FOliT KILL. SSKLASKK.
*>iluy ^olati Oalh?rril tor the IVrusnl
ol Times Readers.
Mrs. D. C. Freeman, of Kelton, j
C., is the f^uest of her sister,
Mrs. A. Finch.
Messrs. E. W, tomhwll t. t
Massey, unci J. L. Spratt are at
Cleveland Springs, N. C. v
Mr. A. B. Withers, master mechanic
of the Louisiana Southern
Railroad, whose shops are local eel
in New Orleans, is visiting friends
in this communi-y.
On the plantation of Mr. J. D.
Withers, near Fort Mill, lliere was
recently hatched a chicken with
four legs, each independent of the
other. The chicken lived six days.
M iss Zizn Young has accepted j
n position in the dry goods store of
L. J. Mnssey. The position which
she held with the firm of Meacham
<& Epps is now being filled by Miss
Hattie Curtis.
The fi-month's-old child of Mr. :
Uoyce Dennett, a young farmer
wlioso home is a few miles north
of this place, died Inst Tuesday
night. It is thought that strangulation
caused tho child's death.
Those who attended the fanner's
picnic held at the home of Mr. F.
Nims last Friday report an enjoyable
occasion. In the afternoon
speeches were made by Prof. E. E.
Thorn well Rnd Mr. J. W. Ardrey.
Mr. W. 13. Hoke and Magistrate
McElhauoy have jointly operated
a threshing machine in this section
this year, nnd Mr. Hoke informs
us that they Lave threshed between
1G,000 and 17,000 bushels of wheat
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ilUU ORIS.
On account of the excessive hoat
which has prevailed in this section
and which iB still with us, the
Millfort mill shut down Monday
morning. It is understood that
work will be resumed on the 27th
instant.
Monday morning, Ed Cureton,
an 13-year-old negro boy, was given
thirty days on the chain-gang by
Magistrate McEllianey for stealing
farm implements from Jas. Hongland,
a tenant on the plantation of
L. S. Nivens.
One thousand cartridges have
been received from tho adjutantgeneral's
office in Columbia bv th<>
captain of the local military com-*
pany. Five hundred of the cartridges
are to be used in target
practice, the remaining 500 to be
preserved for an emergency call
from the governor.
Mr. and Mrs. William Mack, of
Northport, N. Y., are visiting tho
parents of the former. Dr. and Mrs.
J. B. Mack. Mr. Mack is a stanch
Democrat and thinks thnt Bryan's
chances of election are better this
year than in 1S90, though he does
not Doneve JNew York. State will
go Democratic.
Our Gold Hill neighbors are
preparing for a big time Saturday,
that being the day on which their
annual picnic is to be held, noar
the homo of Hon. S. H. Epps.
The public generally is cordially
invited to bo present, but those
who attend should be accompanied
by baskets well tilled with food.
Democratic voters who are desirous
of participating in the primary
election to bo held next
Tuesday should bear in mind the
fact that no names can be placed
on the club roll after to-morrow
(Thursday) evening. The secretary
of the club in Fort Mill has
made every effort to obtain and
place upon tho roll the name of
every voter in tho township, but
there is almost certain to bo some
omissions and it should be a matAf
mfomfd *^ " ?
v. lutuicot iu uv cry
Democrat hereabouts to ascertain
whether his name is enrolled.
Dr. II. P. Alexander has sold his
practice to Dr. D. G. Anderson, of
Ebene/.er, S. C., and will return to
his old home in Elizabethton,
Tenn., in the near future. Dr.
Alexander moved to Fort Mill
from Tennessee in 1894. Ho is
considered a first-class physician,
as is evinced by tho fact that he
has succeeded in working up a paying
practice in this community.
Our people generally will learn
with regret of his determination to
leave Fort Mill. Dr. Anderson
is a young man and a native of
this county. He grndualed from a
Southern {uedical college last year.
S 'V V.t'w.;"; U ? pittii.
lingular oorrespoadonua.
Washington. August 13,11)00.?
