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I UDLI3TIHD WEDNTODAYS.
v/m. n. F?r;AproRD.
fc'ubs*"ipUo:i '4>ri vj ?1 per year.
Coivo.ana;'." "l" s on <-in* rent sfibi'.uits is
Invited, i?at wo ilo nor airree to publish
c ?;v.iunniCittions eontaiuve; irovo than
:?:>?> words, and ikt responsibility is nsRamed
for '.ho views of e.orr spondents.
As tin ndvei'i.isinj: medium for t hnrloUe,
Finwillo. Fort Mill, ntnl Rock
J li 11 biL-iiu ss Won<08Tiro Toi::- is uns;vVvisaod.
Rates mudo Icatiwu oil application
to the pn'oiisher.
^ luteal Telopuoii" No. ?0.
il AY do, 1
The history of the Neoly Havana
post-ollice robbery, wiilt its far
reaching ramitieations, Mtggests
the pr 'position thai the Mc Kin ley
administration has netor, sin ?
its inauguration. made the slightest
attempt to govern the United
{States for the benefit of the people.
It. is a monstrous Hecusation to
innkcagningt a innn who was eleeh <1
for the very purpose of heing the
vhi*f executive of a nation, that
itv* lias either personally used his
laici 11 ofliee, or permitted designing
persons to use if, for the purpose
of bo manipulating its accompanying
powers that only a favored few
could derive any benefits from it.
AVhether Mr. MeKiuley is a partit'ops
eriminis to the currying out
of a pernicious, destructive series
of policies for which ho stands
sponsor or is totally blind to the
tlntioo of his office and wholly
misconceives the objects fof which
he was thrust into the Presidential
chair it is certain that his administration
lias become the synonym
of a deniorali/.ation that runs tlio
pjnmnt of nil sorts of thieveries,
from lho lowest speculating pieknnfL'< >t
(n lli<* m-n i?*l n...l ? ? I!
?>.? KUV uim C11IV1 111 II HIcent
bank robber and pust-ollice
highwayman.
To wreck a 1 nnk and destroy the
homes and hopes of thousands of
poor saving sou's, laying by their
acrimpecl pennies for the rainy day
of sickness and old ago, lfkeans a
I gracious pardon. To cast upon
the wretched, weedy sea of Wall
street millions upon millions of
the people's money, is merely a
tinnneial easing of the money market.
and lo donate a few hundred
millions of treasure to speculating
banks and bondholders, while imposing
a perpetual yoke of constantly
increasing debt upon the
necks of the struggling masses, is
.a masteri ieco of tinnneial tkill, a
monetary blessing.
Perhaps our ideas of morality
are all wrong. It may not bo either
u sin or a cri.no t ? steal, and to
cheat. oppress and rob the people
may be a virtue. As the matter
stands the stealing of a few hundred
thousands by the surprising
Neely, may be an net of sanctity
to punish which would make him
a martyr, through a misapplication
of our much despised organic laws
anil a cruel violation of our theories
vi extradition.
Bulletin No. 2 of tho Chi ban census,
just issued by tho government,
troating of tho population by sex,
i?u:r. nTinviiy, conjugal conditions,
anil lit* racy, hoIh forth some
interesting facta connected with
the island. It is shown that Cuba
lias o7,Gll> more males than females,
or an excess of <> per cent,
thereby differing from all the West
Indian islands, save Trinidad, and
resembling the United States. The'
excess ia attributed to the character
of tho immigration. The white
natives in Cuba have a perceptible
excess of females, while the male
foreign whites outnumber the females
by 89,282. The excess of
males is confined to the western
half of the island, and while this
excess has been a normal condition
in Cuba, it has decreased rapidly
in twelve years, the females increasing
2 per cent and the males decreasing
G per cent in that time.
More than one-half of the total
population of Cuba, or f>7.S per
ci nt, are native whites, and those
form n majority in every province.
Mantantas, with 30.7 per
cent, has the lowest proportion of
whiles of the provinces. The colorod
element, including the negro
end mixed races, range from 20
per cent in Puerto Principe up to
43 per cent in Santiago.
{Hoventy per cent of the popm
1,.'. as ; , A
9
great* r proportion tlr.it in tiny
country iu Eur pe or i:i tlie Uni;
rod Steles. Still the single population
vttis set down ?t SO per cent
in 1SGJ, mid the decrease is account'
<1 f >? by the fact th lt.our consus
takers treated them as lawfully
wed led ] erst in l:\iug together by
inuiual consent. The high marriage
lee of the Roman Catholic
church is said to explain the large
number of turn and woincit living
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iw^viuri wiiiioui uemg inurrieu.
