i'cry xv,.i. |i
Pithy Points flalherfrt for U:e.Pcru#a!
ct' Tfnie.% Iv^iid^rc.
Misses Lama Dell nad Lena
Smith, of Chnrlotto, visited Miss
Mabel Ardi>y last week.
Dead lh'? advertisement of Mr. 3
~\V. E. Grifliu which appears in
another colutnn of this issue.
Messrs. "Win. Orr, and T. O.
Flowers, of Rock LI ill, aro spend- I
ing the week with relatives in Fort
Mill,
Mrs. Yv\ J. Cnvoney and children,
of Hock Hill, wer the guests *
of her sister, Mrs. A. II. Ivirabrell, .
during tho past week.
Mrs. Iiliza Fulwood is seriously ]
ill at her home in this place. Mrs.
Fulwood is probably the oldent
woman now living in this community.
\ I
Asa result of a brerk in the
engine of tho Fort AIi 11 Manufacturing
company, no work is bbing
done in either tho spinning or
wonvo rooms this morning.
A number of young huiieH ami
gentlemen came over from Rock )
Hill to attend tho dance given in
the town hall by a number of
young people of Fort Mill Friday
evening.
The Fort Mill friends of Mr. O.
W. Potts, who was a candidate- ;'
for tho Legislature in Lancaster
county, will learn with re gret that
he was defeated in vestordav's
w V
primary.
Mr. L. L. Worrela bay returned
to Fort Mill and is again tun ployed !
as weave room boss at the upper j
mill. Mr. Worrels has been in the i
service of the Riverside Company
at Danville, Vu., for mon than a
year. j
Lieut. W. W. Boyce, of the'
Yorkville military company, attended
the drill of the Fort Mill
Ligh Infantry last Thursday evening
and complimented the compa- j
ny very highly upon the progress
which it is making.
The voters of this county made
: ? i ttii i
a in is in tv u in inn eiuciiu^ jcianor
Ilull to tho Legislature. He possesses
the quf^^itions necessary
to mnko a go^^Wpivoenintivi end
deserved to b^Moctod, for lie has
dono n great of work for the j
party.
After an absence of several |
weeks as superintendent < f a cotton
mill in Randlomnn, N. 0., Mr.!
A. It. Mc-Elhnney returned to his
I
home in Fort Mill last wo<k. It is
understood that Mr. McElhaney
will accept a similar position with
a mill in Georgia in the near future.
The Primary Eiectiot.
J. S. Price, State senator.
Beamgnard, do Loach, EVlor, and
Hailo, representatives.
Logan, shoriff.
Tato and Wylio in second pr maty for
clerk of court.
Culp and Gordon in s-'cond primary
for county supervisor.
Louthian, coroner.
Carroll, county super in tondoH of education.
Nccly, troasuror.
Williams, auditor.
Stanton and Wilkcrson. couity commissioners.
For years it has been n custom 1
in South Cnrolina to hold Democratic
primaries on the las Tuesday
in August of every otlnr year
to nominate the party'scamidntes. j
Yesterday was primary dayof this
year. In Fort Mill the davbecmn
1
ah others have for the past nonth,
bright and hot, and the ho:t oontinuod
during the ontir. day,
except for a few minntee Kle in
the afternoon, when a five-ninnte j
rain came and temporarily cooled
the atmosphere.
Tim polls opened at 8 a m., in
accordance with the rules of the
Democratic party, and closed at 4
p. ra. In the oarly morning hours
i Vl nva trita fi of on/1 if el ? ??? ? 1
...v - v> .Itau (ft Div J Oil Willi Ul VUl^TH j
depositing their ballots, nost. of,
whom were from the mills aid the I
country. At 12 o'clock. In vevor. I
it became evident that unleo vot- j
ing bccamo more regular nt two- i
thirds of those whose names ppear ,
on the Deni icrntio club roil rould
cast their ballots. This app dieitsioti
proved to be correct, fr out
of the loO Democrats enrolled only
21)1 took the trouble t > go ? the
polls and vote, which inntrialy
reduced the usual number >fvo?et?
as. 1 ;h prt : > ncl i fact , iclt
?
bespeak- L -. in: <*. - * in the t.oh
lion of our mud :< oifiel i!s the;
should obtain.
