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PUBLSHEDWEEKY. WIN NSBORO, S. C., WEDNESDAY, AIARC+k-a9, 1905. Memoirs, Traditions and History of Rocky Mount and Vicinity. ( Writtenfor The: XVcw and Hcerald by L. -1. Ford.) VII. MILLS. A mill was operated on Turkey branch near the residence of W. S. Sibley at an early day, anel hard by was a whiskey distillery. Both were known as Cockerell's. They were adandoned and the houses were going to decay some seventy years ago. Probably they were operated in Revolu tionary times. Trace of the old canal is now all that can be seen. A grist mill was operated on the Rocky Mount canal near the old "Rock House" in the late twenties and early thirties. This probably belonged to the canal comapny. 'No trace of it can now be seen. .A grist mill was built ou Rock -Creek by a Hart some time in ,the thirties, probably. James Pickett next came into possess :ion. He being v;ealthy added a 'cotton gin and a saw mill. Green B. Montgomery became :possessor in the early 50's. He changed the cotton gin house into a flour mill. This was the first mill to grind wheat in the community. These mills were all washed away by the high creek of 1856. At that time they belonged to Samuel McAliley, Chester. He then put in a stone dam and built a fine mill house with a stone basement and put in it three sets of stones, two provid ed with bolting cloths, and a saw in the shed. An over shot -wheel about 18 or 20 feet in idiameter and five to six feet wide furnished the power for all this -machinery. This was probably -the finest mil in the up country .at that time, 1858, and paid a .handsome per cent on the cost about ten thousand dollars ($10, 00.) It was burned by Sher nan's army. The present Machinery was palced, by Jesse A. Gladden in 1882. It is in the possession of his family at this time. John Doig built and began to operate a grist mill at the head of the falls in the late 30's which was continued for ten years and tihen abandoned. Jerry Gaiwler eveeted a saw mill on Debutary in the 30's and operated it for some years. It was abandoned in the 40's MOUNT DEARBOR1 KT TON FACTORY. On the west bank of te river :a the foot of th falk~ Osipt. Danel McCullough built a cotton factory. It was completed and began to be operated in I849. A 1northern man, Russell, placed ihe machinery and trained the ienes to do the work, and re tturned to~ his home. It was never aprated by any other than slave liaibar and it paid. It only spun terxead. ilhing the war sa ex.ory was &Agnged with orders for teead to be used as warp in the da which 'wys woven at home. Ria wa-s pr.ebly the first cotton faetory built in the up country. EIt was destkoygd by Sherman's firebugs. Captain McCullough .operated a& grist. mill on the old faclry sie .for a few years after the war. Thiis was abandoned and no more 1maebirary has been placed there. jFsy p()TTON GIN. e 'Gaithers b6A6 ad oprated th dic cotton gin in :tk4 [com ma-y Horse power was usa TrANNERIBs. William Newis, Jeremiah Gaither, Green iB. MJontgomery, and at a later day sillard J. Gayden each owned and oprged a tannery. BUGGY AND CARRIAGE FACTORY. During the years 1854-5 John Y.. jatthews manufactured b':g .gie& ad carriages near Gladdien's .mili. jie sold the place and left the community in 1856. The factory was then aban doned. Sherman played havoc with ithe buildings darirg is visit here ,jn 1865. (To be continued.) ~Incredible Brutality.. Tt would hiave been incredible ibrutality ii Chias. F. Lemiberger, ,of Syracuse. 