Poltiscnl Potpourri.
Till re tn ?' u ?jrent many sane
meix in tin.' I'nitad {Stubs. includii?lt
distinguished Republicans in
hotli houses of Congress and in
t hn Republican uftl icnnl com in it toe
wlio belicte Mr. Bryan's election
iH a good deal more iliau a pos.-iInlity.
In fact, they are regarding
the situation with det p anxiety,
for they j crceivo that t lie re ?ire a
number of unknown quantitieR in
the i qun'.icn that is to he worked
out in the next live months. As
to the Populists?-tile body that
mot in South Dakota and nominated
Bryan ? there is little doubt
of their continuance in tiie combine,
and there is no reason to
doubt that they greatly outi-nnibor
the Wluirton Darker contingent.?
W ashington IV-u.
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It has been reported and believed
in political ciivles that W. F. Stovenson,
of Chesterfield, who has
been discovered as a rising, brilliant,
and brainy statesman, wants
to lie elected sneaker of the next
house to line that ulhee as a stepping
atone to further his ambition
to be elected governor nr United
States Senator in but the
Yorkvilie Yeoman credits liim with
an ambition to be I alley's successor
in Congress. In any crso lie
aims high. Ho shoots at. the moon,
but will hit the earth. Finlcy need
lose no sloop. A district which
would swap him for Stevenson is
not worth representing, and the
1 )e,n*.?i"*.-.,!r-tV the fifth are too
siit'ewd and sensible to make mich
.. 1....1 < 1 . m 1 i 1
a UJIII IJ mil'.?v /OiuiUOlil Xwocoril.
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Bun) Jones, writing to tho Atlanta
Journal from .Baltimore,
where" ho recently heard Be nil tor
Tillman speak. hays of tho South
; Carolinian: I have watched with
some interest the career of Ben
Tillman, and 1 believe in him because
lie is n man who has the
courage of his convictions. We
need him in the I 'nited States Senate
with his pitchfork and all. Ben
Tillman is a bigger man to-day
that) any d iy in his life. He is
more esteemed by his friends and
more feared and bated by bis enemies.
lie and oltl Senator Hoar
say the strongest and truest things
that, have boi-n said on the floor of
the Senate sine? the days of Ben
Hill and Rosooc Cnnkling. Ben
Till t. >
. .....kki uucnii i UOIIHlUUtO I11UCII
dignity t > the Sennte, but ho is a
mixture of mule and billy gont.
lie kicks with one ond ami butts
with the other. lien Tillman has
as much brains and more backbone
than any own in public-life to-day.
(b? it, lieu, you are a joy to your
fric-uds and a dose of calomel to
your enemies. You made South
('antliint a good governor, and since
the days of John 0. Calhoun sluhas
not had your equal in the Senate.
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Mr. \Y. R. ITearst, thn new president
of the national association of
Democratic clubs, is planning a
vigorous campaign. I Ie wants every
club in the United States to ol.>
brute tin* fourth of ?)uly, on which
(late the Democratic national con.
ventiondneets in Kansas City. Jlc
*ays,JJMLs ought to he made a meinor.4^^^s[)lay
of old-fashioned
AmcJJ^^A^ntt-iotism. in some
c:itK iiim"i.vns there will he banquets,
in others there will he mass
meetings. The clubs of each lo.
cality will determine for themselves
the form of their celebration. The
national association desires to reenll
to the whole country the fact
that this year the people of the
ITiited States must defend the
Declaration of Independence or
abandon it. No innrt who has a
drop of Democratic blood in his
veins can fail to assist in thisgrcnt
national protest against the establishment
of snbjet^ colonies under
the American Hug. The great
question to be decided at the polls
this year is whether this country
it* in I'uminuo 10 do a republic,
controlled l>y tlio people, or nn
empire, controlled by trusts. All
minor questions disappear in the
presence of this giant issue."
I'ntil a few years ago mostly
Christians were accredited as ambassadors
from the Sultan of Turkey
to Western States and in London
alono there served a Christian
who remained there as representative
of the Sultan for fortyfonr
years. The present ambassador
in London is a Greek nr.d n
OhrVPn.
I'mli.bilion.
The prohibitionists will never
accomplish their paipose to stan.p
out tho whiskey business in polities.
Politics imd political parties
, i'ii 11 not be used for this purpose.
