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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.
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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
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interests of the masses are to he
subverted. The people must con
tinne to raise revenue with which
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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'{
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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
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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.
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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
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.... 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.
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serves (all kinds), Ilams, Breakfast.
Paeon, Canned Goods. Cakes,
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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.
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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.
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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."
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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.
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