FORT MILL MELANIN;.
.Pithy Points Gathered for the Peru?al
of limes Readers.
Mrs. Li. H. Drake ford is visiting
relatives in Fort Mill.
The central oiiico of the Bell
Jong distance telephone is now in
the store of W. 13. Ardrey & Co.
Frionds of 8. F. Mtissey, est].,
are urging lii.ru to become a candidate
for magistrate in Fort Mill
Township.
. At a recent meeting of the .Jef
m .... " >
otjix x/ans jiU'lll .H UM ^ibS'X" 1III lOIl
Itev. It. A. Yongue was elected an
honorary member.
Dr. .T. II. Thornwell nnd Mr.
J. II. McMurray are attending the j
annual meeting of the Grand
Lodge, Ku\ghta of Pythias, in
.Charleston.
Prof. Jackson Hamilton has received
an appointment from the
State Superintendent of Education
to teach a summer school at
.Georgetown during the months of
June and July.
Because of the illness of two of
its members, Gold Hill Cornet
Band could not accept an invitation
from the Daughters of the
Confederacy to furnish music rt
jEbenezer on Decoration Day.
From a map recently publish d
it is learned that Fort Mill is one
of the towns which will be in the
path of totality of the eclipse of
the sun which is to occur Monday
morning, May 28, at about ".35
.o'clock.
Communion services were held
at Flint Hill Baptist Church Sunday
morning. After the services
were concluded a collection was
taken up for the benefit o! the
famine-stricken inhabitants < f India.
The amount donated was ?25.
Capt. W. II. Edwards cano up
from Chester Saturday mori ing to
superintend tlie erection of a monument
to the memory of t'.e late
A. J. Downs. Captain Edwards
says that he is not a candidate for
any office this year, but that he
jiutends to boost the candi lucy of
his friends.
Tho strike of the telegraph op
.orators of tho Southern Hail way
having been declared oil", Mr. L. E.
Ligon, the operator who quit iho
service of the company at. this
place, left Monday afternoon for
Columbia, whither ho goos in
search of a position with the Svaboanl
Air Lino.
The editor of The Tim en lef! Inst
night for Columbia to attend
the State Do'- xerotic Convention,
which met to-day. The York
County delegates to t!\e convention
ore, Mrs ra. .T. S. Price. II. M.
Cnrro'l, J. F. Ashe, T. P. IMcDill,
C\. L. Riddle, W. .11. Bradford,
AY. 11. Wilson. J. C. Wiiborn, AY. 13.
Smith, and Thos. F. McDuw.
A meeting of those who are financially
interested in the proposed
electric power plant which i.< fob
built oil Ciilmyhi tewnr J
from Fort Mill, was hcl 1 in Hock
Hill Saturday morning and the
company was formally organized,
tlio following named gentlemen
being elected officers thereof: Dr.
W. (iill Wylie, president; \V.
Harry Wylie, vice-president; F. (\
"Whittier, secretary end treasurer;
W. C. Yv'hitner, general manager.
Bids for the erection <?f the dam
will be invited nt once, and the
plnnt which is find to be installed
will generate ab >tit .'Dion horse
power?more than enough to furnish
all tho cotton mills and other
industries of both Fort Mill and
liock Hill.
Under instructions from Supervisor
Culp, tho superintendent of
tho county chain gang is clearing
the thick growtl of under bru.-h
from around tie monument on
King's Mountain battle ground.
Tho mountain was last cleaned oil'
in the summer of 1881, for the
occasion of the centennial celebration;
but during the twenty
years since that time it has been
so neglected ibat tho thick growth
which flourishes so luxuriously on
the summit has now reached the
height of m >re than thirty feet,
completely obscuring the monument
even for a distance of a few
rods. Although the battle field is
several miles from tho nearest
railroad, and rather inconvenient
of access, it is still the objective
point of frequent pilgrimages, not
II - ? I - * i i
omy uy peopio iiom nu' country
immediately surrounding, hut of
historians and others from loir/
distances, It is also (juitvi popular
us a picnic ground. The unk* pt
condition of the historic spot has
lonn been a source of com rn to
many citi'/ens; hut. they have not
been doini; nincli except talk, and
as the county board of com mis.
sinners is without specific authority
to use the convicts fir such a
purpose, they have he. n hesitating'
until the supervisor ha. dec; led to
tako the responsibility up m l.imself.