Tin* result of the election i:i
Fort Mill wns ns follow.5:
MAii, TH Kirr.
United Suites Senator.? 1. R. Tillman,
-J ilt.
Governor.? JEcSveenoy, 1 IToyt,
120; C-ary, I: FaltorsoM, (?; Whitman,!.
Lieut, governor.?Sloan, 32; llloase,
12, Winkler, 10S; Livingston, 57; Tillman,
72.
Secretary of State.?Cooper, 27'.'.
Attorney-general.?Lellingor, 2<!2.
State treasurer.?Tim merman, ?^7:
leanings, 07.
Comptroller general, Derham, 71:
Brooker, 2tf.
Supt. education.?McMaliati, 222; Capers.
01.
Adjntant-general.?Floyd, 270: Ror.se,
11.
Railroad commissioner.?W. I>. Evans,
70; Wharton, S:?: 11, 1). Evans, 1;
May (hid. (VI; lYttigrew, 7.; Rorry, 17:
Etlieredge, 1.
ri iI'vtv TII i: 1*1
Congress.?Finloy, 151; Strait. 123.
Solicitor, sixth circuit.?Henry, 110;
Hough, 17; Mellow, Its.
Stutc senator.?IJrio , 220.
Hoc,so of Representatives.?iloanittaartl,"
10i*.; d^Loneh, 210: Rider, 102;
Flailo, 258; Hull, ISO; Johnson, 11"-?; McI)i!!,
32.
SheriiT.?Crawford. 202; Logan, S3.
Clerk of court.?Hunter, 10; Stewart,
1.70; Tate. 3,7; V.'ylie, 01.
County snpervis.ur.?Ashe, 20; P.nvd, 3;
Dulp. 21.7; (lor.lon, 2 8; 1 eeh, I !; Whitesides,
1.
Coroner.?Loutliiaa, 170; Isjwranoe,
18; Love, 88.
Countsnpt. of education.?Causlcr*
170; Carroll. 110.
Treasurer.?Nejly, 713.
Auditor.?Kovce, 221; Williams, 01.
County commissioners.?Stanton, 2S8;
Wilkersou, 23-3.
M MiTSTUATK.
Mills. 104; Massoy, 01; Wolf-, 83.
Mills recommended tor appointment
COTTON* Wt'.lOHKK.
Sinvtho, (>2; Shannon, H>3. Shannon
elected.
The- result of the election lieM
throughout the county yosterduy
was telephoned The Times from
Yorkville this morning and is at
follows:
STATE TICKET.
Governor.?McSwcenoy, 1,281; Hoyt,
1,150; Gary, -MO; Patterson, 118; Whit
man, 1.
COCXTY TICKET.
Congress.?Finloy, 2,100; Strait, 8G
Solicitor, sixth circuit.?llenry, 1,410
Hough, 421; Mellow, 1,3:5*,.
State Senator.?Price, 2,070.
TTouso of Representatives.?Ream
guard, 1,8.73; (leLmch, 2,302*. Kid r, 1,0.'*
Hailo, 1,Hull, 1,<?:>!' ; .I<>hn< 1,J"!
iloU'll, 1,1(57.
Sheriff.?Crawford, 1,1 II; Lo,;an
1,710.
Clerk of court.?Hunter; 501; Slow art,
711: Tate, 711: Wvlie, 1.13(5.
County .sujHwisor.?Ashe, 510; iJoyrl,
520; Culp, 533; Cordon, (>3: Leech, 3 1
Whitesirles, 435.
Coroner.?I/mthian, 1,57(5; Lnwranoo,
810; lv)ve, 1,2??:?.
County supt. of education.?Cansler,
1,331; Carroll, 1,02*.
Treasurer.?N r?ly, 8,0'CI.
Auditor.?W. \V Koyee, 1,513; Wil
liams, 1
County Cora v.' ssipuera.?Stanton,
2,007: Wilkerson, 2,075.
Total vote in county, 3,327.
At the National Cap.'tai.
Regular oorreppotulonco.
