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VV?r. W. BRADFORD.
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Com.. m?i'.i.*i;w ou current subjects is >
itivitfl, l>>it \vo do not nj{rt.H? to publish '
i Murouoicutious contaiiiiujr mmv ti^an !
: r.;i v,*i> a;:<l no msin.isibility is as
?.'tiiicwl for the views of <*orrospoudeytH.
1 a nit advert iaiiitr medium for L'UnrTiuovillo,
Fort Mill, and Rock
I ill !>u-iii' ss It >as"s Tun Touts in uasur- .
jiassi'd. llntcs 1 tut<ln known on upplica- '
iio l to tlio pnbljslier.
I.oivil Teloylioue No. 2(5.
J U N E 20, i 000.
Th Couuuercitil Club of Ilock Ilfll is j
ii credited wit h the desire tobeooiyetbe i
Tuniiuuny lfall of York county politics. j
No intimation bus jet vouched u* an to '
who is to ho the Richard Urokoj- .of the
elub.?Fort Mill Times.
ii \ i? w of t ho fact, which myst by ,
J his tisnn bn \v? 11 known, that the peo- '
pie of Hock Hill have no disposition
V. It'.i !i?\ nv t.i luiin ? 11 \* t liiitir tn tt'ifli
"*V H ,v " "" I
u c>k county politics, the above from \
the org,\u of oar sister town is very un- j
fair ami unkind. The good opinion eulortaimsi
bore of Fort 1-1 ill's worthy
candidates marks the above publication
;.s mjwjse and without provocation.
'Ihe Commercial Club of Hock Hill is a I
local in.-; it at ion, organized aloug opm;neiviul
lijtcs, with no purixiso to dfs- :
turh the bantam on her nest or the
rooster on his roost.
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The club has as well a social feature,
but in 11 i wise is it expected or iutondud
to be a ]Hilitieal organization. * # *
IVe repeat therefore that The Times'
Auditorial is luijust and unwise, and we
would admonish the clever young editor
that wh'ii lie is sumo years older iu
j mrnalism he will agree with us that it
is not, u wise thing to publish every I
tdic rumor that may come to him, ohi*v '
piully when an uuotroudiiiK, on com*
plaining neighbor is tlu? subject.?Rock
Ilill Ilcrald.
Our esteemed contemporary has
unwill ingly misconstrued the spirit
in which the article in Inst week's
Times was written. It was not
the purpose of the editor of this j
paper to do our sister city an in- j
justice. The wee bit of information,
if information it was, regard- i
>ng the political designs of the
Commercial Club came tp us from
a citizen of Rock Hill, a gentleman
who should have known whereof
he spoke. However, the disclaim
er of T!i? Herald is sufficient to I
warrant the belief that there was
jio foundation in fact for the state- j
jnent.
In the future we shall profit by1
the admonition of The Herald, re- '
nieinbering, as William Cobbett'
hns eaid. that "when yon write benr j
constantly in mind that some one I
is to read and understand what you j
^vrite."
David B. Hill, of New Yorjc, is '
being considered as Bryan's running
mate for the vice-Presidency. J
i Hill is unquestionably one of the ;
I lirninioaf 111/111 in r-?iil\li/-? l?fa In- i
I day and his name on the ticket \
M would give it more force and magS
-tisin than tluit of any other
)nan who could be nominated. Ah
B a statesman he standi* jioad and
A phoulders above the othsr gentleB
man who have been talked of in .
connection with the nomination,
aft lie iH the only man who ever bested
B Tillman in the United States SenA
jite. If the Democracy displays
81 enough judgment to nominate him
H we will (airy New York, without
ISa which defeat awaits us.
rTlic pi ogress which tho South
has boon making in cotton manu- '
factoring nugnrs well for tho future
prosperity and advancement
of tho Southern section. While
there wore 7,1(50,000 cotton spiufllcH
in Massachusetts at tho beginning
of 1805, there was no Stnto
pouth of Mason and Dixon's liue
with a million. Now there are
two, North and South Carolina, I
L with over that number, thus |
exceeding all tho New England j
States excepting Massachusetts,
I jElbode Island, nod Neyr Hamp|
shire
I , Tho vnluo of tho cottpn goods
manufactured in the eight Southe
ern States in ISSO was $1Q,173,222
and iu 1800 the returns showed n
B^flj^saluc of cotton manufactures
Breaching $10,1(55,071, or a gain of
Bicnrly 250 per cept..
H B This splendid growth is hiring.
Bug the South into prominence,
^^through the enhancement thus
..iiM.n I.. ..oli.iti.il I 2? i
in urn K/iirii ai|iriii^u lliuqutries.