The work can lit accomplished
it; n f w days, md the
supervise rwill, uodnuht, he rem ally
commended 1 >r what lie in do.
in" Yorkville correspond ?i o r
he Xews at ' Oour'cv.
fie mortal [;.\sicl??.
Th i graves of the Confedrrn'.e
dead in ITort ?.lill cemetery iverc
strum with sweet, flowers on hist
Thursday afternoon. The paying
of tribute to those who buttled f<-r
the Lost Cause is a custom which
has been annually observed in this
curiamnity for a groat many soars.
Thi crowd gatlu.red al the Pros!
by erian Church at I o'clock ami
I after a short prayer by Kov. Dr.
Tl ornwel!. nil repaired to t!i cemetery
and an hour was spent in
d"Corating the graves of those who
fought for what every true-hearted
bonthron believes to-lmve been
right. The decoration of the
fraves net up: at an eml, 1hoso in
attendance reported to Confederite
Perk, where an address wna delivered
by Uev. K. A. Yomjue.
Mr. Yonpue said:
"Veterans, Ladies, and Gentlemot):
I can sjjoak to you < ?-day
only from the standpoint of a wartime
boy; but well do I remember
the exultation over victory and tin*
days of nnjruish when the bodies'
of the dead came Inane and the
women and boys had to bury them.
1 remember when the tirst whisper
of General Lee's surrender reached
us, and it j*ro\v louder and louder
until one day a rapped soldier sat
down at our table and tears fell
upon his plate as he told how heroically
they had strupplod only to
lose in tile end. Alas! it was too
true: the end had come; General
Lee had surrendered.
"Hut now 1 turn from these
boyish reminiscences to speak of
three charactt rs not produced, hut
Drought out t>y t Jit* Tiu-ihio of war.
as tin* hot tires liriiv^ out the gold.
Looming up above the hori/.on of
history stand liobt. !'. Lao and
Stonewall Jackson as the two;
grandest chieftain.; not only of
modern time, but of all time imd nil
ages. Tlio world has luul its Caesar,
its Napoleon. its Alexander, who
waded through rivers of blood to
their thrones, hut here are men
who fought not for pelf-glory, hut
for native land men who put. selfinterest
under foot and ma le duty
the guiding star ?>f their lives. It.
is said that Lincoln offered General
Lee tin* command of the
Northern armies. General Leo
knew not then what honors awaited
him, for Albert Sidney Johnsonr
was in command of the armies of
the Confederacy, but lie knew
where duty lay. When, as a colonel.
lie tendered his sword to the
governor ot \ irginia, his native
State, lie know not that, following
where duly led his nnuio would he
wiitten on the highest pinnacle of
the temple of fame. Grand and
glorious in the hour of victory, he
heearne more grand and glorious in
the hour of defeat; nnd on the day
of his death not only this Southland,
lmt a world, exclaimed in
heartfelt sorrow, 'Know you not
that a prince and a great man has
tills day fallen?' And enshrined
in millions of warm South rn
hearts the name of l'uhcrt khhnund
Le will live forever.
snail I say of Stonewall
Jackson, the soldier who won the
hearts of his moil lis n<> other ov r
has, the c aj?lnin who could fall like
a cyclone on tho astonished foe or
who in the droad shock <if hat tie
could stand 1 i 1;c? a stone wall, the
soldier whoso old colored s? rvunl
could tell when a battle was a* hand
because his master was r.iueli in
prayer? Jackson took the (i..d of
liattls s into the ticld and t!i blow.he
struck were like tho thunderbolts
of Jehova.