3. Y., had not done d~e best he couidfor his suffering 4.". -My boy," he my cut a -fearfd gtash over his e.. so I applied Ducklen's Arnica Sai .which pkJv hear-d it and saved his eye." dood for buruis and. ulcers too. 0n17 2.5c. a t M cMas .John H.. McMaster & Co.adrug asteres. The Law as to Connty Debts. in 19'1 Newberry county pur chased some road machinery for which the county commissioners gave ther official note. The same has not vet been paid. The at torney of the new board, Mr. F. H. Dominick, has advised that these notes be not paid nor re newed. In a lettet to the New berry Observer. he states his rea sons for his action, reviewing in full the .aw ais to a county going into debt. What he says is of interest in this county At this time: I will stat e in the 'oeginning that there is no intention or de sire upon the part of the present board to repudiate any debt of the county, but the law fixes cer tain limitations and bounds as to the disbursement of public funds by the officers who are charged with this duty and all officers befor they are commissioned are required to take an oath that they will perform their duties according to law and wili uphold the laws and constitution of tCh state, and they are further re quired to enter into a good and sufficient bond for the faithful performance of their duties. This machinery was ordered on the second day of May, 1903, by the former board of county com missioners, and the amount of the contract was 84,155.77, :or which the board gave its ncte payable in December of that year, with the ] ight of renewal .for a periLod of five years upon the payment of interost at FiX per cent per annum. Tha piir cipal in the note remains the same, nothing having been paid except the interest upon it. On the 10th day of February, 1905, the Good Roads Machinery com pany called on the present board to pay the past Ane interest and make a partial paymat .o; the principal and give a new note for the balance. This was referred to me as attorney for the board for an opinion -on the matter. I wrote the company, inter alia, "We O not care to be placed in the posiion z a repudiation of a just debt against t ona pty, but as the matter now stands we enn ceive that we have not only no authority of law to pay the ,rnouit or to renew the contract, biA board would be both civilly lia-A- pqn their official bonds and also ari.i;;aily liable under our criminal code ab d they do so." I jil uote certain sections of teawwhich go to sustain niy opinion a giv'en to the board. The siippig Mt rilliph .pro vides for the tarxes to ti~eg ga~ the state and counties, prov'ides each year that, "It shall be iun lawful for any officer authorized to make contracts to be paid from the money levied provided for in this act, to make any contract at .contracts in excess of the money ps, to be raised by said levies, an& arg pfficer or ofmcers convicted of violati~g #.4 799 sions of this section shall bia punished for a misdemeanor. .1/l cotractx wwa~e in vio'ationj gi this eg dhall be voi." J'i petion is so clear as to reuir'e n.Q eglnaiqi from me or any one else, Section 609, Code of Laws of South Carolina, 1902, Volume 3, provides5 in part, "It shall be un lawful for any state or county f~a to issue any certificate of inde.tenas<' T'his section pro hibits the bogrd rr yerp the notes, and the suprene cogrj of this state has declared in what are commonly known among the gerbers of the bar as the "School Ghat ggsps" that such notes are Ivoid and the pi ee holding the notes are obliged to sjad gp their original contract, which in this instance will meau that the Good Roads Machinery company wi4 have to rely on their contract made h; 2903 for their money, Iand the aimou~ .cannot be paid out of the funds now ;; hand. The funds now on hand are fund which have been collected for the pnrpose of carrying on the county jenment for the year 1905, and tii:;a funds cannot be used for the payiment 14 g.ny indebted ness accruing duriing jroooms sear, as you will clearly sea by reference to Section G07 of the *code, which provides that, "it shall be unlatwful for any public .cer, state or conty, to divert from nov a. 1-;i' a nd collteled for any 'oue fi-e~d '.