By rejecting the tbree bids submitted
for armor plate for the new i
battleships by the Carnegie, Beth- |
lehein, and Midvnle companies and I
calling for new bids the Navy Department
has put oil' for a time the
decision which Secretary Long was
authorized to muke as to whether
the extortionate prices should be j
paid or u government armor-mak- ,
ing plant be established with the j
i nan r?An n ' '
vt,uuu,uuw wuugress piaceu at Ins
disposal for that purpose. Although
the date set for opening
tho new bids is October 2, there is
reason for tho belief that it is
the intention of tho administration 1
to find some way to keop tho mat- j
tor open until after tho election ;
and then to accept tho bids of tho
Carnegie armor trust.
Mr. LI. R. Shade, who is in
charge of the German bureau at
Democratic headquarters, said tho
bureau was receiving many letters
from Germans, commending Colonel
Bryan's Indianapolis speech ,
I and announcing their intention to I
? . I
I vole fur him because of his sturdy
; stand against imperialism. Speaki
ing of a recent publication, Mr.
i Shade said: "I notice that the
Republicans think they have a
trump card in a number or German
band uniforms, brought to
I Chicago from the Fatherland by
, special permission of the German
I government. 1 think they will bo
mistaken in the value of those uni-,
forms us vote-getters. Instead of
commanding tlie admiration and
enthusiusm of the Gorman voter
the uniform will remind him of
the imperialism of the fatherland,
which he came to this country to |
avoid."
"Iu tho six national elections
since Grant wrs President," said
Col. J. 13. "Weaver, of Tennessee,
"tho Democrats have had a plurality
of the popular rote four
times and the Republicans hut
twice. Garfield has a plurality in
1880, although it amounted to but J
7,000 votes, nnd McKinley in 1S90. j
In 1870 Tildon had a plurality over
Hayes; in 1881 Cleveland over!
Blaine; in 1888 Cleveland over i
Harrison, and again in 1802 Cleveland
over Harrison. Because Mc- j
Kinley had a plurality of 000,000 (
four years ago is no reason why
Bryan should not have a plurality
this year. Greator changes than
that have taken place, even years
: ago when the total vote was much
; smaller. In 1892 Grant had a plu|
rality of 700,000, and in 1800 Til
. den's plurality was 250,000, a
change of more than a million
votes. When you stop to think
that tho voto in 18'JG was ^something
like 10,000,000 as against <?,400,000
in 1S72, more than as much
again, it isn't hard to believe that
Bryan has a show of wiping out
that plurality of 000,000 and himself
receiving a plurality of the
votes."
Tho Democratic national campaign
committee is mooting the
efforts of tho Republicans to befog
tho Puerto Ricau question by cirI
culating the proclamation issued
1 by General Miles when ho took
i possession of the island, in which
ho told the Porto Ricans that
j tho United State's forces had
i "come bearing tho banner of froej
dom" and to,4bostow upon you tho
j immunities and blessings of the
liberal institutions of our govern!
ment." Ilow well the Republican
j administration and Congress kept,
the promises of General Miles was
shown by the telegraphic news of
the present week, stating that a
delegation of several hundred starving
natives from tho interior had
visited the governor bogging for
bread or work. The l'orto ltican
chapter is one of the most dis
graceful in the record of the lie;
i>ublican administration in Con1
grcss, and the pooplo of this conntry
should not be allowed to forget
it, and will not be.
In n letter to a loenl Democratic
paper, donying the editorial that
the negro vote wan solid for McKinley,
a negro office-holder said:
I "I am in a position to know wherei
of 1 spoak when 1 say that Mr.
; Bryan will poll a larger negro vote
; than ever was polled by a Demo.
I cr&tie candidate for Drchidout, Mr.
? rppg
iSryan will poll a splendid negro
vote in Indiana, Illinois, Ohio, and
West Virginia. These are States
whero the negro vcte is u factor,
and where also you need every vote
you ciui get. In New York he will
poll 25 per cent of the negro vote."
Longest Hot Soell In 21 Ve*r?.
