Fort Mill times. (Fort Mill, S.C.) 1892-current, July 25, 1900, Image 2
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R. BRADFORD.
.-pi ion prici. ? 1 put your.
CocY'vspoTirlonoe uu cv.nvur sr.bjec:s is
invited, bur. we (lo not ujjreo to publish
ooiinunuioutioiis c^iitiuniitK nu.ru tluui
\vo.?ls, no?l no n*iKjnsii)iI>i'T is us
a utiod for the vicwf of correspond! iiik.
f' mi mUortituSu tneilimu for Chiirjotfe,
Pincvillo, T'ort Mill, find R<?o!c
ilill !m.-incd?? honses ThcTiiOesis misur^wsseri.
Mlrtuti nuiffi; known Vm application
to the pulilin)!4iC '
lrx^sil Telephone Sfii. 2<?.
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JULY a?, 1000.
'The firto of the foreigners in
Pokin is afcill shrouded in mystoVy.
Nobody relieves though that, one
i* left to tall tho shocking tale.
Probably tTio wholo will not be
^kn>)wn' till tlie allied armies fi^lit.
"their way to Pekin, and from nil
annearkuces this will ronn^rn srv.
eral months. The allied armies
last f riday, 7.000 stronp, stormed
(Tion Tsin, a fortified city defended
by 20,000 Chinatiion armed with
modern rific3 and ordnance. .The
aHied ftrmiea were driven back \vitli
the loss of So3 killed and several
hundred wounded. The colonel
<d the Ninth United States infantry
and severul captains wero killed.
The ^Jhinese were led by Europenn
oiheerH. their nrtillerv v/?a crOnr^
dully served, and they fought like
'fiends. The next day the allied
armies charged again and drove
'tho Chinese from the city and took
'possessing. Trftops to tho mini>ber
of 6q,000," including 11,000
Americans, are flying on the Wings
of the wind to' the relief of'the
force at Tien Tain. The nations
of Europe as well as our own are
breathing nothing but threats of
vengeance against China and,
while war lias not boeu formally
doolared, a. state of war actually
'exists. Tho outlook to tin seisms
nlnck and threatening. The Chinese
are full of fight and are well
armed. They are inuumorublo as
the bands 6i tho seashore. The
pacification 6f thalr country will
'be thie most tremondous military |
task ever undertaken?a gigantic |
task that would make oven aCuesnr !
or u Napoleon halt and hesitate.
"William McKinloy needs only i
to bo brought face tc> face with a
groat crisis in order to demonstrate
'.the fatal weakness of his character
and of liia political methods.
The developments in the Orient
are fast proving him to be not a
statesman, but a slick politician.
At present the vital question in
'"Washington is: "Shall an extra
session of Coiigross be called?"
The chief executive hesitates aa to
the course to pursue. The exigencies
of the situation are perfectly .
'apparent. The lives of American j
citizens ar6 being sacrificed in
'China, and Williafti Mclvinley hes'itates
to call Congress in extra session
for fear that among other legislation
flint tni??lif -1
r au.f^ltv UU |mPBt*U
*wouhl be tho anti-trust bill now
hanging fir'o in tho Senate. Tho
'passage of 111ih bill would alionnto
the large corporatioiiH from the
llepublican party, and they would
po longer contribute to its campaign
fund. William McKinley
to-tjay balancing the lives and ;
lionot1 of the American women!
Bnbject to Chinese depredations!
'agninst the contributions of largo
'corporations for campaign pur poHCB,
and at tho present timo thej
contributions weigh tho heavier."
When we entered upon tho war I
with Siwtin few of oiir people
would havb thought at all favornbly j
tjf a proposition that wo try to on- I
*forco our sovereignly upon 7,500,- |
000 Asiatics, 7,0(H) miles away, at a
coat to us of $100,000,000 and uncounted
lives annually. To-day
'few would approve the United
{States joining in the struggle" for
hits of Chinese property and risk
ing the clash of arms \yilh .European
'nations' that always menaces
those engaged in the spoliation of
China, But the spirit of imperialism
glows fast among tlie authorities
who reap its profits. A prea-1
)dent who defends as the plain j
dici(ite of destiny and duty that
Which he but a few weeks earlier
(Inscribed aft criminal aggression
Vnay speedily find excuse for joining
in tho raid on China. A presideat
Trho cohld ignore tho .cmistiIU
?. ? ? > ^
1 tutiori >y declaring war on the
Filioin s without Congressional!
act may omhroii us with Russia if
i.o thinks thrift hp profit in it.