WashIN<*T<>N, Au^us! 27,1000.?
Although members or the rulmin
istrntion admit that the situntior
in China has grown more critica
sinco tho taking of Pekin and rescue
of the foreigners by the allie:
army, Mr. Mclvinley would nol
forego his vote-hunting junket t<
tho G. A. It. encampment in Chi
cngo. Reports from Central Chuf
fee and Minister Conner on tin
continued fighting in and around
Pokin were received this week, but
were not made public. One reason
for the suppression of these reports
is that they show that it is
the Chinese government, and not a
mob, which has been and is making
war on the foreigner;', and for
some reason of his own Mr. MeKinley
insists upon acting < n the
theory that tire ( liineso government
is friendly, nit hough in re
fusing In JI ung Chang's ro<|u<st
for tho appointmont of a commissioner
to negotiate lornis of peace
practically euid that he doubted
whether China had a government.
The pretence of regret on the part
of officials that circumstances
continued fighting -have made it
impossible to withdraw the American
troops from C i.ir.a is fnieir.d.
1'ho War Department has been
forwarding supplies from the first
on the under, b.ml if' t'
11oops would In in (' inn :'! w i
ter,
A letter received in \Vashington :
from ex Senator J. i?. Henderson,
who win pro von ted by sickness
i'ivmi attending the Liberty C'onI
gress nt Indianapolis, over which
it had been expected he would preside,
contains food for careful
I thought.. J'ur instance, the fob
j lowing quotation therefrom: "Our
government is rapidly changing its
form. The United States is no
longer a renublie. Two w irs?n?o
against tho Philii>pines, tho other
against China- are being waged
by the President will*.out any constitutional
sanction. Tho Uuesinn
Mmperor claims no greater power
than that which is exercised,almost
without proh'tM, by an American
President. The war with the Philippiunes
is worse than useless. It
is wholly without any purpose less
criminal than tho pampering of
army contractors and tho enrichment
of hungry otheials fivm the
toil of labor. The islands can not
he colonized or occupied by Ameri
icans. And American law. equally
, with American prejudice, already
forbids American citizenship to
! their inhabitants. If they are not
to be incorporated us States, they
must be governed as colonies, ami
this reduces them t?? slavery and (
ourselves to forms of despotism, i
hi I ho case of China, American
troops, without pretence of law,
arc to bo placed under tho com
niar.d of the Gorman Kuipcror, i
who openly proclaims against the :
Chinese the war of Israel against:
tho Amalekite."
Representative Wheeler,of Ken- 1
tacky, said of the Presidential outlook
in that State: "Bryan and
Stov ensou will carry the State, of 1
coin so, by 1111 old t ine majority, t
land our State ticket will pub1
through rnfoly. Wo will not only |
hold our own in tho Congressional
districts, but 1 think wc will gain
one and maybe two districts. When
the Republicans talk about carry- I
ing Kentuc ky they base their hope i
. upon tho narrow margin bet ween
Goebel and Taylor. They overiook
tiu 1 HI 11 '1 I ill 11 UU'l 111 il I III Tllll
contort the volo was n<>t brought
lout in llio heavy Uemocrutie. so
tion of the Statu.
Keprosentative Clayton, of Ala:
bama. who was in Washing! *i 11 week.
said: "t have truv? led |
. the country considerably since ti
Kansas City convention, and !:
, iind the people everywhere North.1
East, West, and South, inu roste l '
' only in one question that of in.- I
poiialisin. It no ais to be iiup< 8,
siblo to get them to think riho.il
anything else. In the light of my j
experience 1 am convinced thai
the man who insists that iinpetial
ism is not the paramount issue 1 1"
this campaign in either an igno,
ramus or a knave."
Criticism of its policy in Cuba
n. i.i -1 i >
ii *. ?iiu h ucmai irom the
administration that it is interfering
or intending t > intcrforo with 1
tho making of a constitution by
t!u! Cubans, find tlit* statement that
1 the decision of whether t i. con'
slituti< n in satisfactory aft :r it is
made will come from Congress and
not Mr. Mcl\inlry. If this turn4
^ out to bo ivuo, it will mean that
} the administration has been fi C".
enod into changing some -i' its
plans.