Its promos# in nlso bringing
it into cloder relation and 4
fearer uaicrstamKng pf the de*
vclopiuent of the manufacturing
interests which comprise so large a
portion of the life ami piopperity
of the nati/m. Furthermore, this
grasp of conditions is shown liy
the growing realization in the
South of the need of trained
craftsmen and educated workmen
to conduct ita colossal maim factoring
interests.
Like textile manufacturers in
foreign countries, manufacturers
in the South nre recognizing that
the systen of training workmen
in the mill is ineffective, for
the textile mill is on establishment
who9e chief purpose is production
and not instruction. Consequently
they have been awake to the necessity
of establishing textile
schools, from which are to come
trained workmen and educated
engineers for the carrying on of
their large and growing textile industrial
enterprises.
The lirst cotton trade school in
]?/> Ssnlli ll U*DL! licfnKliellOjl I r% 1 VldQ
> mv ?^/u? ii ?? i?n v.o^Ui/1 iOUVU ill 1L'?'U
iu connection with the Cloorgia
School of Technology. Clemson
College has also recontly opened a
textile department in a building
erected especially for that purpose.
The rotten beef contracts which
made fortunes for certain of Banna's
monopolistic friends, but were
directly responsible for the murder
of unnumbered American soldiers
in Cuba, M*ere finally fastened
upon Alger. But it. is no
secret that this indiscreet secretary
was only a tool of Hanua and bis
clique. To llnnnu and his friends
were due the almost superhuman
efforts to cover up this scandal
and palliate the offense iu the eyes
of the Americuu people.
It was part of liannu's scheme
for the re-eleotion of himself in
the person of McKinley that no
officer of the army or navy should
be permitted to coii)6 out of the
war with enough glory to pose as
?f i 1. - l- m H
nu ui uie people. no wjis
uot able to prevent the brilliant
success of Dewey at Manila, but he
did succeed in sacrificing Schley
and promoting without the $hudo\v
of justice the fortunes of Sump,
son and the umvieldly Sbufter.
Al the Netloeel Capital.
Regular correspondence.
Washington, June 18, I9rt0.?
The Republican pretense that
there is uncertainly about who will
fill the second placo on tho McIviuley
ticket is amusing. Boss
liannii and Mr. McKinley have
long ago pelleted the man, hut. the
secrot has been well kept, as they
wish the delegates to tho convention
to be deluded into the belief
that the nomination is theirs. The
platform thftt will be adopted by
the Philadelphia convention lma
also been written, although the
convention will go through the
farce of appointing a platform committee
to orennre it. The rJat.
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form wnH written by Postmnstor(ieneral
Smith, who whs chosen
for the task because he was a uewspapor
man, but its authors are Boss
Hanna and Mr. McKinley. They
dictated it in the rough to Mr.
Hirpth, who polished it up. In
fact, the work of the Philadelphia
convention could easily be done in
three hours, but Hannt\ promised
in return for that $100,000 contribution
that the convention should
sit three days, and the pyograni has
been arranged on a three-days basis,
not only to give the Philadelphians
a chance to even up, but to
try to work up a little enthusiasm
among the delegates.
Senator Chandler, who has a way
of naggiug bin party and its leaders
whgn the spirit moves hint, lms
been throwing cold water on the
Hunna.Mckinley crowd by pointing
out in a publiahed interview
the danger of Republican defeat
this year, following ure aorno of
Mr. Chandler's reasons: "We will
be huft the most by the charges
of extravagance and corruption.
The next danger point is the
oharge that the party is bound
in chaius by the money power
aud that its reins are held by
millionaires, and the third thing
to fear is groat loaaeH in the Philippines."
He pointed ont exactly
where defeat might meet the Re.
publicans when ho sftid: "Suppose
the war pows ne*t fail ia not jjooti
or thai there ore labor troubles
or that prosperity is threatened.
What then'/ Illinois, Indiana,
and even hiew York would slip
away from us. It isabnrelv possi-,
ljle that we may lose those tStntes
oven without any succession of untoward
events. In thai event, we j
would lose the election.'' Mr. j
Chandler is being roundly abused
by the party bosses for saying
u'hni i lutir Vmiii. cm. t.t.irt ......... ?
*??>?. * VIM j V */CVI4 nnJ Ul*5 llUIUli^
themselves for weeks.
The court of claims lias taken
the Sampson side of the battle of'
Santiago with a vengeance. It rle,
cided that Snmpson comma tided
the fleet during the battle and that
the New York was engaged therein.