In reference to the romurkable |
spell of hot weather that has pre-1
vailed over the greater portion of ,
the country for the past two weeks, 1
Mr. Gray,of the Charlotte weather .
bureau, has the following to saytj
"While there have occurred during
August, of previous years, |
more extreme temperatures, there
has not been during the past 21
years an August with a more pro- '
traded spell of hot weather. During
the past 15 days the maximum
thermometer registered above 90
degrees; and since the 1st of August
there have been IT days with
temperatures above 90. The highest
temperature recorded during
this time was 99 degrees on the
10th. The average maximum temperature
up to yesterday was 91
degrees?a very remarkable record.
The average daily temperature for
tho samo period, was 82 degrees,
which is 5 degrees in excess of tho
average daily normal."
A Card from nr. S. F. ritssey.
Editor Times: Being compelled
to continue work in trying to make
n living for my family, 1 can not
canvass tho township as I should
like for election as magistrate. 1
hope you all will consider my condition
and vote for me at the polls.
I should be glad to meet all the
people, but have to keep on working.
Sam. F. Masses:.
Notice of Primary Election.
Rooms of tho Democratic Executive
Committee of York county, S. (J.
Yorlcville, S. C., August Id, 1900.
Notice is hereby given that the bien- i
nial Democratic primary election for
United States Senator, Govoruor and
other Stato oflicors, a Congressman for
tho Fifth district, a Solicitor for the
Sixth Circuit, four members of the House ]
of Representatives, a Sheriff, a Clerk of
Court, a County Supervisor, a Coroner,
a County Superintendent of Education,
an Auditor, two County Commissioners
mid u magistrate tor cacti township,
will bo held at the various precincts in
York county on Tuesday, August 26th,
A. D., 1900.
I The polls will open at 8 o'clock u. m. I
I and close at -1 o'clock p. in. |
! The qualifications for voting in this
! election are as follows: The voter must
be 21 years of age or shall become so
i before the succeeding general election, a
resident of the State for one year and of
the county sixty days beforo the primary
and be a white Democrat, or a negro ]
who voted for General Hampton in 1670 J
I and who has voted the Democratic !
ticket continuously siuco. And such no- |
gro voter must produce a sworn written j
statement of ten reputable white men
l that they know of their own knowledge '
! that such negro voter voted for General I
\ Hampton in 187(5 and has voted the j
J Democratic ticket continuously siuco. i
I The said statement shall be placed in '
I the ballot box by the managers and returned
with the poll list to the County
. Chairman. The managers of eloction
j shall keep a separate list of the names
I of all negro voters and return it with
j the jxill list, to the County Chairman.
No person shall ho permitted to vote
' in this eloction unless ho has been on!
rolled on a club list at least live days be- I
fore said primary election.
The club list shall bo inspected by and
cortified to by tho president and Hocro
i lury ui mo local ciudh aiul turned over
| to tlin managers of election to be used
I as the registry list.
| U nder the rule adopted by tho County
Executive Committee on the 20th of
I June last each member of said commit!
tee shull appoint, three managers to rou;
duct said election at tlioir resi>ectivo
' precincts. Tho said managers shall be:
fore entering upon the discharge of their
' duties tako and subscsribe to the proI
scribed oath before a notary public or
j other ofiicor, but if such officer is not
convenient t he managers may swear one
! anotlior. Should one or more of theinan|
agers appointed fail to appear, the rej
mainiug manager or managers shall up|
point others in their stead and admiuis.
ter to them tho proscribed (Kith,
j The said managers shall administer
to each voter tho following oath: Do
: you solemnly swear that you are duly
qualified to vote at this election according
to the rnles of the Democratic party
and that yon have not voted before at
this election, and do yon pledge yourself
to support the nominees of this prii
uiary.
They shall also rnquiro all persons
i voting in the Magistrate's box to swear
| that they are residents of the Township
in which they otTor to vote.
The said managers shall provide three
boxes for each precinct, one to be known
and designated as the Stute box, in
which the State ticket is tobedoi*?sited,
another to be known and designated as
the connty box, in which the county
ticket is to be deposited, and a third box
to bo known and designated as the Mag
lsiraio s >m)x, 111 which the Magistrate's
tickets arc to ho dejiosited.