? -***? ?
Items c>f btafe IS?W5.
Tn tlie Greenville priz? wheat
contest the largest yield from one
acre of land was within a fraction
of 70 bushels, lnado by a boy und r
tweny years of age. Tbr next
highest prize went to a l.ady
Between tivo and six 1 nndivd
nunlmnl tAv?fi ? ? *
, Miiwiin iiavu iJfl'Ii H '." 'iV U
for admission to Winlhrop 1 'olloi/e.
Tho dormitory will accommodate
only 2(10 or 27<>, consequently some
three hundred will have to board
, out in private families or main
at home. It will he impossible t >
completo the new dormitory by
next session.? Hock Mill Jteiald. '
A South Carolina cotton mill
lins won first prize for cotton goods
at the Paris exposition. Tin* Pclzor
Manufacturing ('oinpany is the j
w nroT of this notable distinction.
Tiie mill's exhibit consisted of a
full line of its export brands, and
it was awarded the grand prize and
gold medal for the best cotton
goods in it:', class, the can p< *ilioii
being open to the world.
\ * ''?e ( f .1 'in Oili- ' -n. n pi i .. 11
nt .1 ii r. v. i l;il cd by 11 ?'
ii ( . !! "o<:nt y S ,t'i '
v j'. , ; ! I v,.. j,
r
pencil Ire? on his fn'her'p place,;
several miles a hove the city, when
the fatal atrok o cuuie. Hie brother
WU6 badly allocked. H is
curious coiacitlence that about Inyo
years ago another son of )1r.
Gibson was killed by lightning
near the same spot.
Work on th * big Olympia cotton .
mill in ColtunLia is progressing j
rapidly and everything is ncaring
completion. Tlte contractors now
estimate tliutl the mill building,:
the power plant, and nil 11 so con- 1
nocted theroNYith will bo finished;
in six weeks. The building is a
magnificent 0,110 nml there is perhaps
no handf ionior or more sightly
cotton mill at ucturo in the whole
country than the Olynipia.
nt^iuto ujtng ay nunurcds.
Tlio unprecedented hot wave
which has be-en banging over the
State for thejpar' ten days or more
has played deadly havoc with the
poor negroes living on the sea
islands along) the coast. From the
best nccountd received in Charleston
it appears that* the negroes
have been dyling lrotn tVvor, which
is primarily tfuused from the heat J
and allowed io thrive because the
sick can not jget medical attention '
required in sjuch eases.
A ( harlehton undertaker who
takes care or the island negroes
after they nr?|> dend said Saturday j
that he was! hardly ahlo to stand
the calls wliijch had been made on
him for chetap coliitin. lie mnde
tlie bold static men t that the island
negroes nro dying like sheep, and
that when tlioy become ill <>t fever
they simply have to wait their
turn to die. The sea islands are
densely populated with negroes,
and in t.ho low swamps, where malaria
thrives, the negroes, who are i
no more than paupers in time of j
sickness, are left to suiter the fierce j
heat through the days and nights i
ot tiio agonizing fever, and the i
crisis is gmorully passed with ;
deal h.
iu some ol the sections the voo- ,
doo doctors have been making!
more victims for the undertakers. 1
These aro the witch people, and
there aro htudreds of tlioni on the
islands who believe that a little
magic is all-sufficient to heal clit ease.
These alleged doctors arc a grent
deal worse than the Christian science
freaks, and their work for negroes
near Charleston has brought ;
forth deadly peril.
This sununer there 1ms been
more fever jjn the sea isl/.mls than
for sonic yjars past, and this disease
has Men sent thriving 011 by !
tin hot and dry weather. People j
who have been around sick rooms
with fever patients can best imng- 1
ine the condition of the poor no-1
groes in the hovels who have to I
depend on voodooism for relief and '
who have to stay in a serious way 1
without proper attention and without
ice.
The island neeroes have <VU t!u? i
bitterness >f it nil, and tin y simply
lie down mill clio when the fever |
Birdies them. It has been told
that. iii some of the huts a whole j
family would bo ill i.t a time, nnd
tlmt their only attention would
come from the neighbors who were j
inclined to lend assistance.