Under that decision Sampson, who
had no more to do with destroying I
the Spunish fleet than the reader
of this, will get $8,3d5 as his share
I of priy.e money, while Schley, the
man who really commanded the
fleet, will get only about $.'1,000.
The Republicans are so much
alarmed over the outlook for the :
Congressional elections that they
will maintain campaign committee '
headquarters in both Washington
and Chicago. Duplicating head*1
quarters will do thcni no good, as '
i they can not destroy the record
made by tho Republican ad minis-i
t ration.
A sensational statement was
; made before the Industrial Com- j
mi.-sion, now hearing testimony on
matters relating to labor, by Mr. !
M. F. Thompson, secretary of the
Southern Industrial Convention of 1
t
J iiuntaville, Ala., ami a bitter opponent
of labor unions, who said: !
"Labor organizations are to-day
the greatest menace to this government
that exists inside or outside
the pale of our national domaiu. j
Their influence for disruption and
disorganization of society is far
more dangerous to the perpetua-!
tion of our government in its pur- ;
; ity nnd power than would be the
, hostile urray on our borders of the
1 armies cf the eutire world combined."
That is probably the most,
extreme opinion of its kind ever i
publicly uttered in this country, i
it was listened to by some of the!
labor loaders, who Id tend to answer
; it in their testimony before the
commission.
Col. George C. Gorham, a life1
long Republican ami for years sec- :
rotary of the Senate, expresses the
1 opinion that Mr. McKinley will be
defeated if every Democrat in the
United States refrains from voting
: next November. Speaking of the
political outlook, he said: "Mv cor
respoudence is extensive, representative,
and frequent with nil
sections of the country and I .believe
1 aui telling you the truth i
when I say that if the election
| were held to-morrow Mr. McKinley
would not carry half a dozen
States. 1 have been watching national
campaigns for a good many
years and if the Democrats can't
sweep the country this year they !
i had better go out of business nnd
turn the job of fighting the Re'
publicans over to somebody else." |
View* of the Candidates.
In order that tho readers of The
Times may know how the different
gubernatorial candidates stand pn
the liquor question, the following
extracts nre taken from speeches
made by them at Orangeburg la6t
Thursday. Air. Gary's attitude
on the question of pensioning exi
Confederate soldiers we have also
thought worthy of reproduction:
Governor McSweeney.
The liquor question in this cam- |
i paign perhaps overshadows all others.
For three successive elections
! the people have indorsed tho l)is- !
pensary. It is giving bettor satisfaction
now thau it has ever done.
, The charge that Dispensary con-!
stables go around armed and ready
, to shoot dowp people is not now
j true, as those tpen are not now so
objectiouuble. Prohibition can not
apd will not he enforced. Prohibition
was tried in the iiiterret/niimi
when the Dispensary was closed by
the courts, and the State was
floodod with blipd tiger whiskey.
A gentleman in Portland, Me.,
wrote uie n few days ago asking for
1 information about the Dispensary,
as they wanted a better thing than
| Prohibition. Ii has proved a fail
, 111 v nuvn * vi Pfivt nucuvici bl ICll*
Wo had Prohibition whon the Dispensary
was declared unconslitui
tionql and everyone remembers
[ how wliiskoy was openly sold.
Bm
U.-i j I
ry c
'CK , t
ay ]
and whiskey couiil be easily U>- J
taiiicd. AVii.li a prohibitory ?vv i
yon would not only have friv w.'s- 1
key, but you \v uul have eucolraueuient.
; ;
Cot. J is. A Hoyt.
No?mnn linn yet 1 rcn found Vargue
that lite morals <>i: the pec; A' i
uve intrinsically benefitted by til
sale of liquor. It was mwrHrgui j ,
in the clays of the salooin that th* ^
improved the morals or pi\ molt
the righteousness of any romnni
nitv.nnd the mere chaigv ? [' moth
od in the tale does not and can no
alter the situation in ti is i npeci.
The State engaging in tli s unholy
traffic does not transmute the
X brand of "chemically pur *" in o
an agency for ihe j im;.; !ii>:i *.?f
virtue and morality among the sons
of South Carolina. The elevation
and improvement of society are not
involved in the increased consumption
of liquor by the ci.iv. us of
the blate, nor uoea it U na to D. in^
peace ami happiness to the homes
of the humble or the rich. The
sale of liquor is admitted 011 nil
sides to be an evil ami only an evil,
and it is not diminished in any respect
because the sovereignty of
the State is thrown around the
t rathe.
Mr. A. Howard Patterson.