~ 5::: v tras ed 01 iueurredi fvr any pre ious fis-al year. Iesides tie Jaw above quoted, Section 377 of the criminal code, 1902, provides, "It shall be un lawful for any public officer, state or county, authorized to so contract, to enter into or con tract, for any purpose whatever, in a sum in excess of the tax levied, or the amount appropri ated, for the accomplishment of such purpose; or to divert or ap propriate the funds arising from any tax levied and collected for any one fiscal year to the pay ment of any indebtedness con tracted or incurred for any pre vious yea;r and on violating the provisions of this seedu, he shall be deemed guilty of a felony, and upon conviction thereof shall be punished by a fine not exceed ing five thousand dollars nor less than five hundred dollars, and by imprisonment in the state peni tentiary for a period not exceed ing five years nor less than one year. or either or both in the dis cretion of the court." * * Vhie I amnot attor ney for the Good Roads Macbin I erv company and am, therefore, not called upon to give them ad vice as to the collection of the debt, I will say that it seems to me that the only way thay eagI collect it will be by legislative enactment. To sum up the entire matter so far as the board is concerned, the moral obligation did not and can not enter into the matter. The board is bound to carry out the law as it finds it. The members of the board are -not law-makers. Tha board will, whenever they belie,v, thesAivas tp be 41y and legally authorized to pay this debt, be only too glad to pay the same if there are sufficient funds on hand to do so. The law, as the board finds it now, absolutely prohibits the board from paying this debt, and by the 7w 4s board must-abide. The Colonel's Waterao6. Colonel John M. Fuller, of I Honey Grove, Texas, nearly met his Waterloo. from Liver and Kidney trouble. In a recent let ter, he says: "I was nearly dead, pf Phese nomplaints, and, although I tried my fgrjly op.tPrg he ,-id me no good, so 1 go; a' . bottle of your great Electric Bi:ters, which cired me. I consider them the best medicine on earth. and thank God who gave you the howledge to make them." Sold, and giaiajgee4 to opre. Dyspep sia, BI-iliousnrs and Iuidndy : is ease, by Mc Master Co., (Obear Drug Co. and John H. Mc~Iaster & Co., druggists, at 50c. a bottle. Blackstock Items. A4 p.opglar y~otng men of Wood ward is to be-narrid os $4ie M inst. It is Mr. Laurie B3rice. son of Maj. T. W. B3rios. The bride to-be is a you.ng lady of Cbt.ster county, Miss McAlily. Drs. Durham and Pryor per formed an operation on Toy Lathan's leg some day's ago and ypoved. a piece of dead bone. I'gh; y4 hi irgyd somne since the operattoa. 4e hits tna ae i fned to his bed for about six months. Miss Margaret Douglas of the Winthrop College faculty is at homeo for a few days. spending sei-eral diya at 199~ father's. Mr. Laurens Hood of Chester is at home on a short visit to his parents. He is with the South ern Erpress company. ?JE. Sisgin. who haa. been matism, is able to~ walk about agamn. Mr. John Sigmon has gone back to Florida Miss Willie Cassels is clerking Fr Mr: . . E. Sigmior. J. T. C. A pril 4, 16% lie Kept up ina the Ram;. James S. Barron, President Manchester Cotton Mills, Rock Hill, S. C., writes: "In 1S8:3 I painted my residence gi 11. & M. It looks better than~ a'gren man~y gee~ane Ithree years ago." Don't pay $1.50 a gallon for linseed oil, which you do in red-to-use painit. Buy oil freehi from the barrel gt gepuis per gallon, and mix it with Lo.gman a Martier L. & M Vaint I makes paint cost about Si120 per gallon. W ears and covers like gold. Eurv chuich give~u a liberal quatit'y when boughit from Mc ey r o., Wiensboro; C. P. WXray & Co ,Ludg'ay, TKendy ?r . anri Ranking-Co..Blcstock. SOrlE SUGGESTIONS ABOUT OR GANIZING Local Cotton Associations and Secur ing a Reductiou of the Cotton Acre-. age. The followigg letter from one: of Woodward's progressive farm ers to the secretary of the Fair field Cottod association is to the point and fully explains itself: I am taking the liberty of writing you for the purpose of making a few suggestions in re gard to the organiz ttion of the the Southern Cotton association in our county. I hope you will not consider me officious in doing so, but I am deeply interested in and desirous for the suceess of the