1 Where voters reside iu oao township
; and for convenience vote in another, arrangements
may he luudejwith the managers
for such voters to cast their ballot
for the Magistrates of their township.
Printed tickets with instructions at
the top will be found at each precinct.
Each member of the County Executive
Committee iu person or by a representative
must come to Yorkvillo on
Saturday, August 25th, 1900, for the
purpose of receiving tickets, oaths, rules,
! etc., for his prooinct. By order of the
i County Exocutivo Committee.
! Official: J. S. Brick,
County Chairman.
! J. U. SAYS, Secretary.
j
CAXDlDtlt ANNOl'NCEMEXTS,
For Magistrate.
I hereby announce myself a candi(lidute
for Magistrate of Fort Mill
Township, sill?jot"t- to the action of tlie
Democratic primary. S. F. M ASSKY.
Wo art* authorised to announce Cupt.
M. M. WOLFF as a candidate for Magistrate
of Fort Mill township, subject
to the result of the Democratic primary
election.
Wo arc authorised to announce J. B.
MILLS as a candidate for rorniumen<latiou
for appointnuuit us Magistrate for
Vnrr. Mill Tim'neM** .... i. 11
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dI the Democratic primary.
For Cotton Weigher.
I Wo are authorized to anuouitce Ira (>.
i Sniytho as a candidate for Cotton
' Weigher in Fort Mill Township, subI
ject to the result of tlio election to be
held 111 Fort Mill on August 2H, l'.KH),
| and in which only the cotton producers
and cotton buyers of the township nro
I to participate.
To the Farmers and Cotton Buyers: I
| am a candidate for re-election to the
| ottice of Cotton Weigher. If elected, I
! shall try to please all interested parties.
K.SHANNON.
Clerk ot Court.
Wo are authorized to announce
! W. BROWN WYL1E as a candidate
for re-election to the office of Clerk of
| t ho Court for York County, subject to
the result of the Democratic primary
i election.
j I hereby announce myself a candidate
i for the office of Clerk of Court of York
' County, subject to the action of the
| Democratic party in the primary elcc;
tiou. W. II. STEWART.
I Subject to the action of tlio Democratic
primary election, I hereby announce
myself as a candidate for the
I office of I'lerlr i>f ? ? v-?
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[ Comity. J. J. HUNTER.
I hereby announce my candidacy for
; the office of Clerk of Court of York
county, subject to tho action of tho
Democratic primary. J. A. TATE.
Solicitor cf the Sixth Circuit.
I I hereby announce myself as n enndi[
date for Solicitor of the Sixth Judicial
I Circuit, subject to tho result of the DoraI
oerutic primary. THOS. F. MeDOW.
I will stand for renominatiou to tho
office of Solicitor of tho Sixth Judicial
Circuit, subject to the result of the next
Democratic primary. J. K. HENRY.
; 1 hereby announce myself a candidate
; for Solicitor of the Sixth Judicial Cir;
euit, subject to tho retults of the next
j Demooratio primary. W.C. llOUUII.
State Senate.
| We are authorized to announce J. S.
I 13RICE, Esq., as a candidate for State
j Senator, subject to tho result of tho
I Democratic primary.
For Sheriff.
We are authorized to announce Capt.
I E. A. CRAWFORD as a candidate fur
Sheriff of York County, subject to tho
action of tho Democratic primary election.
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.. .. uiiiuuuwii I'puiiimunco jurijx
R. LOGAN us a candidate for roolection
us Sheriff of York county, subject totho
result of the Democratic primary eloc|
tiou.
For County Supervisor.
Wo are authorized to announce R. W.
WHITESIDES, of Broad River township,
as a candidate for Supervisor
of York county, subject to the result of
tlie Democratic primary election.
I hereby announce myself a candidate
for re-election to the office of County
Supervisor, subject to the result of the
Democratic primary. T. G. GULP.
We are authorized to announce JOHN
P. GORDEN as a candidate for the
j ollieo of County Sui>er\isor of York
County, subject to the action of the
Democratic primary election.