"k'nw we come to consider tho
most wonderful character brought
out by the war the Confederate
private, the man who shoe less and
halless and hungry could beat back
the well-armed and well-fed armies
of the world, who e >uld endure untold
hardships and who::.' hi < <ly
feet marked the turnpikes of Virginia.
It was and is upon the unparalleled
heroism of tho private
that tho fame of the oflicer rests.
Stanton was right when he said, 'It
is the man behind the gun.' On
another occasion a crowd of ragged,
hungry.Confederates wa re taken to
Washington as prisoners of war.
Looking upon thejm, Lincoln asked.
"How is it that tliese men can ! -at
back my well-nifned and well f d
legions?' The iJiswer was, 'Stonewall
Jackson's if,on mix tin- ir powder
with their !Je; rl's blood.' Yes,
ihis is tiie kef to tim w< >ud r." .!
Confederate pfva! \ Tin-'.r hearts
rij^ht in it; i\nK- bel oved they w-to
were in ISfll, l:nl tlsoy liav never
changed tin if niiivJK. An:!, veterans.
thougft tIs*' cause be lost
ami though tlio Con feeler:: : -Sin.
of America nv< ro ? I >tted out I:,
blood. yet, (>[ gold '! .> of tli.-Suit
the ?)i iieaipb 3 for which v?> 1 f i:.',ht
will never be hu t, ;u 1 !!!. leaven
bid in the meal of time will y<
leave;i the w h 1! In: ip. Ti.o sin ' !torn
banner t! . ?I with . an* bin
1 i Vei* i: U'. . 'I i !l 1.. . ;(
story. h'iie insiiiv.it 0:1 of t'ii b 'irs
and Bars was ' ?lt on the battlefields
< if ('li'n i, \v 1 .ell t In >! 1 C. >11fc
iemtc Vet .1 i. bi.e V. i: ,?
t i. a ue ~ : VI i" ' m V
wny, 'Charge, beys, the Yankees
nre running.'
"Last ami heat. T como to the
woiii' !! of the C'unfi-ilerai y. Who
wmiiKI have ilivnnieil in lh('U, us
i.i .? '- '
i.*_- hmi\;u upon lilt' pclU'U llUUgMicr-=of
tho Soul!i, whoso fair liniuls
wore unused t<> toil nnd whoso
every \vi.-.h was law, who ?*?>11 111
dream what mountains ?>1' geld lay
liid there? dnt und'?r war's ponderous
hr.mmor ami in the seven
tinus haled furnace of suspense
and anguish how grandly their
virtues shown! .Ns yaiuivi' monument
stands up .11 y foundation
hidden (loop down in the earth, so
during tie is*1 four 1 eg years ? f
war it was tin' patriotism of the
Southern woman who, unseen uj on
the gteat battle tieid. . in the (pilot
of tin1 home felt tf * burden r.vt
upon her. And the rock foundation
on which rests the fame <>f
chieftain and privat is the heroism
of Southern woinar.hood. Soldiers,
your park is w.ll tilled with
monuments i ml everyone of them
deserved, but the grandest is that
on which a woman stands with
her face upturned t >w;u\l her (!<?d.
The valor of S ?utbern men re ts
on the grander valor of Son I horn
women. ii v.'ns;i nhorn wonmn
who wrote to her husband in the
trenches, ' ^Vo are starving, but
do your duty like a ninu.' And
when seme hand, un inline need by
the smoke of battle, shall write
tho history of the Lost Cause, nit
amendment will bo added to Secretary
Stanton's famous phrase,
and say. 'it was the woman who
stood behind the 'man behind the
;;uu' ' that made its Hash like the
forked li^htnin^ mid its bullet like
a thunderbolt of Jove. O, womanhood
of the South, your children \
rise up ami call you blessed.
time pts.-es and we must
not forget our hon ?retl death Ties
is 1 >, curat ion Pay and as we place
the livinM H-.overs e.n tho graves i>f
our tl aid let us ever > ememher that
they beiin; tlead yet speak to us.
lu the New South of to-day, rising
like the Phoenix from the ashes
of the past, their saeritioes, like
leaven, are felt, and their blood
has iorbli/.ed ami made possible
the glorious present and tlm
grander future. Sleep on. Southern
dead, but tho principles for
which you fought and t!ie lessons
of your eon rape and heroism still
<^o m irch.iu:; on.