niovewieat; and I judge, from what I saw and beard- i-4 Winns boro the day of the speaking, and from my experience in trying to organize here, that if there is not some very Persistent work done in the next few weeks our county will not be organized. I called a meeting for Satur- 2 day, but didn't get very many out. The truth is, that very few of our people are taking much interest in the movement, and fewer still who will sign the pledge to re dgen fertilizers and cotton 25 per I don't think 1. can get over a I half dozen pledges in the pre- i cinot. We now have about twen- a ty-five names on the roll, though 1 all have not paid the initiation 1 fee yet. I am going to make a i personal canvass of the precinct i as soon as possible and hope to 3 double our membership. The cut in acreage will run from 15 to 20 per cent I think. 1 I ma' th'e rIgestiq th~t wheie I people had made no cut at all t that they put every fourth row of I the land prepared for cotton in a corn. This would, I think, be a good plan for those who work . their lands for a share of the I crop, for it is a well known fact I that "ropes" gererlly wil got1 work their oparn .ad by this plan d they would have to work it as t they worked the cotton and con sequently make a great deal more corn. I think a great many renters would go into this plan if the s landlords would gut the cottq4 i rent o per teat and take that a portion of their rent in corn, the - amount to be based on present 3 prices of cotton and corn. This c idea did not originate with me, t but if you think it worth sug- e gesting to the farmern of the Noiw as to organiging the coun- s ty, I think you ought to find out 3 just as soon as possible what pre- 1; cincts did organize and which did 1 not (they did not organize at ' Albion I hear), have a meeting of t your elecutive committee, if thgere I is oge, gra4 song a rg oiat to organige at every point where I tbay have failed to organize. I Where it has been impossible a to get the farmers to come out to t the meetings appointed, if it were f advertised that some one from a I distance would be there to make ] a s pcech. and organize, they wouldt men for oiticers, they conld then work the tliing up. As it is sco late, it would be best to get a~ number of men toa go out and have all the organiza tionls perfected at once, and I be Peye to yovl4 gnt go Uoon men who conld make a good speech along these lines to get out anh do this; work at a small cost. I would be willing to go to any' part of the county and help or my time if the essociation would pay my expenses. I would also suggest that speakers from one part of the county be sent to some distant part, for you. know "distance lands enchapitnent." We peed to ejtebusy pt ye are going: to dio anything, Hoping that this rnay help to put the hail in motion, I am Yours truly, J. Lj. Brice. Wodard], S. C , April 3, 1905. Raw or inSjamecq L.ung yield rapidly to the wonderful ourative and healing qualities of Foley's Honey I and Trar. It prevents pneumuonia anda consump1tionl from a hard cold settledt on the lungs, "My daughter had a terrible cough which settled on her Wng" sgysN. Jag9~ op g pny ,1.7 "We trieu a great many peuzeqips. without relief, until we gave her Fo ley's Honey and Tar, which cured her. Sold by McMaster Co. The successful man goes about his business with the same energy that a terrier displays when you yell "rats!" in its ear. AMATTER OFHEALTH POWDER Abolti l Pure mAS No SuilST1UN Obituary. Died, in Winnsboro, S. C., Aarch 27th, 1905, Miss Lizzie ?hillips. She was born October 14th, 1833, and was therefore in ier 72nd year. She was a daughter of the late ohn Phillips, and a sister of Ir, .. W. Phillips of otr towri. In early lide she made a public :rofession of faith in Christ and inited with the A. R. P. church, nd remained a consistent mem er of this church until her death. Jntil the infirmities of age pre ented, she was an active worker n the church, and was for many rears a teacher in the Sabbath cbool. She died in the faith, nd