If wo iio to a vol i.l imperialism
; mid all its inevitable ami hatotul
results, let ufl strike the evil at its
roots in the jMcKiriley adnviuis- j
i tration to-day.
?4*?>
The (beat Wall of Chlnn.
Emperor William of Uermuny
declared a few days rigo tlint He
i 1.1 * i ... *:i it- -
f \>\mm i ''hi 111a111 i m? v rcrnmn j
flag floats from the walls of IYkin." |
Tfio walls of PekiH uro. of
course, a part of the Great Wall j
?>f Chitm. There is a singular I;
impertinence,' not lo suy colossal"j
choek, in this jaunty threat of the
war lord of an empire of mushroom
growth?not yet thirty years
old?and iftcluding less than one
eighth the population of Cliinn,
1 rvlaiif 1? in /?/?*?/? ? ?. - 1 ?
i -w j/iuiiv ii i o nin^uri iii^ UillllHT DI1 j
the greatest military work ever
constructed.
The Great Wall of China was
built in ten yenrs, nnd wuh finished
2hf> years before the birth of Christ.
Twenty-one centuricB have had
scarcely any etfeet upon it. It i?
ns enduring na' the Pyramids.
Equipped with modern artillery
and mnnned with soldiers armed
j and drilled in the inodorn manner,
it would be ns impregnable as the
day it was finished.
The projecting mnsses of stone
and brick which form its huge buttresses
are alone estimated to contain
more material than all the
dwelling houses in Groat Britaiu.
Cnrefqil calculation long ago demonstrated
that the Chinoso wt\ll
contains material more than sufficient
to cover the entire circum- j
11... 4l. A?'i * ' '
ICIUIIV-L" Ul VliL' fill 111 Oil IWO Ot 118
circles with two walla each six foot
high and two foot thick. It is
nearly fifteen hundred miles long,
and is carried over the highest
mountains, the deepest valleys,
across wido rivers, and over nil
manner of natural obstacles. It is
a greater wonder than any of the
so-called "Seven Wonders of the
World," It surpasses not only by
its immensity, but by the ingenuity
of its engineering devices and its
marvellous stability every other
effort of human labor.
When we remember that this
vast achievement in science and i
nrt was accomplished twenty-one j
centuries ago, we ought to blush J
for the arrogance of the nations of
Europe?niero youngsters by con;.
parieOQ?who talk of the Chinese 1
and assume to deal with them as
barbarians nnd heathen who need
to be taught civilization.
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At the National Capital.
Regular corrospomleneo.
Washington, .July 1900.? '
Mr. McKinley is again performing 1
his specialty?the wobbling act.
Ho heard the criticism of the country
of his absence from his post
and rushed back to Washington, 1
everybody supposed to do some- '
thing. There lias boon cabinet
meetings and cabinet dinners, but
that is all. Nothing has been done
that had not honn (
beforo Mr. McKinloy pulled liim- 1
self away from tho enticing rockers
on that Canton porch. Although '
it is tho general opinion in Wash- 1
ington that Congress should he
called in extra session to handle (!
tlm Chinese business, Mr. McKinley
and his advisers decided that
110 extra session should bo called
until tho urgency became more J1
pressing. Because the allied forces ,
lU OliiA. I - - A
iu viiuin iintr nun n ii'111 porary i j
succors, iit hii awful coat i>f life,! i
including mnuy Americans, and ; J
the Chinese have sent a message
saying that the foreign ministers j
in 1'ekin are alive, which, by the j
way, isn't l?elievod by anybody out- 1
side of members of the admjnis- 1
tration, Mr. McKinley will wobble 1
j a while longer.
