Fort Mill times. (Fort Mill, S.C.) 1892-current, July 18, 1900, Image 2
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JULY is, 1900.
For some reason or other the lie- i
publican slogan, ''prosperily," is
not nowadays beard in the land so
much as it. was early in tho campaign.
Tito McKinloy spellbinder
lias already begun to talk about
Something else.
Anyone who has observed tho
commoroial reports in the newspapers
during tho past two weeks '
will not no long in discovering the
muse Cor (his change of tunc. 1
The simple fact is that "McKinicy
prosperity'' lias begun to wano. !
The abatoment has been in pro- '
gross for sorno time, but tho news
is just now beginning to reach the ;
surface whore it may be read of all j
men.
For example, tho bank clearings
last week were Ijo.2 per cent less
than in the corresponding week of ,
last year. Still more significant,
the number of business failures is |
steudi'y increasing and the liubili- i
ties of tho failed concerns grow
even more rnnidlv The mevemi.
lilt) agencies report that the iron
industry?an infallible barometer
of the state of trade?has boon
''thrown from unprecedented activity
into greater depression, with
many works closed and prices re- |
duced fully one quarter.1' The!
cotton mills of New England have
shut down to the extent of '1,000,000
spindles, throwing thousands
of men out of employment.
Woolen mills are in a similar state
of depression, while all the cognate 1
industries have felt the pressure
and the result is, of course, lirst i
seen upon the pay rolls.
The number of workiugmen now I
out of employment in manufacturing
centers would bo appalling at
any time. It brings nothing but
dismay to the Republican campaign
managers who have counted'
upon the prosperity slogan as one
of the boat features of tlieir campaign.
Spr;n has every reason to feel
satisfied with the result of hor war
with the United States, aays the j
Baltimore Sun. Iler pride may
have Buffered temporarily when |
her fleota were destroyed, her
soldiers were defeated, and her
colonies were taken from her.
But in the moment of their defoat
the Spanish people achieved
a substantial triumph. They threw
off the burden which oppressed |
them for centuries. They got rid [
of conscription, of excessive taxation,
and of the blight upon their
agriculture and industries caused
by the neglect of their own rerources
in the impossible effort to
maintain commercial and military
supremacy in fur-oft' islands. Their 1
young men are no longer dying of
disease in Cubii and the Philippines.
Tho people of Spain aro
not compelled now to waste their
substance in supporting a large
army and navy for service thousands
of miles from homo. Tho
United States has assumed the ro
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pjjuiimiuiuiies which proved too
much for Spain, and id learning by
l>iltor experience the loason which
tho Spanish people were taught
only nfter centuries of disaster.
Spain can now devote all lier energies
to her own development and
advancement, as Dr. Annul Bays.
What a pity it is our government
was so dazzlod hy tho thought of
empiro that its folly began where
Spain's ended! What, an unparalled
measure of prosperity this
country might attain if, like Spain,I
it were to ooncentrnto all of its
powers ui>on its internal development
and leave the remote islands
of the world to those who have
greater need of them than wo;
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Mr. Dryan has injected a liberal
dose of jolly into Mr. Towne, ami
at the proper time the man from
Minnesota will step aside,
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Cormrent of IZxwhangca.
V.'hnt is > be expected, anyway,
even under ilio most favorable circumstances,
of a candidate running
under ilie name prohibition unii
I standing oo u platform declaring
for the sale of liquor for "mechanical,
sacramental, and medicinal*'
purposes? Does not every citizen
remember what this meant in
the prescription drugstore days?
What would hinder any old toper
or sot from having some mechanical
if not medicinal nerd of liquor?
Wherein lie the moral points of
proposed change from present
conditions? The proposition is a
fraud 011 its face, and the only purpose
that would bo f? rved would
be to obtain ofliee for a few men
without improving temperance
conditions, introducing a system
so disgusting in its hypocrisy that
the State will welcome a change
to an open barroom system n system
that would have at least the
advantage of being labeled honestly.
exactly what it was. Prohibition
in South Carolina would
mean the first step towards the reestablishment
of barrooms in the
cities and large towns?the very
tiling they most desire and what
most of them work for and expect
to got when they vote for prohibition.?
Yorkvillo Yccuiun.
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Senator Tillman exercised a
great influence in the convention,
and now ranks second in importance
to Jones among the Democratic
leaders. Ho will take an
active part in the management of
tho campaign and spend most of
the summer and fall in Chicago.
No man in either party has advanced
so rapidly in prominence
of late years as Mr. Tillman.
When he came to the Senate five !
years ago he had only a local reputation,
and that chiefly as the
author of the dispensary law in
South Carolina, but l.e is now a
full-Hedged public character, whose
name and influence are known and
felt in every State in the union.