"Finally. v< b ran soldiers of the
Confederacy, you stand to-day as
monum uts of the p<ast. Time has
thinned your ranks and has robbed
your step of its spring. You can
no longer rush in the headlong
charge. Your voice is not as
sti'oppns in t' e days when the wild
rebi i yell stnu-k terror to the foe.
l?ut before you lies one more battle.
Your ^ray hair, like the voice
C t'.... I . .i ... ....
? n* I IV. Ill J" ?, \ tlian jwki iu llli;pare
for t!\ fray. Tins last enemy
is Death, an 1 you must moct him
alone. Soldiers of the South, 1
trust y* m are also soldiers of the
en ss. l:i this holy war the hu^le
will never ! mini retreat and wo
shall liovor havo to t?in?j with aching
In arts?
" 'J'url tiia! l>aa:ie;\ for't is woarv,
Aruunil i:. t at" *l is drooping dreary.' "
It is tho pn koiu purpose, says
tho Yorkville eorrosporidont of the
News and Courier, of thocompuiy
whioh is establishing tho lii?j olectr.o
power transmission plant, on
Catawba Rivt r at Sutton's Ferry
t;> 11 p werat Fort .Mil! ami Rock,
liiil at al)jut ?15 pi r iiorso jinnvr
per annum. 'i'iio average cost of
horse p.over developed hy steam is
ahove >'-<), and in some instances
runs as hi^h as ?td, even in this
seel ion where fuel is comparatively
clcap. The company, however.
will want to make long time eontracts
and 1 > that oml will oti'er
the power nt rates lower than is
jm,.- iblo 1*.?r steam. One result of
this now < nterpvise will b> <1 gn at
saving in the rapidly disappearing
fuel supply and the benclil, to the
country nt largo will thus he
almost ,.s great as t > the owners of
this plant.
The Southern liailway will sell
round trip tickets t<> Charleston, S. C.,
and return at rate of one first-elass fare
fi>r the roai.d trip from all points 011 its
line on account of the annual meeting
Southern Wholesale (J rotters' As^ieiation.
Tinkers to l?e sold May 22, 22,
and 21, with linal limit May 2*, lDrto,
iaelusi ve.
On account of the annual session Im-j
. vial (*<>iui"i 1 Order of the Mystic
t-hrine Washington. D. the Sinthcru
Railway will sell round trip ticket?
from all point.<021 i 1ifi< to Wittshinutoii,
I >. tami return at rato of otic
Hr.-t !;; fiive for l ee round trip. Dates
> tain May 20, 21, and 23 with final
1 in.: Ma> 27th, 1000. Personsrosidinff
at ic>n " capon station* desiring to avail
I it'ia. -Ives of tlvsa reduced rates titul
purchase <Ma', hi ticketswill la- r< quired
to (jive ' lie a n'!it at theirs?at:011 at 1 -as!
t .. . rhrt o dayt in advancoof tho pro*
I 1 t: it? 01 ord? l* that lie may lie enable.!
1 > obtain :;liroi;;;h tickets ele.
Thu Gem E?&taurant,
CUARI.OTTK, ?7. <\
1') Sciltli Try an Street.
I1 { V. r. - V i,' . Ml l) JO
!N MEMORIAM.
A tribute of affection from tho members
of the Feroigu Missionary Society |
TO
Mus. MAMIi: 11 ELK MAfSEY.
With emotion of initialed ideasure
ami jutiit ilv wo testify of her life from 1
a lovely ohildhootl. blooming into beautiful
girlhood and maturing into happy
wnmuuimnd?pleasure, that it was our
privilege to feel the impress of hersunny j
nature anil gentle iulfuenee; pain, tin.5 I
her loving presence will move in ami ;
oat before us never more.