I The plain truth is that Mr. Mc- ,
' Kinley* is afraid to do anything ,
until he gets a plainer tip on what j
public sent iment wants thisgov rn- I
meiit to do. Men interested in '
I syndicates which have big conces j '
Sions in China are urging him to j *
ftend a big army to China so that j
. h? can be in a position to prevent I
the breaking nn of the Chinese )
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I empire, which would mean the end '
of their concessions, while Kepuh- , ]
j licaii politicians ar# cautiouingl,
j ti ?1 Ji IbiitJ vU?l . v ? !
m
him to feel hits way carefully, t?ecnu?j
u mistake v.iil make his ilefoat
for re-election more certain
than it n ?w qppareotly i*. He
can't viot more men in the army
without authority from Congress,
and he is afraid to tuke any more
ineti from Gonornl MucArthur, who
has already been made to send
men from the Philippines against
his vigorous protest. Consequently
unless there is nn extra session of
Congress tho total American force
in China will not exceed 12,000,
and several thousnnd of them can j
not be not there before the 1st of
September, no matter how lwocily
they may be needed. Meanwhile,
Mr. Mc&inley lias gone back to i
Canton to wobble at leisure until
public opinion shows him what to
u<>.
,There ar? reasons to believe that
a decidedly interesting talk took
l>ince in tho dining room of Secretary
Gage's suburban residence,
where Mr. McKinley, nil the members
of tho cabinet who are in ;
Washington, nnd Gen. Leonard
Wood, military governor of Cuba,
were guests. The subject wns Cuba
I U. 1?ui. r i i .
<iuu iim juouHuie iuiuro roiniione j
toward the United State?. .General !
Wood is in Washington for the j
purposo of receiving instructions;
as to the methods of electing del- j
egates to the proposed Cuban con-1
btitutioual convention, which it
has beou hinted in inside administration
circles may start the annexation
ball to rolling by adopting an
annexation resolution or-declaring
in favor of it. If such is the administration
progrnmme, the arrangements/or
the olectiou of delegates
to the convention will bo
such as to insure a majority of
annexationists. General Wood will
talk about everything else in Cuba,
but as soon as you say annexation
he is hh mum as a clam.
The Chinese minister in Washington
is about ns slick ns the
slickest.of his race, and he seems
able to mako Secretary Hay accept
uijy eld story that he chooses to
toil him. Ilia latest, which 2fr.
Uny thought important enough to
repeat at a cabinet meeting, is that
the reason the foreign ministers in
i'ekin have not communicated with
their governments is that they are
hitl in the houses of Chinese
friends and are afraid that any attempt
to send messages,would put
the mob onto their hiding places.
The Chinese minister's success in
btulling tho members of the administration
may encourage him to
remain in this copntry and go into
the gold briek business if his government
gets knocked out at home.
The wires have been kept hot
getting word to such Republicans
as Representative Hull, of Iowa,
chairman of the House Military i
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iJiuiimiue, who x;nH noon publicly 1
advocating the calling of an extra
session of Congress, to take the
other tack and full in behind Air. j
MeKinley in opposition to an extra
session.
Communications received by the
Chinese minister indicate considerable
alarm among the Chinese
residents of ourlarge cities. They
fear that Americans will try to
avenge the in ardor of Americans
in China by massacreirig them. It i
is, of course, a ground loss fear.
Political Notes.
One complaint againotGovernor
McSweonoy is that since lie bemmn
irnvi?rnnr liu lmu .1 1
...ir> n^JIUIIIlfll |
A'rtftin newspaper men to various j
positions in his gift. We can not'
aeo that he lias done anything
gainst public policy or good mor-j
lis in making these appointments,
riio newspaper men of South Car-'
ilina are 11.*> best informed people1
in the State. If they would ex-'
pose all the ignorance that comes t
before them in their business the!
tforld would be astonished. There j
is nothing in the laws or tlio constitution
to prohibit the appointment
of editors. The' matter is
within the discretion of the gov- |
?rnor.?Abbovi He Medi um.