I .Men can in v? r be made s.?bt-r or
prohibitiouiets by legislation. It
in 11st Inivo a tinner foundation than
politics. Until tho elm re lies take
hold of this matter unci stand firm
lisiy imiri who uses, seiis,
or handles litjuor for beverage purposes
we will novel* havo prohibition.
The work has ^ot to stint
in tiie churehes. Mi a must becimio
convinced that the liquor
traffic is antagonistic to Christianity,
and they must hocomj convuietal
that Christianity is worth
more to this country than liquor,
'ami they must resolve they will
have more Christianity than liquor,
and lint I this is dor o we will
have more liquor than Christianity.
So long as church uicuibjrs will
sign petitions for a man to operate
a distillery ?<r to opmi u dispensary
or to run u bar-room or to make
and sell liquor, just so long will it
he math' and sold and drunk, and
just so long will we not have prohibition.
So long as the preachers
ami deacons and elders and stewards
take a drink atul the members
do the same mu! wifiU nt om>li ntluip
just so long will the prohibitionBts
fail to accomplish their purpose
even though they hail the strictest
kind of prohibition law upon the
statute hook.
Mr. Prohibitionist, lot us toll
you that you are following a delusion
and a snare when you undertako
to settle the liquor question
at the ballot box. Practice speaks,
louder than preaching, and whenever
you begin to practice and enforce
prohibition in the churches,
among the church members, you
will have prohibition. Our advice,
therefore, is to begin with prohition
in the churches.?Pickens
Sentinel.
The Potato Bur.
The potato bug, it is reported
from Abbeville, is giving much
trouble. Paris green, either as a
powder, mixed with live to nine
parts of Hour, with water and
sprinkled on the potato vines, is
lluo/l *- n ,?/ior?o P -? 1 1 . P.. ? * A
....... ..... i rnoillll^ I I V Illliliy lO gel
lid of tlie* bugs. The poison nlso
kills the birds that rut tho bug?,
mid liesid -s is expensive, as its sale
is eont rolled by a trust, which puts
lip the p;i >) when the season for
nr.ing it comes round. The wood,
berries, and leaves of the China
berry tree, it is n p ?rted. are highly
obnoxious to all other kinds of insects
and may be to potato bugs
also. Somebody should try the
experiment of eprinkling infected
potato plants with a strong decoclicn
of the leaves of the tree.
It would be cheaper than Paris
green, and b dter 011 all accounts it
it. proved effective. Possibly, too,
the r'pe berries of the same germicidal
tree might prevent or cure
hog and chicken cholera. Or, perhaps,
such a tree growing near the
house will drive away inoxpiitoes
and Hies. The long despised alien
may yet prove to be the most pop
ui;ir growl It :u <uir woixh. (5iv?? it
a chance to show what it can do.?
Ni'Wo ami Courier.
Will Pry $5 lor tier Addreif.
K. C. \\ ilson. Akron,Neb , sends
tlio Kansas City Star a clipping
front an unideniitied newspaper
and says lie will pay ???"> for tlio address
of the pirl who wrote the
essay therein quoted. The clipping
is us follows:
Kansas has the reputation of
producing peop.o leniently styled
peculiar, and one of those in the
eyes of many is a recent sweet girl
graduate. Others there are who
consider her exceptionally level
headed. At any rate, sh was a
refreshing ehnngo from tin? usual
graduate, with her twenty-page essay.
She had been given by her
teacher the thome, "Beyond the
Alps Ides Italy," and this is what
the astonished preceptress and her ;
other classmates heard as she
caiiifl to the front of the platform:
"1 do not care a cent whether
Italy lies beyond the Alps, or even
in Missouri. I do not expect to
set tho river on fire with my future
career. I am glad I have a good,
very good education, but 1 am
not going to misuse it by writing
poetry or essays nbout the future
woman. It wdl enable me to correct
the grammar of any lover I
inay have, should he speak of
'dorgs' in my presence, or say he
went somewhere. It will also come i
handy when 1 want to figure out
how* many pounds of sonpa woman
can get for three dozen eggs at the
grocery. So I do not begrudge
llie time 1 spent in acquiring it.
But iny ambitions do not fly so'
high. I just want to marry n man
who enn Mick' anybody of his
weight in the township, who can
run an eighty acre faun and who
has no female relatives to come
around and try to boss the ranch.
And I w ill agree to cook good dinnet's
for him that will not. send
hint So r.u early grave, and lavish
\
upon him u whole lot of wholesome
atVectiou mill ree Hint his razor has
not been ustd i?) cut broom wire
when lie wants to shave. In view
of all this, 1 don't care if I do get
a little fusty (.11 the lules of three
and k.mired things as the years go
by."