Colonel Hoyt, the nominee of
the Prohibition convention, in tinplat
form which ho wrote and which
was adopted by the convention last
month stated that Neil Dow, the
preat Prohibition leader of the
State of Maine, said that tin* people
of Maine saved by Prohibition
over $21,000,000 a year, and that at
that time, after they had had Prohibition
for almost halt a century,
they sold clandestinely about one
million dollars. Whorens under
the Dispensary law ouly $1,788,425.80
was sold lawfully last year
! l'? a i /^i I! fill. 1_ r r j i
111 ooutii v aronua. xuiuk. ol 11:
A Prohibition State for forty years
selling $1,000,000 worth of liquor
a yenr. Therefore we have more
Prohibition in South Carolina, uu- i
tier the Dispensary law, than they
have in Maine, with a law against j
the sale of liquor.
The attorney-general's report
shows that during the year 1SU8
there wore over 1,000 indictments'
for the violation of the law in
Maine. If there were over 1,000
iudietinouts, how many \iolutiot.u
of the law wore there that never
came to light?
Colonel Iloyt says in effect: "Let
us all, all opponents of the Dispell- j
sury, go together as far as we can,
and when we have gone far enough
iu * .....
u? ucoti wy int- uuichine,
which is the chief imped iinent
to Prohibition, then lot. us
agree, as wo can, upon a plan which
will give Prohibition a major part
??f the territory wasted from the
common enemy."
Now what do you think of tins,
you who nre Prohibitionists from
principle? Hero is the candidate
of the Prohibition paity favoring
a return to the adorn system in
some counties and Prohibition in
others. What is it. alt for? The
man who does it simply wants office.
Charleston, Columbia, (J reonville,
and Spartanburg may wish
the license system, and that would
be a winning card to play.
Mr. Frank 11. (jary.
What does Colonel lloyt advo- j
cate? A bastard Dispensary plan, j
lie advocates maintaining the dis- 1
pensaries with all their expensive
machinery, with all their salaried
officers with nil the oiniort unit ies
^ ? ; t i
for rottenness which he so elo- i
quently portrays. And for what?
To sell for sacramental, medicinal,
and scientific purposes. Is this
what the people of SSuulh Carolina
want? Is this what you want V Co
you want to go deep down in your
pockets to maintain the i.ispoinaries
for the purposes named? Thiis
what must be done,or else blind
timers will run riot over the land.
This Is the moaning of such Prohibition
as Colonel Iloyt advocates.
i was a member of the Legislature
that enacted tho Dispensary
law. 1 have been a member of:
each succeeding Legislature. lily j
honest desire has been to r* move
the objectionable features and to
enforce it in the inter* sts of the
morals of the country. It seems
to mo to be an unwise and shortsighted
policy to so reduce the
i constabulary force as to make it
oossible for blind tirrersto flourish
I ? ? . .
na they do; and when this is attempted
to be excused on the
ground that it saves money, il
i seems to me that the intention ?>f
t li o 111 (if iki out i p..lir Aj I n t\. I
uu; 11 I'liuu i) | n uni uini
it it* used as a menus of making
money. I am told, my friends,
that in some of the counties since
the constables are removed the
blind timers hnve sprung up ho
thickly m actually to starve out
one another.
Another matter which in mv
judguieut demands gv^r cu:n';-:t and
jest attentions is the pension to
iisai'le*.! hcilti^ci'8. The constitu.ion
requires that a liberal appio[iriM'.ion
bIihII each year be made
lor pensioning indigent Coiifederite
soldiers and their indigent
widows. The Confederate army
was made up largely of poor peo- i
|jle, men who lett tliedr wives and !
L'hiuiren without bread and without
protection, but commending '
.> . . a... i. ,.f .. r?i '
lUUIU Ml I ll'J I\?? 'I'lUK "* ?* ll'VM IIUI ,
Grod they shouldered their muskets
und went forth to answer duties j
call. In hunger, barefooted, and !
in taps the Confederate soldier has
laid v. debt anon us whk.h we can i
never repay. AVill we be parsitnonious
in our settlement with himV
Shame upon us if we are. I favor
a more liberal appropriation and a :
more equitable distribution of the
pension fund.
. ?
Sam Jones on ihe Negro.
In a roeont letter to the Atlanta
Journal, Sam Jones says some i
jointed things about the "negro j
using ground." After reviewing j
the past of the negro in the South
Mid saying things amusing and |
sensible and harsh, he adds:
"For the better element and beth
t class of negroes I have always j
nuil the protounuest sympniny una
respect. I have more respect today
for a decent negro than 1 have
tor n dirty white man. # * ?
