ten days hard labor on the streets of said town. Ratified this Cud (lav of April. 1900. It. F. (11.ikk. lntemlant. T. M. Si*u vtt. Clerk. SLNL) YOUR ORDERS FOR JO* RRtrsTINO to ?Mt ti Mils o-ncn. OUR SPRING G< Have arrived and we will linvc will cull and see tliom, f ir OUil ey<s. Our slock of LAWN'S, I'll,] DUCKS. sl'itlxcjs, MADUAt WlilTM (JOODS is unsurpassed f< CU* f0 ?ur sl?4 L 11 i-' | - lxLI- L<Oi Eat? and Cap?. Wel kharr. ard SLpper? HOYS' SriTS-HOY.Suits at 75 cents, f t, $1.25, $1.; Pants at lo cents. 1200 pairs nice so:jltdino t( > eat? w your orders and we will lill it and later. We have n full stock of (1; L'otatoes, l)o!Ii Irish and Sweet. I rintr us your .produce ami wo for sumo. _ PEG RAM & "THE Old) RELIABLE STORE.' Wo thank our friends and customers for their loyalty to ua during the last few years of low-priced cotton and eon cquent hard limes; hut we feel there is a better time coming to all of us in a financial way and we confidently assert that we are hero to merit a continuance of your patronage. Seas u in and season out, we carry the stock of this town. Every department of our establishment is til ed with new floods, and a careful inspection will pay you. We allow no lo^it-, irnnte competitor to undersell us. Tlmt's one of the principles?a material one to yon on which our business is run; ifnd our stock, which comprises very nearly everythinj* necessary to the comfort of man, is easily the largest between Charlotte and Hock Hill. This is the time of yi ar to buy harden seeds, seed potatoes, oats, fertilizers, etc. Ours arc so! I at bottom prices. Besides corrying in stick tho largest line of lie.idy.made Clothing in town, we arc sole agents for the celebrated Continental Tailoring Company in Huh place. We solicit trade from those who desire to buy on installments. Accounts to l>e paid in the fall are offered, if goo.1 collateral can be given. T. 1?. 1>EL Iv, Prop. ? The Old Ucliale Store." 1 ? * wy ?l THANKS. I ? To the hundreds of visitors who attended our opening we extend our heartiest thanks?not alone for t heir presence,but also for the many nice things they had to say about our stock and display. "Nothing like it wis ever seen in Fort Mill"' was the expression of nearly every one. Now we nssuro you that it is all highly appreciated and will inspire us to greater things in the future. Our opening resulted in the sale of twice as ninny hats as wo expected, still wo hnvo plenty left. So those of you who linvil't holi'dit conic tn see us. Yours truly, MEAOHAM & EPP3. OODS an OPENING just ns soon ns you PRICES will ct-rt?iiis 1 y open your ICRS, ORGANDIES, 1)1 Al I TIES, 3, PERCALES, CALICOS, and ?r benuly and quality. :k of Spring Shirts are beauties?All kinds, all sizes, nl! prices. :nn suit you In this line, both In prlca uitl quality. They are stj lish, loo. A nice line io arrive this week, in all the latest spring M> ies. V PANTS50, and $1.75. 100 pairs of Boys' pants at 20, 25, 05, 40, 50, (50 cents, ell, we have it. Call or "phone us deliver yoods promptly. Prices .. 1 1 ' V ... - mien oeeu, vjmon nets, unci Seed will give you highest market prices COM PAXY. The Gem Restaurant, CHARLOTTE, N . C . i ) .South Tryon Street. E. F. Ckeswell, Manager. M. XV. GKKJG, Real Estate Agent If yon lnivo any pro;>crty to soil, T will try and liml you a purchaser. If voa want t<? buy any property, I will try ami liml it for yon. If you have any property to let, come place it oil my free list. If you want to rent any property, eoiue and see what 1 liavo listed. All business matters gnardetl with coufidoiict', anil no charges aro made unless Iatieet a transaction, ami tluui a very small i>er cent. HANI) BROS, mimmi ROCK HILL, S. C. DEPOT STKEFT. Dyspepsia Cure Digests what you eat. 11 art i licially digests the food and aids Nature In strengthening and reconstructing the exhausted digestive organs. 1L is the latest discovered digestant and tonic. No other preparation can approach it in cfllciency. It instant iy relieves and permanently cures Dyspepsia, Indigestion, Heartburn, Flatulence, Sour Stomach, Nausea, Sick 1 Icadachc,Gastralgia,Cramps and all other results of imperfect digestion. Prt'o f!V, nttd St. I.nrifo s!/.ocontains3"S times glim 11 size. J look ul 1 uboutdyspepslu mulled freo ^iepurcd by E. C. DeWITT A CO., Chicago. Ibyou use TOILET SO^P? Our Transparent (llyccrine and (Jrandpa Tar Soup are our leaders. 1) j you need a TOOTH BRU3H? Our 10 cent kind la a good value; our 25 cent one Is a "bute." Our ".VIbkIc Food" will make your liutseo and cattle good and healthy and make your poultry productive. W. R. AUDREY & CO. f I ii. - UL i