The R.i/tr of Kaliie.
Richurtl TJurdiua; Davis.
The roar of the navy's four
point-seven's,their crush, theirrmdi
as they inssed, tho shrill whinfvol"
the shrapnel, the harking i f the
howitzers ami the mechanical. rcg;
ulnr rattle of the quick-tiring .Maxims.
which sounded like the clicking
id' many mowing machines on
a hot summer's day, tore the air
with such hideous noises that one's
skuil ached from the concussion,
and one conld < r>ly be heard by
shouting. But. more impressive
by far than this hot chorus of
mighty thunder and i>etty hammering
was the roar of the wind
which was driven down into the
valley beneath and which swept up
again in enormous waves of bound.
It roared like a great hurricane at.
sea. The illusion was so complete
that you expected, by looking
down, to see the Tugeln lashing at
J i r?r Vumlro f?w? * *???? - 1 ? - ?
... 1 ./ii??c, iuooiii^ lilt- rpiil j Illllldrtxls
of Jeet in air and battling
with her phIob of rock. It wn.s like
the roar of Niagara in a gale, and
yet when you did look below not a
leaf wns Stirling, and the Tngelo
was Blipjmig forward, flat and
sluggish, and in peace.
Fort Mill, S. C\, May 20, 1H00.
IIead<iuarlers York Co. It??j<t., U. C. V.
[Order No. 7.]
1 Capt. L. M. Davis is hereby appointed
' commander of the York County Kegimout
at tho Louisville Reunion. Ho
will bo roupcetccl accordingly.
By order of the Colonel.
Sami,. E. White.
W. II, Stewaut, Adjutant.
NOTICE.?A meeting of the Board of
Trustees of the Fort Mill Public School
will bo hehl on Friday, Juno S, l'JOO, for
tho purpose of elocting a principal and
two at-'sisHunt touchers to couduct said
scliool from Sopteinber 1. RKK), to January
1, 1901. All applications must l>o
submitted on or before June 7, 1900.
\V. B. Meaciiam, j
Secretary of Board.
Thc"CITY MARKET"
Is where you can find any
kind of Fresh Meat you want :
at any time. We ore always
mere ana wo always have what i
you want, provided you want,
the choicest quality. Our
prices are reasonable for
FIRST-CLASS MEATS.
W'c won't sell you any other !
kind. Send us your orders |
or Telephone No. 27. Wo ;
guarantee prompt attention |
and satisfactory treatment.
FRESH FISH
every Saturday.
IRA G. S3AYTHK k SONS.
The Gc-m Restaurant,
CITARLOTTE, N. C.
i ? South Tryon Street,
E. F. Cre-swell, Manager.
The Arlington Hotel,
CHARLOTTE, N. C.
Meat Lighted and Ventilated Hotel
io the City.
A. A. Sl'RINOS, Proprietor.
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W t \*y 4 a
'5^r,-'-v AA ?ffc ?.'W
W$m m&k
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\ Well Gronncil Mi) 11.
Nothing is so distinctive
man as his linen. lie it broadcloth or
homespun in which a man is drvs?ed, it
is his linen?his collars, cuffs, and shirts
which display his individuality to the
observing?and who arc so tjniotly observing
as women?
Curtains, blankets, table linen, bed 1
linen, <fco. Wo also clean, press, and
dye suits at moderate rates.
For ease of mind and comfort of body,
be suro that your laundry goes to the
Model Steam Lanndvy, Charlotte, N. U. '
Ir.d. L. nchLtlANAY, Agent,
Fort mil, S. C.
HAND BROS.,
I
RESTAMIT,
ROCK HILL, S. f.
DEPOT STREET.
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wqi'nri ftrtj raw
' ifiii liU Ml!
Dollars never hud the pur
iu<; that they will have at the i
CLOTHING which we have i
to prove successful because w<
our clothes. Our object is to
how many new customers w<
and help us move onr stock, fc
to the greatest clothing vnli:
Bring your boy to onr store ar
suit for a mere song. The pri
Low-quar
We are offering special pr
in stock. 'Twould i)ay you to
Fruit Jars!
T. B. BELK,
A 1>P VATT I \r ATI
I1J1U 1 U U 111 1> I
If bo, road what wo have to sol
not t>o i
Shirt Waist Extenders 25c
Turnover Collar* 10 anil 15c
Lvicl Gloves, tan, black,
and white 75 and $1
Silk Gloves 50c
' Lisle's Gloves, patent clasp .. 25c
Hose in black, tan, and Balbriggnn
10, 15, and 25c
Hose in black, drop stitch
25 and 50c
Pulley Belts 25 and 50c
Pulley Garters 25c
"The Anchor'' hose supporters, 25c
Nursing Corsets, in white and
drab 75c and $1
I Slimmer Corsets 50c
Full line Paper and Envelope!