The best negroes I know in Ueorgiu
to-day were never in a school- i
house and were born and raised to ,
manhood and womanhood before
they had the right to vote. There
is no place where an educated negro
can find room to work in any >
Southern State, unless it is as a ;
teacher or as a preacher or in the ]
chaiugang. Those are the only
three places that nro open to an
educated negro. * * * The
negro is to blame largely for this
state of things, for if thenegrohud ,
realized that the best white people i
of the Houth were his l>est friends '
and he had quit ganging with the j
liquor crowd and hail let Yankee- :
Dooble alone he would have been 1
much better off to day. For the
good negroes there is room in the J
hearts of the best Southern people
and they will be protected by law
and maintained. It was really pitiful
to see the negro look on the
white primary a few days ago. He |
stood around unemployed by the i
court-house clique, undrenched by |
the jug crowd, and he really looked
like an orphan,*'
That is all very near the mark, j
Sain shoots off bund but he hits.
He id for getting rid of u11 white j
men who either buy of nell a vote.
He sees that there is a natural race
prejudice ngaiust nil social equality I
and Bays: "Separate seats in street
cars and separate coaches in trains i
for white and black teach us that i
socially they can't mix and when-'
ever there is mixing of the races, at
the polls or in the parlor, it's the
lowest down whites and the meanest
negroes doing the mixing."
A STUDY
IN OIL
If you are not a Kerosene
customer of ours wo
advise you to try a gallon,
and if it does net please
you better than what you
have been buying, you
need not come back ngnin.
We know it to be better,
because our customers?
nnd they nro good people?say
so, and it costs
us more money than common
oil, yet wo sell it at
the same price?lo cents
per gallon. We can save
you a lot of work, worry,
i:.._ :r
141114 Vt'AtUSUU Ul BJJlilt il
you w.11 let us.
W. 11 AUDREY ii CO.
Epratt Machine Go.
Uilck, Lumber, Laths, Lime, Shinglen,
Uuildlnj* Supplloi, and House
Rttings ol all kinds.
Contractors ard builders. Estimates
on all work furnished promptly.
Leon Steam Laundrj
OH ART.OTT1? \T O
Equipped with tho newest and
heat machinery. Wo employ only
skilled white people, and wo do
not take nej^ro laundry. Ship*
monta made troih Fort Mill Thursday
morning and laundry returned
Saturday morning.
B, \\\ Bradporp, Agent.
A
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SHOES, I I
SJ'0f3, | f
slok
We r.ro selling thM Rhoe1^ of
the town. All kindsaof Rhoes
and Slippers for men, Amen and
children?for old aud yA rig. We
care not how tender thB f?>ot, we
can give it ease?nor &r shnpe,
wo can fit it. Shoes <> all the
lasts, C, D, E, EE, nncaW. fc*,
como where you can pot i?*but yt>u \
want, and he sure this stamp up.
pears on the sole:
Yours in Business for Bulnesa. ;
MEACHAM & E#S. 1
P. S. Hot weather? Yes*ery,
but we have the goods to (mil the
weather. Did yon see those p| itty
Lawns, Dimities nnd Organdi at
church Sunday? Now, didu'tLey
look nice and cool? Well,lwe
have plenty of thorn. Come lnd
see. M. H
"" "CITY MAEKETj |
Is where you can find nly i
kind of Frosh Ment you writ I
nt any time. We are nlwhij^ *
there and we always have whit
you want, provided you wait
the choicest quality. Our
prices are reasonable for
FIRST-CLASS MEATS.
"We won't soil you any other
kind. Send uh your orders
or Telephone No. 27. We
guarantee prompt attention
and satisfactory treatment.
FR*" FISH
f^er} Saturday.
iR\ (J. SMYTHE & SONS.
The Arlington Hotel,
CHARLOTTE, N. C.
Beat Lighted and Ventilated Hotell
in the City. 8 1
A. A. SPRINGS, Proprietor. 1 |
! i |
A \V?1! (iroouicd Man.
Notl;in^ is so (list iuctive iu a gentle- !
man as his linen. lie it * broadcloth, or I
homespun iu which a Mian is dressed, it 1
is his linen?his collars, cntTs, and shirts i
which display his individuality to tlio '
observing?aud who am so quietly ob- .
serving as women?
Curtains, blankets, table linen, bed 1
! linen, &e. Wo also clean, prosn, and'
dyo suits at mo<lcrate rates.
! l''or ease of mind and comfort of body. I
be sure that your "laundry goes to tho 1
Model Steaui Lauiidrv. Charlotte. N. C.
t J. L. flcfcLM ANAY, A|ciit,
Fort Mill, S. C.
HAND BROS., \
TJYlf*n # TTT1 A?riTi
MM&UMM, 1
ROCK HILL, S. 0,
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