Though young in years, assomeeount j
time, had long given her heart ami
life into UK; a... l i
served, and fully trusted, loaviuf* utj. e\
ample, the eldest umou& us wor* wise
to imitate.
Lending* cheerfully her baud to cv- j
cry pv.wl cause, "h?-r alms have gone J
up before her" as u sweet memorial to
Him whose blond hath washed am!
made "spotless the robe," i:i which she
colore 1 the presence of tlr*. Kin?;.
"Living we loved her; dead w? shall
not t'ov.:i:t her."
To the afllieted mother, bereaved sisters
uml brother, to those who sit in the
deeper tHi.idow, in tire inner circle of the
broken homo, we extend our heartfelt j
sorrow and levin;: sympathy.
"She died in beauty
T ike the rose, dropped from its parent
stem;
She died in beauty
lake a pearl, lost from its diadem.
"Plio lives in glory
Like the stars, bright jewelsof tint night;
Plui lives 111 glory
lakotho sun, when at meridian height."
A page on our minutes is hereby i:i
s'-riceu SJU'R'U III IUT memory.
Tlje Fort Mill Times will kindly pub- !
lishnml :i will temlorod the lam- j
ily of this token of our est eon i.
1st Corinthians, xv, lviii.
^ Mrs. {5. ? :. V/h?tk.
Committee Mrs. J. 11. Tkou.nm'EIX.
1 Mrs. J. 11. Mack.
AT Till? OTADP
i 11 b o 1 u I v h
Of A. O. .Touch tliero has just
hoen reecivt d a shipment of Cnbba^e,
Potatoes (Irish and Sweet),
both for planting and enting1, Lemons,
Oranges, 1 hi nun as. 2\ty repu
tat ion is tlmt of carrying the
choicest fruits brought to Fort
Mill. This reputation 1 shall sustain.
A lot of medium j*rado pants, nil
sizes and weights, will be sold regardless
of price. You would do
well to see them before you buy.
A. 0. JONES.
II. F. GRIER,
DKAl.Klt IN*
HATS, SHOES,
PANTS, DRV GOODS,
NOTIONS, DRESS GOODS,
HARDWARE,
TINWARE,
GLASSWARE,
GROCERIES, ETC.,
AND THE
BEST LINE OE
POCKET AND
TABLE CUTLERY
IN TOWN.
The"city MARKET" j
Is wliero you can find any
kind of Fresh Aleut you want
at any Hint?. Wo are always
there and wo always have what
you want, provided you want,
the choicest quality. Our
prices are reasonable for
VI1;<'P.CI W< VI.M1V
Wo won't soil you nny other
hind. Send us your orders
or Telephone No. 27. Wo
guarantee prompt attention
and satisfactory treatment.
FltESll FISH
every Saturday.
I'M SMYTHH ,Y SON'S.
Spnstfc Ivlaolihae Go.
Ytr(<!.. Lttivihrr, i.inie, SliinV'f?,
buitCirg Suppiics, .-.nU Mou.-.C
I iiUmji "t sit ki.iti*.
C<uitrai'.!iirA art! buiMerd, F**tl?
vei'cs C n nil ? nrtc Iur?i'?U7<t pr -v*r 'v%
SPECIAL ]
In all departments. Wo have too 11
Ladies' Shirls
Ladies' Suits
Lull h' W aisis
Ladies' Under Vests
Ladies' Bolts
Boy's Suits
lion's Suits
.Men's Hats
Boys' Hats
Ladies' lints
Ladies' Bicycles
Moms' Bicycles
Baby ( MVfiaf.o s
China .Matting
J" 11?i T I?M >. ?li i
Watches
Clocks
Shirts
Calico
Alamance
Pauls Cloth
Window {Shades
Shoes
IXm'i forgot our froo concerts every
L. J. Mi
HUGHES t
^<LJ rn . J"*rV M * 5~rr. !3 ,
C.'V?fe .
i:>? rt-i -' t , ^iS I Ik ' 1
'c ?
f v'^r v o- v f i
kwit^X? i
r ab^i I.