Chicago Record.
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There are indications, rays the
Washington Post, this year that
the Congressional campaign will
be one of unusual activity. Both i
the parties are starting out with
an excpllent preparatory equipment,
and any advantnge in one
direction or another is likely to be ,
fought for porsislontly. The Re- |
publican committee, which, in recent
years, has always been well
organized and whose work has
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luwnys noon conducted on methodical
lines, is practically divided
into two bureaus this year, tlioj
main bureau in Chicago and the ;
branch in Washington. But the
Democratic Committee, which has
hitherto been run with little method
and without careful organization,
is in splendid condition for work
and in some lines has already accomplished
more up to this time
than was accomplished during the
whole of the Congressional campaign
two years ago. This is especially
true of the distribution of
literature. The documents asked
for by local leaders cover such subjects
as trusts, extravngent expenditures,
and imperialism. There
has been no demand for free silver
literature. The management of
the committee is keeping in close
touch with the situation in dillVront
parts of the country niul there
is every promise that the llepnblienn
Congressional leaders will
know that they have opponents
every day in the week.
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It is attempted to discount the
splendid support Mc-Sweenoy is receiving
for election from South
Carolina newspapers by saying he
is a newspaper man himself and it
is natural for the newspaper men
to stand together, that their ndvooftcy
of McSweeney is simply an
exhibition of clnunishness. This
plausible theory overlooks tho fact
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umi (iiir i)i iita coin pernors, vol.
las. A. lloyt, is also a veteran
journalist ntul just us popular personally
with his professional broth- .
ren as the governor. So that theory
will not hold water and a further
search must lie made to lind
the reason why so many papers are
advocating a second term for Mc1
Sweeney, The simple explanation
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is uolthut they love I.loyl less nor
.McSweetiey more, but that they
I h i uk MrSweeney became governor
at a trying time um) succeeded j
ln^'ivinir the State a buain S3 ad ;
ministration, which has not aroused
the violent antagonisms provoked
by the administrations of several
of his predeeess ?rs. nntl they
think as a matter of simple jus-,
tiee he ia entitled to the indorsement
of a second term.?Columbia
Record.
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Tho Chicago Post of last Friday
says: "The fact that "Win. ?T. Hrvaii
had not 1 oen invited to attend the
1 Clrnnd Army encampment to bo I
hold here next month was brought 1
to the attention of Mayor 11 nrison
to-day, and t! o mayor at dnce
addressed a letter to the encampment
committee, pointing out the
omission. Cnlcssat the meeting
of the (J. A. R.. which President j
MeKinley is certain to attend, the !
same attention is paid to the L'ros- (
idential candidates of both parties, i
Mayor Harrison said the encampment,
would pass without the of- j
ficial recogniiion of the city."
The Trouble with China.
TTo Vow, Chinese consul general |
in San Francisco, last week ^ave ;
the first interview ho h s panted
on th** troubles iu China. Lie is
an enthusiastic admirer of American
civilization, of American character
and enterprise, and he counts
among ins personal lnotuU many
of California's abli at scholars ami
business men. with whom lie has !
entered into close social relations.
It is, therefore, from tlio standpoint
of friendship and with the greatest
pain that he confesses his own '
apprehension based upon what is
already known of foreigners at
Taku, that the location! in Pekin
have been aunihil.Vcd.
"Theoiigin of the whole trouble,''declare
i lii),''is interference
with our religion in China. I do
not question the worthy intention
of missionaries who have gone
there, but they made the mistake
of trying to convert people who
are not educated,as a race, even to
the point of religous tolerance. In
other words, the Chinese, before
they could possibly be made ready,
as a race, to receive the Christian
religion would need to be 1. d on
in tlio direction of Christian civilization.
Otherwise the good missionnrics
merely waste their time
and energies ami incense the people.
"There is another cause for the
present uprising, aside from the;
purely religious work of the missionaries
in proselyting Chinese i
to their faith. It has so happened
in China that whenever a missionary
has been injured or
killed in the country the nation
which he represented has made the :
tragedy the occasion for asking
grants of lands from the Chinese
government. 1 do not mean to
say they wme not right in demanding
indemnity for such misdeeds,
but this course, which has seemed
peculiar in the eyes of many of
our people who are extremely mis
pieious, has been misconstrued ami
misinterpreted. Originally I believe
both the government anil the
Boxers intended to protect thelega-'
lions in Pekin, but after the Taku
bombardment everything was
changed. As soon as tidings of
that act of hostility reached Pekin
the mob, which up to that moment ;
had been held i 11 control by the
government, became frenzied and
beyond control, for they reasoned
that they were to be punished any
way, and all reason for restraint
was gone.