Wo are authorized to nnnounce
J. ED. LEECH, of Broad River township,
us a candidate for the Democratic
nomination for Supervisor of Y'ork
I county, subject to the result of the
Democratic primary.
I hereby announce myself as a candidate
for the ollieo of Supervisor of York
County, subject to the choico of the
voters in the primary election.
J. F. ASIIE.
For County Auditor.
I hereby announce myself us a candidate
for recommendation by the voters
in the Democratic primary for rcapi>ointment
as COUNTY AUDITOR.
W. W. BOYCE.
For the House of Representatives.
I hereby announce myself a candidate
for the HOUSE ok UEPRESENi
TATIVES, subject to tho action of the
Democratic primary election.
J. R. HAILE.
We arc authorized to announco W. 11.
nic LOACH, Esq., as a candidate for t he
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES,
subject to tho result of tho Democratic
i primary election.
j We are authorized to announce J. E.
BEAMGUARD as a candidate for the
| House of Representatives, subject to the
! action of the Democratic primary elocI
tion.
Appreciating tho good opinion of a
j number of my follow citizens, and in
res]>oiisc to their imitation. 1 have dej
cided to submit my name to the voters
of York county as a candidate for the
House of Representatives, subject to the
u-iutmu .,r n...
j w. i,n/? ??|.U |?.nijr ill tliu
approaching primary election.
J. J. HULL.
Wo are authorized to announce HORACE
K. JOHNSON for reiiomi nation as
a candidate for tlio House of Representatives,
subject to the choice of the Democratic
voters of York county in the
primary election.
County 5upt. of Huucatlon.
Will sail by (rood Hopo. The life
boat leaves the shore. Submissive to all
necessary Democratic requirements.
The 20th century candidate for County
Superintondant of Public Instruction
| for York Co., S. C., is .7AS. CANSLER.
I If elected will stoutly keep in mind the
I dirties of the office. Each day will find
him in attendance. Voto for him!
I hereby annonnco myself a candidate
for ronomination for the off! co of Oounty
j Superintendent of Education, subject
! to the rules of the Democratic party in
| tho primary election.
J. E. CARROLL,
A CLEAN SWEE
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Will bo made iu all SUMMER
Metis' and Boys Straw Hats at 5 un
Ladies' llats, choice 25 cent..*, f
I
Figured Lawns 4 nrnl 5 cents,
in this lot.
Dimity, Swiss, Pique, etc., at 7
cents.
All Slippers at 25 to 50 per ecu
o
If you need a COOKING STO
our line and got our prices. We se
the lowest prices.
Fruit Jars ha'*e advanced, but i
L. J. M
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ALMOST OOiNE.
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These are words wo seldom wai
them with delight.
When we speak of our stock i
admit that it is down to only a few
thing left that you can uso it is you
LADIES' LOW
Wo are still making a run on tl
eoo them.
MEACHAM
P. S. We have with us now i
Laurinburg, N. C., who would be pi
see her.
j f^NGMI
I Factory'Loaded:
*"Leader" and "Repeater
tL
J powder and "New Rival" 1
$ Superior to all other brands
| UNIFOR/HTY, RELIAB
$ \ STRONG SI
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* Winchester Shells are for sal
* having them when you buy anc
0 $
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GOODS for the next
d 10 cents, formerly 25 to 75 cents,
ortnerly 75 ceuts to .50.
There are some 12 1-2 cent ^ocdr
1-2 couls, formerly 12 1-2 uud 15
t off.
VE it will bo to your interest to boo
11 the best stoves on the market tit
no still have a few left at old prices.
ASSEY.
it to hear, but in this caso wo hail
of SUMMER GOODS, we gladly
odds and ends, and if we have anyrs
for half price.
CUT SHOES.
jom, and it will pay you to call and
& EPPS.
as saleslady Miss Ilattio Curtis, of
leased to have her friends call uud
esterJ
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Shotgun'Shells. i
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:" loaded with Smokeless |
oaded with Black powder. ;
i for
ILITY AND \
lOOTING QUALITIES. 2
e by all dealers. Insist upon 1
1 you will get the best. 8
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