Th- physicians in theso island 1
neighborhoods have done their
bii:-t to Rive relief to the negroes,
"and pretty much n 11 of t!iin he.a
been charily. Kven with charity
physicians, however, the sufferers
i have not been eared for ns their j
' oouditiou might demand, and with 1
| wierd shouting nnd chanting about ;
them have laid down to die, with :
: nothing but a voodoo doctor to
drive off the ills.
I rin i i? ?
a.ni5 ( hiss 01 negroes now suffering
from the disease brought on
by tins liout nro I ho ones who suffered
moat n few years ago by the
terrible storms which swept up the
1 const.
-*) ?- - At
the King King ( N. Y.) prison i
tli ) lock-step for convicts has been
al dished and the miliiary march
' substituted. Exports in penology
have long condemned the loekstep
because having been once acquired
it marks a man for life and proclaims
him an ex-convict wherever
he may go after leaving prison.
Not only does the lock step gait
proclaim an ex-convict's antecedents
to strangers, hut it. keeps
him always in mind of the fact
that ho has boon in disgrace and
that tho disgraeo is known to all
who see him. Since one t/rent 1
purpose of modern penology it* to'
give mi ex-convict another clmnce
in life, the abolition of the lock
steep is looked upon as an act of i
humanity.
Mr. V'in ley has probably been I
renominated for Congress, and
Me Sweeney ami Hoyt. will be in
the second primary for governor I
N 01Ice.
The firm of (Jriflin Haile having
been dissol ved on January 1st, WOO, and
>11 o r standing n< >nnt ; having 1 n
.. ;h ' V W li. Jrillin.att |? rsons iu
cihred to said firm will make pay 111 oat
i . W. M vlOlhiiij. v, as Mill as
b*o. \V. IS. (. RIFFIN.
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A CLE A A MVELC
Will bt\ made in all S UMMER CI4
Mens' and 2poys Straw 111 its at 5 and 1(
Ladies' Hats, choice 1 ' *> ceuta, fornv
n: r _ < 1 - ? -
ri^urcn ijnv.ns a aua ;> cents. Th<
ia tliis lot.
Dimity, Swiss, Pique, etc., at 7 1-2
cents.
All Slippers at 25 to 50 per cent oil
If you need a COOKING STOVE
our line ami ^ot our prices. "Wo sell tb
the lovest prices.
Firuit Jiirs have advanced, but we b
L. J. MA
A 1 MACT nr\MT?
HUMVOl U VI\JD.
Those aro words wo seldom want to
thi'in with delight.
When wo speak of our stock of S
admit that it is down to only a few odds
thing left that yon eun uso it is yours fc
LVDICS' LOW-CU
Wo are still making a run on thorn,
soo them.
MEACHAM
P. S. "We luivo with uh now as t
Laurinburg, N. C., who would bo pleasi
see lier.
|\yiNCHE
I Factory Loaded SI
J "Leader" and "Repeater" I
J powder and "Nhw Rival" loac
$ Superior to all other brands foi
t UNIFORniTY, RELIABIL!
$ j STRONG SHO(
* Winchester Shells are for sale b'
iit
a? having them when you buy and yo
a r
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"v -y,
.101', PRINTING
AT TH
1
i
?* ? mmmmumutrn ? SV *? * ' *j
^ 'jj
OODS for the next two w? -v.
i rly 75 cents to $1.50.
e ro nre some 12 1-2 cent go .<1c
cnta, formerly 12 1-2 and
i ' *
it vs ill be to your interest to see
e bei 't stoves on the marke1 a'.
t
till ha ve a few left at old pru
ssjey.
}\
bear, but in this case we bail
UMMEK GOODS, we gladly
? anil ends, and if we have a iy>r
half price
.'7
r SHOES.
, and it will x>ay you to call a!
& EPFS. ]
saleslady Miss Hattie Curtis, of
jd to have her friends call and
if t n
ISTER^I
lotgurTShells. |
oaded with Smokeless I
led with Black powder. |
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ITY AND x
3TING QUALITIES. |
/ all dealers. Insist upon i
II will OPt thp tioct *
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