The Fairfax Enterprise, pub-1
lished and edited l>y Mrs. Virginia
1). Young, one of t he most talented .
ladies in the South, in a recent is- J
me referring to the action of (Jov-1
?rnor JJcSweeney in refusing to j
pardon Pons, the bigamist, says
tent it should ''entitle him to the ;
gratitude r?f women all over the |
State and country. The punish- j
merit for Pons' crirue was less than (
Iho average inflicted on the negro '
who steals a hog or rtii^s nwoy with '
somebody else a hi ise. 'i t*t cv n
for fiit'ii a light s- ul?*ne tin* govj
ernor's pardoning pow*.r wnfi ini
voked. All honor to Governor
MoSwceney that l.-e r? fused the j
unworthy "overtures made to him j
to let this roan g<> free, who had
clone what he coi.kl'to bring plmnt?
1 oti an innocent and pure minded
! daughter of South Carolina."
The YorUville correspondent of
the Greenville Nowa sends thatj
paper t tic remarkable information
that Hon. W. 13. deLoacli was the
only avowed Prohibition eamlidate
for the Legislature in York cuunty,
and that hp will be,'or ia as good
as, elected. Mr. doLoacli may be !
elected, but it will not bo because j
no is a I'roinoitioinst, and it lie j
runs ns a Prohibitionist lie will not
poll anything liko the vole lie i
would otherwise. The Prohibitionists
make a f^ood ileal of noise, I
but there is not in reality much
more than a liatfnl of these visionaries
in York county.? Yorkville
v
Yooiiian.
New Railroad (or iansboro,
"^ho State.
Friday afternoon the Secretary
of State granted a charter to the
Winnsboro and Cnniden Railroad
eonipany, which proposes to build '
a line from WinnKluire tn flnmrruk
at which point connection will fee
made with the main line of the
Seaboard Air Line. The capital
atock in not to be less than ?110$,'tXX)
nor more" than $1,000,000. :
The directors are So be Thomas K.;
Elliott, Thus. 11. KitcHin, J. E. i
McDonald and W. R. Elliott. The
officers are T. K. Elliott, president;
T. H. Kite bin, secretary and treasurer;
J. E. McDonald, attorney,
and CJ. S. Dwight, chief engineer.
The required amount of tjlie capital
stock hus been ^subscribed and
paid in. JLt is said that at an early
date stops will be taken for the
holding of an election in V7innsboro
on'the question of that town
subscribing $50,(KKJ'to tho oapital
of tho jio\v road. Jt is the purpose
of tho company to build tho' now
road' at tho earliest possible moment.
Local Items.
There will be preaching in tho
Fort Mill Methodist church on
next Sunday morning and evening
at t,he usual hours.
A part of tho material of which
the bridge iu .to built across /Ja- j
tawba river by the county has ^arrived
and a force of hands is now
employed in moving it to tho site
of the bridge.
1 biless something is dono to pre- '
vent persons who anticipate board-;
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.M/nt ui/v/u in | moni'ii^ri t ill 1115** 1
in 111 ih place from running ncroaa{
tho tracks near the front of mov- |
ini* trains it is only a matter of!
time until someone will bo struck
bv a locomotive and either killed
or seriously hurt. Should such ah i
accident occur, no blame would at- i
tach to the railroad company, for it;
would ho the result of carelessness ,
on the part of the person injured.
Anyone in need of undressed
Lumber would find it to their interest
to call on T. M. Iluuhea.
Lxecutrwtrlx's Notice.
All \\f sons indebted to the estate of
Lewis It. Wilson, deceased, are hereby
notified to make immediate payment to
the undersigned, and all those who have
claims against tho estate will present
them pro perlv authenticated.
THEODOCIA KISKR, Executrix.
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SPECIALTIES.
ice line Tooth Brushes, 5 to 20
' ;
Ctd.
Tooth Powder, nice quality, in
any quantity.
Toilet Soaps, best line in town. j
Fruit Powders.
Bedbug Poison, guaranteed effoct.
Insect Powder anil Guns.
Carbon Disulphide will destroy
weevils and every living germ in
wheat. lUhe best time to use it is
right after threshing. You have
made a nice crop of wheut and we
warn you to the proper precaution
to save it.
W. B AUDREY k CO.
i\ it your chickens have
cholera, we can cnre it.
HAND BROS.,
mimmi
ROCK KILL, S. C.