Do those warm days surest
so, come to set* us. < )nr stuck of !"
Neckties is complete.
| HUGHES <
Special Sain
STRAW
Lates!
Summer is here, anil of e mrso
winter hat much longer. Cool-hem
straw hats in sweltering sea: on. Si
our store and secure out' or more,
the price. Well, wo are not; they
them?all si/.es ami styles?for loss
Need a pair cf Pants?
Perhaps you do. ()urs nrt> mad
newest designs. And they are goin
is selling them at from $l.o.) to $}.">(
pants, here's an opportunity that is
Youths'and B ays' Suit!
Of course you do not intend tli
that served him (luring the winter,
the appearance of the ir boys. So j;
by buying him one of our suifs. T
could bo asked. They run from ~>0
dress Goods, Dimities,
Comprise another part of o
exfrcnielyclo.se prices. The desij^ni
to meet with your approval. Plain
the money, ."> to 10 cents p r yard,
be found all colors and widths.
Ladies' Slipp rs.
We have it sl<>< 1. of Iridh a* .-.!i j j
(V. ?oi,. .'>1/0. . : . '?V i
\l'.; ti .i.i l" ' ?l ] I.
olsewh-ero.
Mens' Drc
511.K TIOSOM, very pretty
Nie?.' Unc r<r;(iLi<it::-.5t jr> c
\V05iIv SalRTi, 25 to 50 Ci
Y\V l.avo tin* i?rt?it i si a: e :
all ptyl?-K ttii'i \y. r-.
Stovo, fort Mill I
~ ' 1 ' ^
:in?y pjootls nnil ill y m jft lio **J<L
40 cmta to $2 50
$2.25 to 0.00
25 to 1 .!? ">
-.... 5 to 25
10 to 50
25 to 3.25
3.50 to 0.00
| 10 to 2.00
10 to 00
15 to 4.5o
12.50 to 20 00
25.00 to #5.00
5.00 lo 11.50
J21; to 271 j
22.50 to .15.(KJ
1.00 to 15.00
00 to 5.50
15 to 05
3 to 5
4 \j to 5
Ti to IK)
J o to 75
20 to 3.25
Friday afternoon nt 4 to 5 o'clock.
VSSEY.
?YOUNG
Harding Sown
The choicest table luxuries in
his section has increased the busuess
oT our (vroeory Department
mtiI it is riov recognized by n niaority
of the people hereabouts as
h ' place to satisfy the inner man.
Those who desire the clioicest
abides never fail to luako known
,) us their wants?a sort of you
[nish-llie-bulton understanding.
more comfortable SHIRTS? If
iumnicr Shirts, Collars, Cull's, ami
& YOUNG
IIATS.
Styles, Lowest Prices.
you do not intend to wear your
led people are the ones who wear
> we would suggest that you visit
I'ethaps you arc particular about
must be sold, and wo are offering
than the regular cost price.
Ic of the prettiest patterns and the
<j; fast. Quality and valuo is wha?
). Jf you are in need of a pair of
worth the while.
=J.
at your boy wear the same old suit
Most parents are particular about
lease b >th yourself and your boy
ho prices and quali:y are all that
cents to $2.50.
Printed Lawns, Etc.,
ur stock which is biinpj sold nt
s art pr tiy and tho prices are suro
white lawns, spit ndid values for
la our a-^ a'lmcnt of ribbon is to
era which v 1 are selling at. from
he kind you would pay nioro for
n * i
k' i> s 5 -( v r
Oi.J (.. i L ? I l> .
patterns, 50 tents ti? $i.
irtl3 tO$I.
nts.
;i lit <>[ I\(.'K Y\ ilAK ir: town ?
T;in!\fjotaring Go.
'.M