was soothed and anstained y the e fp.rts of the gospel in ;.r last hours, and we are sure bat she has passed into that etter country where there is no orrow or pain. Three wees before her death, he received severe burns in her tome, and this was the cause qf er death. In all her suifering ho wa remarkably patient, and eath came as a relief to the ired body. A Fri'end. Little Hugh McKeown. Dear little Hugh, the infant on of Mr. and Mrs. Ep 4i {c~eori, Wlqo died so su denly, nd inder such sad circumstances, ?as just approaching his third - ear, and was a bright and sweet bild, the idol of the home and be source of infinite delight to very one about the house, espe ially the deqr pqther, wbaa ~ead is (llect with saaness and rrow at his death. Only loving arents, whose lives are so close y wrapped about the precious ttle children, cabi sympathise ith this grief-stricken family in his very dark hour. The many ~right ancd igterpstigg ii~tle thins a ancd done by this sweet littlfe oy will linger .with the heart ~rken father and mother and i:ll be remembered as valuable reasures long after others have rgot the sad accident calling is child to the arms of the dear ord, who has said, "Of such is he kingdom~ of hee' May iod biss jee san home, and may fe loved ones, now unde r such a ~reat sorrow, find the Saviour ery near them as their support nd their comfort. Hugh was born Mgy Ath, Th02,f nd 4 llh ath, 1905, andj snow a little angel in the homeI f our dear Lord. J. B. Campbell. Letter to D. L. Stevenson. Winnobhro. (i Dear air; H~ere's a paint that's eing sold to bargain hunters: 10 per cent lead 5" " zinc 2') " " 'barytes 20 " " whiting arytes and whiting are aggd an komne people must like gol ricks. 'The name of that paint s --- "pure lead and-zinc '~ he dealer who sells it says it's , good as Devoe. Yours truly 53 F W DEvoE & (00 John 1U. Mc~Taster & Co. sell y'p paint. If it is a bilious attack take (Cham erain's Stomiach and Liver Tablets ud a quick cure is certain. For sale y Obear Drug Co. ieTowney's pandies are the ast. Try ilies. Q. A.. White. To Cu -raeLaxative Broni s.unbsm.s.sid in nst 13 LANDE STILL Li IN GETTING THE GREA BARGAINS FOR HIS In Men's and B making a showing that it will all to see before buying. Shoes are still a spec stock of these and save mone, THIS \ I am making a special rur Embroideries, etc., that were make it so that I have the goods. L. L HOUSE CLI made far easier by t Reservoir Dust which sweeps the floor cleaner a than an or3inary broom. Fine and matting. The very thing fo the ceiling. Will outlast a half will convince you. Good Feather Dusters at 2 White-wash Brushes for t6 J. W. South Carolir --OFFER4 Spring Course f< SESSION FROM A TO MAY i9TH, r9A mirApply to President for fu I HAVE JUST RECEIVI of BUGGIES and HARNES ing ot very close prices. Thei for you. Mattings anc My stock of Mattings is m can find just what you want h nice lot of Carpets also. Timely 'I We are Headol Call in and examine our stock Dressers and Centre Tables. Dressers at actual cost to clea Now is the timne to get your S Try ore of our Felt Maaress< We have a complete line of Stoves. All guaranteed to gia We have in stock also a c Lounges. Our UNDERTAKING I complete, All calls promptly SR. W. P H I1 re a Cold in One: 10 Oiine Tables. A/ CKER EADS FEST NUMBER OF CUSTOMERS, oys' Suits I am be to the interest of ialty with me. See my i on a big lot of Laces, bought at prices that Inside track on these .andecker. 'ANING he use of the less Broom, ad with far more ease for sweeping carpets r cleaning the walls and dozen brooms. Atrial cents and 40 cents. e spring white-washing. SEIGLER. ia College >r Teachers. LPRIL 7TH rther information. D A SHIPMENT iS, which I am offer e are bargains here tCarpets. ost complete, and you ere in this line. A ). E3OAG. opics. darters for' of Iron Beds, Suites,. We have six Cheval r our stock. ummer Cots,. s-tne best in town. Little Dandy Cook re satisfaction. >mplete line of Bed )EPARTMENT is attende3 to. LIPS. Da in Two Days. box.2a5c.