DEPOT STR.RET,
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HlijJ BE!
r
GREAT SUU
Ono jhunilrcfl and hity pairs ol
Low-cut Shoe
T^jese Shoes nro worth from $1
to you at 50 cents, 75 cents, ntnl ?1
about HALF the WHOLRSAI^
| choice, as they wilt not last .long.
Everybody can afTord to buy i
'
your heayy shoes an^ buy a pair of
ing this hot weather.
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iTiiaucuaucui
,We Lave juBt received another
IQ, and 12 1-2" cents. AL>o a lot oaf
J3oy'B and Childrons' OVEKA
Mens' Light BUMMER SUI1
r T. B. BELKJn
Wo aro headquarters fo^ FU1
and BUGGIES.
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R. F. GRIER,
PKAL< IN
MATS, SHOES,
PANTS, DRY CIOODS,
NOTIONS, DRESS OOOpS,
HARDWARE,
TINIVADP
OLASSWARE,
GROCERIES, ETC.,;
AND THE
BEST LINE Op
POCKET AND
TABLE CUTLERY
IN TOWN.
W. H. IIOOVElt,
LIQUOR DEALER,
CniBLOl'TE, N. C.
Wo look esprclnlfy after the shipping
lr?ilj and below quote very close
figures. Will \te glad to have your
orders. Terms cash with order.
Corn, err rtlinn. iu?
$1.30. $1.75 ?nd $a.
All flret-claaa jjood* at $1.75 and ) >
VERY OLD.
Ryea front $i.6o ta $J, $a 30 aid
$j.jo per plloa.
(Una from $1 60 to $^, and $1 50.
Cienulna Imported "Plata Gin" at $j
per gallon.
Apple Brandy, $i.j5 per gallon.
Peach Brandy $2 50 per gallon.
No charge for Jug and box on nbove,
and no charge at these puces lor Keg
vvheo \cantcd In such <)uanlilier.
Let us l.avc your orders and oh^ge, (
VI. u. booveu.
MB STORE."
G11TER SALE
f Ladies', jjLssep', and? (Chii^reB?'
s Mast be Sqld.
to a pair, but we now offer fchtyTp
, or rather wo are them at
C COST. Cocao at once and get
% pair at ,t|h?8e pricep, so lay asidp
' Slippers and bo comfortable dur
o
as Bargain^.
lot of WHITE I4XWNS, at 7 f.J,
Jjadiea' Nip? UNDKBVjES^.
LLS at 25 centB per pair.
!S from fl.50 to $2.
>VOPllHTOR
IB <9LB RELIABLE
UNITURE, STOVES, WAGpNty
Fresh Meat
AND
Fresh Ice.
Yoh; Ira G. Smytho & Sen will keep
constantly on hand u supply* of Meats
aixl lee. Comparatively Speaking, wo
have boon unavoidably out'bf the business
for two moHtlis, but we hope to bo
able in tho future, by clost/aftcntion to
business and fair dealing with our patrons,
to furuish them with both Meat
uiul Ice in season, and merit a liberal
share of tho public patronage.
Orders for ?5nnfjay Ice received Saturday,
and Ice'delivered front V to 9 a. lu!
Sundays. CAtl up No. 27 any Vlwe yovl
need lleof or1 Ice. '
ISA G. SStyTBG k SON.
Spratt Machine Oo.
Brick, Lumber, Lathe, Lima, $bla?
glee. Building 5upplies, and'j^ouaa
Fittings of a|l kings.
Contractors and bulldara. JSstlmatas
on all work furnished promptly.
I :.L^nw?
The Center of Attraction
for tlioho who uro especially particular
about the laundering of their ^qiiiuior
pir'monts is the lftundry. Kv&ryone
; known except thoso Who liavvn'f tried
our Work, now clean; properly s&prcbed
and Ironed every urtre.le proves rMolf to
be nftor it has been through our bauds.
[ If you don't know''us, lot's get acquainted.
b'or oh so of mind nnd couifort of body,
be sure tl)Ht your ladlidry jfoes to t\m
Model SttOun I-uundrV. Charlotte. N. 0.
UH I (H-tl H.m.U ?
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The Arlington Hotel,
CHARLOTTE. N, f. :
iisat Lighted and Ventilated Mote^
in the City.
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A. A. 5PRINU5, Proorfetoy,
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