Tablets, Exercise Books, el
Milli
"We havo sold more Hats this s
a great manv left vet. A new lot i
MEACimi
HE\DQL
Hoiiss-furnisliiag G-occ
Furnitun
The Rock HIH Furniture Companj
bought out the entire ?toc!c? of C. S.
bined both, making the Largest,
FERN I JURE ever shown in Rock Hill
for the money than you can get la Cha
Our selection of suites is rich eucu
the poorest.
We want your trade one, and all i
lictter Values for your cash th*n you c
you at least 10 per cent on Charlotte f
goods we will refund your expenses In
on a fair-deullng basts.
KOCIv IIIJ,Jj Fl
C. L. WROTON, General Manager.
PAINTING. 1
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If you have anything from a
small piece of Furniture to n
House to bo Painted we will furnish
yon estimates on the cost nntl1
have it clone for you and save you
money ail around, or if you want
to do the work yourself, we will
furnish yon any desired, color
ready-mixed to use and in any
quantity,
PA It IS GREEN
Destroys Potato-bugs as effectively
as they destroy potato vines.
TANGLEFOOT
Is the surest exterminator of i
Flies. No trouble to use.
I
BEDBUG POISON,
AVe bnve n prepirntion that wo
guarantee will give you eu?C and 1
the bu?6 rest everlnstiug.
Toars Renpoctf ally,
W. B A1DBPY & CO.
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LIABLE STflRE."
chasing power iu buying cloOhSPECIAL
SALE of SPRING
nauguratcd. This sale is sura
) are determined to dispose of
8c? how quickly wo can sell and
j can make. So pitch right in
>r in so doing you help yourself
les ever offered in Fort Milk
id have him fitted in a nice new i
ces will surprise you.
^erd Shoes.
I
ices on all Low-quartered Slices
investigate. 1
Fruit Jars!
PROPRIETOR
IE OLD RELIABLE STORE." I
I
mi ~J~
1 :r a. l
> juu rtim mw ii your warns carp
supplied.
Long nnd short waistod Conw>t?. $1
l)rcs? Shields 10 and 15c
Lawn Tii w 25 nnd 50b
Silk Ties 50, 90 nnd $ 1.25c
Fans ... 1.2, 5, 10, 15, 25, nnd 50c
I grots Toilet Soap, 3cakes for 10c
One-half gross Toilet Soap
3 enkes for 25c
One fourth gross Toilet Soap
Crushed Violets 20c
Meneu's Borated Talcum .... 10c
Tetlow's Bornted Talcum .... 10b
Cream of Evnnoln for the toilet
10i
: Nice line Cologne 5, 10, 25 and 50c
I Bu hi foam 25c
V Visiting Cards, Blank Books,
te. Pencils, Pens, and Ink.
nerv.
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enson than ever before, but wo' bav* ' "*
nst received. Come to see us.
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L & KITS.
IARTERS
Is,
3, Euggi.es, and Stoves.
f wishes you to know that they have
flay and C. L. Wroton and have comFinest,
and Rctt-selected Stock of
, and that they are selling better good*
irlotte.
gh for the rich and cheap eaougfc fer
md we arc willing to pay for It, giving
an get elsewhere,'.and offering to aavo
trices; and if^we aell you a nlca Mil of
coming to see as. Yours for buslnaao
JllNITURE CO.
W. H. IIOOVElt,
LIQUOR DEALER,
CHARLOTTE. N. C.
We look especially altar tba shippin;
trade and below quote vary close
figures. Will be glad to have your
orders. Terms cash with order.
Corn, per gallon, la jug (boxed).
$1.30, 51.75 and $a.
All first'dass goods at $1.75 and $3
VERY OLD.
Ryes from $1,60 to 5s. Sa.ao and \
$3 5<> per gallon. A
Gins from $i.6? to $3* and $3 s*
Genuine Imported "FL?b Gin" at %3
per galloo.
Apple Brandy, $3.35 per gallon.
Peach Brandy $3 50 par gallon.
No charge for Jug and bo* en alo*??
and no charge at theae prlcaa for k*9
w hen wanted In such quantities.
Let us have your ordera and ofellg**
YV. H. HOOVER,
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