"From a political point of view,
it seems to mo a fatal mistake to
have taken that aggressive step
before tlicv linil hmdfil mi
forces to bo able lo in anyway
support it or follow it up. The
Chinese are well armed. They
are well supplied with weapons
of the latest pattern, uiany of
them manufactured in our own
threat arsenals. Shan Tunt^ province
is noted for its men of line
physique and stature. This province
could probably place in the
field nearly 1 .(HK),t)Oo men, all of
them closely approaching or exceeding
six feet. I speak for my
countrymen in San Francisco as
well as myself when I say that wt
who have had an opportunity oi
coming in contact with Americans
and Europeans deplore the preteat
troubles, desiring, as we do, the
friendship of foreign powers, and
we know tlmt after a timo all the
Chinese will come to repose the
same confidence and respect in the
civilized powers that we do to-day.
The p'ejudices and antagonisms
are due to mnoraneo alone."
Candidates Campaigning.
A big picnic was held at Liborty
Hill in Kershaw on Saturday last.
A correspondent of the News and
Courier hays:
l)r. T. J. Stiait and Congressman
D. K. Finley, the two candidates
for Congress from the Oth
district, made uddrosscs on the raeial
and political issues of the day.
Dr. IStrait is at home here, his
plantation being just across the
line, in Dnncaster county, lie is
well thought of in this section,
and has many friends and supporters.
Mr. Finley, in addition
to his other remarks, reviewed hie
record for the short time he has
been in Congress, and called attention
to where it showed up well,
especially in comparison to his
predecessor. He was well received
and made a good impression.
Hon. T. F. McDow, candidate
for solicitor from the (ith circuit,
was the last to entertain tho audience.
He avoided politics, us his
opponents were not present, stating
that the race was upon personal
popularity, and ho conceded u full
measure ol ability to Irs opponents,
Near here is Mr. McDow'b birthplaee
and bis popularity is unliounded.
If his support in other
parts of his circuit approaches
what he wilUbe >?iven here his opp<
11 nts lmd certainly better watch
"Tom."
Local Items.
Mr. A. (\ Ardrey, of Dallas, Tex.,
is at tho homo of Mr. J. W. Ardrey.
Mrs. \Y. II. Jones atul children
loft yesterday evening for an extended
visit to relatives in Witcherville,
Ark.
The annual picnic of tho Presbyterian
Sunday school was held
in a grove 1 mile south of Fort
Mill yesterday afternoon.
A rumor is current hereabouts
that Dr. K. M. Potts, of Rock
Hill, has decided to locute in
Fort Mill for the practice of his
profession.
Ilain is badly needed in this
township at present, and n number
of farmers have been heard to remark
that if it does not come
within a few days less cotton will
be mado this year than was made
last year.
On last Friday afternoon the
trustees of the Fort Mill public
school elected Prof. S. M. Mason,
of Yorkvillo, principal, and Miss
Clara Sledge, of Chester, assistant
teacher. Professor Mason is a
young, unmarried mnu.
In very nearly every community
in tin* country there are to be
found a number of individuals who
invariably place every obstruction
at their command in the path
of the car of progress. Fort Mill
ia not an exception to the rule;
otherwise one would not hoar so
much talk against the military
company which was recently organized
here. But the dissatisfied
are a bit too late in their efforts in
this particular; the company is a
part of the State militia, and the
men who compose it are not made
of the stall' to become displeased
with the organization simply beliecauso
the tactics now in votrue
are somewhat diiferent to what
they were at tin* time Columbus
discovered America.
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Toilet iSoaps, best line in town.
Fruit Powders.
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Insect Powder and Guns.
Carbon Disulphide will destroy
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SHTER SALE.
Ladies', Misses', and Ckildrens*
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to $2 n pair, hut we now offer them
or rather wo are selling them at
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Slippers and Ijo comfortable durs
Bargains.
lot of WHITE LAWNS, at 7 1-2,
Ladies' Nice UNDERVESTS.
,LS at 25 cents per pair.
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Is where you can find any
kind of Fresh Meat you want
at any timo. Wo are always
there and we always have what
you want, provided you want
the choicest quality. Our
prices aro reasonable for
FIRST-CLASS MEATS.
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FRESH FISH
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Brick, Lumber, Laths, Lima, Shlnrl*i,
Building Supplies, and House
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Contractors and builders. Estl*
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for those who are especially jnrticular
about the laundering of their Summer
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knows except those who haven't tried
uur work, how clean; properly starched
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For ease of mind and comfort of lxxly,
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